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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
1
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President Nixon announced he will seek re election and allow his name to stay on the New Hampshire primary ballot on March 7. In a letter from the Western White House he said he will not campaign actively in the primaries, citing world events and duty to the party.
NEW DELHI AP India established full diplomatic relations with North Vietnam today ending its formal policy of treating Hanoi and Saigon as equals. India will open an embassy in Hanoi and maintain only a consulate general in Saigon with a chief of lower rank.
India moves to establish full diplomatic relations with North Vietnam, drawing swift protests from South Vietnam and jeopardizing its neutral chairmanship of the International Control Commission overseeing the 1954 Vietnam ceasefire. India had previously abstained on ICC votes, alongside Canada and Poland. Sweden and Switzerland reportedly followed suit.
Authorities report bombs found and deactivated in safe-deposit boxes at Marine Midland, Manufacturers Hanover, and First National City Bank branches in New York. Chicago police, firemen, and locksmiths evacuated, drilled, and removed devices at Northern Trust and Continental Illinois banks, while San Francisco and Chicago med ia received warning letters.
A Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 en route LA to Tampa was hijacked by a shotgun armed man and a woman with a baby. The jet refueled twice then diverted toward Havana while FBI agents monitored. Ten PSA employees remained aboard as 134 passengers were sent off in Los Angeles. Police set roadblocks while airport operations halted and passengers were kept away. The hijackers demanded a larger plane for an Africa flight and requested East Coast and Northeast Africa navigational maps.
The United States unemployment rate edged up to 6.1 percent in December, near the nine year high. Officials note an average 5 million Americans out of work in 1971 with a 5.9 percent yearly average. Democratic critics call the figures discouraging while the Hodgson administration counters that tax cuts may spark improvements.
Chilean President Salvador Allende defies Parliament by naming his aide Jose Toha as minister of defense after Toha was suspended as interior minister as impeachment votes moved forward. The Senate now has 21 days to assess the charges while opposition blocs push constitutional violations involving armed groups and protests.
An Iberia Caravelle jet carrying 104 people from Madrid and Valencia to Ibiza crashed in dense fog near San Jose southwest of Ibiza. There were 98 passengers and 6 crew including nine children. No survivors were found and the cause was not immediately known.
Nixon and Sato nearing a final Okinawa settlement as talks promise a date for transfer of Okinawa to Japan. Officials expect trade barrier concessions from Japan while the U S leans on political questions. Connally anticipates substantive trade agreements at the summit.
The Federal Highway Administration reports nearly one sixth of U S bridges are critically deficient and has approved replacement of 50 hazardous bridges in 49 states and Puerto Rico. The program aims to fix about 89 000 bridges in the critical category and costs reach about 125 million for the first two years.
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