Bombing Mistake Hits Da Nang Allied Base
U S warplanes misdropped nearly nine tons of bombs on Da Nang air base injuring nine Americans and damaging three petroleum tanks. Five planes veered off target during a Sky Spot mission over overcast conditions. officials called it a regrettable mistake and launched an investigation.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Kenneth F. Englade
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Frontier War Erupts as Five Syrian MIGs Are Shot Down
UPI reports Israel and Syria clashed in a broad battle with Israeli forces striking guerrilla camps, army positions, and radar sites along the front and in southern Syria. Five Syrian MIGs were reported down with no Israeli losses.
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United Press International
Israel
Syria
UPI
Thomas Cheatham
Tel Aviv
Night of siege in New Orleans as snipers hold hotel roof
Two black snipers holed up atop the Howard Johnson Hotel in downtown New Orleans fire on civilians and police during 24 hours of bloodshed. Helicopter gunships and armor piercing shells pounded the fortresses as more than 600 officers sealed off the area. Police and federal officials condemned the attack and urged calm while a high tension standoff continued.
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New Orleans
UPI
Howard Johnson
America
William V. Guste
Louisiana
Rault
Clarence Giarrusso
Time
Vietnam
Laird predicts draft drop to under six thousand this year
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird told the House Armed Service Committee that total drafts in the year will be no more than 5,500, far below 1969 levels. He cited the expired draft authority on June 30 and forecast a March call under 2,500 and an average of about 1,000 per month for April through June. In Springfield Mass, officer fatal shooting follows police garage scuffle. Patrolman William Berte dies, Patrolman Paul Rackowe charged with murder.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
House Armed Service Committee
Springfield
Mass
William Berte
Feeding Hills
Paul Rackowe
Longmeadow
Berte
Wesson Memorial Hospital
Weather and notices from Norwalk January 8 1973
Cloudy with light snow possible today and tonight in Norwalk with highs near 20 and lows in the single digits. Partly cloudy Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Marriage license applications listed for local residents. Births and deaths noted: Hulin and McIntyre adds a girl and a boy at F T Hospital. Hulin, Mason, Landoll among the deceased.
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Norwalk
James E. Roberts
Jacqueline I. Farley
Monroeville
James T. Roberts
Cleveland
Lois J. Worcester
Christian L. Biettner
Willard
Dolores E. Clark
Gary A. Francisco
U.S. Marine Corps
Margaret A. Miller
Raynell Hulin
F-T Hospital
Leslie McIntyre
Kissinger Tho Resume Talks Amid Muted Ceremonies in Paris
In Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held a four and a half hour cease fire discussion without the usual public handshakes. Both sides arrived and departed grim faced with no smiles or waves as the latest round began in Gif sur Yvette amid cold foggy conditions. The negotiators, including Thuy, entered quietly and left separately at 3:30 p.m. local time, signaling a tense new phase in negotiations.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Hanoi
Tho
Gif Sur Yvette
Xuan Thuy
William H. Sullivan
U.S
Thuy
Top Executives Grow Younger Amid Retirement Shift
The nation faces a wave of younger managers as companies move to earlier retirement at 60. Industry Week notes liberalized pensions enable top executives to relinquish operational duties and pursue new roles or study board issues affecting long term goals.
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Cleveland
UPI
Industry Week
Magazine
For Managers
Marcos orders death sentence and curbs on constitution talks
Manila reports Marcos postponed the referendum on a new constitution and banned debate on its merits. He decreed rumor mongering a crime and said security forces uncovered an assassination plot against him and top officials. He ordered harsher action against drug trafficking and upgraded Lim Seng's sentence to death by musketry.
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Manila
UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Lim Seng
Lim
Juan Once Enrile
Francisco S. Tatad
Communist Party
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Northbrook
James Baer
Evanston Hospital
UPS
Congress
Senate
Robert Packwood
Oregon
Robert Taft
Ohio
Republican Conference Committee
Massillon
American Federation of State
Philip J. Coleman, Sr
Howard Johnson Motel
H. Hale Mason
Carolyn Ann Landoll
Philippines
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