U S and Viet Nam Envoys Open Private Paris Talks
In Paris U S and North Vietnamese diplomats begin private meetings to prepare an expanded Viet Nam peace conference. They anticipate a South Vietnamese delegation arrival and outline a two track approach on military reductions and political talks.
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U. S
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
U.S
Saigon
Viet Cong
Johnson
ICC Orders Penn Central to Take Over New Haven
The ICC ordered Penn Central to absorb the bankrupt New Haven Railroad by January 1 with a merger price of 145.6 million dollars. The line carries 30,000 New York and New England commuters, many in Westchester County. A bankruptcy court has supervised the New Haven since 1961 and a federal loan of 28 million supported its operation.
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The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central Railroad Today
New Haven Railroad
ICC
Penn Central
New Haven Line
New Haven
New York
New England
Westchester County
New York City
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Jordan Capital Cut Off From Its Port By Israeli Raids
Israeli air strikes and commando raids sever the Amman Aqaba route by destroying bridges 40 miles inside Jordan. A Jordanian spokesman reports trucks hit, civilians killed, and two soldiers wounded as helicopters pulled commandos from the scene.
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Amman
Jodan
Israel
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Kfar Yuba
AMA Report Warns Americans Endangering Health Through Dissipation
The American Medical Association warns in a special report that affluence reduces physical effort and increases overeating drinking smoking late hours and drug use. It urges doctors to educate the public on personal responsibility in health care and notes widespread belief in easy cures and miracle medicines. A AMA president Dr Dwice L Wilbur criticizes diet fads patent medicines pills tobacco and alcohol as ill advised shortcuts.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Board of Trustees
The
American Medical Association
AMA
Dwice L. Wilbur
San Francisco
House of Delegates
Government Report Blames Chicago Police for Demo Violence
A government task force findings blame Chicago police for violent clashes that marred the Democratic National Convention. The report, prepared for the President's commission on violence, notes police misconduct while stressing most officers acted responsibly during the five August nights of unrest.
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Chicago
Washington
Richard J Daley
Charles Percy
Ril
Daley
U S Forces Pound North Viet Vets DMZ After Planes Fire
U S planes and artillery struck a North Vietnamese position in the DMZ after two American reconnaissance planes were fired on. The attack destroyed four bunkers and 100 yards of trenches, with ammunition stores hit and no American losses. U S and South Vietnamese casualties totaled 37 dead and 142 wounded, while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses in the week rose.
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U. S
Dmz
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Con Ed Strike Hits Before Weekday Power Use
In New York the Con Ed walkout by 20 000 employees enters its first weekday with no settlement. Picket lines form at 12 plants while 4 000 supervisors run installations. state mediation sees no movement and urges customers to limit electricity use from 4 to 9 p.m.
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NEW York
Consolidated Edison Co
State Mediation Board
Vincent D. McDonnel
Con Ed
Westchester County
Saigon Announces 24-Hour Christmas Truce
The South Vietnamese government says a 24-hour Christmas truce will be observed from 6 p.m. Saigon time December 24 to 6 p.m. December 25. President Nguyen Van Thieu’s office announced the plan tonight.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Arrives From Vermont
A 55 foot white spruce was delivered by truck from Vermont to adorn the Rockefeller Center ice rink. An electrician called it one of the nicest ever noting its fullness from top to bottom. The tree will feature 6 000 lights to be lit on December 12.
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New York
Vermont
Rockefeller Center
Students on Rampage After School Day Extension
Hundreds of shouting teenagers protested the 45 minute longer school day from a teacher strike settlement. They broke windows and assaulted teachers. One teacher was taken to a hospital after being struck on the head with a chair.
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New York
Police seek two white men in Panther Party explosion case
Newark police issued a prompt order to pick up two white men for questioning after an explosion at the Black Panther party storefront headquarters injured four. Anthony Kaiser, a spokesman for the group, said the blast was retaliation for an alleged Panthers attack on a Jersey City police station Friday night. Twenty shots were fired from a speeding car but caused no injuries.
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Newark
N.J
Black Panther Party
Anthony Kaiser
Jersey City
Students promise protests at San Francisco State reopening
Student demonstrators vow further disruptions at the reopening of San Francisco State College. Authorities promise swift action. New president Dr. S. I. Hayawkawa says the vast majority of 18 000 students and 1 100 faculty want to continue education.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayawkawa
Misconduct charge for hospital workers under Taylor Law
The state says 2,500 employees at four Buffalo and New York mental hospitals face misconduct charges under a new Taylor Law provision. They were also cited for unauthorized absence under Civil Service Law as the Department of Mental Hygiene mails notices.
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New York
The
State Department of Men
Tal Hygiene
Buffalo
Hijacker listened to radio during Cuba jet crisis
Eastern Air Lines officials suspect the 17th annual hijacking may have involved the hijacker using a transistor radio to hear air traffic control. The man commandeered a jet to Cuba over the weekend as Capt. R. J. O'Gorman of New York communicated with Miami and Havana towers.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Cuba
R. J. O'Gorman
New York
Havana
Group Led by Suspended Chairman Takes School
In Ocean Hill Brownsville a group led by suspended district chairman Rev. C Herbert Oliver and about 25 residents entered Junior High School 271 defying a state order. Police stood by as Oliver pledged to access the building, while the state announced the reinstatement of Dorothy Hopkins after a hearing found the charges inconclusive.
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New York
Ocean-Hill- Brownsville
C. Herbert Oliver
James E.allen Jr
Oliver
State Education Department
Dorothy Hopkins
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Nixon schedules meeting with Kissinger in New York
President elect Nixon invited Harvard braintruster Henry Kissinger to a fourth public meeting in eight days in New York as reports circulate about a potential major noncabinet appointment. Ellsworth and Ford II discussed job training subsidies and the alliance's aim to create 500000 new jobs by 1971 with government-subsidized training.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Harvard
Nixon
Kissinger
Harvard University
Harvard International Seminar
John F. Kennedy
Robert Ellsworth
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
National Alliance of Businessmen
Johnson
Congress
Ellsworth
Central Tech Pupil Protest Shuts Syracuse High
About 300 pupils at Central Technical High School in Syracuse refused classes holding signs reading white is wonderful. The crowd gathered in Billings Park across from the school as Principal Kidd met with white and Negro students to seek a resolution. Superintendent Barry called the protest an extension of Wednesday's white Negro clash.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Central Technical High School
Billings Park
David J. Kidd
Franklyn S. Barry
Johnson Winds Up 6 Day Holiday at Texas Ranch
President Johnson ends a six day ranch holiday at the LBJ Ranch near San Antonio during Thanksgiving weekend. A Senate special session decision on ratifying the nuclear nonproliferation treaty is pending with Averell Harriman due in Washington for talks. Johnson attends church services and visits the Blanco County Hereford sale at Round Mountain while awaiting advisers.
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Texas Ranch
San Antonio
Tex
Senate
Washington
White House
LBJ
Blanco County Hereford Breeders
Round Mountain
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