No Major Fights Cease fire Agreement Starts to Take Shape
AP reports progress toward implementing the Vietnam cease fire with plans for prisoner exchanges and a fielding of seven ICCS teams to investigate violations. Paris talks near a political solution with Viet Cong, while a four party subcommittee plans exchanges. Tet celebrations ease war tensions as Thieu calls this a peaceful new year. Saigon says no major battles to date.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Paris
Sais
South Viet- Nam
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Photographer Father Captures Outdoor Forest Scene
A UPI wirephoto shows a father named Charles H. Merrill, chief photographer for Guy Gannett newspapers in Portland, with his outdoor forest shot. The image emphasizes the natural setting and the photographer’s professional role.
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Charles H. Merrill
Guy Gannett Newspapers
Portland
UPI
Arson in crowded cafe leaves 125 injured in Miami Beach
Police describe a cold blooded arsonist triggering a flash fire at the Concord cafeteria as about 250 patrons, largely elderly, fled in panic. At least 125 injured, ten in serious condition, with witnesses recalling darkness, smoke and chaos as exits became jammed and a turnstile trapped some victims.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Miami Area
Rockey Pomerance
Concord
Ben Schwartz
Joseph Greenberg
Greenberg
Lawrence Kenney
Bernie Collado
Terrorists kill Protestant teen in Belfast youth club
In Belfast, terrorists fired from a car outside the Church of Ireland Youth Club, killing an 18-year-old Protestant and wounding four. Protestants later hijacked buses and clashed with police as rampaging youths and soldiers exchanged fire. authorities blamed the IRA for retaliation and warned the city could slide toward full civil war.
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Belfast
Church of Ireland
Old Park
Irish Republican Army
Army errs in three reports on missing Memphis son
A Memphis family received three conflicting Army updates in one week about their missing son. Initial word said he was not among prisoners, then he appeared on the list, then he remained missing. Army officials blamed human error and said the mixup has been resolved. Earlier, another Memphis wife faced a similar late reversal.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
3Rd Army
Ft. McPherson
Flirting Salesman Led To 3 Killings
A traveling salesman Celso Maia sparked a massacre in the Amazon as Indian warriors attacked a National Indian Foundation camp on January 17 in pursuit of him. Survivors and investigators say the attack by the Atroari followed Maia’s flirting with Indian women. The incident reflects tensions as Brazil pushes interior development amid a large indigenous population.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Amazon Jungle
National Indian Foundation
Celso Maia
Luis Duarte
Maia
Duarte
Explosive Found in Nablus Main Square Investigated
Israeli security sources report a small explosive charge found in Nablus main square in the occupied West Bank. Army sappers dismantled it and several suspects were detained for questioning. No damage or injuries were reported, and the incident followed a Friday blast near the town labor office.
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Tel Aviv
Nablus
Jordanian West Bank
Bulrushes Saved From Bulldozers at English Reservoir Site
Two small clusters of lesser reed-mace bulrushes are being spared from bulldozers clearing land for a new reservoir at Empingham in Rutland England's smallest county.
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London
Empingham
Rutland
England
Elizabethan Meal Delights Bonnie Doon Students
In Edmonton at Bonnie Doon High School teachers staged an Elizabethan feast for fifty English and social studies students. The menu drew from circa 1550 recipes including stuffed pig and venison stew. Only knives and spoons were allowed as forks were not yet common. Five musicians performed while jesters entertained.
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Edmonton
Bonnie Doon High School
Woman dies in crash on NY 490 in Gates
A 51 year old woman died when her car left NY 490 and struck a guard rail in Gates Monroe County early this morning state police said.
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Gates
N. Y
NY 490
Monroe County
Acquitted Of Having Thrown Two to Death
A former amateur weightlifter, Ralph G. Garcia, was acquitted of hurling two roommates from a sixth floor window and freed after more than two years in jail. The 32 year old collapsed crying as the verdict was read in State Supreme Court Manhattan. He had been held at the Tombs since Nov. 7, 1970, amid debates over lengthy pretrial detention.
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NEW York
Ralph G. Garcia
State Supreme Court
Manhattan
Garcia
Manhattan House of Detention
William J. van den Heuvel
Board of Correction
Great Meadow Inmates Held In Their Cells
More than 600 inmates at Great Meadow Prison in Comstock New York have been confined to cells after non violent protests. Groups of 32 to 42 inmates refused to leave the mess hall since midweek and were returned to their cells without physical contact and placed under keep lock. The surface issue cited is guards rapping nightsticks to end meals, while investigators found deeper tensions including factions seeking a people's coalition.
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Comstock
N.Y
Great Meadow
Department of Correctional Services
Department
People's Coalition
Navy Gives Thousands a Path to Quit Amid Navy Turmoil
Washington AP The Navy plans voluntary early separations for sailors deemed burdens on command amid rising racial tensions and discipline problems. By end January 2,959 had taken advantage, with perhaps 3,000 more to be discharged by month’s end. Discharges are general with suitability noted as unsuitable for reenlistment.
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Washington
Navy
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Chief of Naval Operations
Zumwalt
House
Armed Services
Constellation
Kitty Hawk
Convict Student Of Shooting His Brother-in-Law
An Erie County Court jury in Buffalo convicted 17-year-old Jeffrey A. Perry of first-degree manslaughter for the October slaying of Ray Rogers, 25. Prosecutors said Rogers abused Perry’s family. Perry testified he acted in defense of his mother after Rogers assaulted relatives.
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Buffalo
Erie
Tepanel
Jeffrey A. Perry
Ray Rogers
Perry
Rogers
Fred Dubuque Retires After 70 Years With Paper
Fred Dubuque aged 83 leaves the Oswego Palladium Times after 70 years of continuous service beginning in 1903. He started as a pressman at age 13, later became Palladium Times foreman, recalling the steam era and the Leaping Lena press. He plans to live with his wife Flora and perhaps travel with their 61 year marriage.
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Fred Dubuque
New York State
Frederick J. Dubuque
Church St
Mom
Flora Whitman
Pop
Dubuque
Oswego Palladium
Palladium
Heagerty’s Confectionary Store
the Palladium
Delmonico
Daily Times
Growlers
The
the Times
Palladium - Times
Lena
Kissinger to Visit Peking in February
White House announces Henry Kissinger will visit Peking February 15 to exchange views with Chinese leaders on shared interests. The trip follows his Hanoi visit February 10 to 13 and mirrors talks linked to Nixon’s Beijing visit last year.
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E . Ee * Kissinger
Peking
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
China
White House
Kissinger
Hanoi
Nixon
Mild Rome Earthquake Shakes City Quietly
An apartment and street tremor struck Rome early today, waking thousands who fled in panic. No injuries or damage were reported as police, firemen, and the Red Cross received numerous calls from Romans fearing an explosion.
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Rome
The
Red Cross
Bills seek state aid for dialysis patients in New York
Albany AP reports Syracuse Republican Sen Tarky Lombardi Jr introduced two bills in the New York Legislature. One would provide full medical assistance for dialysis patients, the other would exempt dialysis equipment and supplies from the state sales tax.
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Albany, N.Y
Syracuse
Tarky Lombardi Jr
Ate Health Committee
Fri
Five Dead In Eagle Grove Gas Explosion And Fire
Five bodies recovered from the rubble of the Chatterbox Cafe and two adjoining stores after a reported natural gas leak triggered an explosion and fire in Eagle Grove Iowa. Authorities fear up to 13 people may have been present. rescue teams search debris for additional victims.
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Eagle Grove
Iowa
Chatterbox Cafe
Kenneth Brauman
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Brauman
Donni Blue
Man Dies In 3 Car Pileup In Henrietta
A three car crash on Jefferson Road in Henrietta New York Friday night left one dead and two with minor injuries. The victim was identified by state troopers as George Taylor 66 of Massena. He resided at RDL.
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John C. Stennis
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