Japanese Soldier Survives 28 Years in Guam Jungles
Sgt Shoichi Yokoi of Japan emerged after 28 years in Guam jungles where he survived on nuts fruit shrimp snails rats and frogs until two hunters found him near Agana. He said he never surrendered and believed his comrades died of starvation. The Tokyo government planned to pay his fare home to Nagoya.
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Tax hike seen certain next year in deficit driven budget
UPI reports that amid Nixon's record deficit spending, House Appropriations Committee Chairman George H. Mahon predicts an inevitable tax increase in 1973 to avert fiscal collapse. Mahon warns the measure is needed regardless of party, while others debate spending cuts and fiscal policy.
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UPI
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White House
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Texas Democrat
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House
Carl Albert
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
GOP
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Chisholm launches bid for presidency and primaries
Mrs. Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman to start a serious run for U S president. She will enter at least four primaries Florida North Carolina New York and California and seek delegates in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In Florida Wallace campaigns for the March 14 primary while Sen. Henry Jackson criticizes him as a threat to the party.
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Concord
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Man shoots two policemen in strike against system
San Francisco police say Junious L. Poole a 21 year old janitor opened fire from a white car wounding Patrolmen Code Beverly and James Bailey Jr as he claimed the attack was a formless impulse against the system. Poole surrendered after fleeing and striking two parked cars.
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San Francisco
UPI
Junious L. Poole
Poole
Code W. Beverly
James C. Bailey Jr
Bailey
Beverly
Bay Area
Soviet fakir near 100 reveals stage secrets and memoirs
Moscow reports Demetrius I. Longo, famed fakir and dervish, will turn 100 next week and shares sword swallowing secrets, mind tricks, and life on Russian cir cus stages. He recalls challenges, escapades with a 9-foot giant and a 20-inch midget, and a parrot Ara now 105.
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UPI
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Yunost
Omar Khayyam
Nizhegorodsk
Ara
Giant
Kharkov
AFL-CIO vows to oppose Nixon in 1972 race
Washington report states the AFL-CIO will oppose Richard Nixon’s bid for re-election regardless of the Democratic nominee. Alexander E. Barkan notes the federation’s 13.6 million members will focus on defeating Nixon and supporting the Democratic ticket, reaffirming past resolutions.
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Afl-Cio
Nixon
Washington
UPI
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Alexander E. Barkan
U S Reports More Protective Raids Into North Vietnam
Inside North Vietnam the U S command says raids have risen to eight since Saturday as air defenses tighten. Air Force pilots diverted to strike anti aircraft sites near the Ho Chi Minh Trail while Viet Cong commandos strike Cam Ranh Bay. Cambodian fighting near Phnom Penh kills soldiers and shells Siem Reap as Lon Nol’s government braces for possible upheaval per Brig Gen Fernandez.
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Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Siem Reap
Sosthene Fernandez
Lon Nol
Fernandez
Cairo clashes as police confront militant students in Liberation Square
Cairo police twice charged about 2,000 students protesting Israel policy. Officers cleared the main square after nightlong vigils, dismantling barriers and detaining many, with 70 ringleaders later released. Syria warned by Israel amid cross-border clashes and a raid near Daraa.
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United Press International
Israel
Cairo
Liberation Square
Interior Ministry
Syria
Tel-El Harar
Daraa
Senate subcommittee probes crib death mystery disease
A Senate subcommittee began examining the mysterious crib death illness that annually claims thousands of healthy sleeping infants. Medical experts and grieving parents joined the hearing seeking answers and possible protective measures.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
NBC official sees need for public TV news tapes
Richard C. Wald, vice president for news of NBC, said in Omaha that the nation needs some form of public television because the current commercial news media are incomplete.
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NBC
Omaha
Neb
UPI
Richard C. Wald
News of the National Broadcasting Co
Sunday Bloody Sunday at College Cinema and Harte Theatre
Movies listed include Sunday Bloody Sunday with Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch at College Cinema rated R. Also Harte Theatre in Bennington opens Together billed as a different love story with a potential X rating. showings 7 15 and 9 p.m. in Williamstown and Harte. Mondale calls for a public broadcasting record of major events and hearings. SIDS discussion follows with Mondale noting 10,000 infant deaths yearly and a mother’s guilt.
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Glenda Jackson
Peter Finch
HARTE
Harte Theatre
Bennington
Wald
Library of Congress
Congress
United Nations
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
United States
Mondale
U Thant sees both Germanys in UN soon
U Thant, former UN Secretary General, said East and West Germany will join the United Nations before year’s end. He spoke after informal talks and suggested other divided nations such as Korea might seek membership, though situations differ. Neither Germany is a member now.
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UPI
U Thant
United Nations
West Germany
U.N
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South Korea
Germany
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