Doubt Rises Over Air Escalation in Indo China
AP reports growing doubt among Americans over the air war escalation in Indochina. Critics warn the move may have given North Vietnam a propaganda victory, while defense officials stress continued interdiction. NATO and Saigon sources note weather and sensor limits affect assessments. The Saigon incident and hotel fire in Seoul also appear in dispatches.
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Indo-China
North Vietnam
Nove
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Ilsuui
Nixon outlines re election plan amid Vietnam and economy focus
Washington AP report notes President Nixon aims to run with Spiro Agnew as running mate, pledging a peace focus and economic stability. He said U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam will continue or slow, with 25 000 to 45 000 staying until POWs are freed, and hinted at wage price rent controls if inflation remains tamed. He pledged no public partisan activity before the GOP convention and signaled a broader peace prosperity platform for 1972.
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Mixon
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CBS
Dan Rathers
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Soviet Union
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Mideast
Israel
U.S
New Hampshire
Release of Bangladesh Sheikh Imminent After Talks
Zulkar Ali Bhulla says Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be freed unconditionally after more talks in Pakistan. Radio Pakistan earlier claimed his release. Mujib, held since March under house arrest, could ease tensions as India Pakistan war shifts toward settlement.
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Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Pakistan
Radio Pakistan
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Mujib
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Sheik
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Karachi
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India
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Adit
Gasoline Into Sewers By Error Evacuates Midland
In Midland Michigan about 2000 residents were evacuated after a truck driver pumped 4000 gallons of gasoline into the sewer system. Fires damaged three homes and caused lesser damage to two others. No injuries were reported. Officials evacuated a cordoned area and residents opened windows and ran water to vent fumes. Gasoline flowed toward the New Chemical Co plant but officials said no ignition danger.
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Mich
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Red Cross
Dow
Pative
Welfare Grants Jump 68 Percent in Four Years Iowa
Des Moines report shows state welfare grants excluding admin costs rising from 62 million in 1967 to 104.7 million in 1970. Aid to dependent children up 7 percent, Title XIX medical assistance starting in 1967, and district figures across Allamakee to Washington counties reflect rising totals and varying four year increases.
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DPA
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Lloyd Smith
ADC
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Allamakee
Buchanan
Turus
Clayton
Delaware
Jackson
Aohnsin
Jones
Keokuk
Muscatine
Woo
Gomt
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Tama
Washington
Blast Injures 63 at Belfast Department Store
A bomb exploded outside a Belfast C and A department store during a busy post Christmas sale. Police report 63 injured, seven seriously, as shoppers filled the street and nearby shops. blast appeared to come from a hijacked truck parked near the side of the building.
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Sato
Ue C
Horhunid Minalyg post-Christmias
Pleas for Aid Spurned Snowbound with Husband’s Body
An Angeles woman spent four days snowbound in a trailer in the Telra chapin mountains with her husband Stanley Culver’s body. She recounts asking passersby for help, but no one stopped or offered aid as the storm trapped them. oxygen and supplies ran out, and she finally dragged the trailer to a road where neighbors refused rides, leaving her to manage with her children in peril.
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Ubly
Nike
Geary Culver
Herth
Los Angeles
Stanley
Paranily
Gare
Shy
Nixonites file in New Hampshire amid fire tragedy
Supporters of President Nixon filed petitions in Concord to place his re election bid for a first term on the New Hampshire ballot. A fire at a local home killed Emvery Wood 64 and Arthur 16, with Harold 12 escaping, while suspicions arise over origin of the blaze as candidates move to secure signatures.
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Nixon
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Emvery Wood
Arthur
Harold
Uonves
Rons
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Presphy Five
Dent Nixon
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Fivemen
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Sie the Nation
Vance Harike
Shampshire
Dushy Ashbrook
Ohiol
G.O.P
Paul McCloskey
Calif
Fire Chief Reports Possible Structural Issue In Living Room
A family member alerted authorities to a potential short circuit in a living room lamp. Fire Chief Nic Wusmana said investigators are on scene to determine the cause. A man named Arthur reportedly tried to exit through a back door that had been nailed shut.
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Wrenden Fal
Copenhagen
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Wood
Acthue
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