Indian Army toll in Jessore fighting exceeds 300
Report from UPI states more than 300 Indian Army troops were killed in fighting around Jessore East Pakistan. The area lies near the Calcutta border as tensions rise with Bangla Desh cabinet talks in New Delhi.
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United Press International
Radio Pakistan
East Pakistan
Jessore
UPI
Ajit K. Das
Bongaon
Das
Calcutta
Bangla Desh
Bengal Land
New Delhi
Islamabad
West Pakistan
India
Bangaon
Cadda
Teaching day bid rejected in Lompoc schools negotiations
The district rejected a five period teaching day proposal from the Lompoc Education Association while agreeing to mutual planning of schedules, increasing professional meeting days to 10, boosting parent-teacher counseling days, and a new substitute and field trip funding plan. Teachers would receive 12.75 dollars to offset conference costs as students with emotional problems would be referred to pupil personnel services.
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Lompoc Education Association
Vaughn Proctor
LEA
Uncertain fate for Central Avenue extension plan
The Planning and Beautification Commissions back Alternate 3 for the eastward Central Avenue extension, 150 feet north of the original, with Dec. 7 City Council action and state input from Dewey Bishop. Issues include land triangle intake, maintenance costs, wall buffer, and tree planting, with the straightline route no longer guaranteed.
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Central Avenue
The
Planning Commission
the Beautification Commission
State Division of Highways
Dewey Bishop
Nixon to Meet Heath in Bermuda Next Month
President Nixon will meet British Prime Minister Edward Heath in Bermuda in December 2021 for a strictly business session to discuss plans ahead of his trips to Peking and Moscow. The meeting is to be held on Hamilton Island with no accompanying spouses.
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Nixon
Heath
Bermuda
San Clemente
UPI
Edward Heath
White House
London
Peking
Moscow
Ronald Ziegler
Hamilton
North Carolina
Ziegler
Postal Service seeks 23.9 percent third class rate hike
The U S Postal Service asked the Price Commission for a 23.9 percent rise in third class mail rates. The increase targets advertising circulars and junk mail, while first class and air mail stay unchanged. The plan was delayed by the 90 day wage price freeze beginning August 15.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
The
Price Commission
Nixon
Postal Service
Thanksgiving traffic toll near 200 during holiday weekend
The Thanksgiving period was marked by a high traffic death estimate, with the National Safety Council predicting 620 to 710 fatalities through Sunday. By 10 a.m. EST, United Press International counted 194 traffic deaths since the holiday began, with Mississippi reporting 20 and New York 16 fatalities, and Indiana and California 14 each.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Mississippi
New York
Indiana
California
Inmate Demands Set for N J Hearing
Rahway prison inmates who held five guards and the warden hostage for 24 hours prompted Gov. Cahill to convene top law and corrections officials to set guidelines for negotiating the prisoners demands. He plans a meeting with community leaders while Archibald Alexander and Raymond Brown lead ongoing talks to avoid reprisals and address concerns.
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Rahway
N. J
UPI
William T. Cahill
Law and Correction
Rahway State
Cahill
A. Samuel Vukcevich
Vukcevich
Archibald Alexander
Citizens Committee
Raymond Brown
Alexander
Brown
Nixon seeks injunction to halt East Coast dock strike
President Nixon directed the Justice Department to pursue a Taft Hartley injunction to end a 57 day ILA dock walkout on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. He plans to meet Heath before Moscow and Peking and to consult Western leaders ahead of visits with Pompidou and Brandt.
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Nixon
E. Coast Dock
Soviet Union
China
Georges Pompidou
France
Willy Brandt
Turkey
John N. Mitchell
Tafte Hartley
Atlantic
Gulf
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Maine
Mexican
Sadat warns Nixon over new Israeli missile deliveries
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat told President Nixon that supplying Israel with new American missiles would greatly escalate the Middle East crisis. The message, delivered to Donald Bergus by adviser Hafez Ismail, followed reports that the United States might arm Israel with Lance ground to ground missiles.
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United Press International
Anwar Sadat
Nixon
Israel
Middle East
Cairo
al Ahram
Sadat
Donald C. Bergus
Hafez Ismail
Washington
United States
Sinai Peninsula
U.S
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Kenneth BB. Keating
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Lompoc Braves
Lompoc
Cabrillo High School
Braves
Newbury Park
Board of Supervisors
Leland Steward
Steward
Bishop
N.J
E.C. Stevens
Valley
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