Mideast Talks Resume Amid War Preparations
United Nations New York AP reports Middle East peace talks resumed with Israeli envoy Yosef Tekoah meeting UN envoy Gunnar V. Jarring. The talks follow a December note from Israel accepting resumed talks and cite hard line positions on troop withdrawals.
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Middle East
Yosef Tekoah
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jarring
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Abba Eban
Jekoah
New York
Mohammed H. El-Zayyat
Anwar Sadat
William P. Rogers
Arabs To Jarring
U Thant
Rogers
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Local Bargains and Dine-In Deals Begin This Week
Powhatan Shop Berry s begins price sale Thursday January 7 with The Treasure Box reopening January 13 Ram Jewelers closed January 6 until noon Tomorrow night at Howard Johnsons Fish Fry All you can eat pizza offers at Pizza Hut for children 6 to 12 and adults at specific prices.
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Pizza Hut
Chile Becomes 57th Nation to Recognize Red China
In Tokyo and Santiago a Chinese communique announced Chile established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Chile notes Beijing’s claim to Taiwan while not declaring Formosa belongs to Peking, aligning with Canada’s stance.
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Red
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Tokyo
Peking
Formosa
People’s Republic of China
New China News Agency
Taiwan
Canada
Santiago
Salvador Allende
Cuba
North Korea
North Vietnam
East Germany
Allende
U.N. General Assembly
Virginia’s New Republican Wins House Seat in Move Jam
Virginia’s new GOP congressman J Kenneth Robinson has arrived on Capitol Hill but finds no office yet due to a moving jam from late Congress adjournment. He will occupy the suite vacated by Frank J Bresco after the 92nd Congress convenes January 21.
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Virginia
Capitol Hill
J. Kenneth Robinson
Winchester
John O. Marsh Jr
Robinson
Marsh
W. S. Stucky Jr
Georgia
Frank J. Bresco
New York
Bresco
Longworth House
Snowfall Half Melts Quietly as Schools Reopen Varied
Frederick County remains mostly closed with a later reopening decision as five inches fall in the area. Clarke County resumes classes for the first time since before Christmas. Winchester schools operate on schedule. Roads vary from dry to wet with ice on secondary routes and chains advised. Temperatures dip into the 20s with a high around 48 degrees and a low near 2 above freezing. The forecast calls for continued cold with a chance of precipitation through Saturday.
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Clarke County
Frederick
Winchester
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Nixon Eyes Prosperity and Peace by 1972
President Nixon told a national audience he hopes to achieve prosperity and peace by 1972 while acknowledging disappointments from his first two years. He cited troop withdrawals from Vietnam, Kent State and Jackson State shootings, and a Wisconsin bombing as key setbacks and urged Congress to share responsibility.
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Nixon
South Vietnam
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Jackson State College
University of Wisconsin
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ABC
Eric Sevareid
CBS
John Chancellor
NBC
Nancy Dickerson
Public Broadcasting Service
Whitacre to become Frederick County dog warden
Harold Whitacre told Clarke County Supervisors he will become Frederick County dog warden after resigning from Clarke in February. Frederick will use Clarke’s pound. no replacement yet. Whitacre will replace Richard Streit who resigned to become deputy sheriff. callers should contact the sheriff’s office for the dog warden.
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Berryville
Harold Whitacre
Clarke County
Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Whitacre
Clarke
Frederick
Richard Streit
Tom Rosenberger
Virginia General Assembly Arrives for Off Year Session
Virginia lawmakers arrived for an off year session opening at noon Wednesday to consider 104 bills, realign districts, and weigh aid for financially pressed localities. Gov. Holton kept comments cautious while discussions on 18 year olds voting and local aid continued among senators and delegates.
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Virginia General Assembly
Del
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
House of Delegates
State Code Commission
Linwood Holton
Mes
Sage
House
Senate
William B. Hopkins
Roanoke
Holton
Hopkins
Assembly
Woman Goes To Jail Over Fare Dispute In Britain
Anne Melville, 23, a London commuter, chose jail over paying 2.70 after a court ruled she must cover the full first class fare for moving from second to first class on a monthly commuter ticket. She began a seven day sentence in a London prison resisting release.
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Britain
Anne Melville
Richard
British Railways
Brighton
Fighting at Five Points in Cambodia
Reports from Saigon indicate heavy fighting at five points in eastern and northwestern Cambodia with U S forces and Vietnamese allies engaging North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units. A U S jet fighter bomber was shot down over southern Laos with two crewmen missing. In South Vietnam an ambush near Highway 20 left one American dead and one wounded.
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Cambodia
U.S
Laos
Air Force
South Vietnam
Highway 7
Phnom Penh
Bassac
Mekong
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