Hijackers seize plane demanding medicine for Bangla Desh refugees
Paris AP report describes Pakistan International Airlines flight PK 712 hijacked en route London to Karachi with stopovers at Paris Rome and Cairo. Hijackers demanded 20 tons of medicine for Bengali refugees and warned destruction if police intervened. Two alleged air pirates were shot during the incident as negotiations began.
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Paris
Pakistan International Airlines
Orly Field
Red Cross
Orly
London
Pakistan
Beirut
Lebanon
Pasteur Institute
East Pakistan
India
Bangla Desh
Karachi
Rome
Cairo
West Pakistan
France
Gunman Says Give it To Me So He Does
A gunman accosted 60 year old Cliff Brady at a service station and demanded money. Brady struck the assailant in the mouth and knocked him down, then repeated the blow when he rose. The gunman fled after a second knockdown, leaving only minor skin loss on Brady’s knuckles.
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Gunman
Ease
Cliff Brady
Brady
Compromise Tax Cut Bill On Way To Law
A $15.8 billion three year tax cut and postponement of campaign finance checkoff heads toward enactment after a House Senate conference approved the measure. Nixon backing and a veto threat shape the plan to delay the checkoff until 1976 and require later appropriation.
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Washington
Senate House
Nixon
White House
Conference Committee
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Senate
New Tax Tables Show Three Year Estimates
Washington AP reports that Senate House conferees approved the tax bill with estimated taxes for 1971 1972 and 1973 across income levels for single people and married filers with varying deductions. Figures cover $5 000 $10 000 $15 000 and $20 000 bands.
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Washington
Senate House
Audit Criticism Stirs Bond Reply
State Auditor Christopher Kit Bond accuses Governor Warren Hearnes of trying to curb the audit office. He notes the auditor's independence and that voters recently elected him to replace the governor’s preferred candidate. Bond says his staff remains professional as the dispute continues.
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Jefferson City
Christopher “Kit” Bond
Warren E. Hearnes
Bond
GOP
James E. Schaffner
Revenue Department
Schaffner
Hearnes
Missouri
Air Raid Warning Darkens New Delhi Amid Global Tension
The Indian government declared a national emergency after Pakistani air raids on four northwestern airports. Pakistan claims retaliatory strikes while India denies attacks in the northwest. New Delhi sirens sounded and the capital was blacked out as international flights were suspended.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
India
East Pakistan
New Delhi
International Airlines
London
West Pakistan
Calcutta
Radio Pakistan
Avantipur
Pathankot
Amrittar
Srinagar
Indian Kashmir
V. V. Giri
Delhi
Rajasthan
Kashmir
Agartala
Amritsar
Tripura
Dacca
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Tanner 67 Dies in Mexico City Area Rites Sunday
Mrs. Grace Myrtle Sprague Tanner 67 of 1021 N Olive St died today at 5:30 am at Coldwell Nursing Home after illness. She married Robert Tanner in 1962 and is survived by husband, 3 sons, 4 daughters, 20 grandchildren, a brother L W Sprague and sisters Leta Albin and Margie Burks. Funeral 2 pm Sunday at Arnold funeral home with Rev. Marvin Jones. burial East Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 2 pm Saturday.
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Robert Tanner
N. Olive St
Coldwell
Grace Myrtle Sprague Tanner
Linn County
William Wilson
Lucy Myrtle Foreman Sprague
L. W. Sprague
Paris
Leta Albin
Mexico
Dan Ball
Robert D
Buck) Ball
William M
Bill) Ball
Madison
Billy
Shirley) Wheeler
Nelson
Florence) Alexander
Centralia
Robert
Betty) Grube
Clovis
N.M
Margie Burks
Columbia
Tanner
Mount Zion Christian Church
Arnold Funeral Home
Marvin Jones
East Lawn Memorial Park
These Santas Wear Green Santa Helpers Help Kids
National Guard Battery B, 1st TAB, 128th Artillery plans Christmas toy drives in Mexico on Sunday from 1 30 to 4 00 p m. Guardsmen in three quarter ton trucks will honk for toys and pickups can be arranged by calling the armory at 581 5283 between 8 a m and 5 p m on Saturday or Sunday.
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Santa Claus
Santa
National Guard Battery B
1St Tab
128Th Artillery
Mexico
Montgomery Couple Awarded 35000 Damages in Jefferson City
A Cole County Circuit Court jury awarded Montgomery County farmer Allen B. Clark and his wife Mary 35000 total damages against Tuloma Gas Products Co Schrock Bros Co and Frank Koester for injuries Clark claims from attempting to operate an anhydrous ammonia dispenser used for fertilizer. The couple initially sought 225000. jurors deliberated over five hours.
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Jefferson City
Montgomery County
Cole County
Allen B. Clark
Mary
Tuloma Gas Products Co
Schrock Bros. Co
Delaware
Frank Koester
Clark
Schrock Bros
Clarks
John C. Foeller
Edith Brown
Norma Engelbrecht
Donald E. Woolbridge
R. W. Eggers
Donald A. Werner
James A. Carter Sr
Frank Schmidt
Russell
US and Soviet scientists plan joint manned space flight
In Moscow American and Soviet scientists will sign a joint manned space flight agreement within two months after third talks. The plan calls for separate launchings linked in orbit, with docking tests guiding a possible Apollo and Salyut docking mission. NASA had no immediate comment.
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Moscow
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Jack Tech
Washington
Tech
Robert Gilruth
Butz Fight Spurs Billion-Dollar Farm Aid Prediction
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey said the battle to block Earl L. Butz’s confirmation as secretary of agriculture would unlock federal funds and raise farm income by up to a billion dollars. President Nixon endorsed the view after the Senate approved Butz 51-44, while critics warned continued pressure on family farmers.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Senate
Butz
Buiz
Humphrey
Treasury
United States
Midwest
Capital Hill
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