U S lifts restrictions on bombing of North Vietnam
U S resumes full scale bombing of North Vietnam amid reports of a devastating Hanoi-Haiphong attack. President Nixon ordered the raids as part of a strategy to counter a Communist buildup, while Haig heads to Southeast Asia to assess progress. Kissinger seeks a settlement as negotiations show new delays and linguistic difficulties.
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Rain Ends Bay Area Freeze Amid High Toll
A warm weekend broke the Bay Area cold spell but at a cost with 77 accidents, 26 injuries, and two fatalities in South County. The CHP reports a busy week as wet weather continues with a 40 percent chance of more rain tonight. Temperatures ranged from the high 30s to the 40s, with some areas seeing two inches of rain, marking the warmest readings since late November. Growers in San Mateo and Alameda counties describe rain as a relief after a week of freezing weather.
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Tricycle Safety Crackdown Aims Federal Rules
A Calspan study for the Health Education and Welfare Bureau finds many tricycles unstable and unsafe for children, causing over 100 000 injuries annually. It cites seats, wheel angles, speed, and rear axles as risk factors and urges standards on seats pedals handlebars and steering with rules to take effect by September.
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Apollo 17 heads home for Christmas splashdown
Apollo 17 astronauts speed toward Earth as mission control signals from Houston wake them at 5 33 a m PST. They relay holiday greetings from Houston homes and prepare for a 1 32 a m PST splashdown in the South Pacific after completing lunar research and collecting samples.
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America
24 hour postal service opens Hayward main post office
Hayward California introduces a 24 hour postal service with a high tech parcel center at the main post office. A nine pound fruitcake to Bismarck can be mailed by surface or air, with zone charts and a dollar bill changer nearby. Customers learn the new machine assisted process, though some caution it remains a bit difficult at first.
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China U.S. youth unit powers harmony at Chicago opera rehearsal
At the Chicago Opera House a Chinese Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe rehearsal blends East and West. Floyd Webb of Maywood and Hslet Tung Sheng from the PRC initiate a musical dialogue with a flute and shung while 12 musicians accompany acts of lions, plate spinning and balance stunts. The ensemble tour begins in Chicago and will visit Indianapolis, Washington and New York.
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Death knocks at 12 in Soviet life described
Henry Shapiro, renowned American correspondent, reflects on a turbulent year in the Soviet Union as part of four decades of Russian history he has witnessed. The piece previews page 14 featuring sections on obituaries, classifieds, comics, and other cultural items.
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Fremont Brothers Save Father and Son From Flooded Pickup
Two Fremont brothers, Phillip Kirk and Butch Kirk, forced open truck doors and rescued a father, Herbert A. Wheaton, and his 1-year-old son Wade from a pickup overturned in five feet of water at a salt pond near the Dumbarton Bridge ramp. Wheaton credited the boys and an unidentified man who flagged them down for saving their lives.
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