Photograph: Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir at her Churchill Hotel press conference, 13th November 1973.
Israeli Premier Golda Meir told her Parliament that Israel will not withdraw to the October 22 cease-fire line, but will eventually return to the 1967 peace lines. Israeli and United Nations troops continue to be at odds with each other.
United Nations troops replaced Israeli troops at checkpoints for supplies going to the trapped 3rd Egyptian army, thus upsetting the Israelis. Israeli troops turned back a group of reporters on the road from Cairo to Suez City; the reporters were forcibly removed. Another confrontation between United Nations troops and Israeli forces occurred further up the road. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan visited some of the checkpoints. Israeli forces today demonstrated that they retained control of the road leading to the city of Suez despite the two United Nations checkpoints that were set up yesterday. Israeli soldiers with submachine guns at the ready and standing shoulder to shoulder held back about 120 newsmen and cameramen who had come from Cairo to the point, here called Kilometer 101, nearly 63 miles from the Egyptian capital and 17 from Suez City.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger held a meeting with Mao Tse-tung before his departure from China. U.S. policy toward China will not change, according to Kissinger.
Kissinger explained the situation in the Mideast to China while other diplomats sought to patch up relations with the U.S.’s European friends. Europe’s refusal to support Israel was brought on by their fear of an energy crisis. There is a breach between the Europeans themselves and between Europe and the United States.
The South Vietnamese government said today that a violent storm struck six coastal provinces over the weekend, killing at least 51 persons, forcing evacuation of at least 145,000 and flooding several cities with waters as deep as 10 feet. A number of bridges were washed out along the coast and inland, and crops were destroyed in several areas. The government said that the storm reached typhoon proportions on Saturday and Sunday when its winds, blowing off the South China Sea, reached about 43 miles an hour. But flood waters brought on by the storm, rather than the winds, did most of the damage in the six provinces. Sections of the city of Huế in Thừa Thiên Province were under 10 feet of water, a military spokesman said. Parts of Phú Bổn Province were said to be under five feet of water.
Britain and Iceland reached an interim settlement of their 14-month-old fishing dispute after Iceland’s parliament accepted terms of the agreement by a vote of 54 to 6. The two-year agreement, which took immediate effect, imposes various restrictions that will reduce Britain’s annual fish catch off Iceland’s coast from about 180,000 tons to 130,000. The so-called cod war began in September of 1972 when Iceland unilaterally extended its jurisdiction over the offshore fishing area to 50 miles from 12.
British troops arrested five Protestant leaders after a day of gunfire and 19 bomb incidents which left as many as 25 people injured and a 15-year-old boy dead. The boy, Bernard Taggart, a Roman Catholic, and his twin brother, Gerard, were kidnaped from a Belfast reformatory school by the Irish Republican Army. Gerard was freed at Bernard’s plea but Bernard was shot twice in the head as an informer.
The U.S. and six other nations (the UK, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland) jointly decided to terminate an agreement to buy and sell gold only with each other, clearing the way for the U.S. to sell its dwindling, but still large stockpile, to private individuals. The seven nations had agreed on March 17, 1968, to halt sales of their gold stocks.
The government of the United Kingdom proclaimed a state of emergency in light of the selective strikes of British coal miners. A state of national emergency has been declared in Britain; gasoline rationing is likely.
The royal wedding of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips will take place tomorrow, but the aggressive commercialization surrounding the wedding isn’t working; citizens are reacting with indifference. Live coverage of the wedding begins at 5 a.m. EDT.
Austria said the Jewish Schönau transit camp it pledged to close six weeks ago after bargaining with Arab guerrillas would be shut “very shortly” and an army barracks used instead to house Russian Jews in transit to Israel. A spokesman said an “aid center” would be established at Wöllersdorf, south of Vienna, under the auspices of the Austrian Red Cross, and would be used in particular by migrants needing medical treatment. Government officials emphasized that the center would be open to other migrant categories, not just Russian Jews, and was not a replacement for Schönau.
Seventeen Greeks charged with rioting on November 4 after a memorial service for the late Premier George Papandreou were set free tonight after a trial at which 11 defendants testified that they had been savagely beaten by the police. Twelve defendants were acquitted. The five others were sentenced to prison terms of six months to two years but were freed after they appealed. Last night the court had refused to accept as evidence pictures from a film of the street clashes that erupted November 4 after the service. It reversed itself tonight, however, after newspapers here had published pictures showing policemen trampling on the heads of fallen demonstrators and a police officer hurling a stone at a civilian in a doorway.
The public prosecutor’s office in Bonn said it was investigating an alleged multi-million-mark fraud ring possibly involving West German government officials and diplomats. The announcement followed a series of police raids on long-distance moving firms in Bonn. The investigation centers around bids for government moving contracts. Newspaper reports claim the government has lost 28 million marks, or almost $12 million, because of the alleged fraud.
French farmers began selling produce directly to consumers to counter a six-day strike by retailers that has left thousands of tons of fruit and vegetables rotting in Paris. But some grocers hit back at attempts to beat their strike. Retailers in Grenoble, in eastern France, threw bleach on produce put on sale by farmers. Paris retailers said they would continue their shutdown indefinitely in protest of government price controls.
The 86 member airlines of the International Air Transport Association were told that they must modify all aircraft engines to reduce noise levels and that the cost may be borne through increased air fares or airport taxes. The group’s technical committee, at the IATA’s annual conference in Auckland, New Zealand, said the policy would become effective as engine conversion kits become available. Modification of a four-engine jet would cost about $1 million. For a two- or three-engine jet, the cost will run about $250,000.
Raul Sendic, founder of the Uruguayan Tupamaro urban guerrilla movement, has been condemned to death by a Montevideo military tribunal, according to the newly formed Committee for the Defense of Uruguayan Political Prisoners. A spokesman for the group said it had learned that Sendic and eight other Tupamaro leaders had been sentenced in secret and transferred to military bases in the interior. They are to be executed if the guerrillas continue to operate, he said.
U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts talked to President Nixon personally during a meeting along with 14 other Republican senators, and said he thought that Nixon should resign in light of the Watergate scandal. Brooke said later of Nixon, “He took it very graciously. He said he understood it was made without malice. But he said it would be the easy way.”
The House passed a bill to allocate oil supplies; the Senate approved construction of the Alaska pipeline. The oil industry called for rationing of gas and fuel oil. The bill passed by Congress requires oil companies to pay damages for any oil spills after shipments begin. Alaska believes that its future will be rich once pipeline construction gets underway.
A committee of the National Petroleum Council called for gasoline rationing. Because there is no chance for increasing petroleum imports, the council recommended that rationing begin immediately. But Treasury Secretary George Shultz feels that gasoline rationing should only be a last resort.
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield complained that President Nixon waited too long to have Congress begin emergency energy legislation. House and Senate committees approved year-round daylight savings time. Commerce Secretary Fred Dent reported that private industry consumes most of the nation’s energy.
Former White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman has maintained contact with President Nixon although he was fired six months ago over Watergate. Haldeman is in regular contact with the President and remains a major influence at the White House. Press secretary Ron Ziegler denied placing calls to Haldeman.
The Senate Watergate Committee voted to request a meeting with President Nixon to discuss Watergate; Lowell Weicker proposed the motion. Howard Baker planned to meet with the President along with other Republican Senators later in the day.
Hearings continued today with American Shipbuilding Company spokesman Matthew Clark testifying that corporate contributions went to the Nixon re-election campaign through employee “bonuses”, and a company lawyer told employees to lie to the FBI about the contributions. The bonuses added up to $25,000 and the chairman of the board added another $75,000; the contributions were given to Herbert Kalmbach. American Shipbuilding admitted that its actions were wrong, but the company claimed to be initially unaware of the illegality of the contributions. Wilbur Bennett, a spokesman for the 3M company, met privately with the committee and confessed that his firm made illegal contributions. Two more companies, Gulf Oil and the Ashland Petroleum Company, made illegal contributions to the Nixon campaign and to the campaigns of Wilbur Mills and Henry Jackson. The companies were fined.
The House Judiciary Committee approved the appointment of a special Watergate prosecutor who will be answerable to the courts, and not the executive branch. The committee adopted an amendment to appoint a panel that will be responsible for naming the prosecutor. Representative Tom Railsback proposed that the special prosecutor report to the chairman and the ranking Republican on the committee each month regarding information on any impeachable crime committed by the President.
After a re‐examination of the trouble‐plagued rocket, space agency officials decided today to continue with a countdown aimed at launching the Skylab 3 astronauts Friday morning. William C. Schneider, the Skylab program director, said tonight that the “result of reviews is that all vehicles have an adequate margin for a safe flight.” The Saturn 1B rocket will be launched with some minor cracks. But Mr. Schneider said careful studies had indicated that the cracks posed no problem. The liftoff for the planned 85‐day mission is scheduled for 9:01 A.M. Friday. Fueling of the Saturn 1B rocket is to begin tomorrow afternoon.
But the status of the launching remained in doubt because of a continuing study of structural problems with the 22‐story‐tall rocket: If a launching is not possible Friday, the next opportunity would not be until next Tuesday. Cracks were discovered last week in the tail fins of the eight‐year‐old rocket, and the fins had to be replaced. This caused the first delay, a 5‐day postponement. All eight fins had been replaced by early this morning. More cracks were found yesterday, this time in seven of the eight structural beams connecting the launching rocket’s two stages. This led to a second postponement, from Thursday to Friday.
The Drug Enforcement Administration ordered strict controls placed on three commonly used barbiturates because of findings that they have a high potential for addiction. John R. Bartels Jr., administrator of the Justice Department agency, said four trade-named drugs — Seconal, Tunial, Amytal and Nembutal — are now under the same controls used for habit-forming narcotics. The three barbiturates — amobarbital, pentobarbital and secobarbital — marketed under the four trade names are now sold by prescription only. Bartels said the new order forbade refillable prescriptions and imposed rigid production controls.
Skilled trades workers at Ford Motor Co. rejected a new national contract by more than a 3-1 margin, while non-skilled workers were 3 to 1 in favor, the United Auto Workers announced. A UAW spokesman said the fate of the national contract. covering 185,000 workers in all, was in doubt. Observers said it was not yet clear whether the union would have to renegotiate the entire agreement or just the skilled trades section involving overtime provisions. The rejection led to bitter arguments and one worker, identified as William Harrell, 27, of Detroit, was listed in satisfactory condition after being shot in the back. Police were seeking a union official and two other men.
The Maryland Court of Appeals appointed a three-judge panel to preside over a disbarment hearing for Spiro T. Agnew that could lead to his being prohibited from practicing law anywhere in the United States. The Maryland Bar Assn. is seeking to oust the former Vice President because of his alleged involvement in a Maryland political kickback scheme that last month resulted in his no contest plea to federal income tax evasion.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare rejected nine state plans for court-ordered racial desegregation of their public colleges. The proposals, submitted early last summer, “fall far short of being acceptable” to meet a court deadline next April 8, said Peter E Holmes, director of HEW’s Office for Civil Rights. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia were told to submit improved plans in 90 days. Louisiana and Mississippi were given the 90 days plus an interim November 30 deadline to agree to submit the plans or have their cases referred to the Justice Department.
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Born:
Samantha Riley, Australian breast stroke swimmer (Olympics 2 bronze medals, 1992, 1996), in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Derrick Alexander, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns), in Jacksonville, Florida.
Jason Simontacchi, MLB pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals, Washington nationals), in Mountain View, California.
Died:
Elsa Schiaparelli, 83, Italian-born French fashion designer.
Lila Lee, 68, American actress (“Midnight Girl”, “Blood & Sand”), of a stroke.
Bruno Maderna, 53, Italian conductor and composer, died of lung cancer
B. S. Johnson, 40, English novelist and TV producer, committed suicide
Cardini (stage name for Richard V. Pitchford), 77, Welsh-born U.S. magician
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