West Pakistan Seizes Dacca as Bangla Desh Rebellion Quelled
West Pakistan's army takes full control of Dacca after two nights of fighting that reportedly killed 5,000 to 7,000. Sheik Mujibur Rahman is said under arrest as authorities claim calm, while rebels claim continued activity from clandestine broadcasts and a provisional government.
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Colombo
Ceylon
West Pakistan
Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Zila Khan
Bangla Desh
Maj. Zia
Liberation Army
Awami League
United News of India
Sheik Mujib
Chittagong
Radio Pakistan
Tikka Khan
Nepal
Japan
Karen Independence Army
UO Nu
U Nu
Soviet Leaders Meet for 24th Party Congress in Moscow
In Moscow the 24th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party opens, with Brezhnev expected to press for leadership edge while the body approves the five year plan and automation. Analysts foresee no major top leadership changes though unexpected shifts remain possible.
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Soviet Communist Party
United States
Congress
Leonid
Brezhnev
Stalin
Presidium
Kremlin
Three Officers Hurt in Tampa Music Festival Raid
In Rowlett Park on Sunday a narcotics raid sparked a riot as about 500 youths clashed with police. Three officers were injured, over a dozen youths arrested, and several police vehicles damaged as officers fired six rounds in the air to disperse the crowd. The park closed by 4:30 p.m.
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Tampa
Fla
Rowlett Park
S. A. Brock
Brock
Publication rules for Okaloosa Digest notices
Notices must be submitted in writing to the Playground Daily News office by representatives of the organizations. Staff cannot accept items over the telephone.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Okaloosa Lunch Menu and College Presentation Schedule
Okaloosa County school lunch today includes sloppy joes french fries and congealed city salad on lettuce lids with buns and snickerdoodles. In Valparaiso Okaloosa Walton Junior College hosts environmental quality course talks this evening from 7 to 9 led by Robert N Morris on Getting Good Conservation Bills and Guiding Them Through the Legislature and by Herbert M West Jr on Solid Waste Management.
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Okaloosa County
Valparaiso
Okaloosa-Walton Junitor College
Robert N. Morris
Herbert M. West, Jr
Troop 540 Court of Honor to be Held at Trinity UMC
Boy Scout Troop 540 will hold its Court of Honor Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Trinity United Methodist Church Racetrack Road. Bob Milligan neighborhood commissioner will present the troop their charter. All parents are asked to attend.
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Trinity United Methodist Church
Racetrack Road
Bob Milligan
Cub Scout Meeting for Third Graders and Eight-Year-Olds
Boys in the third grade or eight years old may join Cub Scouts. Meet tonight at the Scout Building 666 Denton Blvd. For more information call 242-9691. Old and new scouts welcome.
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Denton Blvd
Call
AAUW meeting moved to April 5 in Valparaiso
The Twin Cities AAUW organizational meeting is postponed from tonight to Monday April 5 at 7 30 p m at Valparaiso Community Center. Hurlburt AFB will host a water safety meeting Wednesday at 7 p m at the Hurlburt Red Cross office with senior life saving class registration also at the meeting.
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Valparaiso
American Association of University Women In
Twin Cities
Valparaiso Community Center
Hurlburt Afb
Hurlburt Red Cross
Fort Walton Beach Lions meet for sight conservation program
The Fort Walton Beach Lions Club meets today at noon at the Sheraton Miramar with Dr. Keith Amiel presenting on sight conservation. All visiting Lions are invited as guests. A Board of Directors meeting will follow tonight at Lion Sam Lumpkin's office.
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Fort Walton Beach
Lions Club
Sheraton-Miramar
Keith Amiel
Lion Sam Lumpkin
St Marys PTA Meeting Tonight At 8
St Marys PTA will meet tonight at 8 in the school. Winners of the speech poetry and reading contest will present their selections. Classrooms open at 7 for parent teacher conferences.
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St. Mary’s Pta
Training Victory Film at Niceville High School
The Okaloosa TRAIN Committee sponsors the film No Substitute For Victory narrated by John Wayne tonight at 7.00 at Niceville High School. Tickets cost 2 for adults and 1 for students.
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Okaloosa
Boy Scout Leadership Training Session Tonight
The second session of adult leadership training for the Boy Scout program will be held tonight at Camp Robbins at 7.
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Camp Robbins
Sherman Mills Fairchild Dies at 74 Noted Aviation Pioneer
New York AP reports Sherman Mills Fairchild a photography and aviation pioneer died Sunday at Roosevelt Hospital aged 74. He founded the Fairchild Hitler Corp a major aviation manufacturer and satellite designer.
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New York
Sherman Mills
Fairchild
Roosevelt Hospital
Fairchild-Hitler Corp
Home beat police target public contact in London
Sir John Waldron commissioner of Scotland Yard discusses a new home beat system to place police near their beats and know local activity. He contrasts with New York and recalls Vietnam era reforms and the amoeba or overkill methods used to control demonstrations.
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London
John Waldron
Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police
NBC News
New York
Police Department
Twe
Waldron
Charterhouse School
Cambridge University
NBC
Lucy Jarvis
United States
Calley Trial Jurors Review Testimony Over My Lai Case
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. jurors pressed testimony from helicopter pilots to reconstruct air operations at My Lai during a U S infantry assault. The readings, now totaling 40 witnesses, have spanned 16 hours with no verdict in sight as the panel nears its third Sunday. The judge said a Monday session will seek a plan to speed deliberations.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Col
Reid Kennedy
Destin Man James L. Bristol Found Dead Near Hunting Lodge
James L. Bristol, 32, of Destin was found dead Saturday afternoon near Chouch Hunting Lodge on Highway 20 about 15 miles from DeFuniak Springs. Walton County sheriff's deputies say the .22 caliber pistol wound was self inflicted. Bristol was a truck driver for a beer company and left a wife and young daughter in Destin.
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James L. Bristol
Destin
Chouch Hunting Lodge
Highway 20
DeFuniak Springs
Walton County
U.S. weighs dual representation for China at U.N.
The Nixon administration moves toward allowing Peking a seat at the United Nations while preserving Nationalist China. Officials consult allies on two-China policy, possible embargo easing, and Taiwan troop reductions as China’s missile program advances.
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Washington
United States
China
United Nations
U.S
Nixon
Britain
Japan
Australia
Peking
World Organization
U.N. General Assembly
Taiwan
William P. Rogers
U.S. China
Yalu River
Crime up 11 percent in 1970 federal report
The FBI preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 1970 shows an 11 percent rise in serious crimes, while 22 cities including Washington, D.C., recorded overall declines. Violent crimes rose 12 percent led by robbery up 17 percent, and property crimes rose 10 percent with larceny over 50 dollars up 14 percent.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigator
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
U.S
Ber
Seattle
Wash
FBI
Defense Pleads Clemency for Tate Murder Suspects
In Los Angeles, the defense for Charles Manson’s women co defendants argues the three young women are sick and that life in prison is warranted. Leslie Van Houten 21 Patricia Krenwinkel 23 and Susan Atkins 22 face possible death or life terms as jurors deliberate after Friday’s verdicts.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Charles Manson
Leslie van Houten
Maxwell Keith
Manson
Leslie
Patricia Krenwinkel
Susan Atkins
Pas
Paul Fitzgerald
San Quentin
Patricias
Susan
Les Ilo
Millionaires and paupers dodge taxes says Rep Reuss
Rep Henry S Reuss says a starling share of millionaires escape federal income tax in 1969 while many in lower brackets pay none He cites Treasury data showing 4 6 percent of millionaires paid no tax and argues the system favors the very wealthy over the poor and middle class
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Washington
Henry S. Reuss
Wisconsin Democrat
Copts and Ethiopians clash over Holy Sepulchre keys
In Jerusalem the Israeli Cabinet set up a ministerial committee after the Supreme Court urged government help to resolve a long running dispute over control of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre keys. An interim order keeps Ethiopian custody while allowing Coptic access.
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Jerusalem
Israelli
Supreme Court
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