Pakistan Surrenders Call Amid East Pakistan Crisis
The Pakistani commander A A K Niazi appeals to India for cease fire as India halts bombing of Dacca and sets 16 hour deadline. Gen Sam Manekshaw demands surrender before cease fire and notes Indian advance near Dacca and Chittagong with water routes severed. Casualty claims include wounded Pakistanis arriving at Dacca hospital with no defender activity reported.
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East Pakistan
New Delhi
India
Dacca
Sam Manekshaw
A. A. K. Niazi
Chittagong
Manekshaw
Niazi
Radio
Pakistan
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Enterprise
Bay of Bengal
Raj Bahadur
Washington
Calcutta
Burnetts Gift Secures Burn Center at KU Medical Center
A gift from the Gene Burnett family of Lawrence funds the Gene and Barbara Burnett Burn Center at Kansas University Medical Center. Construction starts soon with partial operation aimed for mid summer 1972 and a remaining $100,000 needed for research facilities. Dr. David Weaver Robinson leads the project as chief of plastic surgery.
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Kansas City
Gene Burnett
Lawrence
Kansas University Medical Center
Dolph Simons
Kansas University Endowment Association
Robert Docking
Kansas
Missouri
Greater Kansas
Simons
Kan
Burn Center
Gene and Barbara Burnett Burn Center
David Weaver Robinson
Lawrence Weather: Rainfall Reported After Storms
The National Weather Service notes recent rainfall in Lawrence with up to 2.2 inches recorded by observers. Expect cooler temperatures and mostly cloudy skies into Thursday with highs in the low to mid 40s.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Kansas University
West Turnpike
Baldwin
Congress Hopes For Adjournment
Congress moves toward adjourning after approving a bill extending Nixon's economic powers through April 30 1973. The measure allows wage increases frozen under anti inflation controls and funds Defense DC and foreign aid for the current fiscal year. A conference cut a pay raise provision for Congress employees and the House reserved election reform to the next session.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
Pay Board
Defense Department
District of Columbia
Kansas Legislators Face Pay Increase Recommendation
A citizens committee studying Kansas legislators salaries, chaired by former Gov. John Anderson, prepared to deliver its report and recommendations to the 1972 session. The panel reviewed a final draft and planned to discuss specific salary figures later.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
John Anderson
Russell Stover Candies Ad Sparks Local Listings
Short classified style notice notes Russell Stover Candies, Rexall, Adv Auto Insurance and Doane Agency advertising in a local page, with a contact line at 824 Maas and related business initials. The fragment hints at a local commercial roundup and agency promotions.
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Russell Stover
Key Rexall
Eee Doane Agency
Lawrence Agencies Report Generosity During Holiday Season
Lawrence residents give to charity amid economic slump and KU finals. Salvation Army has raised about $3,100 of a $5,000 goal as Toys for Tots reports strong response for 500 to 600 needy children. Penn House shifts to paying utility bills for families while food distribution strains to meet rising need.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Salvation Army
Howard Chase
Chase
U.S. Marine Corps
Wes Santee
Red Cross
Santee
Penn House
Keith Miller
Emergency Service Council
Odds Not in Favor Of White Christmas
NOAA lists 269 cities with Christmas snow probabilities. For Annette Alaska one in four. Nantucket one in ten. Oklahoma City and Olympia near zero. Figures are probabilities not forecasts.
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Washington
Annette
Alaska
Nantucket
Mass
Oklahoma City
Okla
Olympia
Wash
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrion
National Weather Service
NOAA
Kansas-Concordia
Dodge City
Goodland
Topeka
Wichita
Missouri-Columbia
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield
Bob Hope to Lead 21st USO Christmas Tour Abroad
Bob Hope leaves for his 21st USO Christmas tour after a Thanks for the Memories dinner saluting his 30 years entertaining troops. Gen Westmoreland praised him while Sen Goldwater lauded his work with GIs. The $500 dinner raised $300,000 for a USO building in Hollywood.
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Bob Hope
William C. Westmoreland
Century Plaza Hotel
Barry Goldwater
America
Goldwater
Nixon
Bob
Vietnam
China
Henry Kissinger
USO
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