Humphrey plans to make things hum in Senate return
Hubert H. Humphrey says he will concentrate on domestic affairs when he returns to the Senate next month aiming to be a vocal, independent voice rather than engaging in popularity contests. In Washington he described his goal as a clear, steady influence. In La Paz Bolivia the government released Regis Debray and five Guevara guerrillas who aided in 1967 revolutionary efforts. they were flown to Chile on a Bolivian military plane.
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Washington
Hubert H
Humphrey
Senate
Burr
Minnesota Democrat
LA Paz
Bolivia
Regis Debray
Che Guevara
Jorge Gallardo
Roberto Bustos
Chile
New Oil Imports Okayed by Nixon Political Proclamation
President Nixon issued a proclamation adjusting oil import rules from 1959 and authorized about 100000 barrels per day, with Canada providing 55000 barrels as the majority. He also approved daily imports of 30000 barrels from Mexico by land or water, expanding the energy flow.
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Washington
Canada
Nixon
Mexico
Cong Buildup Slows in North Vietnam After Nixon Warning
Pentagon sources report a slowdown in North Vietnamese supply movement since President Nixon warned Hanoi that a threatening buildup could trigger new U.S. air attacks. They are moving fewer daylight truck convoys than before his December 10 statement.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Pentagon
Phnom Penh
Route 4
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U Minh Forest
Kleppe Offered Top SBA Post After Senate Bid Loss
Thomas Kleppe of North Dakota, a GOP congressman defeated in the Senate race to Quentin Burdick, confirmed he has been offered the No. 3 spot in the Nixon administration’s Small Business Administration, as a potential lame duck hire.
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Washington
Thomas Kleppe
North Dakota
Nixon
Senate
Kleppe
Quentin Burdick
Small Business Administration
Defendants Banished From Tate Murder Trial After Court melee
In Los Angeles three women defendants in the Sharon Tate murder trial are permanently banned from court after a melee in which a prosecutor was cut, and Judge Charles Older bars them until verdict. Charles Manson was ejected for speaking out of turn but expected to be readmitted.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Charles Older
Charles Manson
Kidnappers Threaten Swiss Ambassador in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro the abductors of Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Bucher warn they will execute him unless Brazil frees 13 more prisoners to add to the 51 already offered as ransom. The note presses the government to act amid an international hostage crisis.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Bucher
Nixon Signs $8 Billion Farm Bill With Mild Complaints
President Nixon signed an $8 billion farm bill praising the measure despite mild objections over its size. The bill is $700 million above his initial request for Agriculture Department funding, but he blessed the package to avoid disruption of essential programs for a broad section of society.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Senate OKs investor protection bill for broker bankruptcies
The Senate approved a bill to shield investors from broker bankruptcies and sent it to President Nixon. The measure passed by voice vote.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
CIA Agents Subpoenaed In My Lai Case
A military judge allowed Sgt. Esequiel Torres defense lawyers to subpoena three men described as CIA agents who conducted intelligence work before the operation in the hamlet. The attorneys say the agency helped set the stage for the My Lai sweep and may use the subpoenas to challenge the charges.
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Ft, Mcpherson, Ga
Esequiel Torres
My Lai
Torres
Brownsville
Tex
Central Intelligence Agency
Early Christmas Morning Three Wandering Stars Align
Three planets Venus Jupiter and Mars will appear near the crescent moon on early Christmas morning in a rare conjunction. Walter Webb of the Boston Museum of Science notes the event recalls a 7 B C planetary alignment and could have inspired the biblical Star of Bethlehem. Kepler first suggested the idea in 1604.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Walter N. Webb
Charles
Webb
Judea
Bethhlehem
Johannes Kepler
Angela Davis Arrives in Marin County Jail Under Heavy Guard
Angela Davis, escorted under tight security from New York, arrives at Marin County Civic Center jail to face murder and kidnapping charges tied to a fatal shootout. Supporters rally, stating her innocence as authorities outline a plot involving hostages and Soledad prisoners.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Superior Court
Marin County Civic Center
Miss Davis
Evelyn Gosser
Marin County
California Air National Guard
Hamilton Air Force Base
California
New York
Birmingham
Ala
Gosser
Manhattan
FBI
San Francisco Federal Building
Fania Davis Jordan
Angela
San Quentin
Jonathan Jackson
Soledad
Young Jackson
Jordan
San Francisco
University of California Regents
Viet Cong Christmas cease-fire starts in South Vietnam
In Saigon the Viet Cong Christmas cease-fire took effect early Thursday as South Vietnamese paratroopers battled enemy units in Cambodia.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Youthful bank robber yells as police move in
Thousands of radio listeners heard Anthony J. Yockley, 27, trapped in the American Savings Bank in South Chicago Heights, say he would take his life. Police burst in, disarmed him, and a taped WGN radio exchange aired moments after the arrest.
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Chicago Heights
Ill
American Savings Bank
Anthony J. Yockley
New York
Yockley
WGN
Don Harris
Harris
WGN Radio
Yockle
Paris demands troop withdrawal before prisoner talks
AP dispatch reports North Vietnam insisting the United States pull all troops out by June 30 before any discussion of releasing American prisoners. In Poland Jozef Cyrankiewicz resigns as premier, succeeded by Piotr Jaroszewicz after Sejm vote.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Warsaw
Jozef Cy- Tankiewicz
Poland
Sejm
Marian Spychalski
Cyrankiewicz
Piotr Jaroszewicz
Carrying a Coffin Leads Hollywood Teens in Anti-Drug March
Thousands of high school students joined a candlelit anti-drug march in Hollywood Florida led by four youths carrying a coffin a symbol of the long trip ahead. The event included Christmas carols a rock concert and a street closure while organizers aimed to raise funds for drug abuse prevention.
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Santa
Earl Bell
Santa Claus
Harvey Ramsey
Hollywood, Fla
Hollywood Boulevard
Costello
Incomplete POW List Draws Skepticism From U S Officials
Washington officials deem Hanoi’s list of 339 American prisoners of war old and incomplete, a possible propaganda move. They cite 378 held and question the list’s finality while noting no new names are confirmed.
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Hanoi
U. S
U.S
William P. Rogers
Paris
Edward M.kennedy
D-Mass
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee of
North Vietnam
Rennie Davis
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