Ancient Bridge Disaster Exposes Highway Load Risks
A Long ago suspension bridge collapse in Point Pleasant West Virginia highlights bridge capacity failures as traffic loads rise. The 40 year old structure bore 75 cars, risking over 150 tons, with 13 dead so far and officials warned of lax capacity checks and overdue engineering reviews.
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Not So Funny Now At The College Show
The item describes a disrupted event at a college venue with postponement and transportation issues. It notes a Saturday evening schedule change involving attendees heading toward the college between Hobbs and Lerving, reflecting a local disruption affecting plans.
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Julot College
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Shielded by Rainfall the Cong Has Built Huge New Oil Depot
North Vietnam built a large fuel depot near Haiphong amid rainy season, aiding truck movements for war supplies toward South Vietnam. US bombers target bridges nearby. depot near a populated area could draw precise bombing but radar gaps hindered. Officials note continued rains may limit operations for months as port facilities shift cargo toward Haiphong and Hon Gay.
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Fred S. Hoffman
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Haiphong
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United States
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Hun Gal
Pantasion
Arkansan Is Rhodes Scholar
SWARTHMORE Ark., AP William J. Clinton a senior at Georgetown University from Hot Springs was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. He is one of 32 Americans chosen for at least two years of study at Oxford University in England. The $2,760 annual grant covers tuition and living costs. Mrs Clinton is the former Virginia Cassidy of Hope.
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William J. Clinton
Georgetown University
Hot Springs
Ark
Rhodes
Oxfont University
England
Clinton
Virginda Clinton
Oxford
Vicg Unin Cassidy
Hope
Navajo Tribe Struck by Worst Storm Hopes for Break
The Navajo Nation in Window Rock faces extreme distress after a severe storm last Tuesday night. An estimated 60,000 Navajos experience varying hardships across the 16,000 to 18,000 square miles of the 23,600 square mile reservation as helicopters plan to shuttle food, shelter, clothes, and medical aid. One death is confirmed, a 60 year old sheep herder in the Harthedst area.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Dredd
Frank Chambers
Sue Perintendent
Bureau
Sprayding
Harthedst
Thare Weredle
Hough Rock
Nie Jo Pullee
Atlatis
Nile
More Raids on Enemy Cost 3 Jets
American planes continued raids on North Vietnam for the fifth straight day. The U S Command reported three jets lost Sunday two shot down by MIG interceptors. An F105 and an F4 Phantom were downed, with two crewmen missing. One Phantom was hit by ground fire. one crewman was killed and the other rescued. Including Sunday, a Phantom was shot down Saturday. U S records show 36 American planes and 99 MiGs shot down in air combat so far. A total of 765 U S warplanes have been reported lost over the North. See MORE RAIDS On Page 9.
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Associated Press
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North
Vietnam
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Hanoi
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North Vietnam
Panhandle
No Hope for Australian Leader
The disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt off Portsea threatens Australia's political stability as a search falters. Deputy John McEwen leads the government while Liberal and Country party leaders debate succession and coalition future amid a potential shock to leadership.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Harold E. Holt
Holt
Portsea
John McEwen
Country Party
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Widlam McMahon
Hue
Canberra
McEwen
Allen Fair
Ohio River bridge collapse toll rises in grim search
In Point Pleasant W V A a crane in rain lifted a crumpled car from the Ohio River as rescue crews reported 41 missing and 13 dead from the bridge collapse. Eight bodies were recovered from the river over the weekend, with flood risks complicating dives.
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Robert E. Miller
Associated Press
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W.va
Ohio
West Virginia
Max Ray
New Orleans
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William McMahon
Australa
Harold Holt
Britain
de Gaulle
Constantine
Ohio River
Arizona
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Edward Brooke
Congress
America
All Around Town Christmas Card and Local Notes
Christm as card from Kens eth Anderson, recalling former supervisor back in 1900 and wishes well while noting wartime thoughts in Quang Ngai Vietnam. Mentions hospital visits, local events, Masonic lodge meeting, and school holiday schedule with notes on staff and community happenings.
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Kenseth Anderson
Quang Ngai
Vietnam
Arkansas Supreme Court rules Davis ineligible as police director
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled 6 to 1 that Lynn A. Davis cannot serve as police director because he did not meet the Arkansas residency requirement of at least 10 years before appointment. The decision reverses a circuit court ruling, with Justice Ward dissenting. Governor Rockefeller had proposed Davis’s appointment be eligible if the court ruled otherwise. Davis had previously spent time out of state with the FBI. Rockefeller indicated plans to appoint him to another post.
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ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Lynn A. Davis
Paul Ward
Davis
Arkansas
FBI
High Court
Warren E. Wood
Winthrop Rockefeller
J. Rockefeller
David
Pulaski County
Rockefeller
New York
J. Fred
Criticism of Catlett Blocked by Young Democrats
Roy Lee Hight of Little Rock blocked criticism of Democratic Party Chairman Leon Catlett at a Young Democrats meeting. Resolutions disassociating from Info '68 and demanding Catlett's resignation were not allowed due to no quorum. David Ivy condemned the ruling as arbitrary and said the session was disrupted.
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Little Rock
Roy Lee Hight
Young Democrat Clubs
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Leon Catlett
Young Democrats Executive Committee
Info
Hight
David Ivy
Hendrix College
Robert Vaughn praises Fulbright at Fayetteville event
The Man From U N C L E star Robert Vaughn, a Dissenting Democrats member and USC political science doctoral candidate, told a Fayetteville audience that Senator J William Fulbright is one of America’s great consciences and urged a renaissance of the human psyche while warning against parroted political clichés about the yellow peril. He also spoke against the Vietnam War.
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
America
Vaughn
University of Southern
Pavlor
Eddie Whitman
Frank McLarty
Bud
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Whitman
Vietnam
Pate Catkins
Bill Elbert
Jonesboro
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Razorback
Mack McLarty
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