White House Briefing Outlines Vietnam Cease Fire Risks
Top White House officials say a Nixon planned cease fire could weaken South Vietnam’s grip on rural areas along Laos border but may unlock meaningful Paris peace talks. The five point package, briefed in Hartford, covers the Middle East and indochina efforts with cautious optimism and notes Soviet behavior in the Arab Israeli line. Officials refuse to be named and discuss upcoming diplomatic conversations on missiles.
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White House
Saigon
Nixon
Indochina
Paris
Hartford
Cambodia
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Booby Trap Kills Nine GIs Near Da Nang
Viet Cong booby trap mortally wounds nine American soldiers and injures five SE of Da Nang, while a Me Kong Delta helicopter gunship accidently kills eight South Vietnamese troops and wounds 23. The trap used a dud US artillery shell from the Americal Division. One South Vietnamese soldier died. The incident marks the heaviest US toll in six months. The helicopter attack occurred southwest of Saigon with rockets fired into South Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
da Nang
Mekong Delta
U.S
Americal Division
198Th
Quang Ngai Province
Puller Improves After Stroke At Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Lieutenant General Lewis B. Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history, shows signs of improvement after a stroke on October 8. The 72 year old, hospitalized at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, is awake and alert with stable condition and no complications noted by doctors. Puller retired in 1955 after 37 years and 53 decorations including five Navy Crosses. He sought a Vietnam combat assignment in 1965, which was denied.
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Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Lewis B
Puller
Middlesex County
Saluda
The
Marines
Vietnam
Underground Nuclear Test Reported at Novaya Zemlya
The Uppsala Seismological Institute recorded a strong underground explosion at 2 04 am EDT at Novaya Zemlya in the Soviet Union. It measured 6 7 on the Richter scale, the strongest so far in an autumn series dating to 1966.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Novaya Zemlya
Soviet Union
Stocks Edge Higher After Four-Day Losses On NYSE
The market opened modestly up in moderate trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Advances led declines with many key issues posting fractional changes. Telex rose to 22, Continental Oil to 27, Pittston to 36, Control Data slipped to 48, Itek to 33, Tenneco fell to 22, and Burroughs rose to 119.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Sues
Telex
Continental Oil
Pittston Co
Control Data
Itek Corp
Tenneco
Burroughs
South Carolina Senators Join In Key Senate Votes
Senators Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings voted together on two Tuesday matters. They backed a constitutional amendment on women’s rights with a rider permitting school prayer and supported a resolution rejecting the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography report. The rider passed 50 to 20 and the report was rejected 60 to 5.
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Washington
South Carolina
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Ernest Hollings
Senate
Ing Prayer
Commission On
Optimistic Hershey Sees Bright America at WWII Veterans Meet
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, former Selective Service head, told Salt Lake City veterans gathering that America is much better off than people think. He framed prosperity as the main issue and urged optimism rather than pessimism.
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Salt Lake City
America
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Selective Service
Salt Lake
Typhoon Hits Philippines Leaves Many Dead and Missing
A typhoon with 115 mph winds swept across the Philippines causing at least 25 deaths and about 40 missing. It damaged communications along a 400 mile path from southern Luzon to the central islands and affected Manila and nearby areas.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
Home Rule Debate Seen as Real Issue for Referendum
The past president of the League of Women Voters told about 50 people that home rule is the core issue in the November 3 ballot. Mrs. John Lyon explained the Aiken County Home Rule Bill proposing a council manager government with local ordinances and budgets. She urged press coverage of public meetings and noted the risk of three senators from outside Aiken County.
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Aiken County
Don Maxwell
Center
Willar Hightower
Women’s League of Voters of
Hobart W. Griffin
Virginia Lyon
Isobel Peterson
League of Women Voters
John Lyon
Lyon
League
Store Speech At Sales Clinic Highlights Customer Types
Sales personnel at the Chamber sales clinic heard Mrs. Luise Henman, city co ordinator for the Columbia Area Vocational, discuss effective store speech. Using cartoons she outlined customer categories including slight, disagreeable, hurried and talkative, noting teens are a large market. She urged treating customers as guests and warned that losing one customer can affect a family.
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Luise Henman
Columbia Area
Auditor's Report Highlights Strong District Finances
Basil Brinkley reported the School District of Aiken County ended the year with the best financial condition since establishment. General fund balance reached 579 961, with most invested in CDs or Treasury bonds. Revenue from local sources exceeded budget by 290 311, aided by 171 000 from the Atomic Energy Commission and 26 000 tuition from Edgefield County. Federal revenue beat budget by 252 128, chiefly from school lunches and PL 89-10. Expenditures were 13 261 816 with only 9 809 unspent or encumbered. Vocational programs expanded with 2 202 students in trades courses, totaling 8 594 enrolled in vocational classes.
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Aiken County
Basil Brinkley
Aiken County Vocational Educational Center
Brinkley
U.S. Treasury
HEW Team Checks Desegregation in Aiken District
A four man team from the Department of Health Education and Welfare arrived in Aiken to review desegregation implementation in the Aiken County School District. The group will visit schools in Aiken New Ellenton and Jackson and gather data on race staff assignments dismissals and minority student program involvement.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Aiken
Office For Civil Rights
Atlanta
New Ellenton
Jackson
North Augusta
Lbc-Gregg
G. T. Myers
Myers
Aiken County Debate on Council Government Plan
Maxwell cites 1966 grand jury recommendations for a county council with a professional manager and modern accounting. The 1967 home rule bill set for referendum on November 3 would implement the three reforms. Foreman Arthur Foreman Jr and secretary Elden Jones figure in the context, with Baker pursuing further Democratic House election.
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Don Maxwell
Albert Pike Masonic Lodge
Aiken County
Maxwell
Arthur A. Foreman Jr
Elden Jones
B. W
Baker
Aiken Coun
State Education Board backs 1004 dollar teacher pay raise
State Education Department proposes an average 1004 dollar annual increase for South Carolina public school teachers. Superintendent Cyril Busbee asks the Budget Board to recommend a 600 dollar base plus a six percent cost of living rise, totaling 1004 dollars. The plan would cost 23,086,800 in 1971 72 and raise overall education spending to 27,702,656, aimed at attracting qualified teachers and expanding kindergarten vocational and adult education.
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State Department of Education
South Carolina
Cyril B. Busbee
State Budget and Control Board
Leg
Islature
South Carolina Education Association
Busbee
State Board of Education
Education Department
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