Bangladesh President Is Freed Meets British Officials in London
Sheik Mujib arrives at Heathrow at 6 30 am aboard a chartered Pakistan International Airways plane after a secret journey from Rawalpindi. He says he is alive and may speak later while planning talks with British officials on diplomatic recognition for Bangladesh.
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Heathrow
Pakistani International Airways
Rawalpindi
Sheik Mujib
Bangladesh
Mujib
Ian Sutherland
British Foreign Office
Claridge
London
Hill
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan High Commission
Pakistan
Bangladesh Seeks Immediate Return of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad of Bangladesh said he asked Britain to arrange the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's immediate return to Dacca. He told reporters he will press London for swift action and that no moment should be lost in sending him home.
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New Delhi
Abdus Samad Azad
Bangladesh
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Dacca
Samad
London
Warmer Weather Forecast for Southern Ohio
A high around 40 is predicted for this afternoon in southern Ohio with tonight’s low in the 30s. Tomorrow temperatures are expected to reach the 50s, and there is a chance of showers on Sunday.
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Ohio
Two Barges Explode Breaking Belpre Parkersburg Bridges
An explosion on two 300-foot barges near a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge in Belpre Ohio and Parkersburg West Virginia injures nine and leaves two men missing. The blast buckled the trestle and debris rained on buildings while flames engulfed the bridge vicinity. Missing are Jack Stephenson 49 and his son Charles 17 of Silver Creek Mississippi. The Martin Oil Company boats were towing when the blast occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Friday.
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Belpre
Ohio
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
E. L. Roush
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Jack Stephenson
Charles
Silver Creek
Miss
Martin Oil Co
Blue Island
Ill
Flight Of Apollo 16 Delayed To April
NASA announced Apollo 16 mission is postponed from March 17 to April 16 to modify and test three systems the spacecraft separation mechanism lunar walking suits and batteries in the landing craft. Astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II remain scheduled for the mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pcessary
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly I
Mortar attack injures 18 as U S troops shelled near Saigon
Viet Cong shells hit a U S fire base 20 miles from Saigon during dinner, wounding 18 Americans and six South Vietnamese. Mortar blasts also hit Fiddler's Green, with three seriously wounded evacuated. North Vietnam and Laos fighting continues as U S air strikes respond.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Maj
Chester Hanson
Bolovens
Laos
Fiddler’s Green
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
da Nang
North Vietnam
Ban Gnik
Pakse
Bolovens Plateau
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Long Cheng
Cincinnati's Going Higher
Plans for a 50 story office retail building in downtown Cincinnati were announced by Unit Inc of Dallas. The project would place Ohio second tallest, with four retail floors and the rest offices and an underground garage linking above Carew Tower.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Unit, Inc
Dallas
Tex
Fountain Square Plaza
Carew
Apollo 16 launch delayed after space suit rip
Houston AP reports astronaut John Young caused a $100,000 space suit to rip while testing a split maneuver. The Apollo 16 launch shifts from March 17 to April 16 as suit fittings are reinforced and crewmates prepare for three seven hour moon walks with frequent bending and rock sampling.
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Space Center, Houston
John Young
Young
Robert Smylie
Flight Crew Systems Division
Smylie
John
Gas explosion wipes out hospital annex in McKeesport
Investigators say a natural gas blast in the boiler room of a three story McKeesport Hospital annex demolished the structure. One employee was killed and 23 others were injured, with about 60 workers nearby. no patients were harmed. State Inspector Russell Hess called it an obvious gas explosion.
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Mckeesport
McKeesport Hospital
Russell Hess
Downtown Blaze Destroys Five Story Building in Cincinnati
About 40 firefighters battled a five alarm blaze that destroyed three floors of a five story downtown building in Cincinnati. The loss was estimated at 300000 dollars with only minor injuries to firemen. All 30 workers were evacuated safely as three city blocks were closed and traffic stalled during the Friday rush hour.
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Cincinnati
Burt Lugananni
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