News stories from Tuesday December 25, 1973
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Arab countries eased their oil restrictions against Western Europe, Japan and the Philippines, but the oil embargo will continue against the United States and the Netherlands. The decision came as no surprise to Secretary of State Kissinger. If Israel and Egypt agree on mutual disengagement of armed forces in the Mideast, the Arabs could lift the U.S. oil boycott. [CBS]
- Egypt and Israel will discuss disengagement at the Geneva peace conference soon. In Tel Aviv, Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan stated that he is optimistic regarding the talks. [CBS]
- Vice President Gerald Ford and his family are taking a skiing holiday in Vail, Colorado. [CBS]
- President Nixon and his family exchanged presents at the White House as six persons were arrested nearby for demonstrating against continued warfare in Vietnam. Washington, DC outside of the White House has not been very friendly toward the President lately.
Talk of impeachment is spreading like wildfire through the capital. Organized labor is bringing its own pressure for impeachment. United Auto Workers legislative director Jack Beidler said that the "Saturday massacre" was responsible for labor's disenchantment with the President. Guides to impeachment procedures have turned up on every newsstand. Churches are also involved in the clamor for impeachment. Charles Morgan, legislative director of the ACLU, declared that Americans have the right to determine President Nixon's innocence or guilt.
[CBS] - One year after being hit by a major earthquake, Managua, Nicaragua, still appears demolished today. The poor are still forced to live in temporary shelters. Many Nicaraguans blame strongman General Anastasio Somoza. Somoza stated that Managua needed to be redesigned, and the disaster has helped the city in this way. [CBS]
- Skylab astronauts Gerald Carr and William Pogue took a space walk to photograph the comet Kohoutek. Kohoutek is almost invisible to the naked eye on earth. Kohoutek is getting closer to the sun each day, but not many persons have seen it. [CBS]
- 18,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a storage tank in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Rain washed the gasoline into sewers; an explosion is very likely. [CBS]
- Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's wife gave birth to the couple's second child. Their first child was also born on Christmas day, two years ago. [CBS]