Arab oil producers lift cuts but keep embargo on US and Netherlands
Arab oil ministers in Kuwait said they would end monthly production cuts and boost supply by 10 percent to Japan Britain France Belgium amid polls to avert economic disaster. They maintained embargoes on the United States and the Netherlands despite a generally friendlier stance toward other nations.
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Kuwait
Europe
Japan
United States
Netherlands
France
Britain
Belgium
Israel
European
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Yamani
Holland
Round Log Cabin Built by Ron Hughes in British Columbia
Ron Hughes, 67, a retired Tonasket, Washington green house operator, built a round log cabin 400 miles north of Vancouver in the British Columbia wilderness. The cabin rests on a two foot concrete foundation with 250 pine logs raised around a steel ring atop a tripod. Access is by dirt road the final 140 miles, and forestry rules required cutting trees far from the site. The unique home features pine log windows framing Eagle Lake vistas and a large central fireplace. Hughes jokes that fishing and scenery bookings will fill the next five years.
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Kleena Kleene
B.C
Ron Hughes
Hughes
Tonasket
Wash
Altha
British Columbia
Vancouver
Eagle Lake
Couple found dead after electricity shut off in New York
In Schenectady New York a 93 year old man Frank Baker and his 91 year old wife Katharine were found dead in their home Christmas Eve after their electricity was cut off for unpaid bills. Investigators say they likely died of natural causes but exposure to cold may have contributed. A power crew had disconnected service after Baker refused entry to shut off power.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Frank Baker
Katharine
Bakers
Baker
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Bob O’brien
Six arrested at White House protest on Christmas Day
Police detained six antiwar demonstrators at the White House on Christmas Day including alleged members of the Community for Creative Nonviolence. Father Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAllister were present but not charged. Arrests occurred between 1 30 and 2 p m, two hours before President Nixon’s Christmas dinner.
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Washington
White House
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAllister
Secret Service
The
Community For Creative Nonviolence
Berrigans
Nixon
Eight Afloat From DC Area Missing After Bahamas Sinking
The Coast Guard called off the search for eight aboard the Sea Boy II including five adults and three children from the Washington DC area. Debris was found near Homes Cay in 40 feet of water with no sign of fire. A heavy storm and a faint Mayday from a Yugoslav freighter preceded the loss. the vessel may have broken up in heavy seas.
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Miami
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Homes Cay
Freeport
Nassau
Michael Baldwin
Billy
Kathy Mazzulo
Richard Mazzulo
Nancy
Mazzulo
Sea Boy
Christmas Day Traffic Toll Reaches 479
Wet highways and fog slowed motorists during Christmas travel as 479 people were killed on national roads through Tuesday midnight. The toll started Friday 6 p.m. local time and covered the holiday period, with snow showers forecast through Thursday and temperatures around 30 and 20.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Skylab 3 astronauts set record space walk to study Kohoutek
Skywalking photographers Carr and Pogue spent almost seven hours outside the orbiting lab, surpassing the prior spacewalk record, as they sought comet photos of Kohoutek while managing thruster gas use. Gibson stayed inside to maintain control as gas readings were questioned.
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Carr
Space Station
Gibson
Pogue
Kohoutek
Mission Control
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Early progress in Geneva peace talks signals cautious steps
In Geneva Egypt welcomes talks on troop withdrawals from contested areas as negotiations on separation and disengagement begin after Christmas. Israel sees moves by consensus and a formal peace conference label, while Abba Eban and Andrei Gromyko meet, marking a rare high level exchange.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Egypt
Cairo
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Middle East
Abba Eban
Tahsin Bashir
Eban
Andrei Gromyko
Cochairman
Kremlin
Fists and rocks fly as Belfast crowd clashes on Christmas Day
About 200 demonstrators marching from Falls Road faced British troops in central Belfast. Two people were arrested, amid a broader turmoil that left a 63-year-old woman seriously wounded in crossfire. Police reported five dead or injured in related bomb and gunfire incidents, including two teenage IRA members in Newry.
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Belfast
Republican Political Hostages Relief Committee
New Lodge
Newry
Dungannon
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Pope blesses crowd in 12 languages at Christmas
Pope Paul VI delivered his Christmas blessing after Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to about 30,000 in St. Peter's Square. The 76 year old pontiff spoke of man's need for restoration and happiness and offered the blessing in 12 languages including Chinese and Vietnamese.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Europe
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter’s Basilica
High tides predicted on January and February dates
Government forecasters warn that on January 8 and February 7 unusually high tides could produce coastal flooding along the U.S. East coast if offshore storms align with rare celestial conditions. NOAA notes similar patterns were linked to deadly flooding in March 1962 from Long Island to the Outer Banks.
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Washington
Earth
U.S
Commerce Department
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Long Island
N.Y
North Carolina
National Weather Service
Atlantic Coast
Fergus J. Wood
Christmas Lights Dwindle Across Nation in 1973 Observance
The Associated Press reports lighter Christmas lights as Americans celebrate Christmas 1973. The piece notes two Washington residents Tom Brenner of Castle Rock and Marshita Cheka of Lacey receiving the best presents from an unknown giver amid holiday scenes of wrappings, turkey, and carols.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Washington
Tom Brenner
Castle Rock
Marshita Cheka
Lacey
Christmas Eve in Headlines and Hard Times Across America
The story recalls kidney transplant patients in satisfactory condition after Christmas Eve operations funded by an anonymous donor to the Northwest Kidney Center. It notes reduced decorations amid an energy crisis in Columbus and Georgia trucker Gilbert Shaw giving away unsold trees. It also covers POW Maj. Kile Berg recalling Hanoi Hilton memories, a fatal mobile home fire in John Day Oregon, a Newark plane crash near New Salem North Carolina, and 400 highway deaths by Monday afternoon.
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Northwest Kidney Center
Columbus
Ohio
Illuminaire
Gilbert Shaw
Georgia
John Day
Ore
New Salem
N.C
Winnipeg
Canada
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Noaa
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Atlantic City
N.J
Shaw
Air Force
Kile Berg
Berg
University of Washington
Hanoi Hilton
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