NATO warns members on detente and defense burden
NATO ministers meet as Gen. Steinhoff warns alliance cannot weaken through East West talks. He stresses credibility, undiminished security, and case-effectiveness if troop cuts occur. U.S. pressure for higher European defense spending and a $1.5 billion rise in 1973 are discussed amid Geneva talks set for Jan 31. Meanwhile a Chicago traffic death reports a fatality every 16 minutes.