Allies end 24 hour Tet truce amid clashes and gains
Allied forces declared the Tet truce over after 24 hours with Communist violations tallied at 37. In Cambodia, High Command said large-scale operations near Phnom Penh continued as government forces pressed west and retook radar posts and a railway station. U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties were reported and U.S. aid moves included turning over eight river patrol boats to Cambodia and continued airlift of ammunition and fuel to Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
High Command
Am Rong
Highway 4
Ugandan leader says Tanzanian troops poised to invade
Maj. Gen. Idi Amin announced intelligence that Tanzanian forces led by ousted President Milton Obote were preparing to attack Uganda with modern Chinese weapons. He pledged to welcome them, while restoring order after the coup that toppled Obote.
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Uganda
UPI
Tanzania
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Idi Amin
Obote
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Amin
Dar Es Salaam
Singapore
Nader protests federal meat inspection program
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin asking for a conference on meat inspection. Hardin referred the matter to Richard E. Lyng, who declined the direct meeting but offered Nader or his staff a chance to confer with Clayton Yeutter, head of the Consumer and Marketing Service.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph Nader
Nader
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Richard E. Lyng
New Credit Card Rules Limit Unauthorized Purchases
Washington reports a Truth in Lending Act amendment caps consumer liability at 50 dollars for unauthorized charges from lost or stolen cards. Cards must carry identification and issuers must notify customers and provide a returnable notice. failure to comply could erase liability. Additional penalties include up to a 10,000 dollar fine and up to five years in jail for more than 5,000 dollars in unauthorized charges.
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Washington
UPI
Muskie gains strategic seat on Senate Foreign Relations panel
Senator Edmund S. Muskie is assigned to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a move his advisers say boosts his bid for an independent foreign policy ahead of the 1972 Democratic presidential run. The post gives him access to key testimony and foreign affairs exposure from Bonn to Moscow, aiding his campaign image.
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UPI
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Defense
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William Rogers
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Middle East
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Tel Aviv
Moscow
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D-Ark
Congress
Nixon
Cambodia
Vietnam
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McGovern
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
America
Senate Committee
San Francisco police challenge Mozart street performances
San Francisco police charged two classical street musicians with begging and obstructing a sidewalk after they played a Mozart flute and oboe duet. John Bernard, 25, and Kenneth Craemer, 23, were freed on $650 bail each as the ACLU defends the pair amid police warnings of selective oversight downtown.
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San Francisco
UPI
Salvation Army
Paul Halvonik
Halvonik
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
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Kenneth Craemer
Jeremiah Taylor
Bernard and Craemer
Philadelphia man kills wife and all children then himself
In Glenside, Pennsylvania, Edward Wheeler Pruyn 36 kills his wife Andrea and children Edward Jr 14 Caroline 6 Nora 2 and baby Andrew seven months then takes his own life. A 9mm Walther pistol was used. Authorities note bankruptcy issues and liens against Pruyn and family. Neighbor describes a grim scene as the 8 year old survivor Susan Pruyn reports the family tragedy.
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Edward Wheeler Pruyn
Neighbr
Andrea
Edward Jr
Caroline
Nora
Andrew
Montgomery County
John Hoffa
Pruyn
At the Movies: Lovers and Other Strangers Opens in Williamstown
The College Cinema presents Lovers and Other Strangers with a standout tune For All We Know by the Carpenters though critics call the film tripe. Also showing M A S H at Harte Theatre and Soldier Blue at Manchester Cimena Rated R with times in Williamstown and Manchester.
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Carpenters
Anne Jackson
Gig Young
New Yorker
Elliott Gould
Donald Sutherland
Harte Theatre
Manchester
Cimena
Candice Bergen
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