Laird Reaffirms Vietnam Cutbacks and Drawdown Schedule
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird arrived in Saigon to discuss further U.S. troop reductions in Vietnam, including the withdrawal of the last 25,000 Marines by June. Plans call for reducing total U.S. force levels to 284,000 by May 1 and to 250,000 or fewer over the summer, with major Marine units slated for withdrawal. The visit follows talks in Thailand and a push to complete Phase One of Vietnamization by midsummer, limiting U.S. roles to logistics, air support, and security.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Saigoon
America
Vietnam
Laird
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
U Taphao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Nixon
Sth
1St
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Ini
Frederick C. Weyand
Weyand
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Obituary notices for Jones Ruggles Hodgins Farrar Jacobs and MacKenty
Charles Lex Jones 61 of Hope dies at Booneville with service at Mt. Nebo Church burial at Mt. Nebo Cemetery. Tom Ruggles 56, longtime Hope resident, dies in Peoria with Masonic service. Eric Hodgins 71 former Fortune publisher and author of Mr Blandings dies. Fred Farrar 77 trumpet player with Dorsey brothers dies. Joseph Jacobs 77 former ambassador to Poland and Czechoslovakia dies. John Gilman MacKenty 70 RCA executive dies. former Radio Marine Corp leader.
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Charles Lex Jones
Hope
Booneville
Charles Raymond Jones
Columbus
Tom Ruggles
Hempstead
Peoria
Ill
Oden
Inez Ruggles
Viola Ruggles
Robert
Richard
Glendora
Calif
Freda Ward
Chicago
Mary Lee Edwards
Hot Springs
Lovenia Duncan
Little Rock
Edith Davis
Bakersfield
Lovenia Sembach
W. B. Ruggles
Cookson Funeral Home
Plymouth, Jr
New York
Eric Hodgins
Fortune Magazine
Time Inc
Hodgins
Mr. Blandings
Washington
Joseph E. Jacobs
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw
Edgartown
Mass
John Gilman
MacKenty
RCA
Radiomarine Corp. of America
International
Mena Merges Gas Shortage Halts County Operations
Polk County Arkansas orders close all schools and gas heated businesses due to a gas shortage. Officials urge Sevier County to close as well. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co begins emergency gas supply to residences and hospitals. Gas service nearly failed Tuesday, nearly a year after previous outage.
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Mena
Ark
Polk County
Sevier County
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Arkansas Weather Summary for Friday Forecasts
Experiment Station reports 24 hour period ending at 6 a.m. Friday with high 28 and low 21. Forecast for Arkansas calls for clear and not so cold tonight. Saturday expected fair and warmer with lows in the upper teens to 20s and highs in the 40s and low 50s.
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Arkansas
Soil Survey Underway in Hempstead County
Hempstead County conducts a comprehensive soil survey to map and interpret soils for farming, forestry, building sites, and planning. Soil maps show diverse soil types from deep sands to shrink swell clays, with laboratory data from the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State Highway Department. The program, run by the Hempstead County Soil and Water Conservation District, emphasizes public cooperation and practical uses for residents.
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Hempstead County
Jim Hoelscher
George Brown
Hempstead
Snow Wave Hits Deep South With Ice Across Region
Winter's arctic blast drives snow and freezing rain into the Deep South. Four inches of snow coats Greenwood Mississippi and Natchez endures ice. Schools close in northern Louisiana and Mississippi. New Mexico suffers fuel shortages. Six fatalities from weather related crashes. National Weather Service warns worst yet to come with heavy snow and ice advisories across multiple states.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Greenwood
Miss
Natchez
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Albuquerque
South
National Weather Service
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
McClellan probes organized crime role in securities thefts
Sen. John L. McClellan said a wide ranging probe into organized crime and a vast theft of negotiable securities from brokerage houses banks and the U S mails is under way. He noted hearings this spring with witnesses from the brokerage industry government agencies and others with knowledge of the activities.
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Little Rock
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
U.S
McClellan
Senate
United States
U.S. Treasury
Cosa Nostra
Another Jew Sentenced in Russia
Soviet court sentenced Jewish Lt. Vulf Zalmanson to 10 years labor camp for taking part in a hijack plot to fly an Aeroflot plane to Israel. Pravda accused imperialism and Zionism of pressuring Soviet Jews to emigrate while Izvestia blamed U.S. anti Soviet campaigns and Israeli extremists for the unrest.
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Michael Johnson
Associated Press
Moscow
Israel
Pravda
Vulf Zalmanson
Leningrad
Zalmanson
Communist Party
L’humanite
Riga
Kishinev
Odessa
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Soviet Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Izvestia
Washington
Tel Aviv
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