MIG Kills Announced By U S Command West Of Hanoi
U S Air Force jets claimed three North Vietnamese MIG21s shot down in a dogfight west of Hanoi on Oct 15. Eight F4 Phantoms escorted bombers. one MIG downed 35 miles west and two about 100 miles west of Hanoi. U S losses totaled 71 aircraft. Navy strikes hit Hai Yen base near Vinh and a Haiphong area boatyard. B52s pounded southern North Vietnam. Ground fighting disrupted traffic near Bung Cau and Pleiku as forces attacked around Fire Base 40 and other positions. Three 7th Fleet destroyers engaged shore batteries near Thanh Hoa. In Knoxville, James G. Sanders recovers after a heart attack during the Alabama-Tennessee game.
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Saigon
USS
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
Kitty Hawk
Enterprise
Hai Yen
Vinh
Haiphong
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Bung Cau
South Vietnam
Pleiku
My Thach
Duc Co
7Th Fleet
Cochrane
Thanh Hoa
Navy
Guilty Plea Taken In Embezzlement Case
Jack W. Holland 44 of Birmingham pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court before Judge R L Hundley to embezzling 75 trash cans from O K Rubber and Tire in 1970. He said he traded the cans for two televisions used in his home. Sentencing was postponed for probation investigation. Notes Of Interest include newly elected deacons A J Eliner and Leo L Fabisinsky.
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Jack W. Holland
Birmingham
Morgan County
R. L
Dick) Hundley
Huntsville
O. K. Rubber and Tire Company
Holland
Hundley
U S Observes Veterans Day Across the Nation
Veterans Day observances included parades and services at Arlington National Cemetery with the Medal of Honor Society leading the rites and a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Nixon planned a campaign swing in New York area while McGovern visited Philadelphia.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Medal of Honor Society
Nixon
Westchester
Suffolk
Nassau
New York
George McGovern
Philadelphia
Joseph L. Gaal
11Th District
American Legion
Kissinger Holds Talks With Cambodian and South Vietnamese Leaders
Kissinger visited Phnom Penh for three hours with Cambodian President Lon Nol and then had a two and a half hour meeting with General Thieu. Thieu then called provincial and police officials to a mass meeting at the presidential palace to discuss roles in a possible ceasefire with Khmer Rouge forces.
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Khmer Rouge
Kissinger
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Thieu
Thieu forms study committee as cease fire looms in Vietnam
In Saigon Thieu set up a 50 member Central Study Committee led by Lt. Gen. Dang Van Quang to map ministry duties for a possible cease-fire. Officials say the plan may not complete before any truce and elections in the United States. Gen. Abrams is in Saigon offering technical cease-fire help. A separate local incident reports a gutted home at 207 8th Ave NW with arson and burglary charges against Robert Ray Patton.
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Thieu
Dang van Quang
United States
Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Robert Ray Patton
10Th Ave
Tony Estes
Four Charged In Weekend Liquor and Check Cases
Four persons were charged with illegal possession of prohibited liquor and two with issuing worthless checks. Named defendants include Elmer Lee Bennett, 19, Randal Michael Greene, 18, Richard D. Markham, 22, and Robert Lee Romine, 50, plus Charles R. Ransom, 40, and Quinton Doug Kelsoe, 21. Bonds: Ransom $380, Kelsoe $900.
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Elmer Lee Bennett
Pine St
Randal Michael Greene
Falkville
Richard D. Markham
Houston
Robert Lee Romine
Somerville
Charles R. Ransom
Lacey
Quinton Doug Kelsoe
Danville 2
Kelsoe
Turkish hijackers demand prison release and asylum in Sofia
Turkish government rejects release of 13 imprisoned leftists as four hijackers of a Sofia bound Boeing 707 press for asylum in Bulgaria. They threaten to blow up the aircraft if demands are not met, while the plane sits under siege amid a snowstorm with 81 aboard.
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Ankara
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
BTA
Istanbul
ETA
Budget Summary Shows Large Capital Outlay Decline
The district reports total expenditures of 6 116 752 23 with operating costs 4 972 392 23 and capital outlay 961 957. Debt service is 182 403 and estimated surplus 55 298 64. Capital outlay dropped significantly from 1971 72 2 039 051 40, with Brewer Vocational and High School at Florette driving most capital expenses.
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Brewer Vocational and High School
Florette
Nader Profile Highlights Senate Years and Roles
The article notes Ralph Nader’s 26th Senate term and 1952 presidential bid with Adlai Stevenson. It cites his chairmanship of the Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and leadership positions on Foreign Relations Select Small Business and Defense Production panels. It quotes Eugene Gulledge praising his housing influence in the Senate.
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Paget
U. S. House
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Select Committee On Small Business
Joint Economic Committee
Joint Committee On
Defense Production
Eugene Gulledge
Housing and Urban Development
No Progress In Boggs Hunt
Anchorage Alaska AP three military planes expanded search for missing light plane carrying House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs and three others. The crew included Rep Nick Begich Don Jonz and Begich aide Russell Brown. Clouds rain fog hampered efforts.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Boggs
Juneau
Nick Begich
Russell L. Brown
Begich
Don E. Jonz
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Coast Guard
Air Force
Sitka
Henry Stocker
Jonz
Stocker
California
Limestone Extension Agent F K Agee Dies at 62
Floyd K Agee Sr Limestone County Extension Farm agent for 25 years died Sunday at Athens Limestone Hospital of an apparent heart attack. Funeral Tuesday 11 am at First Baptist Church with Rev Tilford Jenkins officiating. Burial Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include widow two daughters three sons nine grandchildren a sister.
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Athens
Floyd K. Agee
Limestone County Extension
Athens- Limestone Hospital
First Baptist Church
Tilford Jenkins
McConnell Funeral Home
Roselawn
Agee
Shilling St
Wilcox County
Auburn University
Jackson County
Limestone County
Holly Pond
Cullman County
Scottsboro
F. K. Agee Sr
James Ezell
Richard * Williams
Alexandria
Floyd K. Agee Jr
James A. Agee
Elliott Agee
Elizabeth Nettles
Arlington
Nixon leads in poll amid Eagleton fallout and campaign issues
Harris reports Nixon at 59 percent vs McGovern at 34 percent with 25 percent undecided. He notes an underdog effect for McGovern but warns Nixon’s solid edge requires a major turnaround. He sees early signs that the Democratic break in at headquarters, the Soviet wheat deal, and business ties are denting Nixon.
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Harris
Nixon
McGovern
Gauntlet Gamut The Running Of Words In Bernstein Essay
Bernstein explains gauntlet and gantlet origins from chivalry and military punishment. He contrasts gauntlet as challenge with gantlet as running between attackers. He also notes gamut as a medieval musical scale later meaning a complete sequence.
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Sanders
Knoxville
James G
Red) Sanders
Shumake Furniture Co
Waylon Free
Puckett
University Medical Research Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
A. J. Eliner
Leo L. Fabisinsky
U. S
THE
Associated Press
Alabama
Decatur General Hospital
Debra Rucker
Dean Williams
Lydia Myers
Polly Justice
Ann Linderman
Stella Guier
Charles Watkins
Charles Overstreet
South Morgan County
Citizens Band
Hartselle City Auditorium
Jock Hopkins
American Legion Post No
Turners Funeral Home
Priceville Pta
Priceville
Decatur Fire Fighters Association
Starlite
Decatur Women’s Club
T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Trevor Williams
Wales
Oak Park
American Association of Retired Persons
Summer Manor
Morgan County Rural Development Committee
Danville
West Morgan
Flint
County High
Plainview
Cotaco
Eva
Ryan
Lacey’s Spring
Union Hill Men’s Club
Beta Sigma Phi
First — Bank
Kenneth Sharrott
Hartselle
Decatur Safety Council
Sundowner
Morgan County Tar Association
Central Methodist Church
Jeane Dixon
Dym
West Morgan Pta
Diggerettes Garden Club
Bobby Bates
Trinity Mountain
Andrew Burke
Mickey Vieth
Chattan
Christian Women’s Club
Decatur Inn
John Collier
Buford Green Jr
Paul D. Thatcher
William Eyster
June Wilson
Somerville Road School
PTA
Neel School
Pham van Dong
Newsweek Magazine
Johnny Atkins
Nathaniel Turner
8Th Ave
Atkins
A. B. Turner
Nader
F.K. Agee
Bobby Gentry
Pat Waldrop
S. Q. Hampton
Brown Mims
Leo Hampton
Watt Carter
Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
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