Indians surround Dacca as siege tightens in East Pakistan
Indian paratroopers breached outer defenses of Dacca and advanced six miles toward the heart of the capital, with forces moving from the northwest to Jaydebpur, 12 miles away. The city is surrounded as 2,500 rebels fortify positions and a final assault seems imminent ahead of a Wednesday capture deadline.
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United Press International
East Pakistan
Dacca
New Delhi
Jaydebpur
Lakhya
Lahya
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
China frees two Americans and commutes life sentence
Communist China announced the release from prison of two Americans including a woman and commuted the life sentence of a third as a fourth reportedly died by suicide. Richard Fecteau and Mary A. Harbert were flown to Hong Kong and then to the United States. John Downey had his life term cut to five years. A fourth American, Gerald Ross McLaughlin, died in custody.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China Today
Nixon
Peking
Azores
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
China
Richard Fecteau
Mary A. Harbert
New China News Agency
NCNA
John Downey
New Britain
Conn
Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Miss Harbert
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Downey
Pearl River Estuary
Japan
Gerald Ross
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
John Thomas Downey
Richard George Fecteau
J.T. Downey
R.F. Fecteau
Pearl River
Kwangtung Province
Packard resigns as Pentagon deputy in personal departure
David Packard quits as the Pentagon’s No 2 official effective today. He leaves after nearly three years, returning to Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto. Packard cited personal reasons, having lost about 26 million of his fortune while pursuing defense contract savings.
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Washington
UPI
David Packard
Pentagon
Packard
Defense
Nixon
Hewlett-Packard Co
Palo Alto
Calif
Hewlett, Packard
Supreme Court weighs abortion law challenges across states
The U.S. Supreme Court hears cases targeting Texas and Georgia abortion laws that impose criminal penalties and restrict access. Lower courts split on similar measures as four states have dropped penalties. arguments feature Dorothy Beasley and Margie Hames among others.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Texas
Georgia
New York
Alaska
Hawaii
High Court
Sarah R. Weddington
Austin
Jay Floyd
Margie Pitts Hames
Atlanta
Dorothy T. Beasley
Arthur K. Bolton
Dallas
Radio pioneer David Sarnoff dies at 80
David Sarnoff, iconic radio and television innovator, dies at 80 in New York from complications of an ear infection. Born in Uzhan in 1891, he rose from paperboy to RCA chairman, hearing the Titanic distress in 1912 and shaping early media technology. Funeral plans announced, Nixon lauded his contributions to communication.
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New York
UPI
David Sarnoff
Sarnoff
RCA Corp
RCA
Frank E. Campbell
Temple Emanuel
Uzhan
Minsk
United States
Marconi Wireless
Marconi
Wanamaker’s
Broadway
William Howard Taft
Pesticides policy crossroads flagged by EPA official
New England Governors Conference heard John A S McGlennon of the EPA warn the United States stands at a crossroads on pesticide regulation. He urged a comprehensive monitoring network and argued for a new pesticides control act granting EPA more flexibility in use decisions while noting benefits and long term ecological risks.
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Durham
N.H
UPI
New England
U.S
John A.S. McGlennon
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
McGlennon
Congress
House of Representatives
Inside Medal Awarded To Priest Amid Jailed Clergy Clarity
A reporter notes on page two that an Inside Medal for contribution to religious literature was given to a priest while other religious authorities face imprisonment. The item situates church figures within a controversial context and hints at ongoing debates about religious leadership and jail.
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American Field Service
Bennington
Gerald Raftery
Vermont
Babcock
New Hampshire
Jo van Fleet
Hoosiers
Eagles
Bulldogs
Bennington 12-year-old dies from accidental gun wound
John Lawrence Haley of Bennington died from an apparent accidental rifle shot while playing with a companion. Funeral services are scheduled at St. Francis de Sales Church. Police investigated the incident as accidental. the youth would have turned 13 on December 21.
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Bennington
John L. Haley
St. Francis de Sales Church
Haley
Thomas R. Haley
Gage St
William H. Fox
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Gibney
Main Street
Theodore Laine
John Lawrence Haley
Thomas R. and
Jean (Galipeau) Lee
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Pukban Kheri
West Pakistan
Joseph Galloway
Galloway
Defense Department
Defense Contractors
Hewlett-Packard
New York Stock Exchange
N.Y
Bondville
Bennington County
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