Fashionable underwear and miniskirt debates across states
An editor notes new men's underwear lines in eight fashion colors including Fire Red and Blush Pink. The piece satirically links style to personality. Georgia lawmakers clash over skirt lengths for secretaries. Colorado bans miniskirted female messengers. A Tax Foundation estimate says U.S. government take per family tops poverty thresholds.
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Comppany
Savannah
Evening Press
U.S
Tax Foundation, Inc
Dallas
Tex
Morning News
Fog Festival seeks soggy, sunless weekend in February
Ocean Shores residents stage the second annual February Fog Festival led by Paul Cornwell as organizers cheer bad weather and soggy surf. The main event, February 22 to 25, features the North American Mid-Winter championship where 100 yards of ocean dash in seven foot swells. Contestants dodge waves toward a pole and back with hot water from an official reheater keeping them warm.
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Ocean Shores
Wash
Paul Cornwell
Cornwell
Washington Pacific
Lenause
FFF
Neighbors Describe Quiet Nixon Peninsula
Bay Lane on Key Biscayne remains alert with Secret Service at the head of the road and residents show ID to pass. Nixon owns multiple homes on the block and keeps the estate hidden behind a hedge while security bans aircraft above and boaters stay 500 yards away. Nearby residents note few door to door solicitors since the winter White House activation, though burglaries have occurred in the past. James Farmer accepts HEW post saying he will try to make establishment work for the poor and blacks and comments on Nixon as the only president we have despite past harsh words.
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Stratton L
Douthat
Associated Press
Key Biscayne
Fla
John Hardy
Nixon
White House
Bay Lane
Secret Service
Hardy
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Farmer
New York
James Farmer
Hubert H. Humphrey
Israeli Jets Hit Guerrillas Inside Jordan
Israeli jet fighters struck a suspected Arab guerrilla pocket inside Jordan for about 25 minutes with ground troops firing across the border. Jordan said napalm bombs were dropped but there were no Jordanian losses. A second Israeli patrol faced light fire in Hebron with no Israeli casualties.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Qatef
Sea of Galilee
Newsweek Magazine
Cahalites
Israel
Arkansan Killed in Vietnam War Action
Washington AP reports Marine Lance Cpl. Billy J. Curbow of Pine Bluff and Army Spec. 4 Chester E. Hill of Colt St Francis County were killed in action in Vietnam. The Pentagon notified families, detailing their parentage and hometowns.
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Washington
Pentagon
Marine Lance Cpl
Billy J. Curbow
Bearl Curbow
Pine Bluff
Army Spec
Chester E. Hill
Clovis E. Hill
Colt
St. Francis County
Vietnam
Admirals in Pueblo Case to Tour Ship
Five admirals on the Pueblo court of inquiry fly across the continent to gain a working knowledge of an intelligence ship. They will inspect the USS Palm Beach in Norfolk before returning to San Diego. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher, recalled as a witness, will stay in San Diego. The Palm Beach is 200 tons larger and has different compartments.
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Coronado
Calif
Cape Ture
Pueblo
Palm Beach
Norfolk
Lloyd M. Bucher
San Die
Bucher
Peru Frees U S Fishing Vessel
Peru releases the tuna boat Mariner after capturing it with a gunboat near the coast. The incident, which involved machine gun fire and a boarding attempt, sparked U S concerns over potential aid cuts and disputed territorial waters. Skipper Joseph Lewis of San Diego paid a fine to secure release.
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Joe McGowan JR
Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Pacific
Washington
U.S
Mariner
William P. Rogers
United States
Fernando Berckemeyer
Talara
Joseph Lewis
San Diego
Calif
John Verissimo
San Juan
Verissimo
Ed Gann
Gann
Felano
North American Association of Tuna Fishermen
Toth Ume
State Department
Americans Still Want Secret Talks in Paris
In Paris, U S peace negotiators say secret contacts may follow public sessions with Hanoi. Lodge cautioned little in public comes from meetings while Jorden avoided comment on secret talks as Hanoi accused U S of rumors. The weekly sessions remained a propaganda clash with both sides entrenched.
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Paris
Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Jorden
Nguyen Thanh le
Hanoi
United States
Lodge
The Years Usually End Many a Budding Valentine Romance
Mary Anita Lasater recalls Valentine memories from school days noting the excitement of handmade decorations, the box opening, and the thrill of personal deliveries. A boy named Wilfud delivered her Valentines after school, altering a dull day with a freckled smile and a simple sack of greetings.
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Wilfud
Mary
Population rise highlights Arkansas census update
Population figures from the U.S. Bureau of the Census show Arkansas gaining about 200,000 people in the eight years since the 1960 census. As of July 1, 1968, Arkansas total stands at 1,986,000 civilian residents, up from 1,786,272 in 1960, an 11.2 percent rise versus the national 11.5 percent increase. Arkansas is among eight states with 8 to 11.9 percent growth, while 23 states rose less and 18 more.
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Little Rock
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Arkansas
Trucker Killed in Accident near Castor Louisiana
AP report names Richard Mills, 25, of Hot Springs, killed when his log truck veered off a road and into a ditch near Castor Louisiana on Thursday. The incident halted traffic as authorities investigated the crash and identified Mills as the deceased operator.
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Castor
Richard Mills
Hot Springs
Scenic River Bill Progress Reported By Senate
Sen. Oscar Alagood of Little Rock advanced a scenic rivers bill out of the Senate Conservation and Natural Resources Committee without recommendation. The measure would create a system including the Buffalo Mulberry Kings Eleven Point Piney Creek rivers and allow the legislature to designate rivers after study and public hearings.
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Uttle Rock
Senate Committee On Conservation and Natural Resources
Oscar Alagood
Little Rock
Carl Sorrels
Allies Ignore Start of Viet Cong Ceasefire
Allied forces continued air strikes and battalion size offensive operations despite the Viet Cong ceasefire at Tet. Saigon planned a short allied truce for Monday but delayed details until 11 p.m. due to fears of a break in the cease-fire. US intelligence reported North Vietnamese divisions near Cambodia not currently massing for Saigon attack. A monk self immolated in Bien Hoa province. two terrorists killed a hamlet chief near Bong Son as Viet Cong truce began. B52s bombed targets north of Saigon. total air losses reached 2,368 choppers and 2,551 fixed-wing craft. Thieu urged more military victories ahead of Paris peace talks.
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George Pek
Associated Press
Saigon
Saigon Me
Cambodia
Bien Hoa
Bong Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
Mekong
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Thieu
Defense Says Sirhan Did Kill Kennedy
The trial heard that a busboy Juan Romero cradled Kennedy after the shot and urged him to endure. Defense contends Sirhan acted in a trance, while prosecutors seek first degree murder with malice and premeditation. Romero said he witnessed the shooter approach and then saw Kennedy collapse.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Frees
Rnter
LOS Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Juan Romero
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kennedy
Emile Zola Berman
Sirhan
Sen. Kennedy
Berman
Barman
Defense
Michael McCowan
Mike
Romero
Len
Russell E. Parsons
Evan Sirhan
Auto Train Collision Claims Camden Woman
Sadie Horace, 50, of Camden, Ark., died after her car struck a Cotton Belt freight train Thursday. The wreck occurred in Camden and authorities reported the fatal collision involved the vehicle and the train.
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Camden, Ark
Sadie Horace
Camden
Schools to Vote on Merger in Arkansas Districts
MCGEHEE Arkansas voters in Mor Gehee and Dermott will decide March 11 whether their two school districts should merge as recommended by the school wards.
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Mcgehee, Ark
MorGehee and Dermott
Cargo moving on the Arkansas River hits 63000 tons
The Office of the Wide Rock District Army Engineers said on Thursday that more than 63,000 tons of cargo moved on the Arkansas River during the month. The report notes substantial activity on the Mississippi river corridor and related allocations.
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Uttle Rock
Wide Rock
Army Engineers Office
Arkansas River
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