Bridge Crash in Hobart Kills Likely Dozens
A British ore freighter rammed the Tasman Bridge in Hobart Tasmania bringing down 240 feet of span. Police report missing drivers and cars may have plunged into the Derwent River. The Lake Illawarra sank with zinc concentrate aboard but most crew survived.
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Shells Hit Saigon Outskirts and Phnom Penh During Vietnam Conflict
Communist rockets struck near Saigon and Phnom Penh as Phuoc Binh garrison held on for a fifth day. Viet Cong fired 12 rockets near the capital causing civilian casualties. Khmer Rouge rockets hit Phnom Penh airport with minor damage. Five days of Phuoc Binh fighting included tank engagements and helicopter redeployments as reinforcements arrived.
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Allowances Increased for Alberta Public Assistance
Edmonton CP reports the Alberta Health and Social Development department will raise food and clothing allowances under public assistance by 8 a month starting February 1. The food allowance rises to 50 and clothing to 16 for adults, with smaller increases for other age groups across ranges 0 6, 7 11, 12 15, and 16 17 years.
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Ford creates CIA inquiry panel to probe U.S. activities
President Ford names Vice President Rockefeller to head an eight member commission to determine CIA authority and report in 90 days. The panel includes Ronald Reagan Lyman Lemnitzer Erwin Griswold and others. Congress will press ahead with its own investigation despite the commission.
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IRA offers indefinite ceasefire extension if talks held
London papers report the IRA proposes to extend its ceasefire in Northern Ireland indefinitely if Protestant groups will negotiate. The plan seeks public British support for direct talks between Catholic and Protestant extremist leaders, without an immediate British troop withdrawal pledge. No official confirmation and no reaction from Protestant militants.
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Brezhnev Rumored to Suffer Leukemia
Chicago Sun Times columnist says Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is battling leukemia. Washington officials offer no comment as Tass reports his mid January Middle East trip was postponed. Bartlett claims his information is confirmed.
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Arabs round on Kissinger after oil threat warning
Arab governments and newspapers across Egypt Saudi Arabia Kuwait Lebanon Libya and Iraq condemn Henry Kissinger after he warned the United States might intervene militarily against oil producers, branding the remarks as a dangerous conspiracy aimed at controlling oil prices.
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Israel Commandos Burn Four Story Tel Aviv Building
Palestinian commandos reported destroying and setting fire to a four story building on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv. WAFA quoted a military source promising further details on this operation.
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