India vows to fight on amid border war claims
A Indian government spokesman in New Delhi said no major action occurred in Chhamb sector but probing attacks continued across the border. India claimed advances toward Dacca with troops within 25 miles of the capital and heavy fighting near Kushtia and Kinajpur. Pakistan disputed some claims and reported Pakistani troops retreating and Indian casualties.
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Chhamb
Kashmir
Punjab
Hadasthan
West Pakistan
Gwadar
Karachi
East Pakistan
India
Dacca
Bit India
Meghna River
Ashu- Bini
Barisal
Narayanganj
Chandpur
Khula
Jagjit Singh Aur Rore
Kushtia
Rawalpindi
Kamalpur
Back pay amended by House
House Republicans debate retroactivity as a pay bill moves toward conference. Leaders warn that allowing retroactivity could undermine the pay freeze and harm the economy. Senate negotiators seek to include a six month Nixon pay raise delay and an exemption for media from price and wage controls.
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Senate
Nixon
House
Actions Line on Property Value and Joining Sprockets Club
A reader outlines admissible evidence for property value appeals including comparable sales, construction costs, and rental income. It notes oath requirements at hearings, emphasizes county assessor accuracy, and asks how to join the Long Beach bicycle club Sprockets with contact details for Walter Boyle.
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Long Beach
Action Line
C.H
Walter Boyle
College Circle
Calif
Sprockets bicycle club monthly meetings and rides
Action ine memberships are five dollars and dues for a single member three dollars. The Sprockets hold general membership meetings once a month and gather for rides nearly every Saturday and Sunday. Most rides leave at 9 a.m. from Blair Field in Recreation Park. Interested parties are invited to join by accompanying a ride from El Dorado Park duck pond near Studebaker Road and Spring Street, with short rides to Lakeland Shopping Center and Legg Lake in El Monte. Members also organize weekend tours camping and hosteling rides plus racing films and lectures on bicycling.
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Sprockets
Blair Field
Recreation Park
el Dorado Park Duck Pond
Studebaker Road
Spring Street
Eye on the Pyramid: What the One Dollar Seal Means
The eye atop the pyramid on the dollar bill symbolizes the eye of providence watching over the United States as it builds a new nation. The unfinished pyramid marks ongoing growth, with 1778 Roman numerals and mottos indicating divine favor and a new order of the ages.
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P.F
United States
Providence
The American Great Seal Origins and Designers
The article recounts the seal’s elements the eagle olive branch and arrows the 13 stars for the original colonies with the motto E Pluribus Unum. It notes the indecisive effort after the Declaration and the 1789 congressional adoption with key designers Barton Thompson and others.
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Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adama
Wiliam Barton
Philadelphia
Charles Thompson
Congress
Waiting list for Long Beach Marina slips urged
A reader from Lang Beach urges the city to post an annual waiting list for marina slips at Long Beach as boats sell daily and six years have passed without a slip for their employer. The letter notes widespread complaints and calls for a thorough city review.
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Long Beach
J.H
Lang Beach
How To Use Action Line In Readers Help Column
Readers are urged to send name address and phone for ACTION LINE help not for publication. Include relevant details but avoid sending original documents. Mail requests may be read and noted slower than calls. Past items are accessible at the newspaper library Room 208 Long Beach weekdays 8 am to 4:30 pm.
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Action Line
Newspapers
Independent
Press-Telegram
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Independent, Press-Telegram
Nobel Peace Prize highlights Brandt and others
Brandt becomes the fourth German citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize, praised for East Policy and reconciliation across wartime graves. King Gustaf Adolf presided as prizes awarded to scientists from the United States, Canada, Britain, and Chilean ambassador Pablo Neruda. Simon Kuznets received the economics prize for growth theories, while Neruda serves as Chile's Paris ambassador. Representatives discussed a moratorium on nuclear testing in Washington, and dancer Natalya Makayova announced plans to marry her manager next summer.
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Gustav Stresemann
Ludwig Guidde
Carl von Ossietzky
Lienzes
Warsaw
Stockholm
Gustaf Adolf
United States
Canada
Britain
Chile
Pablo Neruda
Fiarl Sutherland
Nasville
Tenn
Gerhard Herzberg
Dennis Gabor
Gabor
Alfred Nobel
Simon Kuznets
Neruda
Paris
Carl Gustaf
Bankruptcy move targets Eros Centers operator in Germany
A Frankfurt district court opened bankruptcy proceedings against Willy Schuetz, operator of Eros Centers in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Kiel and Wiesbaden. Several hundred creditors seek payment, as the court notes the buildings function as barracks like complexes with about a hundred rooms where prostitution occurs. City officials refer to the bedrooms as places of work and approve them to keep prostitutes off-street.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Willie Schuetz
Berlin
Munich
Kiel
Wiesbaden
Burglar Kicks In Rear Door At Plainfield Home
Police report a burglar kicked in the rear door at the home of Wilma Barnett in Plainfield on Thursday and stole a television set the kitchen clock and Mrs Barnett s full grown shepherd watchdog.
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Plainfield
Wilma Barnett
Former law clerk claims memo on desegregation memo
Former Supreme Court aide Donald Cronson asserts he drafted much of the desegregation memo linked to Justice Rehnquist. The claim surfaces as Senate foes press for a vote on Rehnquist’s nomination, with critics citing the memo to question civil rights stance. Cronson says two memos existed, one for Plessy v Ferguson, containing substantial content he drafted.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
High Court
Senate
Donald Cranson
Hugh Scott
Cronsol
Robert If. Jackson
Seolf
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Rehnqu
Cronson
Mobil Oil Co
London
Jackson
Epidemic Heart Disease Seen in United States
A federal advisory task force warned that deaths and disability from heart attacks strokes and other vascular diseases have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. It called for a $295 million two year research and education program and urged Americans to control blood pressure quit smoking and limit certain risks to reduce future deaths and illnesses.
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Washington
United States
Arteriosclerosis cited as major US health problem
A task force warns arteriosclerosis is the leading health threat in the United States, affecting over 36 million people and causing more than a million deaths annually. It urges a vast funding push to combat the disease alongside efforts to fight cancer, noting early onset can occur by age three.
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Finland
Pay Board Approves 46 Percent Wage Hike for 450 Constructions
The Pay Board approves wage and benefit increases averaging about 11 percent per year in 450 construction industry agreements. Board members caution the public not to expect all increases to be as large as those for coal miners and railroad signalmen. The signalmen deal, about 2 percent of rail workers, is seen as one of the year’s last major settlements. The Price Commission blocks coal firms from raising prices to cover these hikes. An additional 120,000 UTU rail workers remain to be addressed.
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Fle
Price Commission
United Transportation Union
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