Basques Favor Death and Dignity Amid Clemeny Talks
Six Basque nationalists under death sentence refuse clemency and say they wish to die for the dignity of man and Basque liberty. The case sits with Gen Francisco Franco after a Basque spokesman released a letter from one detainee in St Jean de Luz.
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Francisco Franco
St. Jean de Luz
France
Teleforo de Monzon
Aries
de Monzon
Spain
Franco
Council of the Realm
Burgos
Tomas Garcia Rebull
Garcia
Supreme Court of Military Justice
Elizabeth II
Britain
Pope Paul VI
Italy
Australia
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
San Sebastian
Marcelo Gonzalez Martin
Barcelona
Student Mother to Appeal Welfare Denial
Barbara Whitney a 28 year old mother of three announced plans to appeal a welfare denial because she attends college full time rather than take employment. She said if she were not in school she would be eligible for benefits and defended her decision as necessary for her family.
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Barbara Whitney
Whitney
State University
Albany
Schenectady County Welfare Department
State Supreme Court
Schenectady
Anger in Poland Sparks Handover of Police to Trees
Reports from Gdansk describe riots over price rises with claims of police lynching and civilians dumped in icy waters. Violence centered on the Communist headquarters contrasts with a calmed city as casualties are disputed, government tallies say 20 dead while others count in the hundreds.
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Gdansk
Poland
Communist Party
Baltic Port
Viet Cong Battalion Wiped Out in Mekong Delta Drive
South Vietnamese forces claim to have wiped out a Viet Cong battalion in the U Minh Forest as the campaign nears five weeks. Saigon reports 74 attackers killed in a major Cambodia cross-border showing while Saigon losses reached 10 dead and 36 wounded.
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Saigon
U Minh Forest
Mekong
Cambodia
18Th Infantry Division
Mimot
U Minh
South Vietnam
Talat
Phnom Penh
Kompong Cham
Senate backs major Social Security boost despite House doubt
The Senate approved a large Social Security benefit increase but House Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills said it is utterly impossible to reconcile the two bills before Congress adjourns. He warned no final action is likely this session.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Rockefeller seeks funds and tax stance in new year speeches
Gov. Rockefeller plans two major speeches starting New Year’s Day outlining demand for federal aid and possible state government restructuring. He will tell lawmakers on January 6 he won’t call for new taxes now but won’t rule out February proposals as he defers to Nixon and Congress for revenue.
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Gov. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Nixon
Congress
Sadat rejects renewal of Middle East cease-fire
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat announced no extension of the cease-fire beyond its Feb. 5 expiry and ordered a full mobilization for possible renewed hostilities. He gave a Jan. 15 deadline for provincial governors to mobilize while Egypt expects deep raids if fighting resumes.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Egypt
Sadat
Central Committee
The
Arab Socialist Union
Israel
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
United States
Cairo
Judge orders father to fund daughter’s college years
In New York a judge ruled a father must support his daughter in college until age 21 despite disapproval of her lifestyle. Reactions varied across communities with a split in a street poll and support from some parents in Larchmont. The stay on a contempt sentence remains until a full Appellate Division review.
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New York
Larchmont
New York City
East Village
Appellate Division
Stock Prices Forge Ahead Fifth Straight Session
New York stocks rose for the fifth straight session as the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 11.09 to 842.00 at the close. Trading was heavy with about 17.7 million shares changing hands.
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New York
Dow
New Year's Business Photo Arc of Ups and Downs Across Cities
Across major cities hotels clubs and restaurants faced slow reservations due to the economic squeeze with West Coast venues like Los Angeles and San Francisco reporting strong demand. Boston saw a sharp slowdown with some clubs cutting prices while Seattle canceled celebrations for financial reasons amid high unemployment. Nationwide unemployment hovered near 5.8 percent with a Boeing impact rippling through.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Man robs Douglaston bank for $20,000 with note
A man handed a threatening note to a teller at the Long Island Savings & Loan Association in Douglaston Queens on Tuesday and escaped with $20,000, police reported.
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New York
Long Island Savings & Loan Association
Douglaston
Queens
Soviet Supreme Court weighs 11 hijackers’ appeals today
The Soviet Supreme Court meets to hear appeals from 11 Len ingrad hijacking defendants. Two Jewish defendants were sentenced to death by firing squad. nine others received labor camp terms. Trials and rapid appeals follow international pressure over the penalties.
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Soviet Supreme Court
Moscow
Leningrad
Communist Party Congress
Soviet Union
Mark Dymshuts
Edward Kuznetsov
Riga
Kishinev
Israel
ICC Urges Alterations In Rail Service Plan
The ICC urges major changes to the Volpe proposed 14 city coast to coast rail passenger system. It cites omitted links and ambiguities that could leave regions without service and calls for clearer intermediate route points to guide decisions.
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ICC
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
U S Seen Like Nazis Japanese CHICAwO
A legal scholar argues U S actions in Vietnam resemble wartime offenses against Germany and Japan. He cites treaty protocols and field manual guidelines on harming food sources, amid a Harvard led herbicide damage study presented at AAAS.
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Chicawo
United States
Vietnam
Germany
Japan
George Bunn
University of Wisconsin
U.S. Army
Bunn
U.S. Arms Control Agency
U.S
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