British Police Kill 2 Armed Trio At Indian High Commission
Three masked men invaded the Indian High Commission in London, beat and tied staff, then fired on police. Two raiders were killed, the third injured and arrested. One officer, an Indian official, and two bystanders were treated for shock and minor injuries. The attackers were described as mis guided Pakistanis in their 20s. Witnesses saw police arrive within four minutes. The shootout lasted under an hour as staff returned to work.
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Indian High Commission
Scotland Yard
Yard
Cials
India House
Indian Mission
Rita Morgan
Freed U S POWs Head Home From Clark Air Base
In the Philippines 18 released POWs flew out on a C141 to Travis California while one man Capt Joseph Crecca Jr remained for malaria treatment. Overall 163 freed with 432 to go, as they mingled with 1,000 teenagers at Wagner High School before departure.
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Philippines
United States
Travis Air Force Base
California
Hanoi
Joseph Crecca Jr
East Orange
N.J
James W. Bailey
Kosciusko
Miss
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South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Wagner High School
Herbert B. Ringsdorf
Elba
Ala
Debbie Heniy
Arlington
Cmdr
Joseph C. Plumb ,Jr
Gary
Ind
Nixon Meany Near Compromise on Trade Plan
President Nixon and AFL-CIO leader George Meany show signs of moving toward a compromise on protectionist trade legislation. After a 40 minute meeting in Miami Beach Meany called Nixon's approach practical while union leaders await details of proposed legislation and options for nation by nation bargaining. Abel and other union heads urged careful review before endorsement.
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Fla
Nixon
George Meany
U.S
Afl-Cio
White House
Meany
Congress
Labor Federation
United Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Abel
Floyd Smith
Machinists Union
Strauss
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Congress opens.
Washington sets first hearing on life insurance industry a $23 billion a year business. Sen Hart notes 300,000 Americans buy with unclear understanding. Nader actuary Moorhead and Prof Belch named as witnesses. In Miami Beach, Strauss urges unions to back Democrats, lamenting defections after Nixon win.
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Congress
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Antitrust Subcommittee
Ralph Nader
E. J. Moorhead
Joseph Belch
Indiana University
Supreme Court to review food stamp ruling on college dependents
The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling that denying food stamps to households with dependent college students may be unconstitutional. The government appealed a August ruling upholding a 1971 amendment to the food stamp law.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Nixon to broadcast economy speech from Florida home
President Nixon will air a nationwide radio address on the economy shortly after noon EST Wednesday. The Florida White House announced the speech, taped during the weekend at the Key Biscayne residence, to follow noon network news reports.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Radio Network
Ronald L. Ziegler
U S Gift To Poland For Copernicus Anniversary
Ambassador Richard T. Davies delivered the first installment of 1,391,000 dollars to Poland. Wlodzimierz Trzebiatowski accepted for the Academy of Sciences. The funds will build an astrophysics center housing related physics studies in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
U.S
Richard T. Davies
Nicolaus Copernicus
Wlodzimierz Trzebiatowski
Academy of Sciences
Laos cease fire to be signed Wednesday says Vientiane radio
Vientiane radio announced a cease-fire agreement between the royal Laotian government and the Pathet Lao with a signing ceremony set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. local time in Vientiane. The report gave no terms or effective date and did not mention supervision or troop withdrawal.
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Vietiane Radio
Laos
Saigon
Vientiane Radio
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Nixon Pays Tribute to Returning U S POWs in Florida
President Nixon salutes America’s returning prisoners of war and supporters during a holiday visit to Key Biscayne Florida en route to Columbia South Carolina to address a joint session. He praised the end of the Vietnam War and the goal of preventing a Communist government in South Vietnam.
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Nixon
America
Vietnam
Columbia
S.C
Washington
South Carolina
Florida
Jackie Gleason
Ft. Lauderdale
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon designates Houston space center in Johnson name
President Nixon signed legislation designating the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston as the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He credited Johnson with guiding America toward the moon and said the late president’s name honors his vision and work.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Nix
Lyndon Johnson
America
Nixon
Senate
Kissinger Heads Home to Brief Nixon on Asia Talks
ANCHORAGE Alaska AP Henry A Kissinger en route home to brief President Nixon on meetings with leaders in Hanoi Peking Tokyo His plane refueled at Elmendorf Air Force Base at 830 a.m EST and was set to reach Washington by 330 p.m EST The last Far Eastern stop was Tokyo where he briefed Japanese leaders on Hanoi and Peking.
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Peking
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White House
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SIC Implies Impropriety By NYC Tax Commission
New York AP report says the State Commission of Investigation found improprieties in the city Tax Commission. It cites politically influenced appointments and erratic real estate assessments including a $465,550 reduction for Staten Island man Joseph Rae. Levy denied conflict, Deputy Mayor Hamilton called the report unfounded and a political smear.
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State Commission of Investigation
City Tax Commission
SIC
Tax Commission
Norman A. Levy
Staten Island
Levy
John V. Lindsay
Brooklyn
Missioner
Rae
Edward K. Hamilton
Senate to OK 1.5 Billion Aid to Aged Bill
The Senate is expected to pass a 1.5 billion Older Americans Act bill despite White House opposition. Sponsored by Senator Eagleton it would extend programs for the elderly, fund community service jobs, training, and gerontology centers, and place the Administration on Aging under the HEW secretary.
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White House
Senate
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
House
Senate Labor Committee
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Workers Brace Pisa Tower With Cement Anchors
In Pisa Italy workers bury large cement blocks around the Leaning Tower as an emergency measure. A government commission studies proposals and has prepared groundwork for a system of 16 retaining cables to hold the tower if its lean worsens, with no immediate danger but a precautionary plan.
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Pisa
Italy
Tower
Would Charge Man With Four More Murders
SANTA CRUZ Calif. AP Sheriff Douglas James says he will seek four additional murder charges against Herbert Mullin, raising total charges to ten. Mullin, 25, already faced six killings in the coast resort area. Four teenage victims were shot at a forest campsite near Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, bodies found by a relative. Lab results linked bullets and shell casings to the scene with no motive yet identified.
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Santa Cruz Calif
Douglas James
Herbert Mullin
Felton
James
Mullin
Dist
Atty
Peter Chang
Henry Cowell
North Vietnamese Reinforcements Hit Laos Supply Route
U S intelligence reports indicate the North Vietnamese have sent hundreds of tanks dozens of 122mm and 130mm guns and about 1300 tons of supplies into Southern Laos since early this month. About 15000 troops have moved into Southern Laos with many headed toward Saigon and the Central Highlands. A second pipeline is expanding to increase oil and gas flow from North Vietnam. Kissinger notes a prohibition on Laos and Cambodia infiltration into South Vietnam.
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Washington
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Saigon
Legislature Set to Approve Rocky Budget Plan
Albany. Lawmakers expected to approve a $211 million deficiency budget plan this week. The package trims the governor’s $255 million proposal and funds flood areas, cultural institutions, and sewer plants. Debate follows lawmakers’ post holiday recess as fiscal committees cut $10 million for New York City day care centers.
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Albany, N.Y
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Senate
Warren M. Anderson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
John Marchi
Staten Island
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