Viet Targets Left in Flames
U S war planes hit stockpiling sites above the DMZ after raids on northern North Vietnam, dropping 500 tons of bombs from 52s to cut off enemy supplies in the first days of a 76 day offensive. Multiple aircraft losses were reported including an OH6 helicopter downed near Hue with crew casualties and missing airmen.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Inces
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
Indochina
My Chanh
Tuyen Binh
Air Force
Hanoi
Navy
South
Vietnam
China
Home Edition Volume 63 Issue 181
The edition provides standard home front news items, community updates, weather outlook, and local notices typical of a metropolitan newspaper. It highlights regional events, upcoming schedules, and service information for readers in the edition area.
Supreme Court extends free lawyers to indigent for minor offenses
The UPI report details a six to three Supreme Court ruling extending the right to court-appointed counsel to indigent defendants in misdemeanor cases with potential jail time. It cites Justice Douglas and notes dissents by Brennan and Marshall, plus related rulings on public club discrimination and police stop and frisk authority. Also covered are Vietnam War combat updates and air strikes near Hanoi and along the Cambodian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Florida
William O. Douglas
Pennsylvania
K. Leroy Irvis
State House of Representatives
Harrisburg
Rehnquist
William J. Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Briscoe Picks Claudia Brummett for Convention Role
Dolph Briscoe named Claudia Brummett of Amarillo as secretary of the Texas Democratic convention in San Antonio. Brummett has long party involvement including Capitol roles in 1964 and 1968 and as 31st Senatorial District Committeewoman.
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Dolph Briscoe
Claudia Brummett
Amarillo
San Antonio
Miss Brummett
Rules and Order of Business
Atlantic City
Calvin Guest
Bryan
Briscoe
Guest
Servative
Dallas
June Blumberg
Seguin
National Democratic
Texas
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Rains Drench South Plains Causing Crop Damage
A South Plains farmer laments ruin as heavy rains drenched the area, adding 3.8 inches in a day and tipping totals to over 4 inches locally. Cotton crops are described as drowned or washed out, with roads flooded and fields heavily damaged across Anton and surrounding farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
South Plains
Anton
M. H. Newton
Newton
Flood Death Toll Revised Down to 192 by Officials
Rapid City moves to update flood toll as rescue work continues. The count drops from 208 to 192 with 31 unidentified bodies, while hundreds remain missing and thousands homeless. FBI aiding identifications as officials caution the tally will rise.
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Rapid City
S. D
Civil Defense
Pat Dixon
Duane L. Corning
South Dakota National Guard
FBI
Donald Barnett
Bomb Blast Hits Airliner in Detroit Flight 96
A bomb exploded in the baggage area of American Airlines Flight 96, a DC-10, after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Eleven people were injured, eight treated at Wayne County General Hospital, none seriously. The plane diverted and ran off the runway upon emergency landing. a hole was blown in the tail section.
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Detroit
American Airlines
Wayne County Sheriff's Department
Wayne County General Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Buffalo
N.Y
Prospects for early resumption of Vietnam peace talks
The report from Hanoi said North Vietnam’s chief negotiator Xuan Thuy would return to Paris with new directives. U.S. Ambassador Porter, back in Paris, said Washington would persist in seeking a negotiated settlement. State Department officials cited Thuy’s return as a potential signal, while Bray warned no signal had arrived. Porter called U.S. proposals generous and noted no conditions, referencing Nixon’s cease fire and prisoner exchange proposals.
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Paris
Vietnam
U. S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Fhuy
William
J. Porter
Thuy
Porter
Nixon
Washington
State Department
United States
Charles W. Bray
Bray
South Vietnam
U. S.S
Peace Talks Open to Flexible Approach on Plan
Porter indicated potential for a discussion on his plan and flexibility in approach. He suggested possible attendance at a new peace talks session Thursday but noted doubtful arrival of chief Communist delegates by then. North Vietnamese officials reported no word from Hanoi on Thuy’s arrival in Paris. Thuy, adviser to Le Duc Tho, was in Sofia with unclear return timing to Paris. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh was on an official visit to Mauritania.
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Porter
Hanoi
Thuy
Paris
Peking
Moscow
le Duc Tho
Sofia
Bulgaria
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Mauretania
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Dmz
North
Radio Handi
David Bowser
Walt Whitman
Amarillo Daily News
Globe-News Publishing Company
Ins
High Court
Tallahassee
Douglas
Warren E. Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Connecticut
Bridge
New Mexico
Television Sud
Roy Orr
Iva Lockridge
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Richard Moya
Austin
Jess Hay
Steve Cornett
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