Flexing His Muscles Barbell Baby’s Mighty Might
Frederick Bennett II, 15 months old in North Syracuse, can do five pushups and lift a 15 pound barbell. His parents started a daily exercise routine from home, with the father adding a 10 minute workout after work. The pediatrician reportedly has no concerns about Freddie’s strength and health, though dressing him can be difficult when he won’t cooperate.
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North Syracuse
N.Y
Frederick Bennett II
Freddie
Frederick Bennett
Bennett
Cambodian government launches first offensive in 15 months
Cambodian government troops fight a new push against Khmer Rouge guerrillas at Mt Kirirom 60 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. Reports say 50 soldiers killed 80 wounded as units retreat to Chambak while communists capture 1 American APCs. Casualties and gear left behind reported.
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Prasat Nsang Khmau
Phnom Penh
Chambak
Mt. Kiirom
the Resistance
Kompong Thom
Kirirom
Khmer Rouge
Last POWs Finish Homecoming Delayed by Malaria
The last American prisoner of war in the Philippines suffers a slight malaria case, delaying his return home by a day. Other freed POWs across the U S express relief and gratitude as hospital jets transfer 15 Americans and a Canadian to Travis and Andrews air bases.
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Associated Press
Philippines
California
Air Force
Louis H. Bernasconi
America
Massachusetts
Fernando Alexander
Texas
William A. Spencer
Stars and Stripes
Playboy Magazine
Robert T. White
Clark Air Base
Mekong Delta
Clark Today
Freedom
Newport News
Judith
Clark
United States
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Andrews Afb
Sheppard Afb
Tex
March Afb
Scott Afb
Scott
Cecil H. Brunson
Memphis
Tenn
Meat prices and boycotts ripple across cities
President Nixon announced a price ceiling on beef pork and lamb to begin today while consumer groups doubt its effect. In Chicago restaurants see booming business with long wait lines despite reduced meat demand. Detroit stores report strong meatless sales as shoppers avoid counters. Rainbow People’s Party joins the boycott, calling meat prices criminal.
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Nixon
Frieda Marianos
Chicago
Detroit
Cheri Killingsworth
Michigan
Rainbow People’s Party
White Panther Party
A_ party
Provisional agreement nears end of Wounded Knee occupation
Federal negotiator Kent Frizzell said a consensus had been reached on more than half of ten Indian demands during talks in Wounded Knee South Dakota. He noted two or three items might remain but predicted the confrontation was close to being settled as discussions resumed in the afternoon.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Asst
U.S. Atty
Kent Frizzell
Ramon Roubideaux
American Indian Movement
AIM
Frizzell
Roubideaux
Dakota Territory
Missouri River
Watergate spying targets GOP senators say Weicker
Sen Lowell P Weicker on Face the Nation alleges two GOP senators Charles Percy and Jacob Javits and Rep Paul McCloskey were among those marked for surveillance by the Nixon re election committee. He cites former FBI agent Alfred Baldwin who testified he was hired to wiretap Democratic calls.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
GOP
Nixon
Committee
Lowell P. Weicker
R Conn
Nixon Committee
Weicker
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Alfred C. Baldwin
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Paul McCloskey
Rcalif
Baldwin
FBI
Capitol Hill
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Mike Gravel
Dalaska
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Watergate
Miami Beach
Flame
April Opens With Cool Middletown Weather Forecast
Cooler temperatures grip the Middletown area as April starts with cloudy skies. Tonight's low will be in the mid 30s, Tuesday's highs near the upper 40s with partly cloudy skies, and weekend precipitation totaled .3 of an inch.
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