India forces close on Dacca as war surges across Bengal
Indian authorities say troops reach within 25 miles of Dacca and a mass of Pakistani troops flee toward the Ganges in an east Pakistan crisis. Meantime Indian forces guard Kashmir as clashes continue along the western front with aerial attacks reported against Pakistani units.
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Associated Press
India
Dacca
Ganges River
Meghna
Jagjit Singh Aurora
Calcutta
Chittagong
Ganges
Aurora
Comilla
Sylhet
Pakistan
Jessore
Jagjivan Ram
East Pakistan
Bombing hits Dacca orphanage housing 500
High altitude Indian bombers struck a Dacca orphanage housing 400 children and 100 staff. Rescue workers recovered 17 bodies as many boys remained missing. Founder Mohammed Rahman recounted the dawn attack at 3 15 a m and said registers were destroyed.
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Dacca
Mohammed Rahman
Dira Gandhi
Calcutta
Holcombe Named Reeves County Attorney in Special Meeting
Walter Holcombe a 38 year old Pecos attorney was appointed Reeves County attorney in a county commissioner's court special meeting. He was sworn in at 9 30 a m and will prosecute misdemeanors and some felonies with duties in conjunction with the District Attorney.
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Pick
Reeves County
Darrell Glover
Walter Holcombe
Holcombe
Pecos
F. H. Ryan
Glover
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Southwest Ideafilm 1302 3 Yantell Paso Texas
Local listing reads Southwest Ideafilm 1302 3 at Yantell Paso Texas 79902 Comyn with unclear context. It mentions an address and place name but provides no event details or dates.
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Southwest Ideafilm
Yantella
Paso
Texas
Comyn
Cold snap sweeps Panhandle to East Texas with storms
Temperatures drop to the mid twenties in western areas tonight with a mix of light rain and snow in higher elevations. NW Texas faced travel warnings as freezing rain and snow clogged roads. Moderate thunderstorms rumble over the front, increasing flood risk in Northeast Texas while fog and light rain affect Southeast Texas.
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Pecos
KIM Radio
SWIG
Texas
Joint panel to control wage rules
A joint committee will merge the Pay Board and the Construction Industry Stabilization Committee to craft wage policies. The Pay Board had recently stripped the panel of retroactive wage increases, and both sides plan a three-member subcommittee to work out construction industry wage pacts.
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Washington
Pay Board
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
George H. Boldt
CISC
Detroit
Henry Ford
Tax-cut bill heads for final House vote
The bill would trim taxes by 15.8 billion over three years, with business relief to spur the economy and Democrats expanding relief for low income individuals. A Senate House conference decision to delay a campaign tax checkoff removed a major hurdle, allowing Nixon to sign the bill while opposing the financing plan.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
Democratic Congress
Senate House
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Byrnes
USDA eyeing crop compliance checks across three counties
Government watchdogs including USDA ASCS inspectors, the Office of Inspector General, and the GAO scrutinize compliance with crop programs for feed grain cotton and wheat. A farm-by-farm review in Kern California Twiggs Georgia and Woodbury Iowa probes idle land and set-aside payments while the GAO audits the 1971 55000 funding lid and potential farm splitting to dodge rules. report due by April 1.
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Office of Inspector General
USDA
General Accounting Office
Congress
ASCS
GAO
Pecos City Council Approves Bond Investments
In a regular session the Pecos City Council authorized Texas National Bank of Houston to invest water works expansion funds in federal land bank bonds earning five percent interest. The move aims to draw interest on funds deposited monthly under 1962 water works bond requirements.
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Pecos City
Texas National Bank of Houston
Federal Land Bank
Houston Bank
Odessa woman held on hit-and-run charge in Pecos incident
Mrs Maria Ortega Pequino of 612 S Lee St Odessa remains in Reeves County Jail on $5000 bond after allegedly striking eight year old Pecos boy Tuesday. The boy was treated at Odessa Medical Center and listed in guarded but improving condition in ICU. A Pecos officer located Pequino’s car matching the license number of the suspect vehicle near Monahans.
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Maria Ortega Pequino
S. Lee St
Odessa
Reeves County
Pecos
Joe Ray Nunez
Fourth St
Odessa Medical Center
Gene Martin
Nunez
Fourth
Locust Streets
Martin
Department of Public Safety
Santa Giant Dean Builds Toy Factory From Log Cabin
Gainesville AP reports 825 pound wrestler turned Santa Jim Dean converts his log cabin into a toy workshop aiding underprivileged children. He repairs broken toys with neighbors, tours hospitals, and uses a reinforced wagon for Christmas Eve appearances. Dean recalls his past as a 150,000 fan nightly showman and $20,000 per performance wrestler.
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Gainesville, Fla
Jolly Jim Dean
Santa Claus
Dean
Ocala Caverns
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Dot Stafford
Judy Moss
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Marion Russell
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