U S Planes Bomb N Viet Guns in Cambodia Borderarea
U S warplanes bombed North Vietnamese guns in Cambodia that shot down a U S observation helicopter. The strike occurred in the border region amid six days of heavy fighting near the Plain of Reeds. Two crewmen reportedly killed. the helicopter exploded in flight.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
Plain of Reeds
Mekong
U.S. Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
An Khe
Investigate death of Austin infant
A police and coroner investigation is underway into the accidental death of 22 month old Lisa VanHouse at her Austin home. Parents John P. and Mrs. VanHouse of 207 7th St. SW accompany two brothers Paul 12 and Mark 9 as authorities determine the cause of death after a 9 a.m. resuscitation effort failed.
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Austin
Lisa VanHouse
John P. VanHouse
7Th St. SW
van House
Lisa
Paul
Mark
Local Temperature and Weather Snapshot
The page lists temperatures by time block and section headers but contains no coherent event details. It shows today and year ago figures with high and low temperatures, plus a few temperature notes for 11 a.m.
Burgh Water Plant Disaster Claims Several Lives
A water treatment plant incident near Burgh on Wednesday left two dead and five injured while others were treated for exposure as responders battled the scene. Authorities say several tons of material spilled during the event, prompting evacuations and investigations.
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Burgh
Rochester Forms Two-Man Narcotics Team
Rochester Police Chief James J. Macken Jr announced the creation of a two-man drug and narcotics team to address a growing drug abuse problem in Rochester Minnesota. The unit will coordinate all drug investigations and manage public information and educational programs, drawing on two officers from the 98-man force.
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Rochester
Minn
James J. Macken Jr
Macken
Minnesota
Gop candidates say sales tax not a campaign issue
In Rochester on Wednesday night Lt. Gov. James Goetz and Attorney General Douglas Head spoke before about 50 Republican officials. They said the sales tax would not dominate the campaign, discussed parimutuel betting and gun control, and praised annual governor reports while asserting experience in state issues.
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Rochester, Minn
Rochester
James Goetz
Douglas Head
Republican Committee
Goetz
Head
Minnesota
Minnesota Senate
Southern Minnesota teachers seek higher pay in 1970 71
Albert Lea and Rochester teachers urge raises amid negotiations. Rochester seeks starting salaries of $8,000 for bachelor’s degree holders and up to $13,000 with 13 years experience, plus 18 to 24 percent boosts. Albert Lea requests $7,325 to $12,450 for bachelor’s grads, with MA ranges $8,425 to $13,75, while districts cite tax impacts and budget hurdles.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Rochester
G. Robert Otto
Rochester School Board
Hundreds of U S youths sail to Cuba cane fields in protest
In Saint John New Brunswick hundreds of young Americans board the Luis Marcos Bergnes freighter to cut sugar cane in solidarity with Cuba and protest Yankee imperialism. Bruce Jacobs of New York cites the mission as an act of support for the Cuban revolution while authorities report the ship carries 212 other volunteers returning from harvest.
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Saint John
N.B
New Brunswick
Fidel Castro
Bruce Jacobs
New York
Luis Marcos Bergnes
Bay of Fundy
Maine-New Brunswick
St. Stephen
Seattle
San Francisco
Boston
Maine
Rogers shifts focus from Middle East to Africa policy
Secretary of State William P Rogers outlined U S policy on the Middle East for Nasser then turned to Africa visiting Addis Ababa. He met Yugoslav President Tito for 1 1/4 hours and discussed embargoing arms to Israel and Arab states while Tito could press Nasser for a negotiated settlement. The U S has no diplomatic relations with Egypt or the Sudan.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
William P. Rogers
Africa
Nixon
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Rogers
Yugoslavia
Tito
Kenya
Sudan
Egypt
Libya
Israel
Nasser
U.S
United States
Superior teachers back in classrooms
Superior Wisconsin teachers return to classrooms after a new contract settlement with the board of education. Negotiators resolved five of six issues, with one remaining dispute on extending the teaching day from six to seven periods to a fact finding hearing. The walkout stemmed from wage terms in a prior settlement that ended a 10 day strike last fall.
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Superior
Wis
Board of Education
Nixon approves timber bill despite conservationist fight
The Nixon administration gave full approval to a timber cutting bill that triggered a clash between conservationists and the lumber industry. House supporters welcomed the move after withdrawing the measure amid absenteeism and opposition, but a renewed clash is anticipated when the bill is rescheduled, likely not until late this month.
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Washington
Nixon
House
New York woman fights hospital bill blocking Greek patient transplant
Mrs. Ramsey, a wealthy New Yorker, says she has tried repeatedly to settle a $250,000 bill at University of Minnesota Hospitals for a renal transplant. She offered to pay travel and lodging for two hospital reps to itemize charges, urging lower costs. The Greek patient Constantine Sarikizis, brought to the United States for treatment, is fit to travel, doctors say, but nonstate residents must prove they can cover the operation.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Joseph G. Ramsey III
University of Minnesota Hospitals
Ramsey
Ramsay
Rochester
Minn
Minneapolis
New York City
University
John H. Westerman
Constantine Sakkizis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Strengthening of reserves urged by Army chief
In a memo Gen. William C Westmoreland urged stronger Army reserves as the Regular Army shrinks. He asked staff agencies to make the National Guard and reserve components full partners with better material personnel and cooperation to offset reduced active strength and capabilities.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Army National Guard
Reserve
Schultz May Call for Changes in Rail Settlements
Labor Secretary George P. Shultz said the Nixon administration may propose changes in how railroadlabor disputes are settled before month’s end. He spoke at a Republican Lincoln Day dinner in Grand Rapids, offering no plan details and noting staff work on possible Railway Labor Act changes. He called the remaining bargaining issue for railroad shop crafts workers very narrow.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Secretary of Labor
Japan launches first successful orbital rocket from Uchinoura
Japan achieves its first orbital launch with the Lambda 4S rocket from Uchinoura Space Center in southern Japan. The mission places the satellite Ohsumi into Earth orbit, making Japan the fourth nation to succeed in launching an artificial satellite.
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Japan
Uchinoura Space Center
Ohsumi
Tokyo
Metropolitan Airports Commission to sell bonds for facility expansion
Minneapolis report states the Metropolitan Airports Commission will sell 20 million dollars in improvement bonds for Northwest Airlines expansion and public facilities at Minneapolis St Paul International Airport. Twelve million funds will build hangars for 747 jets and expand maintenance and shop facilities. Eight million will expand passenger loading and parking facilities.
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Minneapolis
Metropolitan Airports Commission
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport
Northwest
Crystal Sugar to study air pollution emissions
American Crystal Sugar Co. said it has a contract with a firm to study air pollution from smokestacks at its Moorhead plant. The research team will collect data, analyze emissions, and offer recommendations, with reports to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
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Crystal Sugar
Minn
American Crystal Sugar Co
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Chrysler exhausts may raise car cost by 300 dollars
Detroit AP The exhaust system needed to meet 1975 antipollution goals could lift a car’s retail price by 200 to 300 dollars, says Charles Heinen Chrysler chief engineer of emissions control. Chrysler is in the experimental stage and has only a manifold-reactor type afterburner near meeting the goals.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Charles Heinen
Chrysler
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Classified ad shows quick sale of refrigerator
An Austin Daily Herald notice describes a General Electric refrigerator freezer combo sold in two days by Mr B. The Coppertone unit is five years old and priced at 175 dollars. Contact XXX-XXXX for details.
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Austin Daily Herald
Mr. B
General Electric
Coppertone
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Winona
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