Nixon Sets Slight Exit Pace From Vietnam
Washington AP Nixon announced plans to withdraw American forces from South Vietnam reducing troops to 69,000 by May 1 and bring home about 70,000 more in the next three months. The new directive targets a monthly average of roughly 24,300 troops from Feb 1 to May 3, compared with December and January levels.
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Nixon
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Froight
Laird
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Dsehtain
Four Die and 85 Injured in Alabama Tornado
A nighttime tornado ripped through Pinebrook and Dogwood trailer parks near Fort Rucker Alabama killing four and injuring 85. Dozens more were left homeless as 60 trailer homes were destroyed and 50 heavily damaged. Officials warned more victims could be found as searchers continued.
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Interprise
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UPL
Lwa
Sit Yeast Tour
Highway Patrol
William Hornsby
Hornsby
Gov. Wallace
Gene Yeatman
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Yealmnan
Short Visit To Cedar Rapids for Sen Muskie
Sen Edmund Muskie of Maine seeks the presidential nomination and will fly to Cedar Rapids for a public address at Gon auditorium after meeting local party workers. The visit includes a noon program, Q and A, and a reception for seniors and volunteers, with travel to Des Moines afterward.
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Edmund Muskie
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Gon Auditorium
Isabel Lalk
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Coe
Cedar Rapids Inc
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Lis
Milwarkee
GI Combat Toll Five Last Week
Five Americans were reported killed in action last week and four wounded, the U S command said Thursday. Eleven Americans died from non hostile causes, with casualty totals rising to thirty nine thousand plus killed in action and nineteen thousand wounded.
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SMGON
Ogsing
Caponerone
U. S
House Okays Rights at 18
DES MOINES The Town House approved a bill by a 90 to 4 vote to lower the adult rights age to 18 from 21. The measure, part of Governor Ray's program, would give 18 and 19 year olds full rights except eligibility for certain offices and constitutional restrictions. Rep. C Raymond Fisher urged it would help youths grow up.
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Robert Ray
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C. Raymond Fisher
Grand Junction
Hijacker Hijacks Braniff Flight Near Dallas
An on board gunman seized a Braniff 727 en route Houston to Minneapolis, demanding 1 million dollars and two parachutes. After nearly seven hours in captivity the crew escaped during a coordinated dash from the plane at Dallas airport.
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South America
Tom Mill
Billy Eugene Burst
Mosquito
Texas
Houston
Myril
Witl
Vouston
Minneaipolis
Pallas
Dunit Roberts
Mission, Kan
Remington Electric Shaver Company
Roberts
Pat Hampton
Wallace challenges Muskie in Democratic race rallying against intellectual snobs
Gov. George Wallace announced at a Tallahassee news conference that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination, running in the Florida primary against Muskie and ten other candidates. He framed his bid as a new beginning and vowed to wrest control of the party from the intellectual snobs, while Florida Democrats faced a March 4 primary with Wallace on the ballot.
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George Wallace
Alabama
American Independent Party
Democratic Party
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Wallace
Florida
Mlorida Democrats
Prass Ronts
Views Clash Over School Fund Deficit
DES MOINES Gov Robert Ray urged lawmakers to amend the 1971 school aid foundation plan to avoid an $11 million state appropriation by clarifying that about $21 million in federal funds may count toward the base for 1972 73. He noted disputes between state school officials and the budget office over applying federal funds to the foundation base.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ural
Gane
Iowa
Lict
Italy
Study on merging Linn county towns and regional services
A state financed feasibility study by Robert Stephens proposes dissolving Berkat Ely and Prairieburg, consolidating Cedfic Rapids Marian Hiawatha and Robins, and merging Mr Vernon and Lisbon. Remaining towns keep corporate identity while many services are regionalized to reduce taxes and duplication.
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Hiawatha
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Lisbon
Linn County
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A.W.O.L. Scientist Tied to Bank Bomb Plot
WARMINGTON AP reports a Stanford Ph.D. scientist named Rupald Kaufman is charged in a federal warrant for planting bombs in bank safe deposit boxes in San Francisco Chicago and New York. Kaufman, 33, born Milwaukee and raised Berkeley, is at large. Fingerprints tied him to the devices. He allegedly left Chicago postcards warning of political prisoner releases.
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Hoover
Milwaukee
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Calif
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Fort Jackson
D.C
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
Aerospace wage board approves two year raise stretchout
Washington AP reports a sharply worded Pay Board approved a two year 12 percent raise stretchout for aerospace workers after unions warned they would ignore prior guidance. The plan allows a retroactive raise if unions and management revise rejected packages, and details an 8 percent first year rise with 4 percent to follow over the second year.
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Wits
Virgil Day
Robert Basset
International
Alan
Machinists
Fine United Auro Workers
Uiey
Totays Chuckle Warnen Taxpayer
Comic caption reports a misheard remark about saving money for income tax and needing to borrow to live, reflecting a humorous misstatement about finances.
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