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Pacific Daily News from Agana Heights, Guam • 1

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Agana Heights, Guam
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1
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it I I Weather Twenty lour hour forecast for Guam Rota and Saipan commencing at 6 am Skies wril be mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers today and tonight See winds seas and tides on page 2 WHERE DAY BEGINS' -4 VOL III NO 154 AG AN A GCAM TUESDAY JULY 4 1972 TEN CENTS who HONOLULU (UPI) The Union yesterday withdrew its threat of a strike on docks "until there is a settlement or a complete breakdown in A strike had been set for midnight Hawaiian time (9 last night on Guam) and would have isolated this island state which is almost totally dependent on surface shipping for foodstuffs and other commodities are going to nfake a final effort to reach an agreement at the bargaining said Robert McElrath regional director for the International and LTnion However McElrath added "Negotiations are not (Continued on page 6) Indica-Pak: 'A Beginning' LAHORE (UPI) President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared yesterday on his return from the Simla summit meeting he would summon a special session of the National Assembly next week to ratify an accord reached with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Initial reaction in Pakistan to the agreements reached at the historic meeting was highly favorable Bhutto said he planned to concentrate his efforts for repatriation of Pakistani prisoners of war held by India Before departing for home Bhutto said he and Mrs Gandhi had taken a major first step the people of both the countries to decide what kind of future they would like to He told the Press Trust of India at the Chandigarh airport minutes before his departure from New Delhi is just a beginning We have yet to cover a long 1 experience shows it is better to have a cautious approach to such matters I do not wish to make a premature he said The Pakistan president also said: us see how the people of India and Pakistan react to the agreement Everything is in the hands of the for it is they who have to decide individual can bring about lasting peace but it is the people who can usher in an era of peace and the agency quoted him as saying The pact signed yesterday in a hurriedly-summoned meeting at the close of the two leaders talks at Simla called for a reducing of border tensions and a partial withdrawal of troops from areas of conflict TRIUMPHANT: A clerk proudly displays the flag the Pacific Daily News turned up in its search for a home-size banner to wave (Daily News Photo by Manuel) i DDggg CYly SflenrsS You CAN Find A Flag To Fly Earlier story page 10) (s: Letter From Gachong Dear Mr Editor: Bobby failure to show up for the chess match reminds me of a maneuver we call The Gambit: in dnbt tip over the Veritably seized with the holiday spirit we asked Women Editor Linda Kauss to set out on a modern-day American-style adventure On the day before the Fourth of July find us a flag to fly we said This is her report By Linda Kauss Daily News Editor It easy being patriotic AH we wanted was an American flag to fly in the yard on July 4 Just an ordinary three-foot by five-foot Old Glory to wave over my rented home of the brave First I dialed the Town House-but the store was closed for inventory Ben Franklin was next answered a cheery voice carry American flags Try the Town Mananas Sales has almost everything I thought Everything it turned out but American flags you checked at Guam Office asked the saleslady I but I would Guam Office Supply said-after the connection was broken twice while 1 dialed and after 1 awakened an unidentified man from an afternoon nap who informed me he definitely was not Guam Office Supply you "try Fine idea The PCC saleslady was very understanding have she apologized wanted one too and called everywhere I can think of If you find one will you let me South Seas gave me the first promising answer we have a good How much is probably not what you had in mind pretty not that patriotic (Later we found out that was a Guamanian flag anyway) Walgreen had flags for $149 they really heavy enough to hang I was told with Ace Success comes to those who hang in there Ace Hardware would sell me an ordinary three-by-five Old Glory for a mere $333 It only took eight phone calls and an interrupted afternoon nap Francis Scott Key would be proud Fireworks And Marching for Holiday See Page 3 Story Of A Hijacker-And His Pilot 3 -See Page 5.

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