World marks Christmas with calls for peace and charity
Pope Paul VI urged a world weary of hate to embrace brotherhood and charity as Christians celebrated Christmas. In Vietnam, a 24 hour truce ended with dozens of violations and casualties amid scattered fighting. President Nixon voiced optimism for peace as the Mideast reported a largely peaceful Christmas. Bethlehem saw thousands of pilgrims while London called for concern for others in a BBC broadcast from Queen Elizabeth II.
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Christmas Peace Appeals Across Europe and Norway Snowless
Archbishop Ramsey urged Britons to host the lonely this holiday season while Prime Minister Heath attended services near Chequers. Most of western Europe had a white Christmas except snowy Norway with Oslo lacking snow. Tass noted peace sermons in 145 Lutheran churches in Estonia and at Toompea Episcopal Dome Cathedral where Archbishop Tooming spoke of peace and aid for those defending their homes.
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Pontiff Calls Nations to Cast Off Hate and Conflict
Pope Paul VI urged global unity by rejecting the centuries-old poison of hate in his seventh Christmas message. He warned that nations fail to unite while modern man possesses all knowledge and power but clings to hatred and strife.
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Holiday Death Toll Rises as Christmas Travel Peak Grows
The Christmas travel period nears 78 hours with 172 highway deaths recorded by 11 p.m. EST. Officials hope policing of drunk driving will reduce fatalities below the 550 to 650 forecast, while agencies provide aid to hungry and displaced families nationwide.
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Misguided shell from U S base kills nine Americans
A misdirected 105mm shell fired from a U S base hit a nearby American outpost in South Vietnam on Christmas Eve. Nine GIs were killed and nine wounded, the U S military command announced Friday.
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Angered Jews Press Soviet to Cancel Leningrad Dead
In Jerusalem the Knesset passed a unanimous resolution urging Soviet authorities to rescind the death sentences of two Jewish defendants in the Leningrad hijacking trial and free the others. Demonstrations and appeals spread from Haifa to Los Angeles as leaders urge mercy and emigration rights.
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Jordanian Soldiers Slain Near Salt in Guerrilla Attack
Palestinian guerrillas attacked Jordanian army troops northwest of Amman killing two soldiers and wounding two others with machine guns mortars and rockets near Salt twelve miles from the capital. The army repulsed the assault and clashes continued in the same area last week leaving one soldier and a Jordanian farmer dead. Cairo reports say Egypt’s UN envoy visited Cairo for talks on Israel returning to the Middle East peace process as Israel weighs a difficult decision amid missile buildup and a stalled peace effort.
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German Consul Beihl Freed After Basque Kidnappers Release
German consul Eugen Beihl, held 24 days by Basque militants in Spain, arrived in Wiesbaden on Christmas Day. The release followed the Burgos trial context and involved ZDF staff escorting Beihl to safety. his wife and daughter welcomed him amid relief. ETA indicated no death penalty would be carried out.
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Tax Forms To Arrive Next Week In New England
The IRS announced that eleven million Form 1040s will be delivered in New England and New York by Jan. 6. More than eight million taxpayers are expected to receive refunds totaling about $2 billion, and the form now allows filers with incomes up to $20,000 to use it if they do not itemize deductions.
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Nine Die On State Highways In Christmas Snow
Intermittent flurries and gusting winds created hazardous driving on New York roads Christmas Day. Nine people died from 6 p.m. Christmas Eve through Christmas night in Tompkins County in a head on crash near Ithaca involving Harold Comfort 51 and Francis Muzzy 52 both of Ithaca. Muzzy and a passenger were hospitalized. Comfort’s daughter Carol 7 was treated for minor injuries and released.
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Pollution Abatement Test Likely In West Virginia
Vienna West Virginia faces a pivotal EPA enforcement test after Union Carbide proposed by end of 1974 smokestack controls cutting emissions by 70 percent. The plan mirrors a 1960 clean air effort in a town of 12 000 along the Ohio River valley and tests federal authority under William D. Ruckelshaus.
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