Polish Seaman Relates Life Aboard Vessel Amid War Encirclement
Capt Jerzy Kal wasinky, 53, tells of life aboard the Polish freighter Djakarta on Great Bitter Lake as October Middle East war raged. He and 12 crew endured three weeks of dogfights and shelling, maintaining engines and fending off theft while awaiting relief.
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Great Bitter Lake
Egypt
Jerzy Kalwasinky
Middle East
Djakarta
Suez Canal
Cairo
Japan
Gdansk
Poland
Medici dismisses six army colonels in kickback scandal
In Rio de Janeiro President Emilio G. Medici fired six army colonels amid a military supply kickback probe. The six, named earlier in a military court case, are linked to an alleged million dollar racket in arming the forces.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Emilio G. Medici
Medici
Bluefield Leaders Consider Energy Conservation Steps
Bluefield Mayor Edwin Elliott announced the City Board will cooperate with President Nixon on energy saving ideas but has not yet issued concrete plans or orders. He expects possible proposals at the next board meeting Tuesday night and says no department has been directed to cut gasoline use. Police chief Andrew Dodson said no orders were issued to limit fuel. The city hall is heated by gas, with no curbs planned yet.
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Bluefield
Edwin Elliott
Nixon
Elliott
Associated Press
Andrew Dodson
Dodson
City Hall
George
Debate Over Energy Bill Slashes Environmental Provisions
Senate Interior Committee trimmed environmental and natural gas rules from the National Emergency Petroleum Act while delaying final action. Chairman Henry M Jackson defended mass transit subsidies in the bill as a humanitarian measure amid the energy crisis.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate
John Shaeffer
Nixon Administration
Congress
Shaeffer
Administration
Interior Committee
Peace Pact Hurdles in Arab Israeli Signing Plan
Egypt accepts the six point cease fire plan but Cairo’s version omits three Washington points and adds one Cairo priority. Israel’s cabinet meets to decide on signing with Egypt as Washington aims for a permanent Middle East peace process.
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Associated Press
Irael
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Henry A
Washington
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Hunt To Serve Minimum Of 22 Years For Watergate
E Howard Hunt ex spy and novelist was sentenced to at least 22 years and fined 10000 for the Watergate break in. Five associates received lesser terms including McCord who drew one to six years and may appeal. Liddy already has a multi year sentence and awaits his appeal.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Edmund Emil Kemper III
Kemper
Hunt
Watergate
Washington (Ap
E. Howard Hunt
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
White House
James W. McCord Jr
Bernard L. Barker
Cuba
Barker
Lee R. Martinez
Virgilio Gonzalez
Frank A
Sturgis
Martinez
Gonzalez
Maria Elena Moffett
Alexandria
Mitchell
Magruder
United States
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nix
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Liddy
Sirica
Possible pill risk mitigated by tiny heparin dose
A Washington University scientist reported to the American Heart Association that adding a minidose of heparin during physical stress may restore normal anti clotting Factor 10 levels in women on the oral contraceptive pill. He stressed the risk remains very small but real and suggested consideration of heparin during surgery rather than routine use.
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Atlantic City
N.J
American Heart Association
Washington University
Stanford Wessler
St. Louis University
Wessler
Love Forecasts Gas Rationing By Next Spring
President Nixon adviser John A. Love says Americans likely face gasoline rationing by spring for the first time since World War II. He noted no decision yet but predicted a need, with local boards, coupon–based gas purchases, and a 60 day setup plan.
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Washington
John A. Love
Love
Middle East
Israel
United States
Nixon
White House
Profits rise 32 percent anew over 1972 quarter
New York AP reports after tax corporate earnings reach about 74 billion in the third quarter ending September 30, up 32 percent from a year earlier. Analysts cite a growing economy and strong international sales as drivers amid price controls and sectoral gains in steel, oil, and chemicals.
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NEW York
First National City Bank
Abortion Suit Challenges WVU Policy
A 26 year old Roane County woman sues the West Virginia Board of Regents challenging abortions allowed only to save the mother’s life at WVU Medical Center. The suit, led by the ACLU for Jane Doe, seeks a writ of mandamus to require a new ruling protecting constitutional rights.
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Charleston
W. Va
Roane County
State Supreme Court
Board of Regents
West Virginia University Medical Center
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Jane Doe
Sau
Regents
West Virginia
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