The Negros Community Calendar Events Note
The Macedonian Baptist Church to dedicate a new Education Building and Cafeteria with a service on Sunday March 16 at 230 pm Rev M T Tucker of Hot Springs Arkansas will preach The public is invited Rev C T Huey pastor and Mrs Thomas Jordan sponsor Spring Tea Sunday March Vth from 3 00 until 730 pm at 912 South Laurel Street benefiting Lonoke Baptist Church drive Plus a visiting social segment listing local residents and families from Oakland California and others as Coming and Going.
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Macedonia Baptist Church
M. T. Tucker
Hot Springs
Arkansas
C.T. Huey
Thomas Jordan
South
Laurel Street
Bane
Lonoke Baptist Church
Conn
Dozen States Have Most War Deaths
Washington AP reports a Pentagon state-by-state tally shows 23,042 enemy-action Vietnam war deaths through Jan 1 with California leading at 3,910 and New York 2,946 among the top states. Several sparsely populated states fall below 100 deaths, including Delaware 85, Wyoming 80, Vermont 68, and Alaska 30.
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Washington
Pentagon
Commerce Department
California
New York
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Outstanding landowner coop winner to travel to Arizona
The Hempstead County Soil and Water Conservation District will select its outstanding cooperator for 1970 from over 1800 enrolled landowners. The national program has seen more than 2,000,000 individuals and companies sign cooperative agreements with 3,000 local districts. The trip to Arizona is expense paid and will be held December 1971 at Goodyear Farms and The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Arizona. District supervisors listed include Solomon, Goodlett, Ozan, Monroe Samuel, DeAnn, Lacie Rowe, Hope, Richard Arnold.
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Ghiaied
Arizona
Coop
Ead
Acene Board
Vines
Lia Goodyear Farms
Wigwam
Litchfield Park
Aris
Hempstead
County Soil and Watercoeet
Man on plane shoots self in midair over Nebraska
A United Airlines flight from San Jose to New Haven diverted to Denver after a passenger, J. Thomas, 35, fatally shot himself aboard the jet. A separate passenger, J. Marvin Sager, 42, from Pleasanton, Calif., was wounded when a bullet struck his chin and exited cheek. FBI investigated. pilot said no major plane damage.
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Denver
Nebraska
Rene
J. Thomas
United Airlines
San Jose
Calif
New Haven
Conn
J. Marvin Sager
Pleasanton
FBI
Robert Chase
Chicago
Sager
San Francisco
Air Traffic Control Center
Longmont
Colo
Scottsbluff
Neb
Bred
New Approach on Foreign Transactions and Record Copying
A discussion on requiring copies of specific foreign transactions rather than all checks. Rassides proposed Treasury access to any records useful in criminal tax or regulatory cases, with regulations to follow after bill passage. He noted currency provisions might take longer and favored flexible provisions over a mandatory bill.
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Rassides
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Brazil Agrees to Swap for Jap Official
Brazilian authorities agree to exchange five political prisoners for the kidnapped Japanese consul general Nobuo Okuyehi. The Popular Vanguard group demanded the swap and proves the consul is alive. Okuyehi, 56, said he is well and trusts the kidnappers to release him.
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Bruce Handler
Associated Press
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Popular Vanguard
Nobuo Okucehi
Hijacked Plane Continues Flight to Cuba
AP reports a Colombian airliner hijacked to Cuba continued toward Barranquilla as Cuba and radio monitors discussed the incident. A Varig Braziliairliner hijacked from Santiago to Europe and 42 others were aboard. four men armed with bombs and guns threatened to blow up the aircraft if forced to Cuba.
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Cuba
MIAME
Bongot
Barranquilh
Iskind
Barranquilla
Havana
Cubsa
Miatai
Sansiago
Chile
Europe
Karranquilla
North Vietnamese Helicopter Sightings Reported in Laos
Reports confirm a North Vietnamese helicopter in Laos near the Ho Chi Minh Trail, described as a Russian Mi-14 on the ground under camouflage in the A Shau Valley area of South Vietnam. Allied sources say air strikes three days earlier caused damage, with battlefield activity described as lowest in three months and several battalions moving toward the Plain of Jars and Sam Thong.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
A Shau
South Vietnam
Plain of Jars
Sam Thong
Arto Tae
Coumt
1St Corps
Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Song Be
Offshore oil well gushes oil into Gulf of Mexico
In an offshore Louisiana operation Chevron faced a major spill after a February 10 explosion on a platform caused 600 to 1,000 barrels per day to flow into the Gulf. Officials warn of widespread pollution with 65 vessels aiding containment as crews attempt to seal three relief wells and shut down the remaining wells.
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York
Walter Ose Ie
Gulf of Mexico
Chevron Oil Co
Hickel
Chevron
Louisiana
W. R. Bilton
Gulf
Santa Barbara
Breton Island
California
Obituary notices for Amanda Foster and Vallie Earick
Amanda Foster 90 a life resident of Hempstead County died Friday. Survived by son Giles Foster two grandsons Kelson Foster and Bobby Foster Services Saturday 3 p m Oakcrest Funeral Chapel burial Foster Cemetery. Vallie Earick 72 former Hempstead County resident died Friday Texarkana Survived by four sons three daughters two brothers two sisters Services Sunday 2 p m Red Cut Holiness Church burial New Hope Cemetery Arbor Day observance in Nebraska eliminated per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Amanda Foster
Hempstead County
The
Baptist Church
Giles Foster
Hope
Kelson Foster
Camden
Bobby Foster
Greenville
Miss
Oakcrest Funeral
Elbert O'steen
Burtal
Foster Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Vallie Elizabeth Earick
Texarkana
Oscar J
Aaron
Garvin C
Dallas
Tommie W
Hondo
Texas
Jim M
Shreveport
Elgin Hannibal
Dewitt Pritchett
Bill Rateliff
Andrew Rateliff
Jones
Okla
Arthur Fuller
Clifton Whitten
Red Cut Holiness Church
Lloyd Baker
Royce Green
New Hope Cemetery
Patmos
Slernsdon Funeral Home
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Ose A
San Fran
Senttio
Tampa
Winnipeg
Ester Hicks
Cleophus Phillips
Oakland
Henry Phillips
Mia
Cleo Fay Stuart
Gracie Davis
Spence Gulley
Classie Illips
Ervin Phillips
Linda Phillips
Peter
Wolf
Vallie FE
Earick
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Syear
Westinghouse
Fah
Scievoud
GE Personal TV
Steree Hare
Maite
Stilas
Setima Sesto
Batty
Door Buster
Ironing Set
Coen Ep
Ryan
Olor
Goodyear Service
Arkans
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