Fire at Lincoln Heights home for aged kills nine
A blaze at the Lincoln Heights Home for the Aged killed nine residents and left a nurse seriously burned. Mayor James Lowery said three people escaped, likely a patient, a nurse, and the operator. The Ohio Health Department noted the home housed 11 patients, with names withheld pending welfare checks.
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Robert Kauer
State Health Department
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NCR Strikers Reach Tentative Pact in Dayton
Negotiators for National Cash Register Co and the United Auto Workers union announced a tentative contract agreement after a strike that began October 10 affecting about 8,500 NCR workers. Details are withheld until a UAW Local 1616 membership meeting is held.
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Rhodesia Embargo Partially Lifted
The Treasury Department issued a general license partially lifting the U S embargo on Rhodesia imports. It permits chromium and other strategic and critical materials, relaxing the July 1968 embargo after Rhodesia's white-ruled declaration of independence from Britain.
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Rhodesia
Britain
Nixon Vietnam Peace Plan Rejected by Hanoi Radio
Hanoi radio denounces Nixon eight point plan for not ending Vietnamization or withdrawing support for Thieu. It backs the Viet Cong seven point plan, says U S withdrawal is conditional, and accuses Washington of preserving a pro Saigon regime and delaying POW releases.
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Nixon
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Nixon Reveals Eight Point Vietnam Peace Plan On TV
President Nixon disclosed a secret eight point peace offer and a prior six eight month proposal for a U S pullout in exchange for prisoner release He cited Hanoi rejection of a withdrawal deadline and said Thieu would step down for a new election with Viet Cong participation supervised by an independent body in Saigon.
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South Viet Namese planes strike North Vietnamese tanks in central highlands
Saigon reports South Vietnamese fighter bombers knocked out four North Vietnamese tanks along the western central highlands marking the first such involvement since 1969. The attack followed a buildup in the tri border area with Laos and Cambodia as U.S. and South Vietnamese officials anticipate a major offensive timed to Nixon's Peking visit.
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Nixon's Proposal In Brief
Private negotiations since August 4 1969 aimed to jump start Paris peace talks. Henry Kissinger led eight secret meetings in France for Nixon. May 31 1971 secret offer sought withdrawal deadline in exchange for POW release and cease fire. North Vietnam rejected in July. October 11 offer proposed full withdrawal and prisoner exchange within six months with a new South Vietnamese election and caretaker government.
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Office bulletin jokes about escaping in fire drills
A humorous bulletin board note mocks daily quitting time chaos by urging frantic escaping with reckless abandon as a “fire plan” while offering no real safety guidance.
Hughes Biographer and Wife Leave for New York Amid Controversy
Clifford Irving and his wife head to New York to address the Howard Hughes autobiography dispute. They claim three checks totaling 650000 were delivered in the United States and Bahamas. A Swiss arrest warrant looms over a woman who deposited the funds.
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Forecast Quiet Likely Snow Tonight Through Tomorrow
A cloudy cold pattern with likely snow tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight expected 15 to 20 degrees, highs Thursday in the 30s with a 60 percent chance of precipitation. Yesterday's high reached 25 degrees and the overnight low fell to 14.
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