U S Suspends Bombing Near Hanoi During Podgorny Visit
U S temporarily halted bombing raids around Hanoi as a goodwill gesture during Soviet leader Podgorny's Hanoi visit. Informants said raids continued in the south, with Hanoi seen as the northern heartland and Podgorny departing Calcutta for the capital after talks with Indian leaders.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Nikolai V Podgorny
U.S
North Vietnam
Podgorny
Calcutta
India
Mexican President Meets Nixon at White House
President Nixon welcomed Mexican President Luis Echeverria at the White House with full military honors as talks began. Nixon called the U S Mexican friendship an indispensable cornerstone of foreign policy during the visit.
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Washington
Nixon
Luis Echeverria
U.S
White House
Bombing Hampers North Vietnam Tank War
Saigon reports intensive U.S. bombing has badly impaired North Vietnam's ability to wage the conventional tank and heavy weapons war. Officials concede the southward move of men and supplies cannot be halted, even if tanks and heavy artillery are halted, as fighting continues in shifting theaters through March.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
HUD Orders Removal of Lead Paint in Dwellings
HUD reverses course after warnings about danger to young children and orders removal of flaking lead based paint from dwellings under its jurisdiction.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Americans Believed Among Victims in Indian Jetliner Crash
News led with the belief that sixteen Americans were among the 84 killed when a Japanese jetliner crashed near New Delhi during landing. Sixteen Americans were thought dead, six survived, but none among the survivors was American. one woman died later in hospital.
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New Delhi
Tremors Jolt Ancona as City Fights Aftershock
Earth tremors struck Ancona Italy sending about 100000 residents fleeing. One person died and scores suffered heart attacks or injuries from falling masonry as aftershocks continued through the night.
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Ancona
Italy
Violence erupts as fans clash at Stones concert in Tucson
About 400 people tried to crash a Rolling Stones show in Tucson. Windows were broken and police clashed with the crowd. It marked the second night of violence tied to a Stones performance.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mayor laments in Rapid City flood recovery
Rapid City mayor says the search for flood victims may never end after a disaster that killed more than 200 people and left extensive damage city wide.
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Rapid City
8.D
Aiken Stockade Critique Urges Officials Action
An editorial harshly condemns the Aiken County Stockade as rotten and dangerous. It cites recent escapes and crimes linked to prisoners, notes prior warnings by the Aiken Standard and grand juries, and calls on county officials and the Legislative Delegation to act to fix the facility.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Valley Eyes Taxing Powers for Horse Creek Valley Authority
Senator Laughlin introduces a draft bill granting Horse Creek Valley Public Authority power to tax and coordinate pollution cleanup. McMillan Cain express caution, urging slow action while July 1 deadlines loom to select a regional agency. Fears of federal enforcement and permit injunctions rise if local leaders fail to act.
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Steve Craw
Horse Creek Valley
Horse Creek
Michael Laughlin
Laughlin
Gilbert McMillan
Charles Hollis
State Pollution Control Authority
Sen. McMillan
Marshall Cain
Valley Authority
Augusta
Sen. Laughlin
PCA
Aiken County
Federal
Environment Protection Agency
Hollis
Horse Creek Valley Water District
War Resolution Up For Vote In Presbyterian Assembly
In Montreat North Carolina the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States prepares to vote on a strong anti war resolution amid tensions over Mississippi officials opposition to merging its 36 000 member synod with Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky Conservatives call the merger a shotgun wedding and Mississippi lawmakers had sought to keep a single state synod but would accept a four state union if needed Delegates are expected to approve one of the strongest anti war resolutions ever considered.
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Montreat
N.C
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Mississippi
Southern Presbyterians
Mississippi Synod
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Supervisor Admits Convicts Drinking at Aiken Stockade
County Supervisor Mackey Scott says several prisoners at the Aiken County Stockade admitted drinking before their Friday night escape. A sheriff s investigator said illegal liquor reaches inmates and sparks turmoil. prison officials denied any drinking by the 14 escapees. Superintendent Tyler said none showed liquor on return to the work camp. Scott ordered the night guard dismissed. three guards were on duty during the escape. The sheriff will publish a full report after completing the investigation. Grand Jury earlier prompted stockade improvements now under contract.
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Judy Rich
Mackey Scott
Aiken County Stockade
Aiken Standard Stockade
Scott
Sheriff's Department
Columbia
Woodrow Wilson
Tyler Tyler
Stockade
Tyler
Paul Grant
Aiken County
Grand Jury
Joseph Dyer
Cain Proposes Bill To Repeal Seat Clause In State House
Rep. Marshal Cain introduces a bill to repeal the numbered seat clause in the state House reapportionment and reset the primary to September. Justice Department rulings expected to strike the clause may force at large races for Aiken County seats. Support for repeal appears strong among lawmakers and aides expect the measure to pass the House.
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Aiken
Marshal Cain
House of Representatives
Columbia
Justice Department
Rep. Cain
Cain
Gilbert McMillan
Mrs Snider Wins Five Dollar Near Miss Prize
Mrs Juanita Snider of Beech Island won five dollars for a near miss in Puzzle No 44. She and Mrs T G Tarver of Aiken tied on wrong words but Snider was closest to the total Stumper entries. More than twenty entries arrived late. next puzzle promises a prize of four hundred ninety dollars or a Bermuda cruise, with a near miss prize of five dollars still offered.
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Juanita Snider
Trail Road
Beech Island
Snider
T.G Tarver
Crescent Rd
Aiken
Bermuda
Warm, Dry Aiken Forecast With 90s And Slight Showers
The U.S. Weather Bureau forecast calls for highs around 90 in Aiken today and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. A 10 percent rain chance, low 60s tonight, and southerly winds around 10 mph that become light tonight and then pick up tomorrow. Through Monday expect mainly afternoon thundershowers, mild nights, and highs near 90 with lows in the 60s.
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Aiken
U.S. Weather Bureau
Monseigneur Smith retires as Charleston priest arrives at St Marys
The Right Rev. Monsignor George Lewis Smith ends four decades in Aiken and welcomes Charles J Maloney who becomes pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians Church in Charleston. Smith recalls church shifts to vernacular English and facing the congregation, meets popes, and notes Aiken's winter colony growth and notable friends.
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Charles J Maloney
Charleston
St. Mary Help of Christians Church
George Lewis Smith
Aiken
Monsignor Smith
Paul XI
Pius XII
Pope John
Pope Paul
Rome
Jetliner Crashes in South Vietnam with 82 Aboard
A Cathay Pacific Convair 880 carrying 82 people crashed in South Vietnam's remote central highlands. US helicopter crews found some bodies but no survivors as rescue work continued until darkness. Military sources noted it was the second Asia airliner crash in two days.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Asia
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