Bhutto Succeeds Yahya as Pakistan President
President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan resigned after Pakistan’s defeat in the two week war with India. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was sworn in as president and chief martial law administrator and affirmed Pakistan's unity.
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Lahore
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Yahya
Rawalpindi
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North Vietnamese down four American planes in Laos air war
North Vietnamese defenses including MIG21 interceptors shot down four F4 Phantom jets along Laos border in Hanoi's air war high point in over three years. Two crewmen rescued. six listed as missing as search crews faced bad weather over rugged jungle 240 miles north of the DMZ.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Wallace Plays Santa in Montgomery for POW Children
Wallace visits the state capital to distribute gifts to children of Alabama prisoners of war in a charity event, captured by AP Wirephoto.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Decatur City Council Approves mayor pay hike and raises
The Decatur City Council approved a $4,000 annual increase to the mayor’s salary raising it from 12,000 to 16,000 effective Oct 1 1972. Council members and council president receive $100 annual increases while councilmen earn 50 and the president 75. The board also awarded a $2988.16 clay pipe contract for sewer extensions and approved borrowing for streets and sewers in Stratford Village Westmeade.
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W. S. Dickey Clay Msgr. Co
Birmingham
SCI Plastics Inc
Brooks St
Griffin Pipe Products Co
Milledgeville
Gaz
Stratford Village
Westmeade
Bill Levin
Nixon meets Heath in Bermuda with import tax relief
President Nixon arrived in Hamilton Bermuda for two day talks with Prime Minister Edward Heath and announced he signed a proclamation lifting the 10 percent surcharge on foreign imports into the United States. The Supreme Court upheld a ruling banning federal tax exempt status for private white schools set up to avoid desegregation. In Saigon, President Thieu declared 24 hour ceasefires for Christmas New Year and Tet for allied forces in South Vietnam.
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Bermuda
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Edward Heath
United States
Washington
Supreme Court
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South Vietnam
Rain resumes after Arctic blast and storms in Alabama
Unseasonably warm air returns as scattered showers and thundershowers threaten this afternoon. A swath of severe weather hit southwest Alabama with a tornado that unroofed homes and cut power lines around 4 30 this morning. State troopers report no injuries as temperatures rise from early 27 to near 73 today with 46 overnight and 66 tomorrow.
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Canada
Decatur makes it happen Alabama's Friendliest Shopping Area
On this date in history 1860 South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. Quick weather outlook shows a high of 73 and a 20 percent rain chance today.
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Alabama
South Carolina
Dollar Strong On Foreign Markets After Washington Accord
The American dollar gained strength in European dealings as the Washington accord ended four months of uncertainty. Stocks and Eurodollar bonds rose while gold prices fell. The new monetary realignment was decided by G ten finance ministers, with interbank and currency markets adjusting globally.
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