Muskie holds lead but NH result seen as campaign start
In New Hampshire Muskie wins with 48 percent to McGovern's 37 percent, but with no clear majority. He collects 16 of 20 delegates as rivals link the result to a long primary race with Illinois courts and Florida looming.
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Manchester
N.H
Edmund S. Muskie
Florida
Muskie
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Ilinois
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Maine
Bernstein on Words Not all that glister and word usage discussed
The 1972 essay by Theodore M Bernstein explores common phrasing in writing and speech. He contrasts phrases like not all that late with the normal word so and clarifies distinctions between enormous and enormousness and between enormity and vastness. He cites a London car repair miscommunication to illustrate linguistic drift.
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New York
Planes Hit Antiaircraft Units In North Vietnam
U S fighter bombers attacked antiaircraft defenses in North Vietnam for the seventh straight day, while more than twenty B52 bombers carried heavy raids south of the DMZ. An F4 Phantom strike hit an antiaircraft site about 25 miles north of the DMZ with no damage to the U S aircraft. The command noted the twenty third attack on North Vietnam antiaircraft defenses reported since last Wednesday. A Navy aircraft returned from a mission, the briefing said.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Dmz
Navy
Vietnam War updates near Da Nang and Cambodia gains
A crashed pilot near Da Nang was rescued with injuries and the cause remains unknown. B52s conducted nine missions against suspected bases around Khe Sanh and A Shau Valley. Cambodian forces retook Koh Sotin island near Phnom Penh after 10 days of fighting, with air strikes killing about 100 enemy troops and eight bunkers destroyed. In Cambodia and Laos, clashes left casualties and village displacements as authorities report ongoing operations and security actions.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
A Shau
da Nang
Ban Me Thuot
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Angkor Temple
Bat ‘Tambang
Education Emphasis Month Acknowledges Decatur Schools
In the Feb 27 edition, the community is reminded March is Education Emphasis Month by the Chamber of Commerce. The note credits Hatford R Leeman for accrediting all Decatur schools in 1968 and overseeing an 8.5 million building program funded by earlier tax measures, with growth credited to educators officials and parents. Curtis P Sellers signs as Superintendent.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur City
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Hatford R Leeman
Curtis P Sellers
Decatur City Schools
Security Tightened In Northern Ireland War Measures Enacted
Prime Minister Faulkner imposed security controls in Belfast including searches of entrants to public buildings and bag checks for explosives or firearms. Merchants fear loss of business as bombings in crowded places prompt tighter entrances and guard patrols. Snipers fired on army patrols at night. gunfire injuries reported in Londonderry amid sectarian tensions and planned protests.
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Belfast
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
London
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