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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1971
Page
2
A Thursday night incident shows an officer attempting to detain a suspect beside a store when three bandits fled. They dropped a sack carrying the Simpson department store payroll of $30,000. Police suspect a fourth man drove the getaway car. Constable Jean-Guy Saboutin, 32, a Montreal officer, was killed. five others wounded in the later period.
In Bolivia a hijacker of a Lloyd Aerialliner fatally wounded pilot Marcelo Maldonado during a landing at Cochabamba for refueling. Police later killed the hijacker after surrounding the aircraft in a gunfight. A passenger was seriously wounded.
In MC KEES ROCKS Pennsylvania burglars entered a suburban municipal building and stole a decorated Christmas tree from the lobby. Police pursued, the patrol car keys were taken, and a firefighter lamented the loss while radio station WAR promised a replacement tree.
A NASA center on the San Francisco peninsula announced a new model for the solar system’s early history. It posits a 4.6 billion year old cataclysm from a rapidly spinning young Sun that heated and melted inner planets as electrified gas masses were ejected, leaving iron and nickel in meteorites.
DETROIT AP The U S Secret Service confiscated thousands of inflated Nixon dollars circulated by Michigan Democrats to spoof the President and his policies. Officials said the oversized notes violate federal law restricting imitation currency. The bills feature Nixon’s image and the slogans God Helps and One Frozen Dollar signed by fictitious officers.
The readable portion shows a Daily Review publication note dated March 3 1882 with names and roles such as President and Publisher and Business Manager, plus an address in Hayward California and contact numbers. The fragment hints at subscription rates and office locations but is incomplete and hard to fully parse.
London diplomatic sources say the real victor in the Indo Pakistan clash is the Soviet Union. Moscow gains new political sway in India and potential leverage over East Pakistan’s Bangla Desh, while China’s position weakens as the Kremlin consolidates influence in the Far East and Indian Ocean region. Moscow backed India with arms and advisers, deepening a five year friendship treaty and shifting regional power.
Sandra Bobbitt, a 25 year old in San Antonio, endures a rare ailment causing her to stop breathing. A pacemaker like device may correct her breathing but costs 1400 dollars. Donations raised over 3300 dollars fund a hospital room and ongoing care as Sandra nears her 26th birthday.
UPI reports U S naval forces led by the nuclear carrier Enterprise moved toward the Bay of Bengal while Soviet ships of the Sverdnov class and several submarines steamed through the Malacca Strait toward the Indian Ocean. Western officials noted the movements as a show of power amid tensions near East Pakistan and Dacca.
In a pretaped Houston speech, United States Secretary John Connally said the nation can no longer be entirely generous with material resources and money toward other nations. He stressed friendship and trade but argued restraint is needed as deficits rise.
Prime Minister Edward Heath will detour to Bermuda for a Nixon summit, then proceed to Ottawa to meet Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Trudeau's wife is expected to give birth, prompting rescheduling of the Bermuda leg and a shift to Ottawa for the talks.
Connally warns that US markets matter to world industry and calls for equity in trade while rejecting special favors. He forecasts roughly 100 billion dollars growth in the 1972 Grass National Product, arguing US policy should reflect its economic and strategic influence.
Ft Meade Md The military jury of two generals and five colonels began deliberations to decide Col Cray K Henderson’s guilt or innocence in the My Lai massacre cover up. The trial tied the Calley case as the longest in U S military history with 106 witnesses and extensive documentary evidence.
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