Two Americans Freed by China Amid Christmas Homecoming
Two Americans freed by Communist China crossed into Hong Kong and were flown home on a U S military plane. President Nixon welcomed the clemency and said the release allows the pair to spend Christmas with their families. Fecteau, 43, Lynn Mass, an Army civilian employee, and Mary Ann Harbert, 25, sailed from Hong Kong after a 1968 capture. Downey’s life sentence was commuted to five years. The release followed appeals from Nixon and Kissinger as U S officials disputed CIA involvement in their capture decades ago.
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Associated Press
China
Hong Kong
U.S
Nixon
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Mary Ann Harbert
Miss Harbert
Peking
John T. Downey
New Britain
Conn
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
New China News Agency
Gene Harbert
Menlo Park
Calif
Harbert
San Francisco
McLaughlin
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Henry A. Kissinger
Fecteau
Downey
Japan
Korea
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Philip
Suzan
Sidnice
People’s Republic of Red China
Red China
Avalon Shores
Five Senior Centers Funded For 1972 Plan
The federal government earmarks 41000 for five county senior centers to be built in 1972. Centers will offer planned leisure activities and create a coordinator to oversee programs. The project includes a director five full time coordinators instructors volunteers and bookkeeper secretaries.
Hunter's Bullet Cuts Off Phone Service
A hunter's bullet struck a long distance cable near Laraby Junction Bradford county causing a widespread outage in McKean and Bradford counties. Bell Telephone reported the damage and service was interrupted Monday.
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Bradford
McKean
Bradford Counties
Laraby Junction
Bell Telephone
Compromise to limit campaign spending awaits congressional action
Conferees agree on a bill to cap radio and TV ad budgets at 8.4 million per candidate and a 10 cent per voter ceiling for federal elections. The plan keeps equal time rules, shifts filing to the comptroller general, excludes computerized mailings, and ties future media spending increases to the cost of living index.
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Washington
Senate House
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Federal Elections Commission
Federal Comptroller General
Conference Committee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration Committee
Hays
Labor Department
Blackfield Union Christmas Party Planned for Dec 18
The Blackfield Union Sunday School of Garrett route 1 will hold their annual Christmas program Saturday evening Dec 18 at 6 30 under the direction of Mrs. Orlo Pletcher.
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Blackfield Union Sunday School
Garrett Route 1
Orlo Pletcher
Nixon and Pompidou discuss monetary reform at summit
President Nixon and French President Pompidou spent hours in private talks on monetary reform. Connally said progress was made by placing issues on the table ahead of Group of Ten meetings. They also reviewed Nixon’s China trip plans and Southeast Asia concerns.
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Angra DO Heroismo
Azores
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
France
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Pompidou
Ronald L. Ziegler
Valery Giscard D’estaing
Washington
Group of Ten
Peking
Southeast Asia
U.S
China
Edward Heath
Britain
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Confluence UK approves budget with no tax increase
Monday night city officials adopted a budget of 32426.86 dollars with no tax increase for the coming year. Officials said receipts were 33248.11 dollars.
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Confluence
Somerset Borough Raises Millage To Offset Revenue Loss
Somerset Borough Council adopted its budget raising real estate tax two mills to 18 mills to cover an expected $30,000 revenue shortfall caused by neighboring towns adopting local earned income tax. The general fund will be about $15,500 below 1971. Expenditures for admin and street operations reduced. most departments held at 1971 levels.
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Somerset Borough
John J. Kane
Capital Reserve
North Center Avenue
Turnpike
Catherine Street
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
A&h Company
Bridgeville
Court Avenue
13000 Strip Miners Facing Loss Of Jobs
A West Virginia study says nearly 13 000 miners could lose work if surface mining ends in the state. About 7700 of the total would be directly affected, with unreclaimed land cited as a major issue. The report, prepared for a legislative committee, notes many deep mines rely on surface mining leases.
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Charleston
Wa. Va
West
West Virginia
Hearings Open Reapportionment Draws Fire in Harrisburg
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission heard sharp criticism of a plan to realign state House and Senate districts. Fayette County officials urged adding a third House seat, while Bucks County lawyers argued the map violates the constitution due to noncompact districts and split counties. Bonafide changes proposed for Fayette and Cambria counties sparked debate on county representation and population surpluses ahead of a 30 day public review period.
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Harrisburg
Fayette County
Cambria County
Bucks County
Titusville
Crawford County
Legislative Reapportionment Commission
A. Leo Levin
University of Pennsylvania
Thomas PF. Lamb
Allegheny
Richard A. Tilghman
R-Mont
Lebder
Davis
Pakistani Capital Dacca Besieged by Indian Forces
Indian troops backed by two helicopter assaults closed in on Dacca as spokesmen claimed the East Pakistani capital would fall to a tight siege within two days. Infantry columns advanced from the northwest, north and east to within 15 miles of the beleaguered city.
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Dacca
Radio Pakistan
Tangail
Narsingdhi
Rawalpindi
New Delhi
Calcutta
A. A. K. Niazi
Pakistan
Sam Manekshaw
UN Security Council deadlocks over cease fire appeal
United States push for a new cease fire appeal to India and Pakistan was vetoed by Russia as the U N Security Council resumed debate on the conflict. Consultations among the five permanent members failed to bridge gaps before a possible showdown over a U S resolution like one Moscow previously blocked.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
India
Pakistan
Russia
U.N. Security Council
Moscow
Indian push toward Dacca nears strong position
Reports from the front say Indian troops are advancing toward Dacca with Campaigned gains around Narshingdhi and Tangal. Pakistan rejects surrender calls while Chinese troop moves are questioned amid anti American protests in Calcutta and New Delhi. Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania calls for increasing clouds and mild temperatures with rain.
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