Seven U S planes lost in Indochina raids
U S military reports seven more aircraft losses in Vietnam including three shot down in North Vietnam, a spotter plane in Cambodia, and three others between February 4 and 13. Six airmen were missing, three killed, one wounded. Tet cease fire in South Vietnam ends with sporadic attacks and casualties.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Snowstorm Leaves One Dead and Widespread Drifts in Minnesota
A powerful snowstorm drenches west-central and southern Minnesota with heavy drifts and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. One death is blamed on exertion from a stuck car near Courtland. Travel warnings blanket Mankato and St Cloud regions as Interstate 35 lanes are blocked and several highways report closures and stalled vehicles. Many schools in Morris area close, and Greyhound and Jefferson Lines suspend routes. Travelers are urged to use extreme caution and stay off roads if possible.
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New Ulm
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Willmar
Minn
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Nixon Likely to Meet Mao in Hangchow During China Trip
President Nixon, en route to China, is expected to meet Chairman Mao Tse tung in Hangchow, a favored retreat for the 78 year old leader. The Hawaii stopover aides rest before continuing to Guam Shanghai and Peking as part of a broader itinerary.
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Hangchow
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Chou En-lai
Peking
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U.S
Kellogg Opens Austin 911 System With First Call
Alderman Kenneth Kellogg chairman of the police fire and ambulance committee on the Austin City Council placed the first phone call on the new 911 emergency line. The event occurred at the Texas center and was witnessed by city and county officials.
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Nolice
Foord Minnick
Austin
House approves two year extension of poverty program
The House voted 234 to 127 for a two year 5.3 billion extension of the antipoverty program despite Nixon veto threats. The bill removes a costly new child development program and lifts Head Start funding to 500 million this year and one billion next year while the Senate weighs the measure.
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House
Senate
Nixon
British coal strike near end as miners weigh pay offer
The coal strike inquiry board offered 280,000 miners a pay rise retroactive to November 1 with 16 months of scale. The National Coal Board accepted the terms, while the union chiefs met to decide whether to end the six week strike that could disrupt industry. The government warned hefty power cuts would hit homes and factories next Wednesday regardless of the decision.
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Coal Strike Inquiry Board
Britain
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National Coal Board
Threeman Commission
Lord Wilberforce
High Court
New three digit prefix replaces old state Capitol numbers
More than 4,300 state government telephones will switch to a new three digit prefix after 7 p.m. today. Capitol complex numbers will use prefix 296 with the last four digits unchanged. The old 221 prefix will be retired.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Capitol
Devlin and McManus jailed in Northern Ireland protest
Bernadette Devlin and MP Frank McManus were sentenced to six months in jail for defying a government ban on parades. The Belfast court imposed the mandatory term on 13 civil rights protesters amid heavy police and British troop presence.
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Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Spitfire
Britain
Frank McManus
Wroe
Dock Workers Vote On End Of 133 Day Strike In San Francisco
West Coast longshoremen vote today to end the 133 day dock strike the longest on the U S mainland Ballot results by 11 083 registered members and ships clerks expected Saturday morning at ILWU headquarters in San Francisco
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San Francisco
U.S. Mainland
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Peking denounces Nixon policy before his visit
Communist China denounced President Nixon foreign policy as it prepared for his visit. The official New China News Agency backed world peoples in opposing U S imperialist aggression in response to Nixon State of the World report and Melvin Laird’s congressional defense remarks.
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Tokyo
China
Alcohol labeled nation's most abused drug in government report
A Department of Health and Education Welfare study brands alcohol the top abused drug, affecting about 9.6 million Americans and costing the economy roughly 15 billion dollars annually. The report calls for a unified federal effort on treatment prevention and rehabilitation and cites alcohol as linked to one third of homicides and half of traffic deaths.
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Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
National Institute On Alcohol and Alcoholism
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House
Carl Albert
Morris E. Chafetz
The
Alcoholism Institute
California Supreme Court strikes down death penalty
The California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional affecting about 105 inmates including Sirhan Sirhan and Charles Manson. Justice McComb dissented noting the ruling. the court plans to release the opinion text later. The decision comes amid national debate on evolving standards of decency and shifts in state policy.
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California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
State Supreme Court
California
High Court
The
U.S. Supreme Court
Hormel Postpones Profit as Costs Rise Across Operations
Geo A Hormel & Co reports first quarter earnings of 2.43 million dollars or 0.51 per share, down from 0.66 million or 1.19 per share a year ago after a two for one stock split. Sales reach 172.4 million, with hog prices and raw materials driving higher costs and limited price increases amid government controls.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Meat Packing and Food Processing Company
Austin
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Page plan listing sections Editorial and Society content alongside Sports and local pages. It outlines area news features and market sections with Comics and TV Entertainment entries.
Farmer finds quick cow sale through Herald want-ad
A farmer sold a good Quernsey cow soon after placing a low-cost want-ad in the Herald. The advertisement noted the cow was a good milker with a high test and aimed at the Austin livestock market. The farmer reported quicker results than expected, with a two day turnaround after the three day schedule. Potential sellers are urged to call 433-6601 to place their own ads.
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Austin
Herald
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