Cleaver repudiates Stepped-up fighting and psychedelic madness
In Saigon and Phnom Penh reports, UPI notes stepped-up fighting yields at least 126 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed across South Vietnam and border areas while attacks on two U.S. bases continue. Lon Nol tightens defense of Phnom Penh as Cambodian operations target Mekong river banks near Kompong Cham. Eldridge Cleaver labels the psychedelic movement as madness and places Timothy Leary under Panther protection at his Algiers home.
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Abbie Hoffman
Ho Chi Minh Trail Endures Repeated U S Bombings
Saigon reports the Ho Chi Minh Trail has withstood massive air campaigns, remaining a vital North Vietnamese lifeline. The 250 mile jungle network in Laos supports 75,000 to 100,000 workers and drivers, with 300 to 400 daily missions by B52s. Trucks from the Soviet Union and other Communist states move supplies along Keo Neua and Mu Gia passes toward Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam.
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Nixon backtracks on full employment goal for 1972
In an annual economic report President Nixon acknowledged that full employment by mid 1972 risks higher inflation and set a more modest target of 4.5 percent unemployment with 3 percent price increases. He still forecasts 1971 improving over 1970 and a better year in 1972 with steadier expansion thereafter.
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Spacewalk ease if docking fails in Apollo 14
Houston UPI reports EVA chief David C. Schultz says an emergency spacewalk could be simple by using handrails to move between craft or complex if rescue by the command ship pilot is required. The remarks discuss potential risks in the mission.
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James Ellis
Antares
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Alan B. Shepard
Ellis
U.S
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Shepard
Mitchell
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The
Egypt ponders extending mid east truce as deadline nears
Cairo officials hold meetings to decide on continuing the cease-fire due to end Friday with Arab nations ready for war if it fails. The defense council and the Arab Socialist Union will rule on extension and Sadat plans a national assembly speech Thursday. Diplomatic sources say Egypt rejected latest Israeli peace proposals at U N talks in New York, while Israel accuses Egypt of violations by flying MIG 21s over Israel.
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Higher Defense Council
Central Committee
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Arab Socialist Union
Anwar Sadat
National Assembly
Egypt
U.N
Gunar V. Jarring
New York
U.N. Armistice Commission
Nixon labeled as Alice in Wonderland clowns by union leader
Joseph Beirne of the Communications Workers of America denounced President Nixon's economic advisers as "Alice in Wonderland clowns" who favor businessmen over workers. He urged higher wages from the telephone industry, signaling AFL-CIO plans at their upcoming Miami Beach meeting to shape labor policy for 1971. Beirne cited inflation and unemployment harming workers while business tax breaks rise. Israel reports 12 overflights since Nov 22 amid war talk and ceasefire talks in Cairo.
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UPI
Nixon
Joseph Beirne
Communications Workers of America
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CWA
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Miami Beach
Labor
Chicago hillbilly lives in his 1959 Dodge and 1956 Cadillac
A Chicago man 41 year old laborer Frank Brown parks his two old cars on a Near South Side street as his home. He saves about 600 dollars yearly, cooks with car heaters and uses hydrants for water. He says winter is not a problem and that work is plentiful in the city. The piece blends human interest with brief notes on space program plans and Nixon’s economic report.
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UPI
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Texas
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Dodge
Lovers and Other Strangers closes College Cinema run
At Williamstown tonight the film ends its College Cinema run. The review notes it is entertaining with laughs and decent acting from Gig Young Harry Guardino and Ann Jackson, plus strong new faces. It is rated R and shown at Harte Theatre with showtimes 8 p.m. in Williamstown and 7:30 and 9:15 in Manchester.
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Gig Young
Harry Guardino
Ann Jackson
Anthony
Boy 14 Kills Teacher After Suspension Over Swearing
In Philadelphia Kevin Simmons, 14, allegedly killed ceramics teacher Samson L. Freedman, 56, who had suspended him for swearing and told him to bring his mother to Leeds Junior High. Kevin said the gun, kept for protection, went off accidentally as he left the stairs.
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Arthur Matthews
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