Battle Of The Broadcast Won By Armed Forces
Promoter Jack Kent Cooke says a dispute with the Pentagon over the Joe Frazier Muhammed Ali fight is resolved The Monday night title bout will be broadcast on radio to US troops in South Vietnam and other countries The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service approved the global broadcast with conditions.
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New York
Jack Kent Cooke
Pentagon
Joe Frazier
Muhammed Ali
South Vietnam
Defense Department
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
Cooke
Armed Forces
Thant urges commitment to peace moves and Suez cease fire
UN Secretary General Thant praised progress in Jarring talks with Israel Egypt and Jordan and urged a positive Egyptian reply to a formal peace accord He voiced concern the plan does not break the deadlock and appealed to all sides to extend the Suez cease fire before it expires while US and Soviet positions clashed at the Big Four meeting.
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Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N. Security Council
Jarring
Rael
Jordan
Thant
Palestine
Sinai Peninsula
United States
U.N
United Nations
Vietnamese forces assault Sepone press into Lao town and cut Ho Chi Minh trail
South Vietnamese troops with American air and gunship support broke into Sepone in Laos today and disrupted the Ho Chi Minh trail network. Vietnameses reported 200 North Vietnamese dead, an ammunition dump of 300 tons seized, and continued clashes around Khe Sanh with several American helicopters and aircraft lost.
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Saigon
Sepone
le Thung Hien
Dong Ha
Hien
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Associated Press
J.T. Volkerstorfer
Laos
Car dies of drug overdose on city street
Los Angeles narcotics agents tracing a car from the Mexican border halted it on a city street. They found heroin leaking from balloons in the fuel tank. The seizure included 29 ounces of uncut heroin valued at $600,000, the first such reported car overdose.
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Los Angeles
OSU President Fawcett to Retire September 1972
OSU President John G. Fawcett will retire Sept 1 1972 after 15 years leading the 45000 student university. Board Chairman John Ketterer called the decision insurmountable to replace him and praised Fawcett as a superb administrator and leader who has steered OSU to growth. Fawcett, 61, has been hospitalized for a leg infection and will return to University Hospital after presenting his retirement letter. His pension is expected to be about 80 percent of his $50 000 salary.
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John Ketterer
Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Novice G. Fawcett
Fawcett
OSU
Ketterer Tod Fawcett
University Hospital
Ohio Teachers Employment System
Gambier
Ohio
Irish Riot Turns Fatal in Belfast Barricade Clash
Irish rioters clash with British troops in Falls Road Belfast with a teenager killed and four wounded. Army says the violence followed an afternoon riot as snipers fired from rooftops and bombs disrupted streets along Bala Drive. Police report 23 arrests as troops restored order by dawn.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Balaclava
Irish Republican Army
Cold snap heads to Ohio with mixed precipitation
Colder weather returns to Ohio with showers this afternoon and evening turning to snow flurries tonight. A low in the 30s is forecast, and tomorrow’s high will stay in the 30s. Sunday brings clouds and wind with a chance of more snow flurries.
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Ohio
Pulitzer Prize Historian Allan Nevins Dies at 80
Allan Nevins, famed Civil War historian and two time Pulitzer Prize winner, died at age 80 in Menlo Park California after a long illness. He entered Sharon Height Convalescent Home June 23 and had been ill for some time. Nevins wrote more than 60 books and edited numerous works, including The Ordeal of the Union which earned the Bancroft and Scribner Centenary prizes in 1947.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Allan Nevins
America
Adlai Stevenson
Sharon Height
Nevins
Grover Cleveland
Hamilton Fish
Bancroft
FCC Warns Stations Over Drugged Music Threat to Licenses
The FCC warned radio and TV chiefs they must oversee disc jockey playlists amid complaints about drug oriented music. In a split decision the commission said a station license could be at risk if a record’s portrayal of drug abuse is misjudged by the licensee.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Tion
FCC
Government Orders Passenger Safety Devices On 74 Car Models
The Volpe administration requires passive restraint systems on all new cars sold in the United States by 1972 with improved belt systems and dash lights. The rule targets 1972 to 1976 models, allows two extra design years, and signals a push toward air bags or cushioned interiors while meeting crash tests.
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U.S
John A. Volpe
United States
Volpe
Calley Jury Seeks More Witnesses in My Lai Case
After 85 witnesses, the Calley jury asks for at least two dozen more. Judge Kennedy limits the list to Capt. Ernest Medina Col. Oran Henderson and Maj. Gen. Koster as potential witnesses. Prosecution plans a final rebuttal. defense has no counterrebuttal. The trial began November 12 with a possible death penalty or life term if Calley is found guilty of premeditated murder for 102 civilian deaths.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Reid Kennedy
Calley
Ernest Medina
Oran K Henderson
U.S
Aubrey Daniel
George Latimer
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