Hostages May Celebrate Christmas as Tehran Ties Freedom to Shah Return
Moslems holding the hostages promised celebratory provisions including a nine foot Christmas tree and 90,000 cards as Iran’s leaders said freedom hinges on President Carter returning the shah. U.N. sanctions are debated while clergymen visit Tehran to offer services amid political tensions.
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Wash
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Pilgrims Trek Toward Bethlehem in Holy Land Procession
Christmas celebrations in the Holy Land opened with a procession from Jerusalem toward Bethlehem the traditional site of Jesus birth. Monsignor Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti led the Roman Catholic clerical presence in the event.
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West Bank
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Jerusalem
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Monsignor
Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti
Landau’s fake tale prompts donations and job offers
Detroit AP reports David Landau admitted fabricating a story claiming a destitute man and his son lived on garbage cans to secure aid. Posing as a Wayne County social worker, he drew donations and job offers before confessing after a caller questioned the tale. He has prior forgery and impersonation arrests and sought employment over charity.
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Detroit
Landau
Bob Jenson
Wayne County Department of Social Services
Detroit News
Jenson
Curly
Airliner Crash Near Ankara Kills 39, Four Survive
An airliner crashed near Ankara Turkey, resulting in 39 fatalities and four survivors. Authorities investigate the cause as investigators reach the scene and chart the wreckage. The report appears on page 3A with accompanying map and story details.
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Turkey
Ministers travel to Tehran to comfort hostages at Christmas
Three U.S. clergymen led by Rev William Sloane Coffin journey to Tehran to meet the American hostages and listen to Iranian grievances as Dec 1979 tensions over the U.S. Embassy siege continue. They described their mission as pastoral not diplomatic and urged reconciliation while Havana sanctions debate colors U.S. policy.
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U.S
Tehran
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Detroit
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New York
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Carter
U.N
William Howard
Princeton
N.J
National Council of Churches
London
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Bedford
Mich
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Manhattan
Hanoi
United Church-Baptist
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Sanctions Seen as Logical Next Step in Iran Hostage Crisis
The Carter administration moves to seek U.N. economic sanctions against Iran as a nonmilitary response to the November hostages seizure. Officials expect only slow impact on Iran's economy but foresee a global show of condemnation and a link in the Iranian public mind between economic pain and hostageholding, potentially nudging Ayatollah Khomeini toward release.
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U.N
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
United States
Iran
Washington
Security Council
West
Japan
United Nations
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
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