Dry season attacks devastate Phnom Penh in Cambodia
Communist gunners launched a three sector offensive in Phnom Penh wounding at least 16 and killing 10. A rocket hit a house shared by American military personnel wounding a Cambodian maid and four children. A separate hit near Lon Nol's palace killed three and wounded others. A third barrage struck a residential area killing seven and injuring at least 10.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Chamkar
Lon Nol
Arey Khiat
Mekong River
South Vietnam
Obituaries from Mississippi towns report multiple deaths
Emma Farlow 72 of 248 Clark Ave Pass Christian died Sunday at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. Reverend Will Wade 72 of 1000 Hubert St Moss Point founder of St Luke's Baptist Church died Saturday at Singing River Hospital with services soon. Harry Brooks 74 of Waveland died Sunday at Tuoro Infirmary New Orleans with private services. Annie Jacot Hanby 88 of 3202 Harrison Ave Pascagoula died Sunday at Singing River Hospital with services upcoming. Funeral details listed for Lang Gulf Funeral O'Bryant O'Keefe Brown.
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Emma Farlow
Clark Ave
Pass Christian
Gulfport Memorial Hospital
Lang Funeral Home
Will Wade
Hubert, St
Moss Point
St. Luke's Baptist Church
Singing River Hospital
Gulf Funeral Service
Pascagoula
John the Baptist Church
Barnett
Miss
Harry Brooks
Waveland
Tuoro Infirmary
New Orleans
Annie Jacot Hanby
Harrison Ave
O'Bryant- O'Keefe Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Brown Funeral Home
Alabama
Mayor Replaces Trash Duty Joins City Pickup
Wilmington Mayor Thomas Maloney and most of his staff collected garbage aboard a city truck to clear ten days of piled refuse after a labor dispute with the trashmen. The move followed a three day unpaid work action and a court order response.
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Wilmington
Del
UPI
Thomas Maloney
Maloney
Arbagemen
Israel Braces as Syria Masses Troops Near Ceasefire Lines
Israeli troops are on high alert amid Syrian armored, artillery, and infantry concentrations near the October war truce lines. Geneva talks on Suez troop separation pause until after Israel’s election, with both sides reporting increased ceasefire skirmishes and recent shelling totals.
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Suez
Ma'‘ariv
Firey tragedy claims six lives in Keystone West Virginia
In Keystone, six people died when a frame house burned early Sunday. Navy serviceman Rodney Carter Bobbit attempted to save five Woody children and was also killed. Firefighter Danny Selvey reported the blaze left no survivors and the cause appeared to be an overheated stove.
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Welch, W. Va
UPI
Keystone
West Virginia
Rodney Carter Bobbit
Jeanette Woody
Stevens
Danny Selvey
Bobbit
Selvey
Woody
Nathaniel
Christine
Sandra
Helen
Angela
Mississippi Weather Forecast By Region
The outlook predicts showers and thunderstorms across the state with gradual clearing. South Mississippi and South Central Mississippi see a turn to colder conditions by Monday night into Tuesday with highs in the 60s to 40s and low night temperatures in the 20s to upper 30s. North Mississippi stays largely cloudy with gradual clearing and continued cold through Tuesday.
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South Mississippi
Mississippi
North
Skylab 3 Probes Comet Kohoutek Amid Schedule Worries
Astronauts Carr Gibson and Pogue stayed inside after a spacewalk to focus solar telescopes on Comet Kohoutek as it dimmed. They logged five telescope sessions and reported a bright orange nucleus while flight controllers rejected private discussions on progress, preferring open dialogue about pace and tasks.
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William R. Pogue
Kohoutek
Gibson
Carr
Time chooses Sirica as Man of the Year
Time Magazine names U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica its Man of the Year for 1974 praising his insistence on the rule of law in Watergate and his pursuit of truth in court. The 68 year old judge is lauded for forcing disclosure of White House tapes and documents.
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New York
UPI
John J. Sirica
Time Magazine
Sirica
Time
Nixon
White House
Henry Kissinger
Mail bombs feared as holiday mail delays worsen risks
Scotland Yard warned that delayed Christmas mail could hide letter and packet bombs and urged secrecy clerks to take care when opening mail. Ninety-one injured figures reflect the IRA bombing wave with police screening subway stations and bomb squads working nonstop to trace bombers and leads.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Ernest Bond
Britain to Extend Three Day Week Amid Labor Strife
Prime Minister Edward Heath plans to keep Britain on a three day work week until at least mid February despite talks for an early settlement of coal miners wage disputes. He criticizes the miners for job action as talks with the National Coal Board resume. Government says industrialists accept energy saving measures though talks with miners and train crews face slow progress.
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London
UPI
Edward Heath
Britain
Heath
Labor Party
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
National Coal Board
British Rail
French executive among foreigners seized in Argentina
Yves Boisset, 36, Peugeot plant manager in Berazategui outskirts of Buenos Aires, and four other foreigners remained in kidnappers' hands Sunday amid Argentina's wave of abductions. Police had no ransom details. ERP and FAL groups have claimed actions or demands. 170+ kidnapings this year with 18 million dollars paid for prior releases.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Yves Boisset
Boisset
Peugeot Auto
Berazagegui
Argentina
Peugeot
Interior
Benito Liambi
Argentine Liberation Force
FAL
Miguel Angel de Bonis
Crespo
Samuelson
Hayes
de Bonis
Belfast violence blamed on Protestant extremists
Police blamed Protestant extremists for the cold blooded murder of a policeman and a surge of violence in Belfast. Dozens of cars and trucks were hijacked to form barricades in south and west Protestant areas as earlier IRA killings were noted alongside the new attack.
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Belfast
UPI
Violence and Abductions Plague Northern Ireland Turmoil
Police report hundreds of UDA militants drilling in areas hit by sectarian violence. A total of 928 people have died since August 1969 across Protestant, Catholic, and security forces factions. Thomas Niedermayer, a 44 year old West German diplomat, remains missing amid an abduction probe. Police originally blamed the IRA but no claim has been issued. A police officer was killed in an ambush near Shankill Road, with another wounded, as 16 shooting incidents erupted in Protestant districts. An attempted ambush followed after trucks on waste grounds were smashed.
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Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Northern Ireland
Thomas Niedermayer
Belfast
William Edgar
Niedermayer
Grundig Electronics
North
Ern Ireland
Shankill Road
Michael Joseph Logue
Glencairn
Logue
City Halls to Close Across Hancock County
City halls in Bay St. Louis Waveland and the Hancock County Courthouse will be closed Monday and Tuesday with no garbage collection until Wednesday.
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Bay St. Louis
Waveland
Hancock County
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