American Airlines orders 50 DC10 jets in Airbus bid
American Airlines grossly commits to more than 800 million for 25 DC10 three engine transports with options for 25 more. George A. Spater and James S. McDonnell announced the first Airbus order aimed at carrying 252 passengers up to 3,000 miles. Deliveries set for late 1971 and 1973.
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American Airlines
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Ciy Aviation
American
Airbus
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James S. McDonnell
McDonnell Douglas
Lockheed Aircraft Co
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Spater
General Electric
Royce
Pan American World Airways
United Air Lines
Boeing
McDonnell Douglas American
Long Beach
Calif American Airlines
Marines Push Through Hue Ruins Toward Citadel
Battle weary U S Marines advanced about 400 yards through Hue's ruined Citadel toward the southeast wall and the former Imperial Palace as the lunar new year offensive pressed on. In Saigon, Viet Cong rockets and mortars hit Tan Son Nhut Airport wounding 21 and a U S service member, while 47 cities faced shelling in a second wave that allies describe as easing. U S and South Vietnamese forces reported gains elsewhere, including Phan Thiet, where guerrillas were driven back and 102 Viet Cong killed as the town was cleared amid ongoing air and naval support. The Hue fight continued on its 20th day with low clouds limiting air strikes and the Tan Son Nhut complex sustaining six deaths and 131 injuries.
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U.S
Hue
Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Imperial Palace
Old City
Tan Thoi
Phan Thiet
U. S
U.S. Command
Tornadic Winds Hit Miami Beach
North Miami Beach authorities reported tornado like winds that damaged a broad coastal area. More than a dozen people were injured including two heart attack victims. several storefronts, cars, and a house trailer were destroyed or overturned. Police cordoned off the area to deter looting and keep sightseers away. The storm struck shortly after 5 a.m. EST along Northeast 167th Street near a shopping district, with debris and broken glass scattered across parking meters and sidewalks. The Weather Bureau found no radar tornado evidence. forecaster Raymond Kraft attributed the damage to a severe thunderstorm.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Final Plea On Limits To Crime Reporting
Chicago based media leaders urge the American Bar Association to delay proposed rules restricting what judges, police, lawyers, and reporters may disclose about pending cases. Justice Paul C. Reardon defends timeliness, arguing delay endangers defense fairness while critics warn of dangerous secrecy and juror bias.
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American Bar Association
House of Delegates
Paul C. Reardon
Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts
Reardon
Theodore Koop
CBS
D. Tennant Bryan
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Michael J. Ogden
Providence Journal and Bulletin
North Korea Incidents Highlight UN and US Claims
Two American planes briefly strayed over North Korea on Sunday. UN and US officials defended the flights as navigational and weather related, denying significant hostilities. The North Korean delegate alleged military incursions and armistice violations, while Washington stressed efforts to prevent repeats and noted no DPRK fire on the aircraft.
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North Korea
United States
John W. Smith
U.N. Command
Armistice Commission
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Songjon-Ni
Kennedy Johnson ticket doubt fueled New Hampshire race
Evelyn Lincoln claims Kennedy told her Johnson would not be his running mate in 1964. Robert Kennedy denies it. Rockefeller write-in bid and McCarthy’s NH campaign vow lift 1968 hopes as New Hampshire voters head to the first in the nation primary. Rockefeller disavows ambition. Rom ney ends a round of campaigning.
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Associated Press
Evelyn Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
New Hampshire
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eugene J. McCarthy
Lincoln
Kennedy
Johnson
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Lyndon
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Sanford
McCarthy
Minneapolis
Rockefeller
John Beckett
University of New Hampshire
Budget Bureau
Earnhower
Beckett
Michigan
George Romney
Governors Move Grass Roots Moderate Drive Launched
Washington AP reports Republican governors push a grass roots effort for a moderate platform as they clash with Everett Dirksen over the 1968 nomination. Gov. John Chafee outlines hearings to gather domestic and foreign policy ideas while Gov. Shafer chairs platform work with Nelson Rockefeller favored by many moderates. Hugh Scott warns the moderates to unite quickly or risk failure.
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Washington
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Republican Governors Association
GOP
Raymond P.chafer
Pennsylvania
Cchairman
Miami Beach
Fla
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Johnson
Vietnam
Barry Goldwater
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Rockefeller
Chafee
Michigan
George Romney
New York
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Goldwater
Pattern of provocation leads to Jordan raid clash
Israeli strikes on the Jordanian town of Samaa followed a pattern of Arab provocation and warnings, with tanks artillery and aircraft used to silence Jordanian positions. A cease fire ended eight hours of fighting after 40 dead and 127 wounded, as King Hussein spoke of keeping the border quiet and Iraqi troops reportedly present in Jordan.
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McClure Associated Press
TEL Aviv
Israel
Jordan
Samaa
Damascus
Amman
Acd
Levi Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
U.N
Middle East
Odd Bull
Beisan
al Fatah
U.S
Hussein
Palestine
Commission Letter on Civil Disorders Warns of Crisis
The President's Commission on Civil Disorders, meeting in a Capitol room, revises a stark report due March 1 to President Johnson. It will map Newark and Detroit riots, analyze root causes such as poverty and slum hostility, and urge reforms including job programs, education, and housing. The panel seeks to jolt national attitudes with a blunt, dramatic tone.
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Senate Chamber
Commission On
Johnson
Newark
Detroit
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Commission
United States
National Archives
Capitol
National Guard
New York
John V. Lindsay
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