NATO Chief Warns Soviets Still Wield Big Stick
NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns warned Kissinger and foreign ministers that the Soviets are growing stronger and may seek riskier actions if Western defense strength weakens. British, German, and French leaders pressed for defense buildup as oil shortages and Middle East tensions loom, with Kissinger aiming to unify and rally NATO support.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Henry A. Kissinger
Alliance
Joseph A. Luns
United States
Luns
Alec Douglas-Home
Britain
Middle East
Israel
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Western Europe
Kissinger
France
NATO
America
Alec Douglas Home
Michel Jobert
Walter Stoessel
European Affairs
Max van der Stoel
van der Stoel
Clashes Erupt on Golan Heights Alleges Syrian Claims
The Associated Press reports two clashes on the Golan cease-fire line with Syria saying Israeli engineering units were pushed forward then destroyed. No casualties are given and UN observers see no immediate threat to the truce.
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Associated Press
Golan Heights
Damascus
Golan Front
Middle East
United Nations
Syria
Israel
United States
Golan
Court may refine obscenity ruling in Carnal Knowledge case
The Supreme Court indicated readiness to refine last June obscenity rulings by agreeing to hear Georgia case over the film Carnal Knowledge. Albany theater operator Billy Jenkins was fined and put on probation after Dougherty County seized the movie, challenging Georgia obscenity law as unconstitutional and overbroad.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Billy Jenkins
Albany, Ga
Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office
Broad Avenue
Jenkins
South Vietnamese push into Kien Duc under risk of trap
North Vietnamese artillery and fresh tanks threaten the push to retake Kien Duc as government battalions wheel to the town’s east and south. Field reports say mined roads, ambush risk, and ongoing bombardment while Viet Cong accuse bombings on Loc Ninh airstrip.
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Saigon
Kien Duc
Gia Nghia
South Vietnam
Loc Ninh
White House delivers large batch of Watergate tapes and documents
The White House handed Jaworski a substantial number of presidential tapes and related documents this weekend. Officials would not reveal counts or content. Texts include requests from Jaworski for January 3, 1973 conversations with Haldeman Ehrlichman and Colson and other memoranda by Gordon Strachan.
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Washington
White House
Leon Jaworski
J. Fred Buzhardt
Jaworski
H.R
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles Colson
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Colson
John W. Dean III
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Gordon Strachan
Atty
John N. Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
Justice Department
Robert C. Mardian
Liddy
Dean
U.S. District Court
Front Royal Considers Merger Tonight At Public Hearing
Public hearing on the six member Town County Merger Committee plan for a consolidated Front Royal city is set for tonight with another session next Monday. Officials emphasize informing citizens before submitting the charter to the General Assembly by January 9.
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Front Royal
Town County
Kermit W. Nichols
General Assembly
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Elizabeth W. Malta
Council
Charles D. Williams
Plaza Cab
Duncan C. Gibb
Virginia Dept. of Highways
J. Francis Donaldson
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Stewart Sts
Winchester
West Virginia
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Organization of Arab Petroleum
Jerusalem
East Jerusalem
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Warren Burger
Georgia Supreme Court
Jules Feiffer
Mike Nichols
Ann-Margaret
S. Viets
Webber
Liz
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles
Burton
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