Laos Pathet Lao Pushes Peace Plan to Premier
The Pathet Lao plans to send Col Thavinh Stenkab, a senior aide to Prince Souphanouvong, to Vientiane with a peace proposal calling for a consultative political conference, a provisional coalition government, a demilitarized zone, a cease fire, and an end to U S intervention. The government seeks more details before replying. Western observers report no major new fighting.
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U.S
Sam Nowa
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Laos
Col
Thavinh Stenkab
Souphanouvong
Ttular
pPathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Hanoi
Souvanni Phouma
Prince Boun Qum
North Vietnam
Souvanna
Vientiane
Packard outlines interim aid as Lockheed faces crisis
Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard says Lockheed will receive interim aid to keep the CS and other programs going while final settlement talks continue. He noted two main options for a lasting solution: substantial interim financing or a negotiated settlement on contract prices, with potential bankruptcy or reorganization under consideration.
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Hie Adams
Associated Press
Washington
David Packard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Walt
Packard
Mondonday
Lockheed
House
Armed Services Committee
Eas
Lockheed-Pentagon
Defense Department
Congress
Lucien N
Nedgi
D-Mich
Helicopter crash at Marine base injures crew near Da Nang
Five Marines aboard a transport helicopter were injured after the craft tipped on its side near the Da Nang headquarters area. Investigators consider overload as a potential cause while Marines extinguished flames and secured the scene. Earlier, two Army helicopters were shot down in Phuoc Long Province, raising losses to 9,444 since January 1961.
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Hee
Withegsen
1St Marine Division
Milles
Ob API
Firtemen
U.S
Phuoc Long Province
South Vietnam
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Laos
Nixon
Saigon
Session Example of a Game of Politics
Arkansas in session politics described as a power game led by Gov. Rockefeller to influence lawmakers. Tax reform bills and revenue concerns dominate debate as Republicans face pressure over a third term and party strategy amid a contentious tax proposal.
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Rockefeller
Bil
Belues Che Ink
Marion Burton
Hie
Republicns Party
Laos War Secrets and Captain’s Death Stir Senate Debate
The Los Angeles Times cited CLA agents in Laos involved in milit ary operations including guerrilla recruitment and ground controllers for aircraft. President Bush Jr. was killed Feb 10 1969 in Laos in an exchange with North Vietnamese commandos, a fact White House later said did not occur in combat. Senators Fulbright Symington and Scott attacked administration secrecy over Laos casualties and funding, noting Americans in Laos in non combat roles and arguing for full casualty accounting.
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Isoratena
State Department
Los Angeles ‘Times
CLA
Times
Jack Foisie
Vientiane
Manspester
Afr
Atemy
White House
Joseph K. Bush Jr
Joe
Laos
Joseph K. Bush Sr
Ziegler
U.S
Senate
J.W. Fulbright
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Fulbright
Bond Issue Funds to Be Distributed in Arkansas
Ward Goodman, director of the state Highway Department, says funds that would have retired a $200 million highway bond issue will be distributed starting November after a special session killed the bond issue. A 1941 refunding bond will be paid off in October freeing $7.1 million. $21 million will be distributed under a formula giving 70 percent to highway use funds and 15 percent each to sites and counties.
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Little Rock
Ward Goodman
State Highway Department
Monnay
Goodmar
Highway Department
Truman Baker
Searyy
Highway Commission
vonMehit
Lawrence Blackwell
Pine Bluff
Gooding
Goodman
The Glamor of New York Faces a City in Need of A facelift
The essay laments Manhattan's decline in reliability and safety. It cites subway delays, high cab fares, rising rents, and a faltering middle class as reasons residents and businesses are fleeing. It notes polluted air, fear, crime, waning nightlife, and a bleak school system as part of a larger urban decay, while acknowledging enduring cultural offerings and costs.
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New York
Manhattan
Sony
Ross
Mice
Hercules
John V. Lindsay
America
Boyle swears he had nothing to do with slaying Yablonski
Washington AP reports W A Tony Boyle presiding United Mine Workers swore to tell the truth denying involvement in Joseph E Yablonski slaying and election rigging claims. He alleged media and government bias and urged a proper judicial forum while facing federal charges over campaign finance and influence.
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W.A
Tony'' Boyle
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Yablonski
Yablonski
UMW
Boyle
Clarksville
Silous Huddleston
Tennessee
Labor Department
Tharges
Bayle
Jubal
George P. Shultz
Uiiow
Harerison Williams
D-No
Williams
Min Workers
Leemud Lyi
Laibor Department
Yueblonshi
Department of Labor
Sisted
Euric
Foreign Aid Faces Radical Overhaul Under Nixon Plan
AP Special Correspondent reports a sweeping overhaul of U.S. foreign aid after 22 years, with Nixon promising a new approach. The Peterson task force urges dismantling the Agency for International Development, reallocating functions to five units, expanding international cooperation, and shifting responsibility to developing nations for program planning.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Nixon
White House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Hank of America
Rudolph A. Peterson
Peterson
Agency For Internatonal Development
Mayel
Britain
France
United States
State Department
Sullie Hines
Court rulings shape desegregation and labor law paths
A federal judge directs continued desegregation under the high court standard that a unitary system excludes no one by race. Burger urges prompt resolution of practical issues on racial balance and district adjustments. The Memphis NAACP defends broader desegregation while FDA gains leeway to pull 85 miracle drugs. A Retail Clerks Union challenge to store picketing is dismissed. Burger notes state court authority over trespass and limits on federal preemption.
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Robert M. McRae
High
Mississippi
Burger
Memphis
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Memphis Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Sail
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Appeals Court
Cincinnati
Cai
FDA
Upjohn Co
Retail Clerks Union
Aflcio
Mobile
Ala
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Pine Bluff Man to Get Award
Pine Bluff Dr Lawrence A Davis president of Arkansas AM&N College will receive a humanitarian award at the National Conference of Christians and Jews regional event. The honor follows his long tenure as college president dating back to 1943 with the presentation to occur in Little Rock on April 30.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lawrence A. Davis
Arkansas Am&n College
Arkansas Region
National Conference of Christians and Jew
Davis
Ettle Rock
Fevedey Obituaries Highlight Local Residents and Services
Emma Stewart 93 of Washington dies Tuesday member of Washington Baptist Church survived by daughters Virginia Tate and Frances Pauline Frazier sons Wilson Stewart and Edward Stewart sister Agatha Willis. Services 2 pm Wednesday Herricott Funeral Chapel burial Washington Cemetery. Eva Hatfield 77 of Hope dies in local hospital formerly of Washington member of New Hope Baptist Church survived by six children two brothers seventeen grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren funeral 2 pm Wednesday New Hope Baptist Church burial Holly Grove Cemetery. Mrs J C Camp Jr 45 former Freda Brint of Hope dies Monday in Tyler Texas surviving husband a daughter two sons mother four sisters three brothers two stepsons graveside 3 pm Wednesday Huckabee Cemetery. Also note adoption of Star-Spangled Banner as national anthem March 3 and Saint Brigid patron saint of newborns.
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Mia
Emma Stewart
Washington
Washington Baptist Church
Virginia Tate
Frances Pauline Frazier
Hope
Wilson Stewart
Shreveport
Edward Stewart
Houston
Agatha Willis
Herricott Funeral Chapel
Gerald Trussell
Washington Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Eva Hatfield
New Hope
New Hope Baptist Church
Mervin Cox
Carlton Roberts
Holly Grove
Hermion Funeral Home
J.C. Camp Jr
Freda Brint
Tyler
Texas
Hattie A. Brint
Patmos
Laster Kent
Kelly Walton
Girland Pate
Earl Kreiger
Texarkana
Tommy Lee Brint
Ford Brint
Olin Brint
Marshall
Chester ‘May
Clyde May
Huckabee Cemetery
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