South Vietnam expands offensive in Cambodia and Vietnam
South Vietnamese forces push along the Saigon Phnom Penh highway and widen a parallel push in Cambodia about 60 miles north. More than 20,000 Saigon troops are involved in the two operations.
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Chup
Associated Press
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Neak Luong
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Laos
Volkerstorfer
U.S
Indian Pakistani Border Fights Deepen Crisis Across East Pakistan
Reports from Dacca and New Delhi describe intensified clashes as Pakistani forces repelled Indian incursions along the eastern border and battles escalated in Jessore Akhaura and Comilla. Gloom over potential wider war grows as U Thant and Western powers urge restraint.
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Calcutta
Jessore
Pakistan
Bogra
India
East Pakistan
New Delhi
Gandhi
United States
Britain
U.N
U Thant
State Department
Washington
Soviet Union
Dacca
Comilla
Akhaura
Rawalpindi
Mukti Bahini
Jurors Ordered To Read Book In Sexual Relations Trial
A federal judge in Oklahoma City ordered eight men and four women on an obscenity trial jury to read The Animal Lovers in full. Defendants Melvin Friedman and Peachtree National Distributors Inc. face interstate transport charges related to the book.
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Oklahoma City
U.S
Robert Doud
Tulane University School of Public Health
Rhodesian Independence Crisis Amid Talks And Blockade
The dispute over Rhodesia’s future continues as Douglas-Home and Jan Smith meet eight times since November 15. Lord Goodman’s prior Salisbury visits produced groundwork for a settlement likely delaying immediate majority rule while Britain underwrites costs. The Rhodesian white minority remains resistant as Britain imposes an UN backed blockade to pressure a deal.
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Home
Jan Smith
Lord Goodman
Salisbury
Goodman
London
Immediate Ao
Britain
Douglas-Home
Rhodesia
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WAC CWO Owen Kirby to star in WACS Are Soldiers Too
Gen Bailey will host a ceremony at Ft Sill with briefings and a press conference then meet enlisted women to discuss length and new service regulations. She leaves for Ft Sam Houston Friday and has a long record leading WAC recruiting and command roles in the Army.
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Owen C. Kirby
WACS
Bailey
Ft. Sill
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Women’s Army Corps
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
United States
Daytona Beach
Fla
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Ala
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Europe
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Secretary of the Army
U.S. Senate
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Corps
Stein resigns from White House council amid wage price policy work
Stein longtime adviser to President Nixon and head of Phase 2 wage price stabilization task force resigns from the Council of Economic Advisers. He had helped draft the mid 1970s economic measures at Camp David and was praised by CEA chairman-designate as a brilliant economist with international reputation. McCracken notes Stein’s happiest service and long career in economic policy.
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Nixon
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Williams College
University of Chicago
Committee For Economic Development
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Council of Economic Advisers
America
Nixon seeks new report as West Coast dock strike widens
President Nixon ordered a supplemental report on East and Gulf Coast dock disruption after talks failed to settle the West Coast strike. ILA leaders say a cooling-off period may be imposed, while negotiations continued in Miami Beach and New York.
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Ziegler
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Washington
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Jacob Seidenberg
Portland
Ore
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Thomas Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
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Anthony Scotto
Taft Hartley
Gleason
James Dickman
Council of North Atlantic Shipping Association
Miami Beach
West Coast
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New York
Stentor, Homer’s Hero of the Mighty Voice
Stentor, a character in Homeric tales, is noted for his extraordinary vocal power and loudness in mythic battles and gatherings. His name became a byword for a booming, resonant voice.
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Stentor
Homer
National Panel Names City Figure to Urban Renewal Panel
The National Panel includes City and former deputy director of the Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Mrs. Dodson who was informed of the appointment by Albert A. Walsh NAHRO president. The committee will develop policies to assure fair and equitable treatment of displaced persons under federal programs. Mrs. Dodson has worked in NAHRO regional activities and relocation across a six state area with a consulting firm focused on housing and urban development programs.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Albert A. Walsh
NAHRO
Walsh
Dodson
NAHRC
Holiday Closing Affects Publishing Offices
The Holiday will close the Publishing Company all day Thursday. The Constitution newsroom stays open until noon for press time, then closes from noon to 6 pm when Morning Press starts duty.
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News
Constitution
Press
New Conscientious Objector Form Draws Fire
Washington AP reports a proposed longer form for CO status sparks angry mail to Selective Service officials. critics call questions tricking and insulting while supporters praise personal approach and belief expression. officials emphasize no right or wrong answers and aim to refine the form this year.
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Washington
Selective Service
Pepitone
C.O
Curtis W. Tarr
Modest stock rally lifts Dow above 800 in midday trading
In New York the Dow Jones 30 industrials rose to 802.79 by noon, up 4.82 after four sessions of decline. Advances on the NYSE outpaced declines about two to one as bargain hunting and a recent drop recovery supported the market.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Ernest Lawrence Thayer Authored Casey at the Bat Poem
The line is a biographical note identifying Ernest Lawrence Thayer as the author of Casey at the Bat, the celebrated baseball poem.
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Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Casey
Senate Vote Rolls Back Europe Troop Presence
The Senate approved a ceiling on permanently stationed troops in Europe and brought about 60,000 home after an appeal from Nixon warning a unilateral cut would weaken Western military stance. Sen. Symington urged more domestic spending while Fulbright and Symington failed to win a $ billion cap on intelligence spending in a 56 to 31 vote.
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Europe
Nixon
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Symington
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Senate
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