Indian Forces Bombard Dacca as War Expands
The Associated Press reports Indian artillery began shelling Dacca with fires breaking out as seven miles away fighting escalates. Indian navy says it struck Chittagong with air and sea attacks, while Lt. Gen. A K Niazi vows to fight to the last man for Pakistan.
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Dacca
Red Cross
Indian Navy
Chittagong
East Pakistan
A. K. Niazi
Pakistan
Radio Pakistan
India
Srina
Security Council seeks compromise over India Pakistan fighting
UN Security Council members held private talks in New York to craft a ceasefire compromise amid a week-long India Pakistan crisis. Britain and France pushed mediation after abstaining on vetoed proposals, while the Soviet Union US and China stood apart. Indian forces push toward Dacca with reports of heavy Pakistani casualties and large troop deployments in the province.
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U.N. Security Council
Pakistan
Britain
France
Soviet Union
United States
China
Dacca
India
New Delhi
Calcutta
Demra
Lakhya
Bell Telephone rates rise across Pennsylvania
The Public Utility Commission approved an immediate telephone rate increase adding about 40 cents monthly to the average residential bill. The decision limits Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania to a $52.6 million rise, after a 10 month probe, with one dissent and one abstention. The PUC ordered a revised rate structure and notified the federal Price Board, while Bell cited disappointment from Philadelphia headquarters.
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Public Utility Commission
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
PUC
Bell
Louis J. Sparrero
Pittsburgh
Louis J. Carter
Lower Merion
Telephone Company
Federal Economic Stabilization Act
Federal Price Board
Sparrero
PAC
Commission
Philadelphia
Route 219 Progress Outpacing Schedule in Somerset Plans
At the Somerset County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Route 219 sections 13 and 14 show significant delays offset by early completion. Section 13 is 165 percent over schedule with 43.3 percent done, while section 14 is 137 percent over with 11 percent complete.
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Somerset County Planning and Zoning Commission Board
Clyde Ware
Commission
South Somerset
Geiger
Said Ware
Borough Township sewer pact to share treatment plants
Somerset Borough Council adopts a resolution to sign a joint sewage agreement with Somerset Township. Each will treat equal volumes, eliminating a pumping station and consolidating a single facility to serve large areas, with mutual aid, shared equipment, uniform standards, and centralized billing.
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Somerset Borough Council
Somerset Township
West Main Street
West Branch
Coxes Creek
Weather warms with showers on Wednesday in Western Pennsylvania
Variable clouds bring warm temperatures in Western Pennsylvania with a 50 percent precip chance. Wednesday highs reach the upper 50s to mid 60s and a low in the 50s. Thursday turns cooler with continued showers and highs in the mid to upper 50s. Winds from the south to southwest at 10 to 20 mph.
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Pennsylvania
Congress Extends Nixon Economic Control Powers
Congress sent President Nixon legislation to extend his economic-control powers after clearing a last-minute snag. Hopes for a year-end adjournment were clouded by an unresolved dispute in the Senate over foreign aid.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
Delegate Bill Clears Senate For Shapp Vote On Delegates
The Senate passed a measure allowing Democrats to set rules for presidential delegates with a 45 to 1 vote. The bill would let delegates run pledged or unpledged with names listed next to supported candidates on the April 1972 primary ballot. Governor Shapp is expected to sign, leaving a Democratic State Committee meeting to decide further.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Shapp
Democratic State Committee
Rev Hurd to Leave St Francis for Oakmont Parish
The Rev Austin A. Hurd Jr of St Francis in the Fields will move January 15 to St Thomas’s Memorial Episcopal Church in Oakmont. He helped form the Pittsburgh Experiment and worked with Employment Anonymous aiding formerly unemployable individuals.
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Austin A. Hurd Jr
St. Francis In the Fields Episcopal Church
St. Thomas's Memorial Episcopal Church
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Hurd
Don James
Employment Anonymous
IBM
Mr. Hurd
St. Francis-in the-Fields
Somerset
Mary Nell
Carol
David
Scout Drive Boost Expected as $10,000 Goal Seen
Scout Drive leaders host annual Penns Woods Council dinner in Somerset County Club with Al Oliver and Bob Moose as guests. Van Berkley reports 75 attended the $100 plate event. additional gifts came in. Pirates figures discuss World Series comeback and future under Bill Virdon as manager Danny Murtaugh steps down.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Penn's Woods Council
al Oliver
Bob Moose
Somerset Country Club
van Berkley
Berkley
Oliver
Moose
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Danny Murtaugh
Bill Virdon
Monetary Revamp In Works
President Nixon and French President Georges Pompidou wrapped over nine hours of talks with a broad agreement to devalue the dollar and revamp the international monetary system. Nixon returned to Washington after two days of summit talks at Angra do Heroismo, Azores Islands, and spoke to reporters on arrival at Andrews Air Force Base. Page 10.
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Washington
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Angra Do Heroismo
Azores Islands
Andrews Air Force
Nixon Pompidou accord may ease Western monetary crisis
Washington sources indicate a Nixon Pompidou agreement aims to devalue the dollar by up to eight percent and end weeks of money market turbulence. The plan would also remove a 10 percent import surcharge, keep the French franc steady, and call for revaluations of the West German mark and Japanese yen as exchange rates loosen.
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United States
West Germany
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