White House freezes billions in farm spending amid budget squeeze
The Nixon administration keeps a tight lid on agriculture funds with a 1972 73 freeze totaling about 440 million, halting release of REA loans REAP subsidies and rural grants while crop support payments face a 900 million drop from 1972. Farm groups warned of deeper cuts to cotton wheat and feed grain programs.
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Widow urges firm stance in POW talks over Christmas
Mrs. Carole Hanson of El Toro Calif appeals for U S negotiators to resist pressure for a quick POW return. She says the government must avoid a careless agreement that could negate her husband Captain Stephen P Hanson who was shot down over Laos on June 3 1967 and remains missing.
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British capture Provisional IRA leader Sean Keenan in Northern Ireland
British troops arrested Sean Keenan 22 described as the Provisional IRA’s former second in command in Londonderry after a car stop at an army checkpoint. He was charged with membership in an illegal organization and to appear in Maze Court, County Down.
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Bolivia Extradition Bid Tails Klaus Altmann Case
The French Embassy will pay 2500 to translate indicting documents to speed Altmann extradition. France assigns envoy Levasseur to repatriate the former Lyons Gestapo head. Bolivian expert Medeiros assists. Altmann, condemned in absentia to death in France, has lived in Bolivia since 1950 for alleged orders against Jean Moulin.
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Giant wave kills six at Boca do Inferno Cascais
Six Brazilian and Portuguese students were swept to sea and drowned while watching giant waves at Boca do Inferno near Cascais. Four others were injured after a 21 foot wave dashed them against the rocky cliff following a late night party. The group had left a Cascais nightclub at 5 am to view the rough sea.
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Debris Tied to Missing Coast Guard Helicopter
Gulf debris recovered Sunday afternoon is almost certainly from the Coast Guard helicopter missing since Saturday with eight sailors aboard. Lt. Cmdr. Neal Nicholson said cutters 54 miles southwest of St. Petersburg found a strut piece, two wheels, first aid kits, a seat cushion, and cowling. No IDs yet, but authorities are confident the parts are from the downed chopper.
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Pope urges continued hope for Vietnam peace
Pope Paul VI told St. Peter's Square that bitterness over the delay in Vietnam peace threatens the heart. He urged the world not to abandon hope, calling peace a Christmas gift and saying it is sad but we must keep the will to persevere and hope.
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Family flees East Germany by boat to Kiel coast
A four member East German family fled to the West on Sunday by paddling a small rubber boat into the Baltic Sea. They were rescued by the West German coastal vessel Nordstrand IT and taken to safety. No further details were provided.
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Strikers Delay Tourists Departure at Dorado Resorts
Hundreds of tourists were held at Dorado Beach and Cerromar Beach hotels as employees demanded a Christmas bonus. A U.S. district judge ordered the strikers back to work while guests were escorted to a nearby airstrip for feeder flights to San Juan International Airport.
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