India Launches East Pakistan Offensive In War Drive
The Associated Press reports Indian forces strike in East Pakistan aiming to establish an independent state and compel surrender of about 80,000 Pakistani troops. India also raids airfields in West Pakistan near Lahore Karachi and Rawalpindi amid claims of air superiority and retaliation.
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Lahore
Karachi
New Delhi
West Pakistan
Air War Escalates As East Pakistan Conflict Expands
Reports from East and West Pakistan describe intensified air battles with Indian pilots engaging Pakistani jets. Pakistan claims clashes near Dacca and Jessore, while Pakistan radio reports Indian planes shot down. India cites a formal war declaration by West Pakistan, fueling a regional crisis.
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Karachi
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U.S. calls UN meeting on India Pakistan fighting
Washington urged an urgent U N Security Council session to seek a cease fire and withdrawal of forces amid India Pakistan hostilities. India denied war and pledged self defense while reporting strikes on Pakistani positions in West Pakistan. Kashmir air activity and regional blackout affected travel as airlines halted flights.
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T.N Kaul
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Pakistan
K. B. Lal
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West Pakistan
Srinagar
Kashmir
Auto makers flood FTC file with jargon filled ads claims
New York AP reporting that Ford Chrysler American Motors Volkswagen and General Motors published multi hundred page binders of charts diagrams and opaque jargon to back ad claims under a FTC order. The volumes detail noise tests unibody strength room inside dimensions and spill proof features with dates and deadlines for public viewing and a Dec 15 access deadline. Weather notes follow.
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Scott Research Laboratories
Butz Chance, Dole Says at Wichita Dinner
Senator Bob Dole urged giving Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz time to prove himself at a Wichita Republican fund raiser. He predicted Nixon will be the ticket’s candidate and Hubert Humphrey could be Democratic opposition. A baby boy in Liverpool quintuplets died, others were reported stable, and local officials commented on reactions and events.
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Frank Carlson
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England
Liverpool Maternity Hospital
Kansas NEA backs extended school year plan
Kansas National Education Association endorsed a proposal for an extended school year to fully use school buildings and cut net education costs. The plan splits the year into four quarters with three attended by students, and contract periods for teachers from one to four quarters, plus vacation and educational leave. It calls for optional fourth quarters in districts and summer programs with swimming and baseball.
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Hugoton
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Southwest Kansas cities eye sales tax referendums
Garden City and Dodge City officials discussed sales tax referendums at a Tuesday meeting in Garden City as part of a broader push to form the Greater Southwest Kansas Regional Planning Organization. The June deadline for sales tax votes could expire in December 1972, prompting calls to extend the law.
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Winter memories across Missouri and Kansas snow tales
A nostalgic reminiscence of winter scenes from childhood in Missouri and later Kansas. Recounts sledding mischief gone awry, skating on Slate Creek in Wellington, a car in the creek after drunken driving, family skating lessons from a dad who loved figure eights, a kitchen window mishap on a snowy Saturday, and a March 1957 blizzard shaping enduring mnemonics. Includes names like J R Jones and Garden High.
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