Indian Forces Close In On Dacca Amid Stiff Pakistani Resistance
Indian artillery targeted Dacca as Lt. Gen A K Niazi vowed to fight to the last man. Indian casualties topped 8,500 in ten days with 1,978 killed and 5,025 wounded while 4,000 Pakistani troops and 4,000 paramilitary forces were captured. Manekshaw sent surrender pleas. Niazi rejected them as refugees flooded the river banks and Bangla Desh rebels stayed largely silent.
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Associated Press
Dacca
East Pakistan
Jagjivan Ram
India
A. K. Niazi
Pakistan
East Pak
Istan
Calcuttta
Radio Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Niazi
Ram
Rajasthan
Punjab
East
Khukri
Arabian
Sam Manekshaw
Manekshaw
Mukti Bahini
Bangla Desh
Ganges
Aid Dispute Delays Passage of Phase 2 Extension
Congress moves to extend Nixon’s Phase 2 economic powers for a year while a foreign aid dispute stalls adjournment. The Senate approved the Phase 2 bill after conferees finished a compromise, with the House expected to follow. A continuing resolution would fund foreign aid through March 15 and cover Defense and D C. Israel aid of 300 million is included. end-the-war amendment is absent. The timeline remains uncertain as 1971 session glides toward Wednesday.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Senate House
House
Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
Defense Department and District of
Senate approves year extension of wage price control powers
The Senate passed a one year extension of Nixon era wage and price controls by voice vote. The retroactive pay provision would cover most raises frozen from August to November, to be paid if funding or price changes occurred. The House is expected to act and send the measure to Nixon.
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House
Senate
Washington
Nixon
Senate House
Mohamed Hassan El-Zayyat
Egypt
Ohio Court Faces Rule On Illegal Redistrict Plan
A federal judge fined attorney John McElroy and State Rep. Norris for contempt for ignoring a ban on litigation on the Ohio reapportionment case. The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments on an accelerated disposition while awaiting a federal injunction ruling. Local attorney Browne argued the case hinges on disputes over jurisdiction and the right of candidates to move districts.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S
Frank Battisti
Youngstown
John McElroy
Alan Norris
Westerville
Columbus
McElroy
Norris
Akron
Roy Browne
Battisti
Supreme Court
Samuel Jordan
James Rhodes
U.S. District Court
Browne
Supreme Court of Ohio
Supreme Court of the
Judicial notice dispute over required federal procedure notices
Sutt argues federal procedure notice to state citizens was inadequate and newspapers publicity did not replace formal notice. He contends some form of notice, by advertisement or media dispatch, should have been issued even if the court believed sufficient notice existed.
Americans Return Home From China Release
Two Americans Mary Ann Harbert from California and Richard Fecteau of Lynn Massachusetts arrived at Valley Forge Military Hospital after a 10 000 mile flight from Hong Kong following their release by Communist China. They declined to speak to reporters citing fatigue from a long arduous journey.
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Philadelphia
California
U.S
China
Mary Ann Harbert
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Hong Kong
Hospital welcome for two visitors in parka and glasses
Miss Harbert and Fecteau arrived by helicopter and smiled as they walked to a waiting car at the hospital. Harbert wore pink slacks and a parka while Fecteau wore black trousers and a parka, both shielding their eyes with dark glasses.
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Miss Harbert
Fecteau
Pair of Released Prisoners Reach U S After Hong Kong Stop
Fecteau, a 43 year old civilian Army employee, had served 19 of 20 years on spying charges in China. Miss Harbert, held by Red China for three years, was released with him. They halted at Hickam Air Force Base Honolulu before a nonstop C141 flight to McGuire.
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Fecteau
Army
Miss Harbert
Palo Alto
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Hickam
McGuire
Ohio House Senate sign first income tax bill for Gilligan
Ohio lawmakers are due to sign the state first income tax bill and send it to Governor Gilligan for enactment. The measure includes a 3.5 percent personal income tax and a 4 to 8 percent corporate tax with collections starting January 1. A $7.7 billion two year budget accompanies the measure, with $790 million in new spending through July 1973.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
John Gilligan
Ohio Department of Taxation
Smoking Wrinkles Also From Cigarette Use, Study Finds
A Redding California physician reports a strong link between cigarette smoking and facial wrinkles, more so than sun or wind exposure. Dr H W Daniell analyzed 1104 subjects and found wrinkle scores closely correlated with smoking, starting after age 30.
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Redding
Calif
H. W. Daniell
Annals of Internal Medicine
Daniell
Israel Says UN Vote Prolongs Middle East Deadlock
The U N General Assembly backed a resolution urging resumption of indirect talks via Gunnar Jarring and Israel’s withdrawal from occupied Egyptian territory. Israel, Egypt, and Abba Eban criticized the language as prolonging the stalemate amid calls for a fresh peace path and U Thant’s renewed mediation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Israel
General Assembly
Middle East
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Mahmoud Riad
Riad
Abba Eban
U Thant
Jarring
Egypt
O'Brien questions ethics over 1972 convention funds
Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien questions ethics and propriety about Republican National Convention finances while an administration official says his claims lack substance. Rep. Wilbur Mills announces plans to campaign for the Democratic nomination once his name is placed in nomination. Charles S. Kettering II, a philanthropist, educator, and GM research heir, dies at 40 after being struck near his home. Ohio plans record public education funding in the biennial budget. Congress nears a bill to curb campaign spending, a major reform of the 1925 act.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
O'Brien
Wills
Shreveport
Wilbur Mills
Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Colo
Charles S. Kettering II
Kettering
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Corp
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