Quake Toll Surpasses 10,000 Known Dead
Managua struggles to tally bodies after the December earthquake as authorities fear the dead may exceed 10 000 with mass burials and ongoing rubble searches. The junta extends a 60 hour work week, public employees lose a month of wages, and tax exemptions end to fund reconstruction while courts and schools begin reopening.
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Nicaragua
UPI
Eee Su
Red Cross
Tban
Osorio
Supreme Court of
Tusase
Manuel Diaz
Antonio Mora
Ministry of Education
Preparation H offers relief for hemorrhoidal itching and swelling
An advertisement claims a unique formula provides prompt hours long relief from itch and pain in hemorrhoidal tissue with infection and inflammation. It cites tests in New York City Washington DC and a Midwest Medical Center and notes lubrication to protect inflamed surfaces and no stinging. It promotes Preparation H ointment or suppository forms.
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New York City
Washington, D.C
Midwest Medical Center
Zukor Remains Active at 100 in Hollywood Career
Hollywood filmmaker Adolph Zukor observes his 100th birthday as Paramount figures noted, with praise for his role in shaping the studio system. He recalls early struggles, the rise of Famous Players to Paramount, and his belief that large profits come from a few big pictures rather than volume.
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Zukor
Adolph Zukor
Paramount Pictures Roundtable
Hillcrest
Country Club
Cele
Paramount
Ifiou
Samuel Goldwyn
United States
Chicago
Famous Players
Eme
Graves to Receive Dan Burrows Memorial Journalism Award
Albuquerque AP veteran Graves, longtime New Mexico bureau chief and SDX director, will receive the 1972 Dan Burrows Memorial Award for outstanding achievement. The award honors his work on freedom of information, press fairness, and collaboration with state authorities. His plaque will be presented at a later SDX meeting.
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Howard
Dan Burrows
Colorado
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Ore
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French politicians kick off national election campaign
Paris AP reports a tense national campaign as the government and opposition clash over a Socialist Communist platform. Mitterrand and Marchais press disbanding France's atomic strike force while Pompidou faces uncertainty if left gains power. elections set for March 4 with a March 11 runoff if needed.
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Charles de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrad
Georges Pompidou
Pierre Messmer
Messmer
France
Germany
Mitterrand
George Marchais
de Gaulle
Europe
National Assembly
Gaullist Union of Democrats For the Republic
Pompidou
Wit
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Ito
Poor Visibility Hampers Search For Sailboat
In Galveston Texas the Coast Guard faced poor visibility as it continued a large search for two 17 year old Houston youths missing in a 17 foot sailboat reported lost Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico between Galveston and Freeport. The operation spans about 2000 miles offshore from Sea Isle to southwest of Freeport with 10 search units including Coast Guard cutters boats planes a helicopter and civilian aircraft already in use since Saturday night.
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Galveston
Tex
Coast Guard
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Freport
Mike Sheehan
Doug Slaughter
Sea Isle
Freeport
Hussein commutes coup leaders sentences in Jordan
King Hussein grants mercy to three leaders of November coup. Maj Rafi Hindawi Mahmoud Tewfik al Khalili and Said Dajan see death sentences reduced to life imprisonment 15 and 10 years. Royal decree also pardons 1150 convicts and commutes 105 sentences amid Moslem feast celebrations in Amman.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Rafi Hindawi
Mahmoud Tewfik al Khalili
Said Dajan
I Muammar Kadafi
Hushgein
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