Crew Rescued After N Viet Downs Plane in Saigon Area
AP reports a North Vietnamese SAM downed a second U.S. jet in a week. Pilot Lt. Col. Arthur Blissett Jr., saved after nine hours on a tree, and copilot Lt. Michael Murray landed nearby. They were flown to a Thailand base in good condition.
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Saigon
Arthur §. Blissett Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
Michael H. Murray
Chicopee
Mass
North Vietnam
U.S
Mu Gia Pass
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
United States
Chup
Cambodia
Sunny weekend forecast for Lawrence area
Pleasant weather continues with sunny skies and moderate temperatures in Lawrence through the weekend. Tonight should be fair with a low near 30, Sunday highs in the low 50s and little to no precipitation.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Kansas University
Journal- World
Defeated Pakistani Army Surrenders Arms in Dacca
Pakistani officers weep as they begin disarming troops in Dacca under Lt Gen Sagat Singh. Indian forces move to disarm Mukti bands and send Pakistanis to POW camps in India for repatriation. Indian advances credited to speed, air and artillery superiority and enveloping tactics.
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Dacca
Sagat Singh
Chandpur
Mukti
India
Pakistan
Pakistan Regime Faces Toppling as Protests Rise
Radio Pakistan says President Yahya Khan will hand over power to a representative government soon amid nationwide demonstrations over the India Pakistan war. Protests by Pakistan People’s Party supporters in Lahore and Peshawar demand Yahya’s resignation as Bhutto becomes foreign minister and deputy premier.
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Radio Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
India
Yahya
Pakistan People’s Party
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Lahore
Peshawar
Rawalpindi
Cantonment
Bhutto
Pakistan
United Nations
Prisoners in Nevada Prison Brighten Reno Family Christmas
Inmates at Nevada State Prison donated 44 from welfare funds and other gifts to a fatherless Reno family of five. Through the Salvation Army the 400 inmates provided a food basket, toys, a sweater for each member, and handmade items including a leather handbag and belts. The mother, working three days weekly, expressed gratitude for the community support.
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Carson City
Nev
Reno
Santa Claus
Nevada State Prison
Salvation Army
Carl Hocker
Cuban Officer Defects Reported by Daily Telegraph
A senior Cuban intelligence officer defected to the United States and supplied details of a Latin American insurrection setup. The Daily Telegraph reported the defector is now in the United States after contacting the U.S. Embassy in London. Embassy officials had no comment.
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London
United States
Daily Telegraph
U.S
Freed Man Returned to Prison After Parole Mixup
Henry Cortez, 37, spent 33 days as a free man when Folsom officials misread a court ruling. He now faces 21 more years behind bars after parole was revoked following a series of court actions.
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Folsom
Calif
Henry Cortez
Cortez
James W. Greenman
Greenman
Sierra Foothills
Lincoln
Ruby
U S Units Told To Help Ships
Washington reports the United States alerted naval and air units to back up a warning against Cuban attacks on ships. The State Department said it would aid vessels under attack if the registering nation requests help, with the Pentagon to take preliminary measures. The crisis follows Cuba seizing the Lila Express and attack on the Johnny Express amid tensions over anti Cuban counter revolutionary aiding claims.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Cuba
Robert J. McCloskey
Caribbean
U.S
Jose
Havana
Johnny Express
Italians Delay Money Talks in G Ten Devaluation Debate
Washington AP Hundreds of finance ministers from the G Ten resumed talks on currency realignment after Italian protests over the size of a potential dollar devaluation. Secretary Connally described negotiations as slow as Italy argues a 7 percent devaluation would overvalue the lira and hurt Italian competitiveness.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Red Castle
Smithsonian Institution
Italy
U.S
Acquittal Ends My Lai Trials
Col. Oran K. Henderson, the last and highest ranking officer tried, was acquitted of all charges of concealing My Lai killings. Of 25 accused and six tried, only Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted, with a reduced life sentence to 20 years. Henderson said the government spent $10 million without a conviction.
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Oran K. Henderson
William L. Calley Jr
Ing
Calley
Ft. Benning
Henderson
Pentagon
Calley’s
Addi
Army
Vietnam
Col
Ft. Meade
My Lai
Nancy
Ann
Lawson
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Kim Norris
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Nuku Bahini
THE
Associated Press
Bar Association
City
New York
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Organization of American States
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Europe
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Tional
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Psedee
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