Tax Bill Nearing Passage
A $15.8 billion three year tax cut moves toward final House action with Senate approval and a Nixon sign off. The bill expands relief for low earners while retaining business tax benefits. A campaign finance checkoff was postponed to post election, allowing Nixon to sign the bill while opposing the financing provision.
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House
Nixon
Senate
Democratic Congress
Senate House Conference
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Byrnes
India Says Troops Have Taken 2 More Major Pakistani Towns
The Associated Press reports India claims capture of Comilla and Sylhet in East Pakistan, with advances toward Rangpur and Dinajpur. Pakistan denies major breakthroughs while reporting fighting in Jessore and other fronts. Ram cited Mukti Bahini coordination and said Indian forces and allies are liberating Bangla Desh areas.
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East Pakistan
Comilla
Sylhet
Kashmir
Pakistan
Dacca
Jessore
Calcutta
Associated Press
Peter O'Loughlin
Jagjivan Ram
Dinajpur
Rangpur
Radio Pakistan
Rami
Chhamb
Tawi
Ram
Punch
Jammu
Punjab
U.S. Calls Off Next Week's Peace Talks
Paris reports say the United States canceled the 139th Vietnam peace talks to give the Communist delegations time to seek Hanoi instructions. North Vietnam and the Viet Cong denounced the move as sabotage and the session ended without a date agreement.
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United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
William J. Porter
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Porter
Winchester Post Office extends hours for Christmas rush
Postmaster Joseph C. Haines announced Winchester windows will stay open 90 minutes longer on Saturday December 11. Hours will be from 8 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. The notice mentions BluesLustre rental offers by Sherwin Williams.
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Winchester
Joseph C. Haines
Army Drops Charges Against Gen Donaldson in Vietnam Slayings
Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson had murder and assault charges dismissed by Lt. Gen. Claire Hutchin Jr. after a four month inquiry found no offenses were committed by Donaldson when he led the 11th Infantry Brigade in Vietnam between 1968 and 1969. The decision marked a rare high level war-crime accusation against a U.S. general.
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FT. Meade, Md
John W. Donaldson
Donaldson
11Th Infantry
Americal
Vietnam
Claire E. Hutchin Jr
1St Army
Hutchin
Robert R. Plager
Ft. Belvoir
Army
Bombs Hit Orphanage In Dacca
A direct hit by high altitude Indian bombers on a Dacca Moslem Mission orphanage killed at least 17 people and left 17 missing? of 400 children and 100 staff. The 3:15 a.m. attack created 20 foot deep craters near the airport amid ongoing air raids.
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Karachi
Dacca
Mohammed Rahman
Indira Gandhi
Calcutta
Foreign Aid Deadlock Sparks House Vote and Interim Request
The House passed a 3 billion dollar foreign aid bill by 214 to 179 as the program stayed legally out of business since midnight. Senate leaders refused to act without breaking the deadlock on authorization, seeking a six month extension into February or March amid Vietnam war deadline tensions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Israel
India
Pakistan
Ecuador
Nixon
Vietnam
Peking
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Carl Albert
Gerald R. Ford
Indochina
U.S
America
United Nations
U.N
Bunche Nobel Laureate Ralph Bunche Dies at 67 in New York
Ralph J Bunche 67 undersecretary general of the United Nations and 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner for mediating the 1949 Palestine war died in New York Hospital. He rose from descendants of a slave to world prominence, helped end the Palestine conflict, and later led UN operations in the Congo and Palestine.
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New York
Ralph Johnson Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Bunche
Israel
U.N
Congo
Pakistan's Weakness Emphasized An AP Analysis
Arnold Zeitlin argues Pakistan's split between East and West halves its defense, with 70,000 to 80,000 Pakistani troops in East Pakistan cut off from supplies as Indian and Bengali forces advance. Air battles rage around Rawalpindi while China and the Soviet Union watch, fearing shifts in regional alliances.
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Arnold Zeitlin
Associated Press
Rawalpindi
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Yahya Khan
West
China
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
India
Peking
Weather in Virginia brings clouds and light drizzle
A static low pressure system muted skies across Virginia with cloudy conditions and a chance of light rain or drizzle. Civil notices are intermingled with local ads including rug cleaning and department store sales.
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Richmond
Virginia
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