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Selective Service notified draft boards Monday to cancel induction orders for men who were drafted in 1972 but given induction postponements...
...much-heralded midnight TV broadcast from his official residence, with portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Mao Tse-tung hanging prominently if incongruously in the background. Sweating heavily under the hot lights, he started off with a diatribe against British policy toward Uganda, especially London's recent decision to cancel a $24 million aid program, which Amin dismissed as "whitemailing." Henceforth, he declared, all British place names in Uganda would be replaced by African ones, and the Kampala Club, a stuffy symbol of British empire that had remained virtually allwhite, would become the "Government Club," a meeting place...
...class freezing." For want of fuel, some firms like AMF Western Tool Division (which turns out lawnmowers and such winter products as snowplows) and Can Tex (which manufactures brick, tile and sewer pipe at plants in Ottumwa, Redfield and Mason City) have had to stop production altogether or cancel night shifts. Governor Robert Ray has asked the University of Iowa and all large businesses in the state to switch back to burning highly polluting No. 5 or No. 6 fuel oil in order to stretch supplies of low-polluting No. 2 oil needed to heat Iowa homes. Coal, the dirtiest...
...adamant in their desire to return liberal Claiborne Pell to a third term in the Senate as the Vietnamese are to preserve their national integrity Edmund Muskie and Edward Kennedy came in to join the fight for the Democrats and Jackie Onassis promised to campaign but had to cancel at the last minute...
...Harvard University Band is having one of its worst seasons in recent history. The innovative talent is so dreary that it has had to resort to a re-run. This weekend, while fans can look forward to a new show, the Harvard Club of New York has had to cancel the traditional Band concert due to financial difficulties...