Final City budget calls for 5.6 mill hike
Austin City Council adopts the 1972 budget with a 2.9 percent expenditure increase totaling 3,972,883 dollars. Property taxes rise about 5.3 percent to fund a 5.6 mill increase, with general funds and debt service allocations outlined and cuts noted to maintain fiscal balance.
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Darrel Kofhler
Herald
Austin
General Fund
Debt Service Fund
Park and Recreation Fund
Library Fund
India Ends West Front Fighting After Eastern Victory
The Indian army accepted Pakistan’s unconditional surrender in East Pakistan and then ordered a unilateral cease-fire on the western front effective 2000 hours IST Friday December 17 1971. India hopes Pakistan will halt fighting as refugees return to Bangla Desh.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
Kashmir
India
Peatedly
Bangla Desh
West Pakistan
East Pakistan
Dacca
Indira Gandhi
Dia
Agha Mohammed Yagha Khan
New Delhi
UN Ceasefire Call Gains Momentum Amid Pakistan War
UN Security Council eyed a cease-fire and troop withdrawal as Pakistan’s resistance in East Pakistan collapsed. Five resolutions were before the council with Britain France Soviet Syria proposing cease-fire and political settlement linked to the 1970 elections and Awami League leadership. India had intervened to support Bangladeshi independence, while others urged disengagement talks.
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William N
Oatis United Nations, NY
East Pakistan
U.N. Security Council
India
Pakistan
Council
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Syria
Dacca
Colin Crowe
Awami Lea
Independence Movement
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Awami
Bangla Desh
Frazier Ordered to Die in Gas Chamber
John Linley Frazier was sentenced to die in the gas chamber by the jury that convicted him of killing five people at a Santa Cruz hills mansion last year. The 25 year old former auto mechanic sat barefoot and impassive as the verdict was announced in Redwood City California.
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Redwood City
Calif
John Linley Frazier
Santa Cruz Hills
U S Eyes Dollar Devaluation Bill as Congress Opens
The United States plans a new international monetary settlement when the 92nd Congress reconvenes January 18. The package would include exchange-rate reforms, trade-barrier removals, and defense-cost sharing with allies, followed by a bid to devalue the dollar.
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U.S
Congress
Washington
United States
92Nd Congress
Nixon
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Aid dispute may delay congressional adjournment
A Senate foreign aid battle threatens to delay adjournment as Fulbright presses for deep cuts in aid levels. Republican leaders filed a petition to force a Friday vote on ending debate unless resolved sooner, with only temporary funding for the program remaining before a Jan 18 recess.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
J.W. Fulbright
Fulbright
House
Yuletide Flu Bisects Senate as Holiday Break Looms
Senate attendance neared a quorum crisis with members flocking home for Christmas. Democratic Leader Mansfield said attendance was in the 50s, forcing cautious, largely nonvoting sessions. The defense appropriations bill, totaling 70.5 billion dollars, passed by inaudible voice vote with few senators present.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
NSP announces quarterly dividend
The board of directors of Northern States Power Minnesota announced a quarterly dividend of 42.5 cents per share on common stock. The annual rate equals 1.70 dollars per share. Dividends will be paid January 20, 1972 to shareholders of record December 31, 1971.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northern States Power Minn
Hostages Freed After Inmate Rebellion in New Jersey
In Bordentown New Jersey two hostages were released from Yardville Correction Center after inmates broadcast grievances on a local radio station. The rebels controlled a prison wing while 50 state police and officers remained inside during negotiations. No ransom demands were reported.
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Bordentown
N.J
Yardville Correction Center
William T. Cahilll
G. Thomas Durand
State Department of
McIntyre Endorses Muskie in Democratic Bid
New Hampshire Senator Thomas J. McIntyre today endorses Edmund S. Muskie in the 1968 Democratic presidential race. The backing could aid Muskie in the lead off presidential primary set for March 7.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
New Hampshire
Thomas J. McIntyre
Maine
Henderson jurors told to avoid emotion in My Lai case
In Fort Meade Maryland the seven officers hearing Col Oran Henderson were instructed by Judge Peter S Wondolowski to scrupulously avoid any emotional reaction about My Lai that could influence their verdict on a possible cover up. Deliberations start after the 33 page charge is read. In Washington Senate votes Friday to end debate on foreign aid as adjournment risk heightens.
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Henderson
FT. Meade, Md
Col
Oran K. Henderson
My Lai
Peter S. Wondolowski
Two DFLers Enter Race Against St Paul Mayor McCarty
Lawrence D. Cohen 38, a St Paul attorney and Ramsey County Board member, and former Mayor Thomas Byrne announced bids to challenge Charles P. McCarty in the forthcoming city elections. McCarty will seek a second term.
PCA NSP may discuss radioactive waste today
PCA may again meet NSP officials to discuss discharging 15000 gallons of low level radioactive waste water from the Monticello plant into the Mississippi River. The plan follows a 42,000 gallon prior discharge and may exceed PCA limits for Cesium 137, with NSP weighing delays if PCA is not satisfied.
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Tom Cannon
Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn
Ap) Control Agency
PCA
Northern States Power Co
NSP
Grant Merritt
Monticello
Mississippi River
Minneapolis St. Paul
Atomic We Commission
AEC
Merritt
NSP Environmental Affairs
Roland W. Comstock
Pardon Board Commutes Knifing Death Sentence
The Minnesota Pardon Board commuted Luther W. Fulford's sentence for the knifing death of St. Paul officer Richard F. Younghans. The second degree murder verdict was changed to first degree manslaughter, reducing potential time from up to 25 years to up to 15 years. Fulford, 38, was linked to the February 1969 killing.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Pardon Board
Luther W. Fulford
St. Paul
Fulford
Richard F. Younghans
Plunkett Named to Minnesota State Education Council
Governor Wendell Anderson named Roger Plunkett of the Austin firm Plunkett Schmitt and Plunkett to the State Council on Quality Education. The 17 member panel, created by the 1971 legislature, will oversee a $750,000 fund to aid districts with innovative programs and must include one appointee from each of Minnesota’s eight districts plus an at large member.
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Roger Plunkett
Plunkett, Schmitt
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