U S Bombing Of Laos Under Fire
Defense Secretary Laird defended U S bombing of Laos as protecting Americans in Vietnam and interdicting the Ho Chi Minh Trail while critics argue it risks a new Vietnam like commitment. He spoke amid Senate criticism and clarified there will be no new U S Vietnam style involvement without Congress approval.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Laos
Vietnam
Nixon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laird
Capitol Hill
Plain of Jars
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Senate
Rape Suspects, Others Face Grand Jury
In Meadville Crawford County three Townville men and a Cambridge Springs man were bound over to the next Grand Jury on rape charges linked to an alleged Feb 12 attack on a Teepleville girl. Claude C Proper, 35, Claude C Proper Jr., 18, and Duane Sterling, 18, of Townville, and Donald Lalone, 20, of Cambridge Springs, remain jailed in lieu of $10,000 bond each.
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Meadville
Townville
Cambridge Springs
Grand
Teepleville
Charles Gillette
Claude C. Proper
Claude C. Proper, Jr
Duane Sterling
Donald Lalone
Crawford County
Gillette
Claude Proper Sr
Lalone
Edward Hamilton
B.D. 3
Andrew Swabik
Centerville
Edward Reitz
BD. 1
Snowplow Scrapes Tracks Delays Train at Scotts Crossing
A Columbus Township snowplow struck railroad racks at Scotts Crossing and became stuck on the tracks yesterday afternoon. Workers restoring the new gates freed the vehicle after a shoe on the plow embedded in the pavement. The plow backed across Route 6 for repairs by township employees as a late train postponed any mishap.
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Columbus Township
Scotts Crossing
Route 6
House Education Bills Endangered
Washington AP reports the House Rules Committee blocked an attempt to open a desegregation inquiry, showing a deep split in the Education and Labor Committee led by Rep. Edith Green. The vote deferred Green’s resolution, likely ending its push this year as Green shifts away from government education programs amid civil rights debates.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Education and Labor Committee
Oregon
Edith Green
Rules Committee
James G. O'Hara
Dmich
O'Hara
Townville Youth Jeff Farrar Named to Air Force Academy
Congressman Joseph Vigorito announced Townville High senior Jeffrey Farrar has earned an appointment to the Air Force Academy. Farrar, son of James and Cambridge Springs resident Mrs. Farrar, earned three varsity football letters and captained the team in his senior year. He was an all county all star at offensive and defensive tackle and also lettered in basketball twice. He played on Townville’s championship volleyball squad last year.
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Joseph Vigorito
Townville High School
Jeffrey Farrar
Air Force Academy
Farrar
James Farrar
Cambridge Springs
Townville Hi
Townville
Americans Lose Three Aircraft with Sixty-Two Casualties Reported
In Saigon, U S military briefings cite three aircraft lost and 16 American plus five South Vietnamese killed, with 29 Americans and 16 Vietnamese wounded. Command notes 35 enemy shelling attacks in 24 hours, B52 raids, and a phased withdrawal of about 1,000 Marines from Da Nang and Chu Lai as part of broader troop reductions.
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Saigon
U.S
Long Binh
Mekong Delta
A Shau
South China Sea
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Chu Lai
Pompidou visits San Francisco amid pickets and praise
French President Georges Pompidou arrived amid orderly picketing in San Francisco and planned meetings with local Jewish leaders opposing France's Mirage jet sales to Libya. He met Mayor Alioto, received the city key, and prepared to address youth and tour Stanford and the LBL.
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San Francisco
Georges Pompidou
Libya
Pompidou
St Francis Hotel
Union Square
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Joseph Alioto
Red Cross Plans Delegates and March Blood Drive
Red Cross board votes two delegates to both Chicago National Convention in May and Warrensburg Region I Conference in April. Jayettes to join farewell for departing servicemen. Bloodmobile visit notes city must deliver 110 pints by March 16 to meet annual quota after two misses. Service committee aided 16 servicemen, three civilians and one veteran in January.
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Red Cross Board of Directors
National Red Cross
Chicago
Red Cross
Warrensburg
N.Y
Service Committee
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