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Thursday January 7, 1971
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This Day In 1970's History: Thursday January 7, 1971
  • United Nations mediator Gunnar Jarring is on his way to Jerusalem. Israel is complaining of Egyptian air reconnaissance missions over the Israeli-occupied Sinai Desert. In an interview, President Sadat stressed the importance of the Sinai territory to Egypt. [CBS]

  • A Jewish Red Army officer was found guilty in Leningrad of an attempted plane hijacking, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. [CBS]

  • A U.S. diplomat was threatened by three Russians in Moscow. A Russian newspaper charged that American Jews are conducting a pogrom against the USSR in the United States. [CBS]

  • The Marxist government in Chile has established neighborhood people's tribunals which have the authority to imprison, but not the power to impose death sentences. [CBS]

  • Total 1970 U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam was 4,204. [CBS]
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