End of 14 day India Pakistan war births Bangla Desh
The Associated Press reports the India Pakistan war ends with Bangla Desh established in East Pakistan after 14 days of fighting. Casualties exceed two thousand for India and Pakistan each, with unknown civilian losses. Yahya Khan orders a halt at 9 30 a m EST while India declares a cease fire. Prime Minister Gandhi greets the move and hopes for peaceful ties though full peace is not yet assured.
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Associated Press
India
Pakistan
Bangla Desh
Agha Mohammed Yagha Khan
Subcontinent
Yahya
West
Indira Gandhi
New Delhi
Indian Defense Ministry
Yahya Khan
Zufikar Ali Bhutto
J. S. Aurora
Dacca
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Aurora
China
Gandhi
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
UN council weighs Thant successor amid secret ballots
The Security Council debates a new U N general secretary candidate to replace U Thant. Five permanent members name Jakobson Waldheim Herrera Prince Sadruddin and Jarring as top options with other figures possible. A vote may extend to other nominees before a General Assembly decision.
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William N. Oatis
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Tneral
U Thant
Council
Max Jakobson
Finland
Kurt Waldheim
Austria
U.N
Felipe Herrera
Chile
Inter-American Bank
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
Gunnar Jarring
Moscow
Middle East
General Assembly
Security Council
Britain
China
France
Soviet Union
United States
Jakobson
Waldheim
Herrera
Prince Sadruddin
Jarring
Isma
Welfare rolls rise in August while total spending dips
The HEW reports August welfare recipients reached about 14.4 million, up 138,000 from July, offsetting earlier declines. Total public assistance spending fell to 1.5 billion dollars as demand for medical care eased. AFDC cases rose in 42 states and DC. New Jersey and several other states showed gains.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
District of Columbia
Guam
Virgin Islands
New Jersey
Michigan
Illinois
Florida
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Puerto Rico
New York
California
Cold Weather Persists With Snow Likely Across Minnesota
The Associated Press reports subzero temperatures across Minnesota with lows from 12 below to 19 below in Bemidji International Falls Hibbing and St Cloud. Forecasters expect light snow flurries in central Minnesota and South Dakota with a chance of snow in western Minnesota tonight and Saturday.
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Minnesota
Bemidji
International Falls
Hibbing
St. Cloud
National Weather Service
Contiguous States
Bismarck
N.D
Drake
Drug haul bound for Ames found with LSD in soap box
Police report a seized amphetamine shipment bound for Ames valued at about $12,500. The drugs were discovered with LSD and opium in a gilt wrapped laundry soap box.
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Ames
Metal jail for GIs not tiger cages
SAIGON AP The US Army said it temporarily imprisons GIs in 8 by 10 foot metal crates not tiger cages. Lt. Col. Carafano noted 48 hours detention for a deserter who was not continuously confined and later hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation.
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Saigon
Army
Vincent J. Carafano Jr
Long Binh
Carafano
Group of Ten meet to shape new currency exchange system
Finance ministers from the ten richest non Communist nations gather in Washington for a two day meeting at the Smithsonian Institution building to discuss a possible interim system of currency exchange rates around the U.S. dollar devaluation. If agreed, they hope to finish by weekend and end the ongoing international monetary crisis of floating currencies.
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Bill Neikirk
Washington
U.S
Group of Ten
Smithsonian Institution
Eee
Nixon aims for currency realignment with allies in Azores talks
President Nixon and Georges Pompidou discussed a possible dollar devaluation as part of a broader currency realignment. Mizuta, Mizuta said a 50-50 chance for a deal while Connally met with Japanese, German and British ministers. A new system could set a 5 to 8 percent dollar devaluation with yen and mark revaluations.
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Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Azores
United States
Mikio Mizuta
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Congress adjournment set today in foreign aid deal
Congress planned to adjourn as Senate approved a $2.752 billion foreign aid authorization and a temporary funding measure. The House delayed voting on the authorization while forcing a vote on a six month Indochina withdrawal amendment failed 130 to 101. Senate conferees dropped Mansfield, adding a $341 million Cambodia spending cap and a 285 personnel limit with transfer controls.
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House
Congress
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ryan
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Cambodia
Moos outlines selective retrenchment in UM budget
University of Minnesota president Malcolm Moos told International Falls citizens the next budget won’t use a flat five percent cut. He described selective retrenchment, denying aims to reduce outstate enrollment and urging the university avoid political positions on abortion or a St Paul income tax.
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International Falls Minn
University of Minnesota
Malcolm Moos
Moos
International Falls
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
St. Paul
Schedule of Pages Editorial and Section Listings
The paper lists sections for Editorial Area News Sports Society Comics TV Entertainment and Classifieds with page assignments. It notes pages Editorial-4 Area News-10 VS.Mkt.-6 Sports-11 Society-7 Comics-12 TV-Entertainment-13A, 14C Classified-16, 17.
Bold vandals cut New Ulm Christmas tree
Bold vandals sawed down New Ulm Minnesota's decorated Christmas tree in front of the police station early today. The gift tree had stood in place since late November and was fully lit.
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New Ulm
Minn
Picketing Ends. ABM Site Work Resumes in N e k o m a
NEKOMA N D AP Local 580 of the Laborers Union halted picketing against Morrison Knudsen and Associates at the antiballistic missile sites in Nekoma and Concrete. Work has resumed but no settlement reached with contractor Morrison Knudsen on ABM project terms.
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Nekoma, N.D
Morrison-Knudsen and Associates
Concrete
N.D
Laborers International Union of North America
Morrison-Knudsen
Jury Deliberations Continue in Henderson Court Martial
In Fort Meade Maryland on the second day of deliberations in the court martial of Col Oran K Henderson the jury heard a rereading of Brig Gen Samuel W Koster testimony the officer demoted for his role in My Lai. The jurors offered no reason for the request to hear Koster again.
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FT. Meade, Md
Oran K. Henderson
Samuel W. Koster
My Lai
Koster
Heath heads to Bermuda for Nixon conference in Ottawa stop
London Prime Minister Edward Heath flies to Ottawa en route to Bermuda for a conference with President Nixon and Canadian leaders. Trudeau to join talks at lunch and afternoon sessions before Heath’s Bermuda meeting. Frederick B. Sweet longtime union editor dies at 62 in St Paul Minnesota.
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London
Edward Heath
Ottawa
Bermuda
Nixon
Heath
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
ST. Paul, Minn
Frederick B. Sweet
Labor Union Publications
Midway Hospital
St. Paul
Sweet
Three-Way Fight for Local P-9 Presidency and Board Seats
A three way race for Local P-9 UPWA president pits incumbent Frank Schultz against Ernest Jones and Dal Kroening for the January 6 7 election. Other contests include vice president executive board seats 1 three year Bar gaining and seniority terms plus 24 delegates to AMC BW-NA District 4 Convention with numerous candidates named.
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P-9
UPWA
Frank Schultz
Ernest Jones
Schultz
Dalton (Dal) Kroening
W. A
Barney) Thomsen
Thomsen
Jones
Sylvester Espe
Espe
Joe Nolan
Larry Faber
James Delaney
Donald Whitcomb
Keith Judd
AMC & BW
Richard Arnold
Howard Barnett
Bernard Bissen
John Hanson
Eugene Heimer
Delbert Hobbs
Dalton Kroening
Ray Kubicek
Floyd Lenoch
James McAnally
David Neiswanger
Donald T. Nelson
Kenneth Norland
Fred Rein
Minnesota 1971 road toll rises to 957 with youth death
Minnesota's 1971 traffic toll reached 957 after the death of 19 year old Richard Barrett of Centerville from injuries suffered in a May 28 two car collision in Shoreview. The accident occurred in the St Paul suburb, and the toll compares to 946 a year earlier.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Centerville
Minnesota
Richard Barrett
St. Paul
Shoreview
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