Baby 3000 Miles From Albany Parents Due to Immigration Quotas
Monica Lozano, 2, born in Bolivia, remains in La Paz awaiting a monthly immigration quota opening. Officials say a second half fare ticket may be needed for her return under relaxed rules, while her parents Miguel and Aurora Lozano in Albany press for a quicker reunion.
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Albany
N.Y
Monica Lozano
Miguel
Aurora Lozano
la Paz
Bolivia
United States
U. S
Lufthansas Airlines
Monica
Anita
State Department
U.S
Mrs. Lozano
U S Planes Step Up Strikes Against No Viet Targets
U S war planes increased raids on targets in North Vietnam, with more than 200 tactical strikes in the last 24 hours. Three U S aircraft were lost, one pilot missing and two saved uninjured, as crews attacked trucks warehouses and depots below the 20th parallel in a push to slow enemy supplies ahead of a cease fire.
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U. S
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Nixon
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Dmz
NATO Looks to End Urban Traffic Jams
In Brussels AP reports NATO will begin a pilot project next week under its Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society to study ways to ease city traffic jams. It will examine devices such as traffic free zones and special lanes for buses and other measures.
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Brussels
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Committee On
First Black Member Elected to Gridiron Club in Washington
Syndicated columnist Carl T. Rowan was elected Friday to membership in the Gridiron Club, a Washington newsmen organization founded in 1885. He becomes the club’s first Black member.
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Washington (Ap
Carl T. Rowan
Gridiron Club
Washington Newsmen
Rowan
Toy balloon antenna beats TV blackout
Miami carpenter Larry Garfield uses a helium filled toy balloon attached to 50 to 75 feet of insulated wire as a makeshift TV antenna to receive a Fort Pierce station about 100 miles away. He says it works well except when it rains.
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Miami
Larry Garfield
Garfield
Fort Pierce
Vietnam era veterans form first student cooperative dorm
About 70 men most veterans of the Vietnam war organize Sutton Hall at Eastern Washington State College as the nation’s first veteran operated cooperative dormitory. They will lease the building for 1200 dollars a year and pay monthly 25 dollars per room with surplus funds used for maintenance and staff.
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College For Veterans
Sutton
Sutton Hall
Armed trio hijacks plane demanding $10 million
Three armed men hijacked a Southern Airways DC9 overnight from Alabama toward Canada, demanding a $10 million ransom with a 1 PM deadline. The jet, carrying 26 passengers and four crew, landed in Chattanooga after circling Knoxville and Lexington. Officials evacuated Oak Ridge and halted nuclear work amid threats to strike the Oak Ridge facility.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Canada
Gernades
Toronto
Tennessee
Oak Ridge
Southern Airways
DC9
Knoxville
Atomic Energy Commission
SEC
Lexington
Detroit
Florida
Jackson
Miss
Cleveland
United States
Bottle of Wine for Christmas Gift Costs $9,600
Houston housewife Jan Pruitt bought Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1925 at a department store wine auction for $9,600. The rare bottle, one of eight aeroboams, follows her high bid as six of the jug sizes have disappeared and another bottle recently sold for $9,200 in New York.
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Houston
Jan Pruitt
Ronald
New York
U.S. hands over Long Binh base to South Vietname army
In a simple ceremony at Long Binh Vietnam the United States relinquished its last major base in the country. About 100 American officers and GIs joined matching numbers of South Vietnamese soldiers on the hilltop once seen as the headquarters for the Vietnam war. Thirty thousand Americans once lived there. now fewer than 700 remain at Long Binh and about half that many across Vietnam.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
Million Dollar Counterfeit Bills Arrests In Chicago
Secret Service agents arrested four men and seized about $1 million in counterfeit ten dollar notes traced from Rhode Island to Chicago. The ring had been under surveillance since October. Andrew Ducharne of Woonsocket, RI, was earlier jailed for passing bogus notes. Charged are Michael Grein, Milford. Schultz, Lawrence. Jarnutowski, Lawrence. Costenzio, Sam. All are Chicago area residents.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Rhode Island
John Hanley
Andrew Ducharne
Woonsocket
Michael Grein
Milford G. Schultz
Lawrence G. Jarnutowski
Sam Frank Costenzio
Grein
London bomb scare widens with two more letter bombs
AP reports two additional terrorist letter bombs reaching London as alerts ripple through Jewish homes and offices. One bomb found by a post office worker was destroyed by Scotland Yard explosives experts, another delivered to an east London office. Detectives cordon off the area.
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Lonlin
London
Scotland Yard
Rhodesia marks anniversary amid sanctions and ties
In Salisbury Rhodesia today observers note the nation has fared well despite Britain trade sanctions as it contemplates constitutional ties. The anniversary highlights the ongoing stance on independence and international pressure.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Britain
Rhodesia
Biog
Haig Thieu hold long talks on Indochina peace package
In Saigon Gen Haig and President Thieu held a lengthy session on a proposed Indochina peace package amid negotiations over a draft cease-fire. A White House schedule noted Haig would depart soon, and officials stressed the U.S. would not impose a coalition government, despite disputes over the cease-fire language.
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Haig
Thieu
Indochina
Saigon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Ensoy
White House
Washington
Naxon
United States
South Vietnam
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Xuan Thuy
Thousands of Swedes Honor King Gustav VI at 90th Birthday
Tens of thousands lined Stockholm streets to honor King Gustaf VI Adolf on his 90th birthday. Trumpet fanfares and flag rites marked the day as churches rang bells nationwide. Over 200,000 Swedes sent greetings and palace rooms overflowed with gifts from children and dignitaries.
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Gustav VI
Stockholm
Gustaf VI Adolf of
Sweden
Haile Selassie
British Troops Rescue Police Besieged by Mob
In Belfast a Protestant neighborhood mob attacked police who had trapped four armed robbers in a tavern. Police retreated inside the pub as soldiers arrived and used riot control rounds to disperse the crowd. The four suspects were placed in custody.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Walworth Youth Dies in Two Car Collision
Martin I Ikewood a 19 year old resident of Mace don was killed in a two car crash near Walworth Wayne County. He lived at 110 Walworth Road.
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Walworth
N.Y
Martin I. Ikewood
Macedon
Wayne County
Walworth Road
Senate Republicans and House Democrats Rush to Fill Posts
In Washington the race tightens as Senate Republicans and House Democrats vie for three vacant leadership posts after defeats in Tuesday’s elections. The House faces a leadership contest to replace Hale Boggs whose disappearance in Alaska left a vacancy, and seven new committee chairs will emerge from defeats and retirements.
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Senate
House
Demos
Washington
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Alaska
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Smith
Senate Republican Conference
All
Bread Bakers Ask Price Hike Over Wheat Spike
Nation's bakers urge the Price Commission to permit at least a one cent rise per loaf amid a 43 percent wheat price jump driven by massive Soviet sales. American Bakers Assn official Joseph M. Creed says small bakeries cannot survive without relief, as higher flour costs press prices higher. The Agriculture Department notes wheat prices remain high for the foreseeable future.
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Wasitington
Soviet Union
Joseph M. Creed
American Bakers Assocation
Bakers
Creed
The
Price Commission
U.S
Bak
Ers
Russia
Agriculture Department
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