New Pakistani Government Set to Transfer Power Soon
Nationwide protests spread across Islamabad Rawalpindi and Lahore as Yahya Khan promised to transfer power to a new government once Bhutto returns from New York. Bhutto heads the Pakistan Peoples Party which won 85 percent of West Pakistan seats in the 1970 election amid turmoil over the India Pakistan war and cease-fire.
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Yahya Khan
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
U.S
Radio Pakistan
India
Islamabad
Rawalpindi
Lahore
Yahya
Bhutto
New York
U.N
Washington
Nixon
Mustapha Khar
Peoples Party
Punjab
Khar
National’ Assembly
East
Awami League
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Sheik
Ledasoi
Rawalpind
Karachi
Dollar Devaluation Pact Cuts Surcharge Amid Global Realignment
Washington reports a 7.89 percent U.S. dollar devaluation with a compromise to drop the 10 percent surcharge sparking a coordinated move by finance ministers from the G19. The Belgian Dutch and German currencies are expected to rise, with the yen and other major currencies revalued, while the British pound and French franc stay put. Nixon hailed the agreement at SmithsonIan Institution after intensive talks, calling it a victory for American competitiveness and Treasury Secretary Connally led the negotiations.
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Washingon
UPI
Canada
U.S
Anthony Barker
London
Bank of England
Congress
Nixon
Smithsonian Institution
Finance Iministers
Treasury
John Connally
Tokyo
Washington
Stora
Smithsoniand
Connally
Percentage Advisory on Devaluation Figures
The note discusses dollar value changes under a devaluation with the dollar at 25/86 of its prior value, a 7.495 percent decrease, and gold at 38/16 of its prior value, a 4.57 percent rise. It uses 7.09 as the idevaluation figure for valuing a unit of gold in dollars.
Mercy Hospital obstetric services may close at once
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a definite possibility that Mercy hospital could end its obstetric services soon. Officials and staff weigh options as the community awaits a formal decision.
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Cedar ' Rapids Gazette
Mercy Hospital
Tyre Alto
Million dollar bank holdup stuns Windsor bank crowd
Windsor Ontario police recount a daring heist at Royal Bank with three gunmen and a fourth driver stealing about 1.13 million dollars in U.S. currency from the bank and counting the race track receipts. Bank staff mistook robbers for janitorial workers as the gang fled in the getaway car.
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Windsor
Ont
UPI
Arivet
Bernard Grahek
Mercy
Windsor Bank
Preston
Detroit River
Detroit
Lest
Royal “Bank
Royal Bank
Windsor Rateway
U.S
Gordon Preston
Kenneth Moore
Million Dollar Ontario Bank Holdup Under Probe
A Windsor bank holdup, staged by three men, yielded about 1.129 million dollars and is under police investigation. A provincial officer watches from atop his cruiser as investigators examine the Royal Bank scene, while unrelated health notes discuss Mercy hospital’s transition and obstetric staffing in Cedar Rapids.
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Royal Bank
Windsor
Ontario
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Grabek
Mercy
Cedar Rapid T
St. Luke's Hospital
Grahek
Biair
Clair
Mass graves unearthed in former East Pakistani capital
Reports from Dacca describe mass graves found near a stilled area. Bodies include university students professors journalists and intellectuals said to have been killed in the last days of the war and by Pan Am irregulars. Bengalis search for missing friends and relatives amid reprisals after Pakistan army defeat.
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Dacca
Salah
Stiallow
Pakistan Army
Pakistan
Chuckie It’s Gone Far. Any Girl With A Job Can Marry
A fragment notes that social norms have shifted allowing women with employment to marry more easily. The line suggests changing expectations and public commentary on marriage eligibility in a light, informal tone.
Last Report Puts UCS At 95 Percent of Goal
Harold A. Wendorf announces the 1971 UCS campaign total unaudited at 1 040 711 dollars, 95 percent of the 1 096 110 dollar goal. Unit results range from 40 012 to 128 294 with various quotas met, plus a special 43 937. Wendorf credits advisory committees and unit chairmen, notes 100 calls remaining, and thanks supporters including the Sunshine Mission Foundation with 25 000 for 1972 and the Home for Aged Women with 18 000 for council on aging. He expresses confidence in continuing support for Linn county services in 1972.
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Harold A. Wendorf
UCS
Gait
Paul Darling
Tom Parks
Dan Edinger
Dennis Otting
Steve Severn
Tran
James Bawker
Wendlers
Beaht Perrine
Joseph W. Riley
Duane Arnold
Frank Strnad
Peter Rozanson
Joe Hladky
Robert C. Armstrong
Robert Dunn
Olver T. Masn
Ted Welch
James Coquillette
Jack Rice
Sutherland Cook
Lam
Sunshine Mission Foundation
C. Birr
Home For Aged Women
Council On Aging
Linn County
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Prile
Group of Ten
Smithsonian Institute
Mario Ferrari-Aggradi
Italy
Karl Schiller
West Germany
John’ Connally
Anthony , Barber
United Kingdom
O.B
By Gary Peterson
Lawrence
Louis Blair
Gazee
Mercy Discon
Unies O.b
Bencits
Banais
Probe
Sisters of Mercy Hospital, Inc
Phate
Yeyrat
Chuckie
Jonn Shea
Marvin J
Nelson
Jack Sayre
Phil Morris
Robert O. Daniel
Lave Hawa
Renan
Frank Hin
Jawa
York
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