Eight men sought in Washington mosque killings
Eight men possibly members of a rival Muslim group are sought after a deadly attack at a Washington mosque run by Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Seven people died, including five children, and two women were wounded as intruders executed a detailed assault before 4 30 p m. Police traced the crime to apparent sectarian tension with authorities fearing further violence.
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Washington
UPI
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Elijah Muhammed
Nation of Islam
Jabbar
Northwest
Reorganization advised to avoid closing elementary schools
School Superintendent Glen Wegner proposes reducing administrators at elementary schools instead of closing sites. The plan, to be reviewed by the school board, merges four principalships narrowing to two, trims staff including a psychologist and nurse, tightens space usage, and keeps all elementary schools open for 1973-74.
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Vaughn Proctor
Glen Wegner
Wegner
Loma Vista
Los Padres
la Mesa
Buena Vista
Board of Trustees
Reagan
Four enemy assaults repulsed below DMZ in heavy fighting
UPI reports South Vietnamese Marines aided by massive U.S. air strikes and Turner Joy and other 7th Fleet ships repelled four tank led assaults just below the Demilitarized Zone. Saigon faced rumors of peace as battles continued north of Quang Tri and near the Michelin plantation area 40 miles north.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Turner Joy
Tonkin Gulf
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Dmz
Pacers
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Barney
Lompoc Valley Reels After Storm Drops 2.62 Inches Of Rain
Rain totals for the storm hit 2.62 inches in Lompoc area raising the season total to 11.57 inches. The downpour caused potholes and minor damage while a Santa Maria highway fatality was reported. Riverine flooding prompted road closures and city power outages at Vandenberg AFB.
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Lompoc Valley
Santa Maria
Chestnut Avenue
South H Street
Hapgood School
Ocean Avenue
V Street
Vandenberg Air Force Base
SAC
Lompoc
Casitas Road
Shane Matey
Marion Hospital
San Luis Obispo
Morro Bay
Cayucos
Atascadero
Los Osos- Baywood Park
Vietnam Cease-Fire Hopes Rise Ahead of Tet
The Saigon Tin Song says fighting could end as early as February 3 with Thieu’s government near a cease-fire. Thailand's Thanom expects a Vietnam halt, with talks ongoing between Kissinger and Tho in Paris. A curfew may follow the agreement and both sides press for final text.
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United Press International
Saigon
Tin Song
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Thanom
Bangkok
Alexander Haig
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Haig
Thieu
Tran van Lam
United States
Chou En-lai
Peking
Hoang Duc Nha
White House
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger-Tho
Haiphong
Nixon vows peace in Vietnam as inaugural events begin
President Nixon, confident a Vietnam peace treaty nears, prepares for a second inaugural with 10 000 troops on alert near Washington. He will praise a just peace and conciliation while ethnic Americans are honored in a Salute to ethnic Americans at the Corcoran Gallery co hosted by Sammy Davis Jr Lionel Hampton and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Antiwar demonstrators dubbed an inauguration of conscience begin protests despite peace hopes.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
Key Biscayne
Fla
Corcoran Art Gallery
Sammy Davis Jr
Lionel Hampton
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Charlotte, N.C
Reginald Hawkins
Hawkins
Charlotte
H Street
Seibert
Midway
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Oriskany
Quang Tri Area
North Vietnam
Navy
Quang Tri City
Security Pacific Bank
Vandenberg Afb
Flip Wilson
Lompoc County Fair
Howard Cosell
Lompock
Kenneth M. Crosby
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