Arabs Promise to Ease Oil Boycott Marks Breakthrough
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report a slight change in Arab oil policy easing the embargo as Kuwait agrees to end the boycott when Israel withdraws from territories seized in 1967. Kissinger seeks broader concessions tied to Israeli withdrawal and Jerusalem talks.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Israel
Kuwait
Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Libya
Kissinger
West Bank
Suez Canal
Egypt
Faisal
Jerusalem
High Cost of High Office in Virginia Elections
The piece notes Mills E. Godwin Jr. spent about $953,354 to win the Virginia governorship, Henry E. Howell Jr. spent about $794,072 in defeat, and Flora Crater paid under $15,000 for lieutenant governor. It details total state race spending around $2.5 million, media-driven campaigns, and debates spending limits. Godwin calls for spending restraints as lawmakers weigh proposals.
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Norfolk
Godwin
Virginia
Linwood Holton
William C. Battle
Howell
MR. Godwin
John N. Dalton
J. Harry Michael Jr
M. Patton Echols Jr
General Assembly
Congress
Things That Make Life Worthwhile, by Hal Boyle
A reflective prose piece catalogues simple pleasures that give life meaning. Vivid images include sunlight on freckled faces, a wife’s sleep after a cheerful day, forbidden icing, winter scents, a child with Santa, and charity praised at a funeral.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Yuletide
Turmoil and Triumph in the Bible s Survival Through Ages
The piece traces the Bible s endurance from ancient persecutions to print revolutions. It notes key figures like Jerome Gutenberg Luther and Tyndale and describes how vernacular translations spread despite bans. It ends with current aims to translate into 1500 languages and ongoing scholarly work.
Lost Dante Portrait by Giotto Found in Florence Basement
A history student rediscovered Giotto's portrait of Dante hidden in a Florence rubbish room, plastered to a wall and smeared with whitewash. The piece reveals the poet's full length image and serves as a reminder that human divine potential should not be hidden or defiled by cheap material.
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History of Art
Florence
Giotto
Dante
God
Ervin Reflects on Watergate and Retirement Plans
Sen. Sam Ervin says Watergate has been a national disaster from which the country will recover, but Nixon may not. He plans to publish all tape transcripts and documents and may disqualify himself from voting on any presidential conviction while he remains in the Senate. He aims to retire after 1974 and says he will go fishing.
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U.S
Jerusalem
Faisal
Jersalem
Kuwait
Geneva
Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Harvard Law School
Ervin
North Carolina
Watergate Committee
White House
House
Sam Ervin
Capitol Hill
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Maxwell Taylor
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William Tyndale
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Tyndale
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