US troop pullout pace beats Nixon timetable in Vietnam
U S commanders report American strength in Vietnam dropped to 343,700, below 344,000 and three weeks ahead of Nixon’s timetable. Plans call for combat troops out by summer 1972 with some support forces remaining. Cu Chi base turned over to South Vietnamese. Nearby combat incidents include helicopter losses, a spy plane downed in Laos, and Viet Cong rocket and grenade attacks causing casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Coast Guard
Cu Chi
25Th Infantry Division
Hawaii
South Viet
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Air Force
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Binh Dinh
Mekong
Special election vote totals to be tabulated by The Star
Unofficial results will be compiled tomorrow evening with mobile radio units covering eleven of Frederick County's twenty one precincts and relaying returns to The Star. Voters in remaining precincts should call The Star with results. social security numbers will be collected at the polls to create a central voter registration list.
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Star
Frederick County
Shenandoah
Senate
Smorgasbord em Tves nights at Pizza Hut on Veliey Ave
Dining note lists a dinner event at 5:30 to 7 PM at Pizza Hut on Veliey Avenue. Indicates a casual gathering location and time.
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Smorgasbord
Pizza ‘Hut
Veliey Ave
May Vote Tops 15000 In State Senate Race
A bright election day is forecast with more than 15000 voters in the 21st district Winchester Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and Loudoun counties. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Temperatures will be in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Estimates project 15200 total district votes. Candidates Largent and Truban appear with tax plan debates and campaign stops across Winchester Frederick Shenandoah and Woodstock. The winner succeeds J Kenneth Robinson who resigned after election to Congress.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Loudoun
Frederick County
Largent
George Washington Hotel
Democratic Committees
Sargent
Truban
Woodstock
J. Kenneth Robinson
State Senate
F. L. Largent, Jr
William A. Truban
Shenandoah County
House of Delegates
House Moves to Approve SST Funding Amid Senate Roadblock
The House appeared set to pass a $210 million SST funding compromise as part of a $2.7 billion transport bill, despite Senate opposition and a looming filibuster threat. Rep. Sidney R. Yates criticized the plan for delaying construction and boosting costs, while Sen. William Proxmire warned a filibuster could block any SST money.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sidney R. Yates
Nixon
Yate
Yates
Britain Ends Power Slowdown as Lights Return for Christmas
Britain’s 125000 electrical workers halted a week of brownouts after marathon talks with the government and Electricity Council. A 25 percent wage demand clashed with a 10 percent offer as officials warned of further cuts if energy use did not drop.
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London
Britain
Frank Chapple
Electricity Council
Robert Carr
Union
Chapple
Frederick County seeks appeal to stay annexation order
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors unanimous in appealing the An nexation Court decision that annexes 5.9 square miles to Winchester. They ask the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for a stay of execution before the December 31 deadline. The action follows a Saturday final order and was urged by county and city counsels to protect the county’s interests.
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Star
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
E. Eugene Gunter
Supreme Court
Rosenberger
Thomas Brumback
J. Robert Russell
Raymond Sandy
Russell
Sandy
Gunter
Court of Appeals
Richmond
New Rabies Vaccine Shows Dramatic Lab Animal Success
A Philadelphia scientist reports a new rabies vaccine yielding dramatic protection in laboratory animals and early steps toward human trials. The vaccine, produced from rabies viruses in animal tissues, may offer preventive and post exposure use, reducing the need for painful stomach injections. Swiss researchers at a conference call existing vaccines archaic and dangerous, while PAO forecasts broader viral vaccine development in the 1970s.
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Washington
Philadelphia
T. J. Wiktor
Wistar Institute
M. Abdussalam
K. Bogel
Geneva
Pan American Health Organization
U.S. Army
Maurice R. Hilleman
United States
Nixon names Connally to succeed Kennedy as Treasury head
President Nixon announced David Kennedy will resign as Treasury secretary on Feb 1 and be replaced by John Connally a Texas Democrat. Kennedy becomes ambassador at large under William Rogers while Kennedy remains Cabinet member through the budget process and Connally participates in interim budget briefings.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
John Connally
Texas
Kennedy
William B. Rogers
Connally
Treasury
GE Building Bombing Target in Midtown Manhattan
A pipe bomb exploded outside the General Electric Building on Lexington Avenue at East 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan injuring a pedestrian from flying glass. Police say a caller identifying as MIRA warned of the attack moments before the blast. The 25 story GE headquarters had faced a prior bomb attempt that was defused.
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New York
General Electric
Midtown Manhattan
WINS
MIRA
Movimiento de Independencia Revolutionaria En Armas
The
Armed Independence Revolutionary Movement
Lexington Avenue
East 51St Street
Weather Forecast for Virginia Through Tuesday
High pressure dominates Virginia bringing fair and reasonably cold conditions through Tuesday. Death in family call concern 667-0145. Free rides to the Polis phone 667-7764. Open nights till 9 p.m. A Modernage Shoppe offers country ham white or half price 1.07 lb, ideal Christmas gift. Jumping Ham House.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Jacob K. Javits
R-N-Y
Paulette Marie Desell
Javits
Paulette
U.S. Senate
Schenectady
N.Y
Desell
Southern States
Amherst Street
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Donald Baughman
J. Randolph Larrick
Wendell Seldon
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