The 14&#8208;day United Airlines strike was tentatively settled yesterday with a contract agreement that may help unsnarl the Christmas travel problems of thousands of Americans.

UNITED AIRLINES AND UNION REACH TENTATIVE ACCORD

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 19 &#8212;Two middle&#8208;aged businessmen&#8212;one Christian, the other Moslem&#8212;who have become military warlords on opposite sides in Lebanon symbolize the gulf of hatred and fear that divides the people after eight months of bloody civil war.

2 Warlords in Lebanon Explain Why They Fight

CAPETOWN, Dec. 19&#8212;South African soldiers are serving in tactical and training capacities on several fronts in the Angolan war, according to authoritative sources here.

SOUTH AFRICA ROLE IN ANGOLA GROWS

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Dec. 19 (AP) &#8212; Seven terrorist gunmen ended a 16day siege at the Indonesian Consulate today, symbolically lowering the flag they had hoisted as representing their Pacific homeland of South Molucca and freeing 25 hostages.

16‐Day Siege in Amsterdam Ends Safely

The Board of Education yesterday ordered the elimination of virtually all evening high school classes, including adulteducation programs, as part of drastic new economies.

SCHOOLS CUT BACK EVENING CLASSES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19&#8212;The Senate voted overwhelmingly today for a cutoff of funds for covert military support operations in Angola, a move President Ford immediately deplored as &#8220;a deep tragedy for all countries whose security depends on the United. States.&#8221;

SENATE VOTES TO CUT OFF COVERT AID FOR ANGOLANS; FORD PREDICTS A ‘TRAGEDY’

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 19&#8212;The three commanders of Argentina's armed forces said at a Cabinet meeting today that President Isabel Martinez de Per&#243;n must turn over her powers to a constitutional successor or face a military revolt, informed sources said.

TOP COMMANDERS WARN ME PERON TO YIELD POWERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19&#8212;Consumer prices continued their steady climb in November, but the thicker pay envelope of the average wage earner more than made up for the inflation, according to monthly statistics released today by the Labor Department.

Prices Continue to Climb, But ‘Real’ Pay Rises More

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 &#8212;The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a ruling today that would drastically curtail the ability of the New York Stock Exchange and other national exchanges to restrict offfloor trading by members in listed common stocks. The ruling thus reduces the power of those exchanges.

S.E.C Curbs Exchanges' Right To Restrict Off‐Floor Trading

MADRID, Dec. 19&#8212;Spain's Foreign, Minister has created a storm in Parliament, a stronghold of traditionalist sentiment, by suggesting that the exiled leader of the Spanish Communist Party be allowed to come home.

Call for Top Red's Return Causes a Furor in Madrid

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19&#8212;Congress passed the tax&#8208;cut bill tonight after incorporating a nonbinding commitment, acceptable to President Ford, to control Government spending.

CONGRESS AND FORD AGREE ON EXTENSION OF TAX CUT; COMPROMISE BILL PASSED

PYLA, Cyprus &#8212; Some men were sitting in the central square of this village, drinking coffee and gossiping. Another man wandered over and asked if anyone had seed corn. One said yes and agreed to deliver it.

Village in Cyprus Is Able to Maintain Ethnic Harmony

CBS News said last night that in 1972 the Central Intelligence Agency, in an operation initiated by the State Department, funneled about $10 million into the Italian parliamentary elections with President Nixon's approval.

$10 Million for Italians

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (AP) &#8212;The House Intelligence Committee voted today to seek President Ford's approval to release reports on two covert Central Intelligence Agency operations.

House Unit Seking Release of 2 C.I.A. Reports

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19&#8212;A key Senate subcommittee approved the bulk of the Administration's extraordinarily large $4.7 billion foreign aid bill today&#8212;including nearly $3 billion in aid for Israel and Egypt.

Senate Unit Approves Over $4 Billion Aid

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 19 (Reuters)&#8212;A police spokesman said today that the seven gunmen who had held the consulate would be charged with unlawful deprivation of liberty and would go before a magistrate on Tuesday. The six train hijackers have all been charged with murder.

Charges the Gunmen Face

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 19 (AP) &#8212; Eleven persons were killed and 14 wounded today in mortar and machine&#8208;gun exchanges between Christian and Moslem gunmen, officials re,ported.

11 Die in New Lebanese Strife As Syrian. Attempts Mediation

LISBON, Dec. 9 &#8212; Charges, that Portuguese political prisoners have been brutually treated were made here tonight at a news conference held by a group of their relatives and lawyers.

Jail Brutality Laid to Lisbon By Relatives and Lawyers

NEW DELHI, Dec. 19&#8212;The Government of India, continuing the crackdown on its political opponents, has arrested former cabinet minister who had been one of its most outspoken and bitter critics, according to reliable sources here.

India Arrests Former Top Aide Who Is a Bitter Foe of Regime

NEW DELHI, Dec. 19&#8212;Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress Party appeared today to have won back its preeminence in the western state of Gujarat, capturing a majority of the village and district councils.

GANDHI BACKERS WIN STATE VOTE,

TOKYO, Dec. 19 (UPI)&#8212;The lower house of Parliament today voted down a no&#8208;confidence motion against Prime Minister Takeo Miki's Government.

Tokyo Vote Upholds Miki

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 19 &#8212;President Park Chung Hee today appointed a new Cabinet, headed by one of the President's assistants and including two others.

3 PARK AIDES JOIN NEW SEOUL CABINET

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (AP) &#8212;Following is the roll&#8208;call vote by which the Senate today adopted an amendment by Senator John V. Tunney, Democrat of California, to deny De Tense Department appropriation funds for covert military aid to anti&#8208;Soviet factions in Angola:

Roll Call in Senate On Angola Aid Vote

LOURENCO MARQUES, Mozambique; Dec. 19 (Reuters)&#8212;The six&#8208;month&#8208;old Mozambique Government said today that it had put down a rebellion by about 400 soldiers and policemen.

Mozambique Puts Down Revolt Touched Off by Military Purge

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18&#8212;In this city there is almost always a gap in judgment between executive branch experts and analysts and their policy&#8208;making superiors. But the current gap over Angola appears to be particularly wide.

Angola and the Schism in Washington

Bartosz Bosacki is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

December 20, 1975

Headlines from December 20, 1975

UNITED AIRLINES AND UNION REACH TENTATIVE ACCORD

2 Warlords in Lebanon Explain Why They Fight

SOUTH AFRICA ROLE IN ANGOLA GROWS

16‐Day Siege in Amsterdam Ends Safely

SCHOOLS CUT BACK EVENING CLASSES

Billboard 200

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