Footprints in Himalayas Stir Yeti Speculation
American expedition finds nine inch long tracks near a Katmandu camp in the Himalayas. Sherpa guides identify them as Abominable Snowman prints. Plaster casts are filed with the embassy as scientists note the tracks resemble primate footprints larger than monkeys, suggesting a yet unknown animal.
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Nixon nears final Phase 3 wage price controls
President Nixon weighs the final form of Phase 3 controls as April 30 expiry approaches. Indications from officials suggest new rules could be imposed before that date to guide hunger and inflation policy.
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Amtrak funding faces Senate clash over cuts
In Washington, lawmakers prepare for a fight over proposed administration cuts to Amtrak funding. Sen. Hartke warns reductions would dismantle passenger service as the Nixon administration freezes 9.1 million and targets a fiscal year budget between 50 and 100 million, while current spending stands at 179.1 million.
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Santa Claws Tagg? Middletown fire spurs new home for Gibbs
Ten days before Christmas seven year old Todd Gibbs and four year old Kevin Gibbs lost their upstairs home and Christmas tree in a downtown Middletown fire on December 14 at 1363 Central Ave. The family relocated to Woodridge East Apartments on Roosevelt Ave with help totaling about 310 in cash and in-kind aid from Middletown firemen Armco Holy Trinity School and local workers and businesses. The mother Rita Gibbs expressed thanks while noting her husband died in a truck accident in October and she has been laid off from Kroger's in Springdale.
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Civilians Die as Civilian-Centered Attacks Rise in South Vietnam
Seoul Saigon command reports eight civilians killed and 32 wounded in shelling of a provincial capital and three district towns in the Mekong Delta over the past night. Civilian casualties since Sunday total 23 killed and 86 wounded amid renewed Communist attacks.
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Two More Aircraft Are Lost In Indochina
SAIGON AP The U S Command announced the loss of a fighter bomber over North Vietnam and a helicopter in South Vietnam just below the DMZ. All eight Americans aboard were missing raising total U S losses in Indochina since Dec 18 to 38 aircraft. The command also said 107 Americans have been killed captured or missing in these crashes amid ongoing heavy air strikes in four North Vietnamese panhandle provinces.
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Tax Reform Outlook From Senator Long
Washington AP reports Senator Russell B. Long, head of the Finance Committee, doubts major tax reform in the 93rd Congress. He says revenue gains from reform are likely modest, suggesting $1 billion to $2 billion from closed loopholes, with a potential countermove to cut taxes elsewhere by at least $1 billion more.
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Tax Reform Hopes Tangle With Revenue Realities
Congress faces tough prospects for a large tax cut or big revenue gains this year. Rep. Mills warns a reform bill may end with a veto from President Nixon, while Sen. Long urges health care as a priority and outlines possible tightening of inheritance taxes and capital gains on inherited property.
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Syria Receives 18 MiG Jets From Soviet Union
U S intelligence says the Soviet Union delivered 18 MiG fighters to Syria last month in what is called the largest shipment of Russian war materiel to Syria in 1972. The batch includes 16 MiG 21s, two MiG 17s and four helicopters, bringing total MiG 21s to about 36 in 1971.
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Weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow in Middletown
Cloudy skies and cold temperatures forecast with lows around 10. Snow possible tomorrow with highs near 25. Yesterday's high in Middletown reached 25 and the low this morning was 8. State and national forecasts appear on page 25.
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