Control Bill Adjusts Pay Board and Media Exemption
The measure allows confirmation for key nominees such as the Pay Board chair and the Price Commission head within 60 days while future appointees face confirmation. It lets consumers seek refunds for willful overcharges and permits a 5.5 percent federal pay raise starting January 1. Provisions on interest-rate stability and pay-ceiling calculations are revised, and an exemption for media from price and wage controls was debated but dropped.
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Nixon
Senate
House
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
John Sparkman
P-Ala
Cranston
James Smith
Treasury
Congressional
Smith
Wage Board and Price Commission
Cenforces
California parents learn daughter freed from China
Mary Ann Harbert of Palo Alto and Richard Fecteau of Lynn were released after three years in Communist China. They arrived in Hong Kong then Honolulu before US medical checks. Harbert, seized in 1969 during a yacht voyage, appeared alert while Fecteau had been held since his 1952 capture. President Nixon welcomed the clemency news as the pair prepared for Christmas with family.
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California
China
Gene Harbert
Pato Alto
Mary Ann
Tee
United States
U.S. Air Force
Fecteau
Miss Harbert
Hong Kong
U.S. Geological Survey
Menlo Park
San Francisco
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
Harbert
Mclaughlin
U.S
Manila
Coast Guard
Tie
Polly
University of Utah
Sue Carrington
Mountain View
Nixon
Peking
John T. Downey
New Britain
Conn
Miss Iarbert
Feeteau
Ackman Air Force Base
Honolulu
Philippines
Air Force
Mary Ann Harbert
Red China
Manson Gets Life For Shea Murder In Judge Choate Ruling
The court sentenced Charles Manson to life in state prison on count one the killing of Hollywood stuntman Donald Shorty Shea at Spahn Ranch. Judge Choate stayed the life term on count two the Hinman murder until appeal or completion of the first term.
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Choate
Manson
State
Hollywood
Donald “Shorty
Shea
Spahn Ranch
Topanga Canyon
Gary Hinman
Tate-La- Bianca
Tate-LaBianza
Shea-Hioman
Emelio Rico
Charles Manson
Rico
Daniel Hunt
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Charles ‘Tex’ Watson
Tate- LaBianca
Robert Beausoleil
Hinman
Steve Grogan
Clem Tufts
Mary Brunner
Mansei
Bruce Davis
Snow Om
Supreme Court extends free trial records for indigent appeals
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states must provide free trial records to indigent defendants appealing misdemeanor convictions, aligning with Griffin v Illinois for felonies. Justices heard arguments in anti abortion cases, with two women attorneys contending state laws invade privacy and hamper doctors, potentially reshaping restrictions on therapeutic abortions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Georgia
UPI
Sarah FR. Weddington
Austin
O'Margie Pitts Tiames
Atlanta
Hames
Dacca Battle Rages as Forces Hold, Surrender Reports Vary
A chaotic report from East Pakistan described Lt. Gen. A K Niazi vowing to defend Dacca while Indian advances closed in. Pakistan claimed control of large areas as some troops reportedly surrendered, and Indian spokesmen warned of obstacles yet vowed to overcome them. Civilian casualties, naval actions near Chittagong, and international criticism colored the siege amid shifting claims from both sides.
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Pege al
Tdiacca
Associated Press
Peter O'Loughlin
Pakistan
A. K. Niazi
Dacca
East
HIE
Calcutta
Niszi
Sam Mandkshaw
Manekshaw
Alticugm
East Pakistan
Chittagong
Kargil
Kashmir
Barm
Rajasthan
Geneva
Switzerland
Red Cross
India
U.S
New Delhi
Nixon
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
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Richard Fecteau
Free
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Fred P. Gratam
New York
William J. Brennan Jr
Brennan
Chicago
Mayer
State Supreme Court
Doolays Furniture
Hide-A
By Simmons
Simmons
Americard
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
Sven Shesa
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