Laos Battle Shifts On North and South Fronts With Heavy Losses
North Viet Nam forces press Laotian defenses as Ban Nhik retreat exposes Bolovens plateau. Phou Cam and Sam Thong fall under siege tactics while Long Cheng loses function as CIA base. U S reports NVA missiles in southern Laos and air strikes inside North Vietnam amid rising Mekong Delta clashes.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Laos
Vientiane
Ban Nhik
Bolovens
Phou Cam
Plain of Jars
Sam Thong
Long Cheng
Central — Intelligence Agency
Pakse
CIA
Vang Pao
U.S
Ban Karai Pass
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Mekong
Bouam Long
Public meeting on Oak Hollow lake development plans
The Parks and Recreation Department will hold a public information meeting on Thursday January 13 at 8 p.m. in the Astor Dowdy Auditorium to explain Oak Hollow park and lake plans and answer questions. The session covers feasibility, potential blind use, and wildlife considerations with full Wildlife Commission oversight.
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New City
N.C. Wildlife Commission
Parks and Recreation Department
Astor Dowdy Auditorium
Oak Hollow
Lot on West Green Drive Mowed. Rats Averted?
A reader notes the back lot at 1410 West Green Drive was cleared December 27 by Public Works Director Wills and now looks good. They worry the lot’s condition affects rat activity and hope the cleanup remains effective.
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W. Green Drive
L.A. A
Public Works
Wills
Book Lending Clubs and a North Carolina Hellgrammite
Inquiry notes High Point book stores lending books for 5 to 10 cents daily with newer titles before libraries. Another item asks about a Grimes Street house fire and tracing address details for city inspectors. A third entry clarifies hellgrammite as the larval stage of Corydalis cornutus, used as fish bait, with adult wings and lifespan details.
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North America
Weight Watchers and GED prep options noted
A reader asks for the nearest weight watchers club and learns of two meeting sites Lebanon Methodist Church 237 Idol Dr and St Christopher s Episcopal Church 225 East Chester Dr with evening times. The GED prep program at Pilot View Baptist Church and Main Street Junior High School in Thomasville is described with class times and a $3 testing fee at Davidson County Community College.
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Lebanon Methodist Church
Idol Dr
Secon
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Eastchester Dr
Pilot View Baptist Church
Thomasville Road
Main Street
Thomasville
L. H. Ballard
Davidson County Community College
Court sidesteps key issues in two high court rulings
The Supreme Court, in two 6-1 decisions, avoided ruling on the central disputes over a Miami church tax exemption and a Dow Chemical anti napalm proposal. The court cited mootness after Florida's law change and the defeated dissident proposal, declining advisory opinions. Justice Douglas criticized the Dow ruling as weak to the era’s activism.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Powell
Rehnquist
Miami
Florida
Dow Chemical Co
Dow Chemical
Thurgood Marshall
Dow
William S. Douglas
Douglas
Test Tube Baby Nears Birth Announcement
A report from New York outlines how scientists in England Belgium and Japan are moving toward the implantation or birth of a test tube baby. British researchers Dr Douglas Bevis Dr Robert G Edwards and Dr P C Steptoe aim to fertilize eggs outside the body and implant embryos to help women with blocked fallopian tubes.
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New York
England
Belgium
Japan
Douglas Bevis
Jessop Hospital
Sheffield
Democrats Nominate 12 for Florida March Primary
Hubert H. Humphrey headlines a 12 name Democratic slate for Florida's March 14 primary as Kennedy and Muskie join Hartke Jackson McGovern Muskie in the lineup. Wallace also listed with Republicans Nixon McCloskey and Ashbrook.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Florida
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard Stone
Nixon
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
John V. Lindsay
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Humphrey
Philadelphia
Talahassee
Fla
Democrats Name Church As Chairman
RALEIGH AP As expected the North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee elected Sen John Church of Henderson as party chairman and set June 20 as the state convention date A May 9 precinct meetings date was adopted with May 16 as an added meeting if needed County conventions are slated for May 27 and congressional district meetings on June 10 Lacy Pesnell 20 a UNC Chapel Hill junior was named vice chairman to succeed Charles Winberry Jr of Rocky Mount effective Jan 23 Church Gov Bob Scotts choice said the party can win with hard work Church succeeds Joe Yates Raleigh businessman who had served as acting chairman since last July replacing Gene Simmons
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
John Church
Henderson
Lacy Pesnell
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Charles Winberry Jr
Rocky Mount
Church
Bob Scott
Joe Yates
Gene Simmons
Lawmakers Warn Open Borders Risk U S Air Defenses
The House Armed Services subcommittee says U S air defenses failed to spot a Cuban airliner before landing in New Orleans last fall. It calls the system virtually useless and urges a quick upgrade including over the horizon radar to cover Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Washington
House
U.S
New Orleans
Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Florida
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
NORAD
McKee
Hebert
Havana
Miami
State Department
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
American Airlines
Alexei Kosygin
Gunfight in Street Ends in Four Deaths in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge Louisiana four people die after a street gunfight between deputies and Black residents during a police move to clear an impromptu rally. Twenty blacks arrested for disturbing the peace. eight later charged with murder. National Guard called, curfew imposed, bars and groceries closed.
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Baton Rouge
W. W. Dumas
The
NAACP
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Sheriff
Bryan Clemmons Jr
Eddie Bauer
National Guard
Dumas
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Thailand
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High Point
Straughan’s and Wills Book Stores
Grimes Street
Anon. A
Fire Prevention Bureau
Grimes
W. Grimes
City Hall
Eugene McCarthy
Associated Press
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