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Monday December 7, 1970
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This Day In 1970's History: Monday December 7, 1970
  • Reports indicate that Coast Guard Rear Admiral William Ellis was the one who ordered a Soviet defector returned. The Coast Guard is blaming a lack of State Department guidelines; the State Department blames the Coast Guard's action. Rep. Wayne Hays said that new guidelines will prevent incidents like this in the future. [CBS]

  • In Warsaw, West Germany and Poland signed a border treaty which guarantees the Polish border. [CBS]

  • Giovanni Bucher, the Swiss Ambassador to Brazil, has been kidnapped. [CBS]

  • Palestinian guerrillas and the Jordanian army fought; a new cease-fire was later agreed on. [CBS]

  • The United Nations approved an international Peace Corps patterned after the U.S. organization. [CBS]
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