Contractor Cuts Phone Cable Isolating City
A contractor digging south of Minetto School struck a New York Telephone underground cable at about 11 a.m., cutting long distance and out of city service to Syracuse and other lines. Oswego Telephone’s George Schneckenburger said crews were being brought in and the break may involve multiple spots. Service to Fair Haven, Hannibal and Water Town trunks remained, but most routes were down until repairs progress.
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Syracuse
UPI
Palladium
Minetto School
New York Telephone
George Schneckenburger
Telephone Company
Oswego
Schneckenburger
City
Fair Haven
Hannibal
Watertown
Minetto
Fire Sweeps Through Syracuse Row Of Historic Shops
A downtown Syracuse blaze damaged more than 300000 dollars of turn of the century brick buildings. Firefighters faced icy conditions and wind as flames spread across a block housing Markson Furniture Co and several stores. No serious injuries reported.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Salina Street
Syracuse Newspapers
Markson Furniture Co
Joseph Schwartz
Markson’s
U S Helicopters Bring Viet Cong General To Saigon Peace Panel
U S helicopters rendezvoused in a jungle town north of Saigon to bring Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 other Viet Cong officials to Tan Son Nhut. Tra, COSVN deputy commander, heads the Viet Cong delegation on the four nation cease fire panel. The move enables renewal of prisoner exchanges and security arrangements for observers under the Paris cease fire framework.
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Saigon
U.S
Heliopter
Tran van Tra
Tan Son Nhut
COSVN
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Joint
Mncan
Tra
Lee Ninh
Camp Davis
U.S. Signal Corps
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Commission
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Anderson appoints seven member vets subcommittee
Albany New York State Senate Majority Leader Warren M. Anderson announced the appointment of a seven member subcommittee on veterans affairs within the Senate Codes Committee. The move aims to oversee veterans programs and related legislation in the state Capitol.
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Albany, N.Y
Senate
Warren M. Anderson
Senate Codes Committee
List Of American POWs In Laos Briefly Confirmed
Pentagon sources said the list of American servicemen held captive in Laos was brief and involved immediate steps to notify families. North Vietnamese handed the list to U.S. officials in Paris and the Defense Department began informing next of kin across the United States.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S
Paris
U S Command Denies Report On POW Release
Saigon AP report claimed three American prisoners were released by Viet Cong and flown to Saigon aboard a U S helicopter. The USS Command and hospital officials denied any information substantiating the alleged POW release and noted no corroboration from prisoner recovery sources.
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Saigon
USS
U.S
Saigon Army Hospital
U. S
Associated Press
Nixon to send Kissinger to Hanoi to press peace
President Nixon announced Henry Kissinger would travel to Hanoi February 10 to 13 to pursue continuing peace in Vietnam and plan a spring meeting with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at the Western White House. He framed Indochina reconstruction as a potential peace investment and said costs would need Congress approval. Nixon defended deserter draft dodger penalties and criticized amnesty while noting budget impoundments. He also supported firing Pentagon cost-cutter A Ernest Fitzgerald amid a $1 billion Air Force cargo plane cost overrun.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
White Houe
Indochina
Congress
U.S
North Vietnam
Kissinger
Paris
White House
Pentagon
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
U. S. Air Force
Civil Service Commission
Ag Dept Lowers Set Aside To Boost Crops This Year
Washington AP The Nixon administration opened the way for record corn and soybean crops by reducing the acreage farmers must idle to qualify for government payments Corn, sorghum and barley producers will idle 25 percent of their acreage base in 1973 down from 30 percent The department projects about 16.5 million acres set aside for feed grains this year versus 37 million in 1972 The aim is to prevent prices from rising further while meeting export and domestic demand standards.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Kenneth E. Frick
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Samuels in Albany Eyes OTB Virtues and Governor Bid
In Albany Samuels, head of New York City's Off Track Betting Corp, touts OTB reforms to lawmakers and says he is actively interested but not committed to running for governor in 1974. He cites potential rivals Lindsay Reid Stratton and notes a need for better government management amid crime and judicial delays.
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Albany
N.T
Howard Samuels
New York City
Assembly
Senate
Buffalo
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Samuels
Rockefeller
U.S
Ogden Reid
Samuel S. Stratton
John V. Lindsay
OTB
Stennis in Very Serious Condition After Holdup Shooting
Senator John C. Stennis remained in very serious condition at Walter Reed after being shot twice near his northwest Washington home. A hospital spokesman said he showed slight improvement overnight, awake with good vital signs, though prognosis remained guarded.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
William Cresswell
Coy
John Hampton Stennis
John
FBI
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Frank Garland
Mississippi
Garland
Pentagon Papers Trial Witness Describes Secret Removal Orders
A retired Air Force officer testifies about orders to remove reports from government files that could aid Ellsberg and Russo. The testimony targets a memo by Charles Hinkle while cross examining Lt. Col. Edward A. Miller as the Ellsberg Russo espionage case unfolds.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Edward A. Miller
Charles Hinkle
Office of Security Review
OSR
Ellsberg
Russo
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Airlines reject Concorde options in major carriers move
New York AP report notes Pan American World Airways and another large U.S. carrier chose not to exercise options to buy seven Concorde supersonic planes. The decision reflects studies showing the aircraft has significantly less range and payload, higher operating costs, and would demand substantially higher fares.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
ADA Challenges Report In Lead in Toothpaste Study
The American Dental Association challenged a Journal of the American Dental Association report by Philadelphia researchers claiming children may ingest dangerous lead from toothpaste tubes. Authors cited that squeezing nearly empty tubes can release lead in toothpaste from six leading brands, which the ADA disputes.
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Chicago
American Dental Association
Philadelphia
Journal of the
Navy confirms racial trouble on carrier Intrepid
The Navy verified reports of racial trouble aboard the U S S Intrepid but described the officer's mutiny claim as a harsh assessment. Lt. Fred E O'Brien of Dennisport Massachusetts had written letters dated January 21 to Senators Kennedy and Brooke, later sent to his wife Jane.
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Dennisport
Mass
Navy
U.S.S
Fred E.o'brien
Edward M
Amtrak Revenues Rise In Late 1972 Report
Amtrak reported a 12.6 percent revenue increase for the last six months of 1972 over the same period in 1971. President Roger Lewis told the annual report to the President and Congress that the growth suggests the historical decline in railroad passenger ridership has reversed.
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Washington
Amtrak
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Congress
Roger Lewis
Shriver Attacks Nixon Over Peace Corps Comment
Senator Shriver accuses President Nixon of an insensitive insult and defends the Peace Corps as more than a junket. Nixon, in a news conference, denounces amnesty proposals for war resisters and deserters, saying those who deserted must pay their price, a criminal penalty, not a junket.
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Thieu
San Clemente
Calif
Peace Corps
Washington (Ap
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Junket
United States
Merger Effort Fails for ILWU Teamsters Union
San Francisco AP reports Harry Bridges failed to merge his West Coast longshore union with the Teamsters after dockworkers demanded autonomy. The ILWU executive board, following Bridges and officers, ordered all merger talks to end, rejecting autonomy for about 60,000 ILWU members within the 2.5 million Teamsters.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Teamsters Union
Bridges
ILWU
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