Four Detroit cops shot during traffic stop by gunmen
Four Stress Unit officers were wounded when three men opened fire as they stopped a car on Detroit’s northwest side. All four officers were hurt. one gunman escaped. The wounded officers include two in serious condition and one in critical condition. a fourth officer was treated and released. The car was recovered and the incident followed a routine stop.
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Detroit
UPI
Fred Williams
Public Information Office
Williams
Henry Ford Hospital
Eugene Fular
Mount Carmel Hospital
Richard Grapp
Billy Price
Stress
Department
Rochester Street
Wayne County
Local Goodfellows Drive Seeks Christmas Help
The Monroe Goodfellows Christmas Drive aims to raise $12 000 with three weeks left and requests toys clothing and food donations for a family of six seen at the Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast. Donations may be cash in kind or memorials and can be sent to the Monroe News Star and World with clothing or toys brought to Adler or Benoit recreation centers.
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Goodfellows
Monroe Civic Center
Drive
Jackie Neal
Monroe News-Star and World
Twin Cities
N. 4Th St
Monroe
Adler
Benoit
Monroe News - Star and World
Monroe Recreation Department
Neal
Bobby Barker
Avie Gray
Nixon names Rumsfeld U S envoy to NATO
The Florida White House announced that Donald Rumsfeld director of the Cost of Living Council will be nominated by President Nixon as ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and U S permanent representative on the NATO council in Brussels. He will replace David Kennedy who resigns. a new Cost of Living Council head will be named thereafter.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Florida White House
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Council
Brussels
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
David Kennedy
Ronald L. Ziegler
Navy Recruiters Win Louisiana Recruits Award
Sgts. Joe Harris and Bill Laws, Monroe area Navy recruiters, receive the monthly award for the most recruits in Louisiana for the second straight month. The item notes a birth announced by Mr. and Mrs. James E. Nichols of Monroe, a girl named Jennifer Ann, born 7:28 a.m. Saturday at Glenwood Hospital, 7 pounds 11 ounces. grandparents listed.
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Joe Harris
Bill Laws
U. S. Navy
Monroe
Louisiana
Jennifer Ann
James E. Nichols
Glenwood Hospital
Odie Smth
T. J. Nichols Sr
Offshore Platform in Gulf Burns Near Mississippi River
An offshore petroleum platform near Southwest Pass Louisiana burned out of control, reigniting after dawn. Pennzoil officials said the gas blowout posed no pollution risk though a crew planned to map a capping strategy. The Coast Guard reported limited visibility and attempted to reach the site aboard the cutter Point Sain as authorities assessed hazards to navigation.
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Orleans
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Pennnzoil Production Co
Houston
Tex
Point Sai
Southwest Pass
Pennzoil
Venice
Marine Drilling Co
Corpus Christi
Wild Life Boat Explosion Kills Officer at Lafitte
A 57 foot Wildlife and Fisheries Commission cruiser exploded at Seaway Marina in Lafitte killing one man whose body was found in a kitchen area. The cause remains undetermined. The vessel was destroyed and seven nearby boats suffered damage.
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Lafitte
Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Seaway Marina
Jefferson Parish
Earthquake Jolts Downtown Tokyo and Coastal Warning
A strong quake struck Japan's Pacific coast rocking Tokyo towers and triggering a brief tidal rise near Tateyama. No casualties reported yet. warnings for a 600 mile coast were issued and later withdrawn. Shinkansen halted between Tokyo and Shizuoka as JNR paused Tokyo service.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Pacific
Honshu
Hachiroshima
Tateyama City
Chiba
Kanagawa
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Osaka
Shizuoka City
Japan National Railways
JNR
Kissinger Resumes Talks With North Vietnamese Aide
In Paris Kissinger met twice with Hanoi negotiators to push toward a final Vietnam cease fire. Morning session in a Choisy le Roi villa lasted 24 hours, afternoon talks in Sainte Gemme continued as the Florida White House said discussions would resume Tuesday.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Choisy le Roi
Sainte Gemme
Florida White House
Nixon
Washington
Tho
Hanoi
Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
U.S
Duc
North Vietnam
Spring Weather In Twin Cities Mix Of Clouds And Showers
Parts of the country see snow while Twin Cities expect early December warmth with mostly cloudy skies through Tuesday. Highs in the mid 60s today, plus lows near 40s tonight, with a 20 percent rain chance today and tonight and 40 percent Tuesday. A cold front moves southeast then stalls along the Texas coast, bringing a shift to cooler conditions behind the front. Monro e Municipal Airport posted a Sunday high of 75 and a 53 morning low, with trace rainfall in the period.
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Twin Cities
Texas
FAA
Monroe Municipal
River Stage Readings Show Flood Changes at Monroe Camden
Flood stage readings indicate River Stages at Monroe and Camden with 40 and 2616.5 units shown as not listed, reflecting unsettled flood data and stage changes in the river system.
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Monroe
Camden
Apollo 17 Blastoff Plans On Schedule
Cape Kennedy AP reports preparations for Apollo 17 proceed on time for a night launch. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt rehearse abort procedures and lander simulations while contract talks with Boeing workers threaten a brief strike but are resolved without delaying the mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Center
Bernard Mamet
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison N. Schmitt
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Challenger
America
Boeing
Mamet
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employes
IATSE
Boeing Co
William A. Rose
Manet
TWA
NASA
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Agency
Inside The News-Star highlights and page markers
A brief index lists sections and feature areas in The News-Star, noting Abby Lowman and Broadway items, Radio-TV, classifieds, sports, comics, theater, and editorial content. It also marks sections for Women, Horoscope, Weather, and Jumble across the 36 pages.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Laird Forecasts U S Defense Budget Increase
Secretary Melvin R Laird announced the Pentagon budget will rise to over 80 billion dollars in the next fiscal year from about 76 billion. He cited rising personnel costs of 3.9 billion and urged NATO ministers not to slash defense budgets, warning that cuts would show weakness and hurt negotiations with the Soviet bloc on mutual balanced force reductions.
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Washington
Melvin R Laird
Pentagon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
Laird
NATO
Court Hears Calley Appeal of Conviction
Lawyers for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. challenged his My Lai massacre conviction arguing Army authority to try a reserve officer. they contended Calley demanded release from service and could not be retained, while Westmoreland allegedly sought to limit blame. Calley has served 20 months of a 20 year sentence and did not attend the hearing.
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Falls Church
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
South Vietnam
Calley
Army
Houston Gordon
Gordon
Army Court of Military Review
William C. Westmoreland
Submarine Joke Echoes Sailor’s First Test Quip
A young sailor quips that a submarine is a ship with water on all four sides during his first test. The playful line captures early naval humor and a sailor’s wit about underwater craft.
Solons Seek Tighter Barbiturate Controls
A Senate juvenile delinquency subcommittee in Washington called for stricter production quotas and distribution rules for barbiturates amid findings that substantial supplies reach the illicit market. The report notes casual abuse risks death, severe withdrawal, and violent behavior, with 30 to 50 year olds most affected.
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Washington
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Acction
Bayh
Supreme Court agreed to review out-of-state tuition discrimination
The court will hear a case from the University of Connecticut on whether state supported colleges may charge higher tuition to nonresidents. The decision could affect most public universities as well as related cases on federal aid rules and employment ad classifications.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
University of Connecticut
District of Columbia
Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission
Pittsburgh Press
Elmira, N.Y
Charles James
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Connecticut
Patricia Catapano
Ohio
Margaret Kline
California
Honduran Army Overthrows President Cruz
The Honduran army seized control before dawn and installed Gen Oswaldo Lopez Arellano as interim president for five years. President Ramon E Cruz, 68, is under house arrest with his wife and four children reported to have fled to the United States. The military cited incapacity and chaos as justification.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ramon E. Cruz
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
Cruz
Armed Forces
United States
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Robert Rosenow
Rumsfeld
Gulf Burning
Inside the News-Star
Solons
Honduran
Dial
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