Ditch on Main Street Traps Water Hurting Princeton
Princeton mayor and resident describe a stagnant water filled ditch on Main Street creating a health hazard and mosquito breeding site. Heavy rains flood a nearby basement as promises of drainage fixes by the County Commission have not been acted on after five years of attempts.
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Joan Istas
Princeton
Bill Bronson
Marion Madison
Bronson
County Commission
Board of Commissioners
Hope To End Money Crisis In 2 Day Meet
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally opened a two day Group of Ten conference in Washington seeking realignment of non- Communist currencies. He voiced hope for a weekend solution but warned of tough negotiations and did not promise a settlement. The talks center on devaluing the dollar by 5 to 8 percent and revaluing others, with a provisional IMF backed system possible until Congress acts.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Nixon
Smithsonian Institution
Georges Pompidou
Azores
United States
Mikio Mizuta
U.S. Treasury
Japan
Germany
United Kingdom
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Congress
Weather County Forecast Toniga ends cold period
Toniga area shows fall with little change in temperature and northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Low near 205 indicates OCR error. Saturday mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the low 50s. Precipitation probability near zero tonight and Saturday. High Thursday 52, today 24, year-ago high 53, year-ago low 30, record high 70 in 1939, record low 5 in 1932. Hourly temps listed to 7am with barometer around 30.28.
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Toniga
Dames Dam
Nixon protests ship seizure at Cuban gunboat attack
The United States protests the Cuban seizure of the freighter Johnny Express, whose American captain Jose Villa was shown on Havana TV wounded and hospitalized. Press Secretary Ziegler says President Nixon, staying at the Florida White House, expresses grave concern for Villa as his wife and children visit. Villa's radio message described a bloody deck and his dire condition as the incident unfolded. The British government said it would investigate the attack.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
United States
Havana
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Florida White House
Jose Villa
Villa
Paycheck Shortage Hits Action Group A Workers Before Christmas
Washington AP reports 1300 employees at Action, the agency uniting Peace Corps VISTA and smaller programs, may receive two days’ pay short for the period ending Dec 10 due to stopgap funding expiring on Dec 8. House Senate gridlock delays continuation, with possible after Christmas pay resolution.
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Washington
Peace Corps
VISTA
House
Senate
Agency For International Development
Office of Economic Development
Defense Department
Congress
Pentagon
Energy From Space Man's Salvation CAPE KENNEDY
A plan to solve Earth's power crisis by orbiting satellites converting sunlight to electricity and beaming microwaves to Earth faces high initial costs but could save environmental impacts. Peter E. Glaser of Arthur D. Little cites fossil fuel depletion and rising power demand, noting reliance on nuclear energy. He envisions two satellite stations to cover eclipses and argues the Shuttle will cut costs, with projected power costs higher than conventional plants but potentially lower as tech advances.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Air Force
Space Agency
Peter E. Glaser
Arthur D. Little Inc
Glaser
Bangladesh emerges as new nation after India Pakistan war
The India Pakistan war ends with East Pakistan becoming Bangla Desh. More than 2,000 Indian soldiers died and similar Pakistani losses reported. Yahya Khan orders a cease fire on the western front, while Indira Gandhi hopes for a peaceful future and civilian rule in Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Gandhi and military leaders discuss postwar arrangements including repatriation and disarmament.
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India
Pakistan
Bangla Desh
East Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yagha Khan
Western
Subcontinent
Yahya
Indira Gandhi
New Delhi
East
Yahya Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
J. S. Aurora
Dacca
Aurora
Gandhi
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Sheik Mujib
K. P. Candeth
Western Front
West Pakistan
Red China Faces Cold War Draft in Asia Shift
AP Special correspondent William L. Ryan reports on the India Pakistan conflict aftermath as Beijing escalates anti Bangla Desh and Vietnam rhetoric. The piece says China fears U.S. influence waning in India while Russia gains footholds via a Soviet Indian treaty, signaling a tense three power struggle in Asia with costly implications for Pakistan, India, Bangla Desh, and the region.
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William L. Ryan
India- Pakistan
Feking
Orient
Peking
Red China
India
East Pakistan
South Vietnam
Asia
Indian Ocean
U.S
South Asia
New Delhi
United States
Arabian Sea
Pakistan
Texas
Battle of Key Plantation in Cambodia opens drive
Saigon reports two South Vietnamese offensives trigger fighting in Cambodia and Vietnam. The first major battle occurs at the Chup rubber plantation in eastern Cambodia where 61 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and 11 South Vietnamese were killed. Paratroopers and rangers, with U.S. air support, claim 47 North Vietnamese deaths as they advance along the plantation edge. South Vietnamese losses total seven killed and 17 wounded. The operation is part of a 25,000-man drive begun Nov 22 to disrupt North Vietnamese staging along the borders. A separate clash in the U Minh forest leaves 14 enemy killed while four South Vietnamese are dead and 10 wounded as the delta operation targets the final Communist stronghold.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Vietnam
Chup
South Vietnam
U Minh
Mekong
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American Medical Association
Price Commission
AMA
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Del
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