Buckley Heiress Cash Ploy Via False-Front Committees
The AP reports James L. Buckley collected over 400000 dollars through Washington based false-front committees designed to conceal donors. One day saw about 250000 dollars funneled into his third party bid via groups like League of Middle American Women and Scientists for Sensible Solutions to Pollution. Buckley campaign manager David R. Jones said the committees hid donor names to avoid GOP ties.
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Eisenhower held back forces to let Soviets reach Berlin
Newly released command cables show Gen Dwight D Eisenhower alone decided in spring 1945 to halt advancing Western armies at the Elbe, allowing Soviet troops to seize Berlin as Churchill and British chiefs argued against the move. Stalin praised Eisenhower's decency in Khrushchev memoirs, while Prague and Berlin delays shaped the postwar cold war. In Cambodia, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks near Phnom Penh and Chambak and Tram Khaar continued along Highway 3, with Cambodian forces claiming several enemy dead.
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Israel Seeks Return to UN Talks With Egypt and Jordan
Israel's ruling coalition moved to rejoin United Nations peace talks with Egypt and Jordan. An Egyptian diplomat said Cairo would end cease-fire observance after Feb 5 if Israel does not withdraw from occupied lands. Cabinet set to decide. Meir to push for reentry under UN envoy Jarring supervision.
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Anwar Sadat
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Middle East
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Ali Sabry
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Soviet Union
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Off Duty Officer Stabbed Halting Jamaica Store Burglary
New York AP reports off duty Officer Richard Hunchak was stabbed in the arm while stopping a candy store holdup in Queens. He required 23 stitches at St. John’s Hospital. William Kane 21 was captured. Kane's brother Joseph 22 and Charles Schickter 23 were later arrested. All three charged with felonious assault. Kane also charged with possession of a dangerous weapon.
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Kane
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Charles Schickter
Ridgewood
Nine More Jews Face Trial in Leningrad Hijacking Case
Soviet sources say nine additional Jews will be tried in Leningrad on January 6 for anti-Soviet agitation and organizational activity linked to the airline hijacking in which two men, Mark Dymshits and Edward Kuznetsov, were sentenced to death. Trials in Riga and Kishinev date not set.
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Canberra
Israel Pleased With Reaction To Leningrad Death Sentences
Israeli officials praised global outcry over the Leningrad court death sentences for two Jews accused of planning an airliner hijack. Appeals to the Pope and UN chief Thant remained unresolved. The uproar spurred protests, petitions, and prayers across Israel, while Canberra and London urged clemency and humanitarian consideration.
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Leningrad
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W. Thant
Zalman Shazar
Abba Eban
Thant
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Kremlin
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Soviet Union
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Bruno Husar
Jesus Christ
Rakah Communist Party
Doctors Insurance Soaring In Hawaii
The Hawaii medical community faces steep malpractice premium hikes with multiple carriers withdrawing. Rates surged from 800 to 8000 dollars for some doctors, and national averages show a 47 percent rise from 1968 to 1969. Only Hawaii Insurance & Guaranty accepts new clients while other insurers drop coverage.
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Insurance Information Institute
New York
St. Paul
Great American
First Insurance of
Honolulu
Hawaii Insurance & Guaranty
Blacks press Nixon on civil rights as Farmer criticizes tone
James Farmer on Face the Nation urged stronger presidential action on civil rights while remaining hopeful about insiders. Rep. John Conyers and Rev. Jesse Jackson said Nixon is unresponsive, predicting black voters will oppose him in 1972. Jackson floated a growing black white coalition born from need.
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James Farmer
Nixon
Farmer
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Jesse Jackson
Conyers
Jack
Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sunday double week in Czechoslovakia defies calendar
Prague reports a calendar confusion where Sunday becomes a working day and Thursday appears as Saturday. Officials designate days unusually: Monday acts as Wednesday, Tuesday remains Tuesday, and Friday shifts to accommodate holidays. Normality returns on January 4 if two Mondays count.
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Czechoslovakia
Moscow Fur Hat Snatchings Prompt Harsher Penalties
Moscow police chief V Korneyev cites several shapka thefts blamed on harsh winters. Metal worker V Korablov received three years, while V Sulin and A Petroshenko earned five and two years respectively for stealing fur hats. The wave has become a notable local issue as temperatures plunge below zero.
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V. Korneyev
Moskovskaya Pravda
V. Korablov
Korneyev
V. Sulin
A. Petroshenko
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