Christmas 1973: Terrorism Fears and Peaceful Observances
Christmas 1973 featured renewed terrorism fears and fuel shortages with lighter road travel. Pope Paul VI urged humanity to seek a savior as crowds filled St. Peter's and Bethlehem saw fewer pilgrims due to safety concerns. Nuclear Skylab 3 mission, Nixon Kissinger oil talks, and global unrest color the holiday with limited violence abroad and tight security in Chile and London.
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Elderly couple dies in cold home in Schenectady
Police await autopsy on Frank Baker 93 and Catharine Baker 92 found dead in a fully clothed state in their Schenectady home after a power shutoff for unpaid bills. Investigators noted no heat and possible gas stove use with no electricity since Thursday amid freezing temperatures. The Bakers lived on Social Security and a pension. Baker was a retired school and theater custodian.
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Catherine
Bob O'Brien
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Frances
O'Brien
Baker
Soviet Soyuz 13 lands safely after eight day flight
Soviet Tass reports Soyuz 13 with Maj. Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev landed on a Kazakh steppe near Karaganda at 11:50 a.m. Moscow time after a mission to test docking with an Apollo in 1975. It was the second manned Soviet flight in three months following Soyuz 11 fixes.
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Ismet Inonu Dies at 89 in Turkey
Turkish elder statesman Ismet Inonu dies at 89 after heart attack. He led as president and premier, kept Turkey neutral in WWII, later aligned with the West. He founded free elections in 1950 and returned as premier in 1961 amid coup attempts, buried beside Ataturk.
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Southwest Weather Cloudy With Showers Likely
Cloudy tonight with showers likely and low temperatures in the low 40s. Thursday will stay cloudy with daytime highs in the mid to upper 40s.
Skylab crew photographs Kohoutek during record space walk
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr and William Pogue spent seven hours outside the space station to photograph comet Kohoutek. The mission aims to analyze spectral images for clues to solar system formation, with later walks planned as Kohoutek nears its sun approach.
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William R. Pogue
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Nixon weighs options after Arab oil embargo
President Nixon, interrupting Christmas with his family, conferred with Secretary of State Kissinger on the Arab oil embargo and U S Middle East policy. A spokesman said the Arab decision links oil supplies to peacemaking and U S concessions, criticizing congressional aid to Israel.
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Nixon
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Henry A. Kissinger
Mideast
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White House
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Warren
Kissinger
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Middle East
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Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Pigeons Targeted as Health Hazard in Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville authorities drive a pigeon eradiation program started in November to curb histoplasmosis cases. City Ombudsman Barry Clark says about 150 pigeons a week are being trapped and incinerated, with six months projected to reduce the 5,000 population.
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Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
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Christian County
Arab oil embargo continues as nations weigh relief plan
Arab oil ministers in Kuwait announced a reduction of overall cuts from 25 percent to about 15 percent while keeping the embargo on United States and Netherlands shipments due to their support for Israel. Japan Britain France and Belgium would receive needed supplies as U.S. political shifts fail to end the energy crisis.
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White House
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Kissinger
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Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Belgium
U. S
Hirotaka Mitsuda
Japan Oil Federation
International Trade and Industry
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Kazutaka Kikawada
Persian Gulf
Peter Walker
Flooding Bites Gulf Coast as Christmas Rains Persist
Heavy rains and thunderstorms flood central Gulf states driving dozens from homes on Christmas Eve. Meridian Mississippi records 8 inches with 7 more earlier. Vicksburg and Laurel evacuations near 150 families. New Orleans reports 4 inches. Florida and Alabama see 2 to 3 inches.
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