Jailed Bangladesh leader may be freed
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said he would free Sheik Mujibur Rahman unconditionally after further talks and invited India to join peace talks. Mujib, jailed in West Pakistan since last March, is regarded as the father of Bangladesh independence and leader of the Awami League.
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Delta jet carries radioactive cargo amid flight wave
A Convair 880 carrying 80 curies of molybdenum leaked while en route from New York to Houston. Nine passenger flights to 11 U.S. cities used the contaminated aircraft over the weekend before Delta removed the plane. Florida health officials urged passengers to check with local civil defense units about baggage contamination while the AEC and airline stressed no health hazard to travelers is indicated.
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George Shedd
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West Palm Beach
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Orlando
Dayton
Ohio
Columbus
Louisville, Ky
Chicago
Nayfield
Mollie's troops turn to sewers in Miami campaign
Mollie Lovinger an 80-year-old organizer leads a retiree brigade in Dade County to curb phosphate detergents and push for better sewage treatment plants. The Pollution Revolution seeks more plants and federal funding, using petitions and forums to pressure cities and authorities.
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Mollie Lovinger
Dade County
Peter Baljet
Montana Braces Through Severe Snowstorm Marks Heavy Debris
The first 1972 snowstorm shut many schools across Montana and dumped up to 18 inches in central and eastern areas. Gusty winds and subzero lows gave way to rising temperatures, but drifting snow plagued Silver Bow County roads. A 14 car I-15 pileup near Helena injured two.
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Nixon furious at aides over India Pakistan crisis
Syndicated columnist Jack Anderson reports President Nixon vented fury at aides over not taking a tougher stand on India during the India Pakistan war. Kissinger allegedly told senior officials to show coolness to India and limit ambassadorial levels. Anderson’s column, carried by about 700 newspapers, continues a string of verbatim White House strategy quotes.
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Nixon
India
Jack Anderson
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Henry A. Kissinger
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White House
BLM to check rash of placer claims in Powder River County
An official said agents will be sent to investigate a surge of placer claims filed by Merle Zweifel of Zweifel International Prospectors Shawnee Oklahoma in Powder River County Montana. County records show 1299 claims of 160 acres each, mostly on public land, with the possibility these may be invalidated if no mineral discovery is proven.
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Bureau of Land Management
Powder River
Oklahoma
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Merle I. Zweifel
Zweifel International Prospectors
Shawnee
Okla
Karen Amende
Zweifel
Nevada
Montana
Gene Newell
BLM
Billings
Newell
New Bozeman mayor Grabow takes office in reorganization
William Grabow was sworn in as Bozeman mayor after a City Commission reorganization. He succeeds Don Langhor Jr., retiring after eight years on the commission and two years as mayor. Milton Vendeventer was seated as the new commissioner to fill Langhor’s vacancy. Ed Sedivy will become mayor in two years. Other commissioners include Carl Lehrkind III and James Vollmer.
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William Grabow
Graybow
Don Langhor Jr
Commission
Milton Vendeventer
Langhor
Edmund Sedivy
Carl Lehrkind III
R. Harry Morrow
James Vollmer
McGovern accuses Nixon on POW release talks
Sen. George McGovern charged that North Vietnam offered to release American prisoners in exchange for a deadline for U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam. He said Communist negotiators told him this in Paris last September, contradicting Nixon’s Sunday statement denying any such proposal.
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George McGovern
D-S.d
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Paris
McGovern accuses Nixon of politically timed Vietnam policy
McGovern claims the President uses bombing North Vietnam to influence the election timetable. He argues any plan to end the war is driven by political timing rather than strategy.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
Robbery at Pierre Hotel Leaves Police Without Leads
New York police search for four well-dressed bandits who looted the Pierre Hotel vault during New Year weekend. Losses exceed initial $1 million, with one guest reported $1 million in uninsured jewels. Vault alarm was off and door was found open as investigators probe the sophisticated heist. Detectives catalogued missing pieces with high end jewelers and consider fencing challenges due to their value.
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Fifth Avenue
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van Cleef
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