Nixon clears retroactive pay and rent relief path
President Nixon clears the way for retroactive payments to workers with back pay due during the freeze and parks a rent thaw allowing landlords to raise rents under complex rules beginning December 29. The Price Commission also signals possible restraint on Blue Cross Blue Shield rate hikes for federal employees and outlines penalties for overcharges.
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Washington
Nixon
The
Price Commission
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Commission
Afl-Cio
National Education Association
Names of 18 POWs released by Viet Cong in South Vietnam
Families of 18 American servicemen learned their loved ones, prisoners since 1967 1968, were alive in South Vietnam. Names released by Cora Weiss. letters from prisoners were among 1 001 from 332 prisoners brought from Hanoi Paris. Total POW count rises to 343 with new captured noted.
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Associated Press
South Vietnam
Mandy Davis
Clayton
Ala
Thomas
Jerhardt Mehrer
Omaha Neb
Gustave
Cora Weiss
Cochairman
Committee of Liason
North Vietnam
Richard Fernandez
Paris
Hanoi
Court denies remap motion in Minnesota reapportionment case
A three judge federal panel refused a bid to amend for a smaller legislature or to certify an immediate Supreme Court appeal. The panel maintains plans to reduce to 140 members from 202 while a plan calls for a 35 member Senate and 105 member House. The state Senate intends to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the denial.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
U.S. Supreme Court
State Senate
H. Blair Klein
Federal Court
Federal District Court
Senate
House
Heath visits Northern Ireland to tour troops amid IRA fighting
Prime Minister Edward Heath secretly flew to Northern Ireland to visit British units battling IRA insurgents. Officials kept details secret to thwart attacks as he toured Londonderry by helicopter and planned no political talks. IRA violence spread to Ballyshannon with arrests and a police siege, while Londonderry bank and bar bombings caused damage with no casualties.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
Irish Republican Army
Heath
London
Bermuda
Nixon
Londonderry
Ireland
Britain
Irish Republic
Brian Faulkner
Leech Indians press for welfare policy changes in Cass meeting
A December meeting at the Walker County Courthouse included 20 Leech Lake Indian Reservation members, Indian Welfare Rights Organization activists, and the Cass County Welfare Board. The board granted the director more authority for special needs and liberalized general relief for two months to seek emergency funds, with review planned for February 28.
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Walker Courthouse
Leech Lake
Indian Welfare Rights
Cass County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
John Fjelstul
Minnesota
M.S.E.S
Leech Lake Reservation
World at a Glance: Bhutto moves to reshuffle Pakistan’s top military
Pakistan’s President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto retires the navy commander and eight other senior officers as part of a broad military shakeup. He also imposes limits on industrialists to curb foreign capital flow, while India’s West Bengal says East Bengali refugees will start returning home on Jan 1. Bob Hope visits Laos and discusses POWs in Hanoi. US air strikes near Hanoi intensify as Viet Cong cease-fire nears in South Vietnam.
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Radio Pakistan
Bhutto
India
West Bengal
Bangla Desh
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Central Intelligence Agency
Plain of Jars
Laos
South Vietnam
Castro says 28 crewmen to be released from seized ships
Fidel Castro announced in Havana that 28 crewmen from the two seized freighters will be freed while Cuba maintains a hard line against pirate ships. He labeled Jose Villa Diaz a CIA agent to be detained for revolutionary justice and denounced Nixon’s policies, defending Cuba’s actions against shipping attacks.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
United States
Nixon
Jose Villa Diaz
Bahamas
Castro
Villa
Babun
Guanatanamo Naval Base
Burglary Report At Lakeland Sporting Goods Store
Last night thieves broke into the Lakeland Sporting Goods store through a downstairs window and stole sports items including a tripod with a telescope and two pairs of binoculars. Police responded after a telephone operator alerted them. the intruder escaped before officers arrived. An upstairs resident said the break in began downstairs and the thief exited through an upstairs back door.
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Lakeland Sporting Goods
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Wayne Alsop
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Minnesota Division of Lands and Forestry
County Development Fund
County Revenue Fund
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Mehrer
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Riate
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Valerie Kushner
Danville
Maj
Floyd Harold Kushner
New York
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Duluth
Edward J. Devitt
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Earl R. Larson
Minneapolis
North Ireland
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Ballyshannon
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Donegal
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Milwaukee
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Bob Elton
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Florence Cloud
Yellowstone
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Harpo Dexter
Vientiane
Bob Hope
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