Be on Lookout for Road Fund Theft in Mystic Conn
Our Daily editor warns against diverting gasoline tax revenue from the Highway Trust Fund to mass transit projects. He notes federal officials’ push, doubts its chance in Congress, and urges public watchfulness against any such diversion. He recalls Mystic Conn datelines and a legend of odd dispatches, wary of the modern use of that dateline.
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Mystic, Conn
Transport
Volpe
Congress
U.S. Highway Trust Fund
Washington
Transport Department
Highway Trust Fund
Potomac
Bombers Return to War As U S Planes Strike Vinh North Vietnam
U S B52 bombers resumed air raids over North Vietnam hitting targets around Vinh 145 miles northwest of the DMZ in the deepest reach by the big warplanes since 1967. South Vietnam reports crushing the northern front spearhead of the Communist offensive, with 20 000 more troops sent into the battle for An Loc as nightfall nears.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
America
South Vietnam
Dmz
An Loc
Nixon
U.S
Highway 1
Ma Gia Pass
Radio
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
United States
John R. Craig
Ronan
Navy
Craig
Johnson Improving After Heart Attack In Charlottesville
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson shows signs of improvement after a heart attack last weekend in Charlottesville Virginia. Dr John Willis Hurst, flown in as Johnsons heart specialist, says the 63 year old ex leader has few serious danger signals and may return to his Atlanta home. The doctor notes a myocardial infarction as the diagnosis and cites past history of a 1955 heart attack.
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Charlottesville
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Willis Hurst
Johnson
Atlanta
Hurst
Texas
Countdown Starts for Moon Mission Apollo 16 Flight
AP reports the countdown begins at Cape Kennedy for Apollo 16, man’s fifth moon landing. Launch would occur Sunday at 12:54 p.m. EST after 104 hours 30 minutes, with the Saturn 5 clock starting at 8:30 a.m. EST. Early steps include powering three rocket stages and activating systems, with planned halts for rest and catchup.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Warm Weather Returns to Arkansas Amid Thundershowers
The Associated Press reports warm air returns to Arkansas as a cold high pressure system moves out. Tonight brings increasing cloudiness and a chance of thundershowers, with a front moving southeast from the Plains. Lows in 50s and 60s. highs 70s to low 80s. but the warm spell ends as the front stalls across Oklahoma and Missouri Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Texarkana
Jonesboro
Fayetteville
Harrison
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Iran Quake Kills Over 1,000 in Southern Villages
A powerful earthquake in southern Iran collapsed mud brick villages near Qeer and Karzin. Government and relief teams rushed medical supplies and water, with authorities noting about one fifth of homes collapsed and most victims were women and children. Prime Minister Hoveyda ordered relief efforts as engineers and roads were mobilized.
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Tehran
Iran
Manuchehr Pirooz
Fars
Geophysics Institute
Tehran University
Pirooz
Qeer
Karzin
Amir Abass Hoveila
Fits
Mahmoud Reza
Sudem Ise
Pelicopter
Artois
Inmates Strike at Texarkana Prison Demand Grievances
About 150 to 200 federal inmates at Texarkana prison staged a hunger and sit-down strike, refusing meals and drafting grievances for Warden Connett. Officials reported no violence, but 10 extra staff were deployed as guards monitored unrest in the mini‑government security unit housing roughly 550 inmates.
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Texarkana
Tex
Federal
W. M. Connett
Bill Strong
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Strong
Injuries Prove Fatal in Fulton Pedestrian Crash
William Conway, 56, of Fulton, died in a Texarkana hospital from injuries suffered April 1 when struck by a car on Highway 67 near Fulton. State Patrolman Robert W. Neel said Conway stood in the road and a second vehicle swerved to miss him and hit him. He died a week later. no charges were filed.
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William Conway
Fulton
Texarkana
Highway 67
Robert W. Neel
Conway
Assassination of Gen Juan Carlos Sanchez in Argentina
Gen Juan Carlos Sanchez commander of Argentina's 2nd Army was killed by machine gun fire from a passing car in downtown Rosario. A woman bystander also died and the general's chauffeur was wounded as killers sped away. Officials condemned the act as brutal terrorism and a cowardly assassination.
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Rosario
Argentina
Juan Carlos Sanchez
2Nd Army
Sanchez
Liteeausine
Anoarins Carmitunique
wWrou
Parachute and pistol found after jetliner extortion arrest
The FBI told a Salt Lake City magistrate that investigators recovered 499,970 dollars, a parachute and a pistol on the premises of Richard Floyd Melon, a man charged in an extortion hijack case involving a jetliner. The items were turned over as evidence from search warrants.
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David Briscoe
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
FBI
Aom Ferra
Richard Floyd Melon
Three Die on Highways in Arkansas Train Collision
Three people died when their car was struck by a freight train in Forrest City. Victims were Troy E. Copeland Sr. 53 Lavada Copeland 43 and Troy Copeland Jr. 26. Three children survived with injuries after being thrown from the vehicle. Police say mechanical failure caused the car to stall on tracks. AP weekend fatality count ran 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Forrest City
Troy E. Copeland Sr
Lavada
Troy FE. Copeland Jr
Memphis
James F Byrnes dies after long illness at 92
Former U S Justice James F Byrnes is reported to have died at age 92 after a long illness in Columbia South Carolina He quit school at 14 to support his widowed mother then rose to become a congressman a Supreme Court justice a U S secretary of state and Governor of South Carolina The obituary notes his long service and pivotal roles in government.
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Columbia
S.C
James F. Byrnes
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
South Carolina
Byrnes
Statehouse
Trinity Episcopal Church
Charleston
Franklin D. Velt
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Democratic
Hope Little League Auxiliary to Meet Tuesday Evening
Community notices include a Hope event for the Little League Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Youth Center with old and new members urged to attend. Also reported are city building permits totaling 603450 for January through March, compared with 523350 last year, a 80000 rise.
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Hope Little League
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