Radar guided bombs strike North Vietnam near DMZ
U S B 52s dropped 1200 tons of radar guided bombs on North Vietnamese positions beneath the DMZ as Marines push from Quang Tri. Reports say 44 NVA killed, 12 S VN killed, 78 wounded. Marines and armored column advance about two miles toward a coastal strip north northeast of Quang Tri city amid heavy rain and stiff resistance.
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Arkansas Supreme Court reduces Graham murder sentence to life
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Daniel Lon Graham’s death sentence for the 1970 murder of Gene Allen Franco near Springdale would be reduced to life imprisonment. The court cited U S Supreme Court precedent on cruel and unusual punishment and noted Graham already carried a life term for kidnapping. The decision creates a second life sentence without guaranteeing a greater or lesser chance of escape.
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Court rejects Dallas paddling case appeal
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Dallas parents claiming teachers deprived students of fundamental liberties by paddling and rough punishment. The case involved two high school students, Douglas Ware and Roderick Oliver, and an assistant principal alleged to have knocked Oliver unconscious. The ruling also deny patents for digital computer programming and software, leaving a six to zero decision.
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Peron Grabs Initiative In Argentine Elections
Juan Peron returns from exile and seizes political initiative ahead of March 11 elections. He meets with major parties at his supporters housing to build an alliance as thousands surround the villa. Balbin leads Radicals in backing common action amid protest by Peronists.
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Associated Press
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IRA calls for protest wave in three nations
In Northern Ireland a bomb near the border killed two British soldiers as they searched a vacant house at Cullyhanna County Armagh. The provisional IRA called for a protest wave in the United States Britain and Ireland after the arrest of Sinn Fein chief Sean MacStiofain in Dublin. He is a key IRA figure and was detained amid Britain Ireland tensions and new emergency powers.
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Johnnie G. Wilson 75 dies in Nashville
Johnnie G. Wilson age 75 of Nashville died Friday in a Nashville hospital. He is survived by three sons Odis Wilson Hollis and Jerry and four daughters Juanita Leggett Bernice Fullerton Louise Conatsey and Jean Strawn. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Herndon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W W Golden officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery near McCaskill under Herndon Funeral Home of Hope supervision.
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Houston
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Arkansas Weather Summary For Early Week
Experiment station report covers 24 hours ending 7 a m Monday with high 42 and low 7. Trace rain noted. Forecasts show mostly cloudy cold conditions through Tuesday in Arkansas. Slight chance of light rain in southwest and snow flurries in northwest Tuesday. Highs Tuesday in the upper 30s to 40s. Lows tonight in the west.
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