World in Brief: Cambodian Front Pauses as Deaths Rise
Fighting slows on Phnom Penh southern front as government forces await artillery and air strikes. Reports say 30 soldiers killed. In Bolivia, President Banzer declares a state of siege amid a peasant road blockade protesting price hikes. In Switzerland, Trudeau arrives for skiing and a Rome Club meeting in Salzburg.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
LA Paz
Bolivia
Hugo Banzer
Banzer
Zurich
Switzerland
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
St. Moritz
Trudeau
Salzburg
Austria
Club of
Rome
1973 US trade surplus and Kent State testimony
The Commerce Department reported a 1973 trade surplus of 708 billion in exports and 9 billion in imports aided by two dollar devaluations making U.S. goods cheaper overseas. An ambulance driver who aided Kent State guardsmen provided new evidence to a federal grand jury. Four students were killed and nine wounded in the May 4, 1970 confrontation. Navy plans to argue for a larger fleet to keep tankers routes open, noting a shrink from 976 to 511 ships over five years.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Cleveland
Ohio
Lewis launches GOP bid with hits on Shapp team
Andrew L. Lewis Jr. opened his Republican gubernatorial campaign with stops in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. In Pittsburgh he attacked the Shapp administration saying Turnpike chairman Eugene Cerilli Sam Begler and Gene Roscioli do not belong in state government. Lewis, a Montgomery County businessman, seeks the GOP nomination.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew L. Lewis Jr
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Lewis
Shapp
Turnpike Commission
Eugene Cerilli
Sam Begler
Liquor Control Board
Gene Roscioli
Montgomery County
Corry YMCA Campaign Volunteer Pushes Toward Goal
Mrs JoAnn Hileman among volunteers in the Corry YMCA membership drive keeps the ball moving toward the halfway point as workers push to meet a goal.
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JoAnn Hileman
Corry
Corry Savings and Loan Posts 15 Percent Asset Rise in 1973
CS and L assets grew to 9 350 820 dollars at year end 1973 up 15 3 percent from a year earlier. The association paid 427 966 dollars in interest to depositors and added 60 775 to reserves totaling 719 103 dollars. David L Nichols secretary managing officer announced at the 50th annual meeting noting inflation and energy crisis as context and a new monetary stringency policy. The firm financed 154 homes and apartments in 1973 amounting to 2 324 025 dollars in mortgage loans. Elections filled three year board terms for Roy L Reed Lloyd Stowe and Nichols. Officers elected at reorganizational meeting include Lloyd Stowe president Horton J Davis vice president Nichols secretary managing officer and Ross G Fehlman treasurer. Other directors remain Allen Kuhn Wilbur F Rickers Nelson Thompson.
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Lorry Savings and Loan Association
David L. Nichols
Corry Savings and Loan Association
Nichols
Energy Crisi
Association
Corry
Roy L. Reed
Lloyd Stowe
Horton J. Davis
Ross G. Fehlman
W. W. Hammond Sr
Marinus Christensen Jr
Walter S. Peake
Allen Kuhn
Wilbur F. Rickers
Nelson Thompson
Georgia House Nixes Equal Rights Bill
The Georgia House rejected ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The 104 to 70 vote opposed the measure, which would guarantee equality of rights under the law regardless of sex. ERA already has 32 state ratifications and requires six more states for constitutional passage.
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Atlanta
Georgia House of Representatives
United States
Brezhnev Addresses Cuban People Today
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev arrives in Havana for a week of talks with Fidel Castro and aides after a rousing reception. He is set to address a massive rally in Plaza de la Revolucion and may discuss improving ties with the United States, with plans for provincial visits and high level meetings during the visit.
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Miami
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Havana
Brezhnev
Fidel Castro
Plaza de la Revolucion
Andrei A. Gromyko
Castro
United States
Peo
Cuba
Jose Marti International
Moscow
Osvaldo Corticos
Skylab 3 crew plans time capsule for future finds
Skylab 3 astronauts Carr Pogue and Gibson on day 75 of an 84 day mission prepare a 30 item time capsule to be left in the lab for future crews. They expect to return February 8 and discuss a possible brief joint Soviet American visit in July 1975.
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Space Station
U.S
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