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Tax prep error leaves $285 short tax refund
A reader complains H and R Block miscalculated their 1972 refund by $285 after IRS flagged an exemption multiplication error. Block offers a credit for next year, which the husband cannot use due to a military transfer. The firm pledges free return prep if no cost to the taxpayer, but the reader seeks cash refund for 1972. IRS warns against guaranteed refunds and urges ongoing contact with a preparer.
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Toothpaste addon molybdenum questioned by experts
A newspaper excerpt reports researchers have little knowledge on molybdenum benefits for teeth. Some studies hint reduced tooth decay from intake but are inconclusive. No molybdenum products for sale yet. toothpaste addition deemed ineffective. Separately, Local 820 members approve a three year pact with Westinghouse Broadcasting, ending a KDKA strike after engineers walked out.
Truce violations reach new low in Saigon reports
Saigon officials said Communist truce violations fell to 40 the lowest since the Jan. 28 ceasefire while heavy fighting raged near Kontum in the Central Highlands about 260 miles north of Saigon. Viet Cong warned of counterattacks if Saigon offenses continued.
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No big power deals in Cambodia, Sihanouk says
Prince Norodom Sihanouk told Le Figaro he would not accept any settlement secretly arranged by major powers. He alleged plans to eliminate him and Lao Nol and a three-segment coalition regime, asserting his forces hold 90 percent of Cambodia and he will continue to fight through Nixon’s term or its successor’s in 1984.
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Kissinger to visit China this month or next
Kissinger plans a visit to Peking to pursue a Cambodia settlement. He will confer with Premier Chen Enlai and may meet exiled Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Western White House sources confirmed the plans as Huang Chen prepares for talks with Nixon and Kissinger.
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Heart surgery family leaves hospital in Stanford
Four Costello children David 18 Richard 15 Kevin 18 and Karen 4 were discharged in good condition from Stanford Medical Center six days after open heart surgery. A nursing supervisor said the siblings are all doing well and smiling as they left the hospital.
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