India Pakistan War Ceasefire Declared After Eastern Victory
The Indian army secured an unconditional surrender of Pakistan’s forces in East Pakistan. India then ordered a unilateral cease-fire on the western front effective 2000 hours IST Friday December 17 1971. PM Indira Gandhi hailed Dacca as free, while Pakistan’s president pledged a new constitution for both wings of the country.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
East
Kashmir
India
Bangla Desh
East Pakistan
Dacca
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Agha Mohammed Yagha Khan
New Delhi
A.A.K. Niazi
J.S. Aurora
PC Sets Rules For Medical Profession
Washington sets price limits on medical care and hospital charges to curb inflation. Doctors may raise average fees 2.5 percent yearly and hospitals 6 percent, with government approval for increases beyond limits. The guidelines aim to slow medical cost growth while preserving care quality.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
United States
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Commission
US French ties warm after Nixon Pompidou talks
AP analysis notes a thaw in long standing frictions between the United States and France marked by Nixon’s Azores visit with President Pompidou. De Gaulle era tensions over the dollar and NATO spurred a French shift in policy including a 1966 NATO withdrawal and a 1968 view that the Soviet Western cold war era was over.
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William L. Ryan
Nixon
Azores
Georges Pompidou
France
Paris
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Paris-Washington
de Gaulle
U.S
Europe
Vietnam
Middle East
China
Soviet Union
Lyndon B. Johnson
NATO
Moscow
Weather County Forecast Tonight and Friday Update
Tonight fair and colder with light winds and subzero to teens lows. Friday partly cloudy with highs in the 30s to near 40. Precipitation chance 5 percent tonight and Friday. Highs today 50, lows 24. Record high 66 in 1939, record low 10 in 1945. Barometer 30.02.
US Bomber Is Downed Near Phnom Penh
US Air Force Phantom crashed four miles from Phnom Penh while supporting Cambodian troops. Both crewmen parachuted to safety. Cambodian helicopter rescued them with no serious injuries. Cause unknown. The aircraft was the 8,053rd US loss in Indochina. Cambodian operations near the Mekong reported quiet with a 6,000-man force reaching the river edge. Viet Cong attacks continued in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh
U.S
James D'Entremont
Cambodia
Chup
Mekong
South Vietnam
US Aims For Jan 18 Monetary Settlement
Washington reports the United States hopes to forge a new international monetary settlement by January 18 when the 92nd Congress convenes. The package would include new exchange-rate patterns, reduced trade barriers for U S goods, and allied defense-cost sharing, with a devaluation bill and possible end to the import surcharge.
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Washington
United States
92Nd Congress
U.S
Nixon
Chances Enhanced For UN Resolution
The surrender of Pakistani forces in East Pakistan boosts prospects for a UN Security Council cease fire and troop withdrawal resolution in the India Pakistan war. Five proposals were before the council with a vote expected. Britain France Soviet Syria led the measures while China nodded privately, avoiding a veto though opposing a political settlement.
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United Nations, N.Y
East Pakistan
U.N. Security Council
Indian Pakistan
India
West Pakistan
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Syria
Dacca
Colin Crowe
Awami League
Independence
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Awami
Bangla Desh
China
Slots Ruling Dismissed In Kansas Supreme Court Appeal
A three judge panel dismissed State Atty. Gen. Vern Miller’s appeal to the State Supreme Court of a decision that slot machines are legal in certain cases. Judge Stadler and two associates ruled the appeal was late and failed to follow Supreme Court filing rules. Stadler’s July 9 decision had found slot machines legal under bingo laws for non profit groups after a June raid led by Miller.
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Iola
Kan
Vern Miller
State Supreme Court
Allen County
Robert Stadler
Supreme Court
Floyd H. Coffman
Ottawa
Alex Hotchkiss
Lyndon
Stadler
American Legion Club
Miller
Parking Snarl and Gas Bids Highlight Ottawa Meeting
Standard Oil offered the lowest gasoline bids for city vehicles at 18.70 cents regular and 20.59 cents premium including the seven cent state tax. Mobil Oil and Ottawa Cooperative Association posted higher bids. The city uses 50,000 to 70,000 gallons yearly. Downtown parallel parking proposals drew opposition from L. B. Paine who claims 66 spaces per block with 13 foot stalls would hurt commerce. city plans further study after Christmas and a rezoning vote on West Wilson. A committee group from the Chamber of Commerce will discuss the parking question alongside commissioners and at large members.
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Edward McGrath
Standard Oil
City Commission
Standard
Mobil Oil Corporation
Ottawa Cooperative Association
Main
L. B. Paine
S. Maple
Paine
Ottawa
Lawrence
Commission
Stephen V. Ralph
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
West Wilson
A.K. Watts
W. Wilson
City Planning Commission
City Dads
Watts
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