Bhutto fires four Pakistan governors amid crisis shifts
Pakistan's new leader Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto dismissed the four provincial governors and announced the transfer from prison to house arrest for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He also removed the State Bank governor S U Durrani. At the UN, the Security Council urged a durable cease fire and humanitarian aid, while Bangladesh's Tajuddin Ahmed unveiled a curfew and recovery plan. Rahman, once Awami League leader, led East Pakistan's push for autonomy amid 1971 crisis. Police in Dacca lamented mass killings, warning of mass graves.
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
East
Pakistan
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
United Nations
New York
Security Council
India
A-Nation Council
West Henzal
Inia
Bangla Desh
Bhutto
Rahman
Awami League
National Assembly
East Pakistan
Vyayya Khan
Dacca
Yahya Kha
Pacifier youth shot to death witness held
In Pacifica on the San Francisco peninsula leo Desota, 17, was shot fatally on a neighbor’s patio Tuesday. Police were summoned to Inverness Drive after an unidentified caller. The victim died within minutes from a chest wound inflicted by a 38 caliber gun. A second 17 year old boy fled into a nearby yard as a witness and remained in protective custody.
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Pacifica
UPI
Leo Desota
San Francisco
Palice
Inverness Drive
Swasakan
Timber wolf shot after terrorizing South Bay pets
A 121 pound timber wolf blamed for killing several dogs in Torrance and Redondo Beach was hunted by officers from three agencies and the county shelter. It was cornered near the William Anderson Elementary School and shot in a schoolyard after being tracked along railroad tracks and the Pacific Crest Cemetery. The animal, possibly once a pet, had a choke chain and was kept in urban areas under special permits.
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Lawndale
South Bay Area
Redondo Beach
Torrance-Redondo Beach
Animal Control
Redonda Beach
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Hatythorne
Torrance
Santa Te Ftailroad
Pacific Crest Cemetery
182Nd Street
Inglewood Avene
Iredondo Beach
South Bay
William Anderson
14Th Street
Lennox
Mason Kenny
Kenny
Sheriff's
Trank Turner
County Animal Shelter
Carson
The
Southern California Humane Society
George Crosier
PCA
Firmona Avenue
Sharon Emerson
Los Angeles Zoo
Pacific Northwest
Marksman battle ends as armored unit caps three hour gun fight
In Kansas City Missouri a gunman identified as Billy Gene Roscher tied up officers for three hours firing pistols rifles and a shotgun from a stronghold. Police used an armored personnel carrier to smash the front and tear gas to force surrender. Roscher sustained leg and foot injuries. three officers were wounded.
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Kansas City
UPL
Billy Gene Roseher
Kansas City Star
Rosehher
Roseher
William Ponessa
Roscher
Rapid Transit District approves $93.6 million budget for 1972
Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District adopted a $136 million budget for 1972, including $15 million for rapid transit rail construction. The plan is $16.7 million higher than the current year’s budget and outlined on Tuesday.
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Southern California
Rapid Transit District
Pay Board weighs UAW pact and wage raises
The Pay Board reviewed the UAW North American agreement but delayed a decision until evaluating recent settlements. Hearings were held behind closed doors as unions and management argued for first year increases near or above 12 percent. The board has approved two Phase 2 raises but aims to keep annual increases within seven percent, with retroactive five percent pay for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen approved.
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Unio
United
Connecticut
Woodcock
You Labor and Management
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalman
Signalen
Man dies in Costa Mesa car crash
A two car collision on slick Costa Mesa streets near Placentia Boulevard and Swan Avenue left a 2 year old dead and four others injured. The unidentified child, an airman, died at the scene around 6 10 p m. Kenneth D Garret 39 of Costa Mesa drove one car. Garret his son and two passengers from the other car were hospitalized in serious condition at Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital.
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Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital
Plot to slay Cesar Chavez under probe
Kern County sheriff says no evidence to substantiate initial report of a plot to kill Cesar Chavez. The claim surfaced when Larry Shears of Bakersfield told KERO-TV about planned destruction of certain upper records and Chavez’s assassination, while leading farm workers group UFWOC is led by Chavez.
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Lakersfield
UPI
Cesar Chavez
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Kern County
Charles Dodge
Chavez
Larry Shears
Bakersfield
Kero-Tv
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Airlines seek end of rate war on Hawaii group fares
United and Western propose ending group fares on California Hawaii routes as CAB warns carriers to stop illegal fare cutting. Six airlines faced action over minimum group sizes and advance purchase rules amid board concerns over losses and pressure to restore sound economic conditions.
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Hawaii
Washington
United and Western
California-Hawii
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
United
Western
West Coast
William A. Patterson Jr
Brain preserved in sink yields 5200 year old skull find
Florida marine archaeologist Carl Clausen reports tests confirm a skull found in Tittle Salt Springs contains a brain preserved for about five millennia. The eight year old Indian girl’s skull was discovered on a dive with University of Florida professor Dr Kelly Brooks as researchers doubt whether the brain truly survived intact. Carbon dating in Japan estimated the skull age at 5200 years plus or minus 90.
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Kelly Brooks
University of Florida
Gainesville
Clausen
Japan
Chansen
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James Campbell
Rascher
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George Boldt
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