India and Pakistan at war as air and ground battles erupt
Indian forces strike East Pakistan advancing toward an independent state while fighting West Pakistan with air raids on Lahore Karachi and Rawalpindi. Pakistan claims India began the war and vows a crushing reply as both sides report air battles and ground skirmishes across East and West Pakistan.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
West
India
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Lahore
Karachi
Rawalpindi
New Delhi
Berlin talks deadlocked as wall pass debate stalls
In Berlin East and West negotiators made no progress on wall passage details. Free Democrats oppose limits of 30 visits a year, arguing the four power pact must be honored. Ulrich Mueller and Guenter Kohrt may resume talks, but no timing was given. Egon Bahr flew to Bonn amid stalled anticipated signing.
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Hubert J. Erb
Berlin
Free Democratic Party
Wall
Free Democrats
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Guenter Kohrt
Egon Bahr
Wall Pass
Three Juveniles Sought in Minneapolis Youth Shooting
Minneapolis police hunt three juvenile suspects after Ricky Lee Knapp, 16, was shot in the chest during an altercation in southwestern Minneapolis shortly before 9 p.m. Friday. Authorities describe the incident as connected to the youth’s death.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Ricky Lee Knapp
Salvation Army Bell Ringer Robbed After One Day
Susan Yoh, 20, quit after one day as a Salvation Army bell ringer in Pontiac Michigan. A thief grabbed the kettle outside a shopping center, knocked Yoh down with a fleeing car, but she escaped with bruises. She criticized her motives and vowed to quit, saying she earned only 1.60 dollars an hour.
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Susan Yoh
Salvation Army
Mich
Miss Yoh
Portiac Salvation Army
Maj. W. &. Wilkins
Egypt calls for Israeli pullout from occupied lands at UN
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad addressed the United Nations urging enforcement of Security Council Resolution 242 and a troop withdrawal from lands seized in 1967. He criticized Israel for territorial expansion and said indirect talks via Gunnar Jarring stalled as Israel refused to pledge withdrawal from Egyptian territory.
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United Nations, N.Y
Egypt
U.N
Middle East
General Assembly
Israel
Mahmoud Riad
Assembly
U.N. Security Council
Council
Riad
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jarring
United Nations
ROTC enrollment dips as defense boosts scholarships
The Pentagon reports 83,130 students enrolled in Army Air Force and Navy ROTC this year, the lowest since World War II, yet officials expect expanded scholarships and higher subsistence pay to attract more cadets. Assistant Secretary Roger Kelley says overall officer output, not raw enrollment, matters as services shrink.
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Washington
Pentagon
Kelley
Armed Services
Minnesota Legislature told to shrink to 140 seats
A three judge Federal Court panel ordered Minnesota to reduce the 1972 legislature to 35 Senate districts and 105 House districts, totaling 140 seats. The ruling sparked potential appeals from House Speaker Aubrey Dil l iam and conservative leaders, who weigh arguments with farm groups and state officials. The court set deadlines for plans by Dec 27 and final comments by Jan 3, with a full reapportionment order expected late January. Governor Anderson called the decision proper.
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Minneapolis
Supreme Court
Wendell Anderson
Nue
Holmquist
U.S. Circuit
Gerald W. Hemney
District Court
Edward J. Devitt
Earl R. Anderson
Nixon weighs full employment budget amid 6 percent jobless rate
President Nixon spends the weekend in Key Biscayne reviewing the 1973 budget as unemployment jumps to 6 percent in November after a prior decline. Officials indicate deficit spending under a full employment plan if joblessness exceeds 4 percent. The report notes 89 million employed, wholesale prices up 0.1 percent for November, and ongoing economic cautions from the White House and Labor Department.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
White House
Key Biscayne
Fla
Herbert J. Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Internal Revenue Service
Air raids, resignations, fires across globe in brief
AP reports American fighter bombers struck three radar sites in North Vietnam and battles in Cambodia. In Minnesota and Mankato a crash killed two women. a boy died in Minneapolis as road toll rose to 925. Turkey’s Erim government resigned amid ministerial defections. A four alarm fire in Boston left one dead and 500 homeless. West Germany and France affirmed fixed parities in a joint stance with the United States.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Cambodia
Associated Press
Mankato
Minneapolis
Patricia Mutch
Patricia Macheel
South St. Paul
Boston
Anti abortion professor named guardian of unborn child
A Roman Catholic law professor, Robert M. Byrn, was appointed legal guardian for one unborn baby in Queens Hospital to prevent an abortion. He seeks guardianship over all fetuses slated for abortion in New York City’s 18 municipal hospitals, with a Tuesday hearing set.
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NEW York
Robert M. Byrn
State Supreme Court
Lester Holtzman
Holtzman
Burn
Queens Hospital
Thomas J. Ford
Byrn
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Dacca
Jessore
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East
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West Pakistan
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Islamabad
T. N. Kaul
Defense
K. B. Lal
Srinagar
Kashmir
Has
China
Bay of Bengal
Burma
MAP
Pakistan - India
Mary Colleen Fitzpatrick
Columbus
Ohio
Amer
Ica
Fort Worth
Aurora
Ill
Mary Grabawoy
William N. Oatis
Mideast
Asst
Secretary of Defense
Roger T. Kelley
Army
Air Force
Navy
Anderson
Senate
Stanley Holmquist
Jerry Brown
Labor
James D. Hodgson
IRS
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Philadelphia
Delaware
Bank of England
Europe
Chrysler Corp
Turkey
Ankara
Nihat Erim
Erim
Cevdet Sunay
Tedocrat
Paris
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Georges Pompidou
United States
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