23 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1970
Page
1
In a busy week for Carol Gunn at Security National Bank the trio of December dates Christmas Day December 25, anniversary December 26 and birthday December 27 converge. Roy Gunn her husband provides gifts but the timing remains uncertain as the year unfolds.
The Viet Cong Christmas cease-fire began in South Vietnam at 1 am as patrols clashed in Cambodia and South Vietnamese forces carried out operations. Elsewhere Charles Ruggles, 84, died in Santa Monica after cancer treatment. Traffic deaths over the Christmas weekend are projected at 550 to 650 across the nation.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the United States is prepared to play a peacekeeping role in the Middle East and would consider joining a U N force. He stated the U S could provide guarantees to support a settlement while aiding refugees and diplomacy.
Several churches schedule Christmas Eve or Christmas Day services. Details include a 7:30 p.m. Salvation Army program today and midnight mass at St. Peter's on Christmas Eve. Holy communion services occur at First United Methodist and St. Andrew's Episcopal on Christmas Eve. other churches hold morning or noon masses and carol services with no Friday services planned.
The Federal Trade Commission delays mandatory disclosure of tar and nicotine in cigarette ads to allow a voluntary program by the tobacco industry to operate. The FTC retains right to revisit rulemaking if the voluntary plan fails, and will inform the public of results when satisfactory.
Angela Davis, charged with murder kidnapping and conspiracy, appeared in a San Rafael court after an extradition flight from New York. The 20 minute hearing followed a deadly gunfight linked to an escape plot and prosecutors say accomplices share guilt. Supporters rallied outside the San Francisco Federal Building as Davis spoke with reporters and her sister declared innocence.
ALBUQUERQUE AP Sen Clinton P Anderson will not seek re election in 1972 ending a 22 year Senate career Health has limited his activity Parkinsons disease has marked years of treatment He will finish his current term and oversee key issues including Atomic Energy Commission social security family assistance and the space shuttle program for White Sands Alamogordo and West Texas He first faced politics losing a county race and then rose to state treasurer congressman and secretary of agriculture before joining the Senate.
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong pressed the United States to withdraw all troops from South Vietnam by June 30, 1971. The U S side rejected a hard deadline while offering to aid in meeting difficulties. The talks yielded no progress two days before Christmas as the Viet Cong called for broad prisoner releases.
Swedish seismologists report a strong underground explosion near the Caspian Sea in a Soviet test area. The Uppsala Seismological Institute says the quake-like event coincides with a December blast in strength, place, and time, marking a rare megaton-class twin blast sequence.
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph met for the second time in a month. State Secretary Egon Bahr traveled to East Berlin to meet East German State Secretary Michael Kohl as talks shift toward access to West Berlin amid Western Allied oversight.
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