Heavy Fighting Bursts After Vietnam Cease Fire
Longsought truce in Vietnam collapses as heavy fighting erupts around Saigon and along Highway 1. Four U.S. airmen reported missing, one American killed, and more than twenty wounded as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces press attacks near Trang Bang Tay Ninh and embattled Cao Dai temple.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Mort Rosenblum
Highway 1
Trang Bang
Rosenblum
Tay Ninh
Dang Nhu Tuyet
Paris
Saigon Command
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
da Nang
Dai Loc
Mansfield Opposes North Vietnam Aid
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield signaled strong congressional opposition to any U.S. aid program to rebuild North Vietnam. He urged peace efforts in Laos and Cambodia, noted no negotiations on aid, and stressed Congress will be consulted before any action.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
North Vietnam
Congress
Montana Democrat
Southeast Asia
United States
Laos
Cambodia
China
Valen Mansfield
Indochina
North
Vietnam
Kissinger
House
Mansfield
Motel Manager Shot Three Times In Athens Motel Incident
Athens Police report two people injured after an apparent fight at the Town and Country Motel. Harris Gomer, 55, of Athens, was shot three times in the stomach and hospitalized. Clifford P. Hargrove, a Pinkerton Inc. employee, was also injured but not shot. Investigators planned further work and would release information after completion of the inquiry.
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Athens
Town and Country
Bob Hay
Harris Gomer
Athens 7
Athens Limestone
Clifford P. Hargrove
Hay
Gomer
Browns Ferry
Hargrove
Pinkerton Inc
Decatur
Four War Has Just Died by Hugh A Mulligan
Saigon correspondent reflects on the Vietnam War ending on January 28 1973. The piece names My Lai Hue Tet and Kent State and notes costs casualties and social upheaval in America. It contrasts propaganda with reality and cites millions displaced and billions spent.
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Saigon
My Lai
Hue
America
Kent State
Navy
Frigidaire sales and service ad in Decatur
Robinson Furniture on Downtown Second Avenue advertises Frigidaire sales and service in Decatur for 23 years with contact number 353-2370.
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Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Decatur
First dog guide school founded in Nashville in 1929
On this date in 1929 the first dog guide school to aid the blind was established in Nashville. Quick weather notes forecast rain likely today ending tonight with a drop to 22 degrees. a colder high near 35 for Monday. Complete weather and river page D2.
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Nashville
Tennessee Valley
Episcopalians OK Lower Age For Delegates
Delegates at the Episcopal Diocese convention voted to lower eligibility to 18 for those seeking election to parish vestries and church governance. The decision, taken during a Saturday session at Oak Park Middle School, includes limits that under 21 vestry members not outnumber a parish majority and that minors cannot vote on land transactions. Oscar Carr to deliver sermon at closing service.
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Episcopal Diocese
Oak Park Middle School
Decatur High School
Oscar Carr
Department of Missions
Episcopalians
Athens Seller Flaunts Welsh Ponies for Bargain
Kenneth Hinkle of Athens sold Welsh ponies advertised in the Decatur Daily. The ad drew 11 more responses, suggesting others want ponies or livestock. The notice promotes a limited time classified rate and a special smorgasbord offer ending January 31, 1973.
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Kenneth Hinkle
Athens 4
Decatur Daily
City Family Hopes for News On Capt. Jefferson Missing In Vietnam
The Foxx family close to Gainesville Florida awaits word about Capt. James Jefferson missing since a May 1967 Phantom crash near Hanoi. Hope rose after President Nixon ceasefire talk, though uncertainty remains about his fate. The sister recalls his toughness and fitness, while a photo suggests a possible link to a Christmas prisoner gathering.
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Beth Foxx
William Foxx
Kenneth Foxx
Ave. SE
North Vietnam
Jamies Jefferson
Linda Parham
James Jefferson
8Th Ave
Hanoi
Jefferson
Cel
Wayne Jefferson
Gainesville
Fla
Vietnam
Jimmy
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Haiphong
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