Jetliner crippled by flock of seagulls at Sydney takeoff
A Pan American Boeing 707 carrying 136 aboard struck a flock of seagulls during takeoff from Sydney International Airport. Engines fouled, power lost, plane veered off runway into dirt, injuring two passengers slightly. Passengers evacuated by emergency chutes. flight 9812 bound for Honolulu Los Angeles and New York.
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Scott backs higher personal tax exemption amid tax reform debate
Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott says he will back raising the personal income tax exemption from 600 to around 700 or 750 dollars, signaling support for a compromise as the chamber considers cutting the oil depletion allowance and boosting industry taxes by about 400 million dollars annually. The Gore measure faces Treasury opposition for reducing revenues, while others push to protect the depletion rate at 27.5 percent or seek a 23 or 20 percent level, shaping the broader tax reform outlook.
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Apollo 12 astronauts enjoy a day off in quarantine
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 12 crew Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean have a free day while confined to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory quarantine. Geologists unpack lunar rocks, while the trio passes time with radio kits magazines and visits through a sealed wall.
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Reds Shell Bu Prang Camp Amid Vietnam War Push
North Vietnamese forces shelled Bu Prang Special Forces Camp with about 150 rounds as U S spokesmen reported a siege lasting five weeks near Saigon where communist casualties reached roughly 1,300. The fighting coincided with a dip in U S troop strength below 480,000 for the first time in two years, underscoring Nixon aims and Vietnamization doubts. Two U S artillerymen were killed in the renewed shelling as U S and South Vietnamese forces sustain operations around Bang Me Thuot to relieve frontline duties.
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Legislators flee when US shells land near Song My
UPI reports a U.S. artillery salvo within 700 yards of South Vietnamese lawmakers and journalists investigating Song My massacre. Marines warned the party to move, two Viet Cong were reported killed, and Sen. Tran Van Don led the group through paddies despite Thieu regime opposition. The incident intensifies calls for inquiry into the 1968 killings and Lt. William Calley Jr. faces murder charges.
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Mansfield seeks reduction of U S troops in Europe
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield introduced a resolution urging a substantial reduction of American troops in Europe. He argued the large European presence wastes resources and quotes the balance of payments strain, while Senate Republicans cautioned it could hinder arms negotiations with the Soviet Union and warned against signaling abroad.
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Garbage men strike cripples New York waste service
Commercial garbagemen who handle about one third of New York City's refuse began a strike. About 500 private sanitation workers voted in favor after a day of bargaining under the State Mediation Board and walked out at 12 01 a m EDT, threatening accumulation of roughly 6000 tons of rubbish daily at over 100 000 private establishments.
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Outrage over Song My massacre images and coverage
Photographs from the Song My incident circulate worldwide drawing varied reactions. Eyewitness accounts of alleged civilian slayings fuel outrage toward both the killings and media portrayal. Saigon leaders clash over events, while the Army reports another murder charge against Lt. Calley unrelated to Song My.
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Nixon to hold news conference next Monday
President Nixon will hold a news conference on December 8, with live coverage planned on national television and radio. It will be his eighth general session with reporters since taking office on January 20. The White House also announced a Tuesday meeting with Dean Acheson, Thomas Dewey, and Lucius D. Clay at the White House.
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Indian settlement on Alcatraz grows rapidly with census planned
A growing Indian presence on Alcatraz Island prompts a census to determine population details. Estimates range from 300 to 600 individuals from numerous tribes, with infants to elders among arrivals over 11 days. The occupation follows a 1868 treaty basis claiming unused federal lands for Indian ownership and a shift toward creating an American Indian cultural and educational center.
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