Israel to Return to Middle East Peace Talks
Israel will resume indirect negotiations with Egypt and Jordan after cabinet approval led by Prime Minister Golda Meir. The move ends a halt since September 6 and follows pressure from Labor and allied factions. Meir warned possible outcomes depend on the other side’s willingness to reach a peace agreement.
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Labor
Knesset
Israel
National Religious Party
Suez Canal
Religious Party
Egypt
Jordan
Mrs. Meir
United States
New York Times
Meir
U.N
Gunnar Vv. Jarring
Tel Aviv
Times
James Reston
POW Interview Labeled Enemy Propaganda Film
Two U S pilots held in North Vietnam say in a censored Christmas Day interview that the war should end now. The Defense Department calls the program enemy propaganda. The film features Walter Wilber and Robert Schweitzer answering presubmitted questions under Hanoi supervision and aired on NBC and CBS.
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New York
North Vietnam
U.S. Defense Department
U.S. Navy
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Robert J. Schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Michael MacLear
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Pham van
South Vietnam
Laos
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Families Question Vietnam Prisoner Interview Staging
Relatives of Navy Cmdr. Robert Schweitzer and Cmdr. Walter Wilber doubt an NBC CBS Christmas Day interview from North Vietnam was authentic. The pilots criticized the war and urged troop withdrawal, while their spouses questioned the actors behind the statements during the couple's 18th wedding anniversary observance.
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Walter Wilbur
Robert Schweitzer
U.S. Navy
Michael
Associated Press
North Vietnam
United States
Navy
Robert J. Schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
U.S
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Schweitzer
Wilber
Gwen Schweitzer
Jeanne
Basque extremists face death sentences in Burgos trial
A military court in Burgos sentenced six of 16 Basque extremists to death, with three to be executed by firing squad. The defendants, including leaders Izco Uriate and Gorostich, were all identified as ETA members. Prosecution sought six death sentences and over 700 years in prison for the group.
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Burgos
Franco
Francisco Javier Izco
Eduardo Uriate
Jaaquin Gorostich
Spain
Mario Onaindia
Francisco Javier Larena
Jose Maria Corronsoro
Izco
ETA
Heavy Seas Split Tanker Rescue Near New York
The Coast Guard rescued 31 crewmen from the stern of the Finnish tanker Ragny after it split in two in heavy seas 600 miles southeast of New York. Six men including the master and chief engineer remained on the bow section, and one man from the American tanker Platte died when a small boat capsized. Rescue ships endured a North Atlantic storm with more attempts delayed until weather clears.
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New York
U.S
Coast Guard
Escanaba
New York City
Marie Leonardo
Rivers Dies After Heart Surgery at 65 in Alabama
Rep. L Mendel Rivers longtime head of the House Armed Services Committee died at University Hospital Birmingham after open heart surgery and a series of heart stoppages. He was 65. Rivers had replaced a leaking mitral valve with a plastic valve Dec 11 and suffered continuing heart failure. He commanded fierce defense stance and military superiority while his succession in the next Congress will go to Rep. F Edward Hebert then Rep. Philip J Philbin defeated. Hebert will lead the committee in the new term.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. Mendel Rivers
House
Armed Services Committee
University Hospital
South Carolina
Democrat
Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
U.S
Philip J. Philbin
D-Mass
Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
A-bear
My Lai
State Department
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hollywood
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Soviet Union
Hand to Hand Fighting in Cambodia Near Rokakong
Four hundred North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops assaulted a Cambodian garrison near Rokakong, Phnom Penh, engaging in hand to hand combat until dawn. Cambodian losses were four dead and 12 wounded. enemy casualties listed as 10 killed and 25 wounded. South Vietnamese reports claimed 34 enemy killed in South Vietnam.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Rokakong
Mekong
West Bank
Saigon
South Vietnam
Gio Linh
Demilitarized Zone
Annexation Decision In Limbo Ahead Of Court Ruling
The three judge annexation court delayed ruling on Frederick County motion to shift the effective date of annexation to December 31 1971. If denied annexation takes effect Thursday at midnight with Winchester to assume 5.9 square miles. county may appeal.
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Frederick County
Elliott Marshall
J. Aubrey Matthews
Earl Abbott
Winchester
Marshall
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Eugene Gunter
Virginia
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