Five Hostages Released By Inmates Prisoners and Rioting
Pakistani army claims it halted Indian advances on five fronts into East Pakistan and reports over 330 Indian casualties including 200 in Comilla. Agha Yahya Khan bans National Awami party amid West Pakistan unrest. Indian forces blamed for attacks halted by borders. Sylhet and Jantiapur scenes described.
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New Delhi
East Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
West Pakistan
National Awami Party
Radio Pakistan
Dacca
Jessore
Benapole
Comilla
Chittagong
Sylhet
Jantiapur
South Vietnamese Offensive Expands Into Eastern Cambodia
A 25,000 man South Vietnamese force advances into Mimot and Snuol in eastern Cambodia marking a fifth day of the campaign. The move targets a North Vietnamese staging area near Mimot, with limited U.S. helicopter support and expected heavier fighting in the next week.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Mimot
Sauoi
Snuol
Nouncement
U.S
Rahway Prison Rebellion Ends Peacefully After 24 Hours
Officials regain control at Rahway State Prison after inmates release five hostages on Thanksgiving night in exchange for no reprisals and negotiations. Prisoners cited demands for better medical care food parole hearings and end to racism. A. Samuel Vukcevich the superintendent was among hostages treated for injuries.
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Rahway
N.J
Rahway State Prison
Stanley C. van Ness
William T. Cahill
Attica
Attica State Prison
Upstate New York
A. Samuel Vukcevich
Rahway Hospital
Vukcevich
Castro says world favors leftist revolution in Chile
Fidel Castro told Chilean leftists in Santiago that the global balance now tips toward revolutionary movements. He said force would be a last resort for change and praised Salvador Allende’s election, warning imperialists and reactionaries to oppose the Chilean path.
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Santiago
Chile
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Salvador Allende
Catro
Allende
Unemployment in Ohio Holds Steady in October
Ohio’s unemployment is estimated at 205,000 persons in October, about 4.5 percent of the civilian labor force, a moderate drop from September. Total employment rose slightly to 4,303,000, while nonagricultural wage and salary employment slipped to 3,839,000, down 0.4 percent.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Bureau of Employment Services
Thanksgiving traffic toll hits 188 nationwide
The AP reports 188 deaths in Thanksgiving travel across the United States as snow, drizzle, or fog troubled motorists in the midsection while the Northeast enjoyed clearer skies after Thursday's snowstorm.
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Chicago
Fire kills Freeman children on Muskingum County farm
In Zanesville Ohio three Freeman children Emma 4 Earl 22 and Anna 7 months died as flames enveloped their southern Muskingum County farm home while parents milking cows in the barn could not reach the upstairs bedroom. The couple found the house ablaze on returning from the barn about 75 feet away.
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Zanesville, Ohio
John Freeman
Muskingum County
Emma
Earl
Anna
Freemans
Nixon given Thanksgiving calls to political figures
President Nixon spent Thanksgiving phoning political figures including Lyndon Johnson, Britain's Edward Heath, and governors of California and New York. He spoke with Heath about the India Pakistan crisis and outlined plans to consult allies before trips to Peking and Moscow.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Britain
Edward Heath
London
America
Ronald L. Ziegler
Peking
Moscow
Teens Weigh Booze Pot Use And Family Discipline
A Washington AP report notes high school leaders replacing pot with alcohol and calling parental discipline strict. On premarital sex 50 percent answered yes under various conditions, 35 percent said absolutely no, 15 percent ducked the question in a Merit Publishing Co survey of 23 000 replies from 18 000 of 23 000 schools.
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Washington
Merit Publishing Co
Northfield
Ill
Student attitudes survey highlights college plans and wartime aims
Ninety six percent of students surveyed plan college attendance and nine percent have above B averages. They cite landing on the moon and voting age as proud achievements, prioritize ending the Southeast Asian war, fighting pollution, and continuing the war on poverty.
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Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Edward Kennedy
Renewal Of Mideast War Possible, Israelis Told
Premier Golda Meir urged Israelis to accept the possibility of renewed war in the Middle East. She criticized the United States for not delivering more Phantom fighters as Arab leaders threaten war, and said victory would come at a high human price. The Labor party backed no troop withdrawals and reaffirmed readiness for unconditional peace talks. In Cairo, Egypt’s chief of staff claimed 13 Arab nations agreed to wage war against Israel.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Labor Party
Friends of Israel
Nixon
Washington
Meir
Sadat
Soviet Union
Egypt
Sinai
Labor Party Central Committee
Israel
Cairo
Saad el Shazir
Record Snowfalls Hit North on Thanksgiving Day
Snow blanketed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with up to 18 inches in spots as motorists spent Thanksgiving in cars or strangers' homes. Albany reported nearly two feet of snow. 25,000 state workers delayed to dig out. State troopers aided stranded travelers on I-80. a mother delivered a baby in a frozen car and both mother and baby were fine.
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Associated Press
Northeast
Mid-Atlantic States
New York
Albany
National Weather Service
New Hampshire
Ralph Lawrence
Franklin
N.H
Milford
John Seleski
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United States Agency For International Development
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India
Pakistan
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Fidel
Zanesville
Anwar Sadat
North
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