Agnew Visit Survives Protests in Manila Ambush and Praise
Anti American demonstrators attacked a limousine carrying U S Ambassador Henry Byroade as riot police kept others away when Vice President Spiro Agnew and his wife arrived at the U S Embassy in Manila. Agnew urged U S Philippines partnership as Filipino leaders criticized Philippine troops in Vietnam.
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Manila
U.S
Henry Byroade
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnews
Secret Service
Byrcade
Free Philippine Youth Union
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Vietnam
Agnew
United States
Philippines
Nixon
Manila International
Asia
Philippine
Compromise Breaks Deadlock on Postal Corp Plan
White House backed compromise appears to break the deadlock over approving Nixon's postal corporation plan though opposition remains mixed. Unions warn the removal of rate controls could raise costs, while leaders and aides say a semi independent postal authority may form next year to modernize and curb deficits.
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Postal Corp
Washington
White House
House Post Office Committee
White Hosse
Postal Authority
Nixon
Winto M. Blount
Charles Colson
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter
Administration Takes Bold Stand on Two Rights Issues
The Nixon administration backed federal desegregation and Negro job opportunities as Congress closed, signaling pressure for civil rights gains. Voting rights loom as a potential clash with Southern supporters, with House approval narrow and Senate resistance likely. Civil rights groups plan renewed lobbying with Republican leaders Scott and Griffin.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
South
House
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Waves and wrecked ship dim rescue hopes for 20
Rescue efforts continued for 20 crewmen missing after the munitions ship Badger State exploded 1,500 miles northwest of Hawaii. Fourteen survivors were rescued by the Greek freighter Khian Star and were en route to Yokohama. five bodies were sighted, one recovered as seas rose to 20 to 30 feet with winds to 35 knots. search planes from Midway Island aided the 459 foot vessel still afloat with 2,000 tons of explosives aboard.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Navy
Vietnam
Charles Wilson
Yokohama
Japan
Flying Dragon
Air Force
Coast Guard
Midway Island
Badger State
Miners Strike to Push Nixon Safety Bill Demand
About 1,200 coal miners at four nearby mines walked out in Charleston West Virginia to pressure President Nixon to sign federal safety legislation. Spot checks showed limited wider response as Consol coal and other mines largely continued operating despite picket lines.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nixon
West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Co
Mannington
Loveridge
Consol
Carbon Fuel Co
Imperial Collieries
Kanawha County
Appalachian Coal Co
Semet Solvay
Fayette County
France Demands Israel Explain Gunboats Evading Embargo
French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann pressed Israel for an explanation on how five gunboats slipped out of Cherbourg despite an arms embargo. The vessels, built for Israel before the embargo, reportedly moved toward Haifa, with offshore Soviet and Egyptian movements monitored by naval forces.
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France
Israel
Associated Press
Maurice Schumann
Cherbourg
Mediterranean
Haifa
Malta
Sicily
Defense Ministry
U.S
6Th Fleet
Naples
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Vermont Declared Disaster Area After 50-Inch Snowfall
A winter storm dumped about 50 inches of snow across Vermont and New England, prompting Gov. Deane Davis to issue a disaster declaration to mobilize the National Guard for stranded motorists. East Wallingford reported 48 inches, Waitesfield 44, Marshfield 39, with drifts up to 20 to 30 feet on roads. Twelve deaths in six states are attributed to the storm as floods and power outages followed.
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New England
Deane Davis
Vermont
National Guard
Weather Bureau
East Wallingford
Waitesfield
Marshfield
McCullough
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Boston
Oklahoma
Texas
Rockies
Arizona
New Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River
Missouri
Illinois
California
North Pacific Coast
Plains
Great Lakes
Air and ground crews mobilize to aid snowbound upstate New York
In upstate New York rescuers deploy helicopters airplanes and snowmobiles to reach isolated towns after a heavy storm. Schoharie County endures drifts up to 15 feet while Clinton County plans to launch flights to locate stranded families. Authorities urge distress signals and warn of a new storm as cities clear roads and reopen major routes with caution.
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Associated Press
Upstate
New York
Schoharie County
Albany
Civil Air
Richard Bauers
Civil Defense
Carlisle
Bauers
Broome
Fulton
Clinton County
Sheriff's Deputies
New York State
Oneonta
Plattsburgh
Glens Falls
Utica
Watertown
New York Thruway
Rockefeller
Erastus Corning II
Albany Gridlock Eases After Snowstorm Blockade
Albany police closed most city routes to traffic to clear streets from snowdrifts caused by Friday’s storm. Under Mayor Erastus Corning, police barred entry at highway entrances while allowing outbound traffic in a historic emergency measure.
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Associated Press
Albany
Tdrifts
Erastus Corning
Nixon to Sign Mine Health Bill Tonight
Sen. Jennings Randolph says President Nixon will sign the federal mine health and safety bill into law, likely late today or Tuesday. About 1,200 coal miners in West Virginia's coal fields strike to push for presidential approval.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nixon
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Randolph
Bryce Harlow
West Virginia
February Draft Call Up Increases To 19000
The Pentagon announced a February draft call of 19 000 men, rising from January after four months of lower quotas. A Pentagon spokesman attributed the increase to higher February needs.
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Washington
Pentagon
Agnew Escapes Attack as Demonstrators Fire Cracker
Demonstrators in Manila threw three firecrackers at Vice President Spiro Agnew's car, one bouncing off the limousine. A rock flew near the vehicle as it entered the U.S. embassy compound guarded by about 20 security agents. Agnew reported feeling no fear.
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Manila
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
U.S
North Vietnamese Embassy Rejects Perot Christmas Dinners Offer
The North Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane Laos rejected H Ross Perots offer to send Christmas dinners to war orphaned children. A communique said Perot had backed the Nixon administration and donated 1 million dollars last November for a propaganda campaign urging Americans to back President Nixon.
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Vientiane
Laos
H. Ross Perot
Perot
Nixon
Thieu predicts Vietnam War to fade in 2 to 3 years
South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu told Der Spiegel that the war should gradually end within two to three years. He said Saigon controls about 96 percent of the country and that the Communists would not accept a defeat or sign a peace treaty.
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Hamburg
Germany
South Vietnam
Neguyen van Thieu
Thieu
der Spiegel
Cardinal Ends Montreal Visit Heads to Africa Mission
Cardinal Paul Emile Leger departed Montreal after two years in the Leper colony work in the Cameroons. He said Love one another before boarding at Montreal airport amid a small send off with Archbishop Gregoire. He returns to his mission following a October arrival and his Royal Bank humanitarian award. Quebec pharmacists also funded drugs valued at fifty thousand dollars for the mission.
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Montreal
Paul Emile Cardinal Leger
Cameroons
Cardinal
Montreal International
Paul Gregoire
Jules Leger
Gregoire
Au Revoir
Cardinal Leger
Royal Bank of Canada
Quebec College of Pharmacists
Freight cars derail in Batavia tank car fire put out
Thirty Lehigh Valley freight cars derailed on a via duct in Batavia New York. A tank car carrying hydrogen peroxide overturned and caught fire but the flames were extinguished quickly.
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Batavia
N.Y
New York City
Weather may have cut Christmas traffic toll, safety council says
The National Safety Council reports 581 traffic deaths over the four day holiday, far below predictions of 800 to 900, possibly due to poor travel conditions keeping people off roads. Fatal crashes include a White River South Dakota head-on that killed seven, a Jackson Mississippi family in a Walthall County collision, a Ripon Wisconsin mother and children in a rear-end crash, and a Salt Lake City drag race accident killing 73 year old Sarah Ann Legroan as gifts spilled along the street.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
White River
S. D
Jackson
Miss
Walthall County
Ripon
Wis
Diverton
Salt Lake City
Sarah Ann Legroan
34 Die Over Christmas Weekend In U S 102-Hour Toll
A four day Christmas weekend caused 34 deaths from accidents with 42 total fatalities and 36 traffic deaths. Suffered losses include a Trondequoit three car collision, Clintondale car train crash, Tarryton car plunge in a lake, and a Buffalo fire killing three children and a grandfather. Names shown include Mrs Mary Foos and George Foos among Rochester victims, Albany Gebhardt, Anthony Geoghegan, Donald Mark, and Douglas Domizio among Hastings Yonkers residents, plus other migrant workers and Buffalo residents. The 102 hour period ran from 6 pm Wednesday to midnight Sunday.
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Rochester
Trondequoit
Clintondale
Tarryton
Tarrytown Lake
Buffalo
Irondequoit
Mary Foos
George
Lillian Nealon
Tarrytown
Albany Gebhardt
Anthony Geoghegan
Donald Mark
Hastings
Douglas Domizio
Yonkers
Carl Watkins
Newark
N.J
Helen Smith
Paterson
Helen Blue
Sherman Walker
Richard Cunningham
Gregory Cunningham
Maurie Walker
Defense Opens Case in Trial Of Mafia Chief Bufalino
In Buffalo federal court defense begins its case in the conspiracy trial of Russell Bufalino and two Buffalo men Todaro and Sacco. Judge Curtin denied motions to dismiss. Prosecutors rely on Paul Parness testimony and phone records linking the defendants to stolen color televisions.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Cosa Nostra
Russell Bufalino
Bufalino
Kingston
Salvatore Todaro
John C. Sacco Jr
Atflea
John T. Curtin
U.S. District Court
Charles McDonough
Paul H. Parness
Parness
Sacco
Todaro
West Side
New York City
Bulalino
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Jacobi Hospital
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y
West Bank
Jordan River
Stanley Scheinberg
Africa
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