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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1970
Page
1
The Senate approved a 1.8 billion supplemental bill including 255 million for Cambodia and 500 million in military sales credits for Israel, while rejecting a 66.6 billion defense bill and sending it to new negotiations. The Cambodia aid targets military and economic support as part of a broader supplemental package.
Police corner three FLQ suspects Paul Rose Jacques Rose and Francis Simard in a tunnel under a farmhouse at Saint Duc southeast of Montreal The men along with Michel Lortie were part of the kidnapping and murder of Labor Minister Pierre Laporte The raid followed a months long manhunt and earlier seizure of Lortie in Montreal Terrorist group links and a controversial mediation avoided bloodshed during the capture
In Jerusalem Israel votes to rejoin UN peace talks after four month boycott. Sadat calls the move a maneuver while Washington considers a high level visit to Egypt and the region. Israeli forces raid southern Lebanon amid fighting reports as Lebanon protests to the UN.
Six Basque militants in their twenties were sentenced by a military court in Burgos to die by firing squad for murder linked to ETA terrorism. Three received double death sentences. nine defendants including two priests got 12 to 70 years. The case awaits Gen. Francisco Franco's confirmation or commutation.
Cambodian reports say Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops attacked a highway bridge 45 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. Casualties listed include 50 enemy killed and 100 wounded, with Cambodian losses reported as four dead and 12 wounded. The battle involved hand to hand fighting near Rokakong and a later sweep around Cham Bak on Highway 4.
GM board chairman James M. Roche predicts 1971 could be one of the industry’s best years. He cites reawakened consumer confidence and deferred sales from the UAW strike, forecasting total U.S. vehicle output near 12 million with 9.5 to 10 million passenger cars and about two million trucks.
The Soviet Union set a Wednesday hearing at the Supreme Court in Moscow for 11 Leningrad hijack case defendants, including two under death sentence. Jewish and Gentile prisoners face swift appellate action amid international protests and possible sentence commutations.
United States and the Vatican move to intervene for 11 people sentenced in a Soviet hijack case that sparked global Jewish outcry. Reports say Moscow plans to try 21 more Jews. The Soviet embassy in Washington was picketed amid planned demonstrations. President Nixon and Secretary Rogers discussed the matter as officials weighed severity of the sentences.
New York State will drop the quarterly 250000 superprize drawing and divert 100000 from monthly ticket sales to fund more small prizes. The change adds 120 new 500 consolation prizes and 400 additional 100 pool prizes starting with January sales of the 1 ticket. Grand prizes remain unchanged and the final superprize drawing occurs February 4.
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers, powerful chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, died in Birmingham at 65 after heart surgery and subsequent complications. Born in 1905, Rivers rose from a South Carolina farm family to national influence defending military strength, with tributes from President Nixon and Defense Secretary Laird.
Felix Edward Hebert, long time House Armed Services investigator and New Orleans veteran congressman, is expected to succeed the late L Mendel Rivers. Hebert vows an all volunteer army remains unlikely and has clashed with Pentagon figures and Resor in My Lai inquiry. He opposed renewing the draft beyond July 30 and shares concern over Soviet hardware, while philbin departs.
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