Signposts urged for Nevada and Hempstead county roads
A letter urges Nevada and Hempstead counties to implement a complete rural road sign system modeled after Hope Lions club efforts. The writer cites local trips, praises harvested towns, and urges cooperation from civic groups and businesses with Star Publishing Co leading the effort. The piece stresses better wayfinding to prevent wrong turns and dead ends on gravel and paved routes.
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Nevada County
Hempstead
Hope Lions Club
City of
Hope
Lions
Prescott
Star Publishing Co
Star
Nevada
Rocky Mound
Prescott-Buckner Road
Nevada County Picayune
Larry Wahlquist
U.S. 67
Patmos
Falcon
Bodcaw
Shover Springs
Bodcaw Creek
Eagleton Calls Anderson Drive-By Lie On Drunken Driving Charge
Senator Thomas Eagleton denied columnist Jack Andersons claim that he has a record of drunken or reckless driving. He labeled the report a low blow and vowed to remain on the Democratic ticket as running mate to George McGovern while stressing his determination to fight the charges.
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San Francisco
Thomas Fr. Eagleton
Jack Anderson
Will Eagleton
Anderson
Associated Press
Missouri
Eagleton
Honolulu
Hawaii
George McGovern
McGovern
Train blocks streets in Hope forcing detour
A Missouri Pacific train blocked several Hope streets for about 15 minutes this morning between 9:15 and 9:30 a.m. It occupied all track crossings from the brickyards to North Walnut, using the Nashville spur. Motorists on State Highway 29 were directed to I 30 and State Highway 4 before returning to Hope.
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Hope
Missouri-Pacific
North Walnut
Nashville
U S advisor killed in VN ambush near Go Cong
Rudolph Kaiser 53 civilian senior adviser in Go Cong Province was killed in a Viet Cong ambush in the Mekong Delta while accompanying South Vietnamese militia. His body recovered after the attack as a search by units continued. Separate operations in Binh Dinh Province recaptured Hoai An as a 10 day sweep through northern towns proceeded with light resistance.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Rudolph Kaiser
Colorado Springs
Colo
Go Cong
Kaiser
South Vietnam
Hoai An
Binh Dinh
Nixon defends Vietnam war policy amid critic attacks
President Nixon counterattacked critics calling them dupes of Hanoi propaganda and argued he has restrained a power that could end North Vietnam quickly. He urged lawmakers to oppose end the war resolutions, warned of stalled peace talks, and touted U.S. negotiators' offer as the best path to end the war through talks.
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Washington
U.S
Nixon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Oval Office
Vietnam
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
Congress
Senator Allen Ellender Dies at 63 in Washington
Allen J. Ellender, longtime Louisiana conservative and Senate stalwart, died of a heart attack at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a campaign trip. He led the Agriculture Committee and chaired the Appropriations Committee, earning praise from Nixon, Agnew, and colleagues. James Eastland was elected Senate president pro tempore to succeed him.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Huey Long
Louisiana
U.S. Senate
Senate
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Franlin D. Roosevelt
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Allen Ellender
McClellan
Ellender
Congressional
Russell B. Long
Sen
State Capitol
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
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Ark
George Smith
First Baptist Church
the Carpenter
Otis Skillings
Harold Myra
Christ
Jim Hart
House
Vance Martin
Carolyn Thornton
Red River Vocational Technical School
Red River School
R. Lazenby
Senate Agriculture Committee
Appropriations
Allen J. Ellender Jr
Huey
Eastland
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