Abrams says Reds suffer defeat in South Vietnam
General Creighton W. Abrams declares communist forces have sustained massive losses and retreated toward borders or abroad. He notes 80 000 to 90 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops remain in the South with 30 000 to 40 000 in Laos, Cambodia, or North Vietnam. Casualties this year exceed 168 015 with 411 358 since 1961.
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Cambodia
North Vietnam
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Demonstrators Occupy U Conn Administration Building
More than 150 protesters stayed overnight in an administration building at the University of Connecticut to pressure the administration not to punish eight students involved in an October antiwar demonstration. President Homer D. Babbidge refused campus police aid while keeping peace, inviting a meeting that drew chants.
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Mystery Witness Testsifies on Nixon Plot in Brooklyn
A 36 year old unnamed Arab witness testifies before a Brooklyn grand jury about a conspiracy to assassinate Richard Nixon. Ahmed Rageh Namer and his sons Hussein and Abdo Namers are held on 100000 bail with weapons found in their East River apartment. Nixon arrived in New York to secure his safety as the case proceeds.
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Change of Lawyers and Delay in Ray King Trial
James Earl Ray's first degree murder trial for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was postponed to March 3 as new defense counsel Percy Foreman takes over. Judge W Preston Battle granted a continuance and a bond for contempt against former attorney Arthur Hanes.
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Percy Foreman
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London
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Mrs Nixon Tours White House with Mrs Johnson
Pat Nixon and Lady Bird Johnson toured the White House revealing renovations completed during the Kennedy era. They highlighted refurbished closets and permanent furnishings including the president’s four poster bed and noted the staff’s hospitality.
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Pat Nixon
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Lady Bird Johnson
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Nasser observes Arab maneuvers near Suez Canal
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser spent seven hours atop a tank watching a large tank and armored division maneuver near the Suez Canal with Defense Minister Mohammed Fawzy and Iraqi Vice Premier Hamedi Ammash. Premier Eshkol insisted Israel will not yield control of the Strait of Tiran as talks falter.
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Hamedi Ammash
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Nixon Signals Possible Peace Efforts Before Inauguration
President elect Nixon, with Johnson at the White House, hints at possible preinaugural diplomacy including missions to Saigon or Paris. Johnson says more talks may occur before January 20 as both leaders discuss Vietnam, the Middle East, and U.S.-Soviet relations.
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Johnson
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Paris
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Mideast
Army weighs scaling down U S training bases in Vietnam era
Washington reports the Army considers reducing training centers as the Vietnam buildup nears the 549 500 man ceiling. Pentagon says no decision yet and output could drop as new units stop going to Vietnam and focus shifts to replacements for veterans finishing tours. The level is about 535 000 and nearing Johnsons 549 500 target by year end.
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Johnson
Barge Breaks Up Off Rehoboth Beach Oil Spill In Ocean
A barge carrying more than a million gallons of oil broke up in the surf near Rehoboth Beach Delaware as high seas drove it aground. Coast Guard brokers at Cape May New Jersey reported two men aboard the vessel Hess Hausler were rescued.
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Lindsay proposes four week extension of city school term
Mayor John V. Lindsay plans to extend the New York City school term four weeks into July to recover time lost in the teachers strike. The move would cut a month from summer vacation for about 1.1 million students and 55,000 teachers as talks paused at Gracie Mansion.
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Pentagon chief accuses South Vietnam of balking at talks
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford said South Vietnamese leaders balk at a peace talks plan, likening it to a late game stand. He urged continuing negotiations with North Vietnam in Paris if President Nguyen Van Thieu refuses to participate.
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Soviet Union backs immediate missile talks at UN
In the General Assembly, Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik urged the United States to begin talks immediately on limiting both offensive and defensive missiles. He also called for rapid ratification of the treaty to curb nuclear weapon spread.
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Iraqi ex Premier Nasser el Hani assassinated in Baghdad
Beiru t AP reports that Nasser el Hani former Iraqi premier and once foreign minister was assassinated in Baghdad on Monday night. Baghdad radio offered no further details about his death.
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New York Garbage Piles Up After Veterans Day
Sanitationmen faced new piles of refuse as Veterans Day and a strike by incinerator firemen slowed collections. An overtime force of 2,000 worked Sunday, but Monday’s holiday erased much of that effort. Uncollected garbage remained from Election Day.
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Family of 7 Dies in Fire in Camp Hemlock
In Sullivan county near Bloomingburg New York a fire at Camp Hemlock early today may have killed seven people Donald Terwilliger 30 and his wife Margaret were found in the rear with their five children Peter 10 Catherine 8 Donald 6 Angel 5 and Otis 4 Mrs Terwilliger was pregnant Fire officials said the blaze began shortly before 4 a.m due to a faulty heater and a malfunctioning fireplace Bloomingburg volunteers could not enter as the front of the home was engulfed when they arrived Chief Harry Cramer said
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Sullivan County
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Hazardous Snow Storm Threatens Oswego County
Oswego County braces for a record setting early snow storm as SACO weather expert Col. Robert Sykes warns it could rival the 1966 blizzard. Wind gusts may reach 70 mph, with power lines down and Dutchess County schools closed.
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U S Minus Hurdles as Viet Peace Talks Delay Persist
Paris sources say expanded talks may start within two weeks but Saigon and Hanoi refuse to grant the NLF diplomatic status. U S negotiators consult South Vietnam’s Paris observer Pham Dang Lam while Thieu maintains demands for a two Vietnameses power structure.
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Kennedy matriarch urges Ted to pursue politics
Rose Kennedy tells Look magazine her son Edward M. Kennedy should continue in politics though she worries for his safety. She notes his decline of the presidential nomination and reflects on family violence, humility, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis finding happiness with Aristotle Onassis.
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Current Look Magazine
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