Indian Troops Claim East Pakistan Wins Amid Kashmir Clash
Indian forces report key victories in East Pakistan as Pakistani troops claim advances in Kashmir. Battles rage around Chittagong and Karachi harbor with naval exchanges, air raids, and fighter missions. evacuees flee Karachi to Tehran. U.S. embassy plane and UN assets struck.
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Soviet veto blocks U.N. cease fire appeal over India Pakistan
The Soviet Union vetoed a U.N. cease-fire appeal in the Security Council for the second time in 24 hours, killing an eight-nation resolution calling for hostilities to end in the India Pakistan conflict. Poland also vetoed. Britain and France abstained. The council earlier rejected a Soviet proposal for a political settlement in East Pakistan.
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East Pakistanis hail Indian troops as liberators
Reports from Darsana say Indian regiments entered East Pakistan with tanks and artillery, meeting light resistance as Pakistani forcesretreated. Civilians greeted Indian troops as liberators, while a brief clash occurred near Suwidah and Darsana.
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CBS to Replace Merv Griffin Show With Movies
CBS announced it will replace the Merv Griffin late night show with films starting mid February after 242 years of competition for the night audience. The move ends efforts to lure viewers from NBC's Johnny Carson with a new host.
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Kosygin Defends Soviet Jews Amid Israel Return Claims
Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin told reporters in Aalborg that 20 million Jews in the Soviet Union are integrated and that emigration permits are being issued. He claimed Jewish immigrants in Israel seek to return to the USSR and dismissed Western charges of persecution as myth.
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Cambodia battle leaves about 100 dead or wounded
Reports from the northeastern front say hundreds of Khmer soldiers died during last week's retreat along Highway 6 from Baray to Kompong Thom. Bat Doeung near Phnom Penh held out as North Vietnamese forces reoccupied a 30 mile section. Lon Nol ordered the retreat.
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Shea seeks more Model City board meetings in Walkerville
Walkerville mayor James Shea, a Model City board member, complains the board is not meeting often enough after four job ads appear in Sundays paper for a contract manager budget director program analyst and physical program coordinator. He says the board has not been informed and calls for open governance.
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Races Postponed at West Yellowstone Snow Rally
Hard winds and drifting snow reduced visibility at West Yellowstone on Sunday causing finals in five modified classes to be postponed as insurers refused coverage. Finals were rescheduled for Monday weather permitting with a clear sky reported as darkness fell. Polaris dominated in recent years but Ski Doo showed strong improvement in prelims, beating the 61 second track record by over seven seconds.
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Day of Infamy Lives For a Butte Woman
Jessie Hughes recalls Pearl Harbor attack from Honolulu where she lived in 1937 to 1966. She remembers the Sunday morning alarm, staying off streets, filling bathtubs with water, and Civilian Defense mobilization as Japanese planes approached Pearl Harbor.
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Hostage standoff ends in blood as foreman and two companions die
In Manila, a construction foreman held a dozen hostages for 48 hours in his former employer’s apartment. Police stormed the terrace, killing Basilio Marcelo and two companions and wounding several others, including the employer, a Chinese businessman. Primo Marcelo was among the dead. Spectators watched as officers fired, while Marcelo taunted authorities over a loudspeaker.
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Cancer virus discovery awaits testing
Cancer virus candidates cited by Los Angeles doctors USC and the National Cancer Institute face further tests. If confirmed, the finding could support the idea that people are born with cancer seeds and that a virus turns on the disease, impacting cause and potential cures.
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