Two More Killer Avalanches Hit European Alps
The third and fourth avalanches in two weeks struck the European Alps killing and injuring many. In Reckingen Switzerland a military barracks and seven houses were wrecked, with 11 bodies recovered and 18 missing. A second slide near Grenoble France hit two hotels and six chalets, killing seven, injuring five, and leaving nine unaccounted for. Authorities battled snow, wind, and rescue dogs as fear and loss spread across Alpine resort towns.
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Reckingen
Switzerland
European Alps
Grenoble
France
Lansle-Villard
U S and France share moments at White House dinner
President Nixon and Mrs Nixon hosted French President Georges Pompidou and his wife Claude Pompidou at a White House state dinner. Toasts praised friendship, mutual allyship, and a joint path to freedom. Pompidou stressed US France ties and non isolation, while fashion was a discussionTopic sparked by Claude Pompidou’s Paris designs. A disturbance at a press event interrupted Pompidou’s remarks, with a student shouting accusations.
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White House
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
France
America
U.S
Pompidou
United States
Claude Pompidou
Paris
National Press Club
Hiller
B52s Hammer Huge War Traffic in Laos
U S commanders diverted B 52 bombers from South Vietnam to Laos to strike the Ho Chi Minh trail amid a Vietnamese push and record traffic on the trail. Laotian forces retreated from Moung Soui as North Vietnamese regulars seized an airfield and fuel dump, intensifying the Communist offensive.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vientiane
Moung Soui
Senate approves expanded school lunch plan nationwide
The Senate backed an expanded lunch program with an 85 to 0 vote, setting a nationwide free meal threshold for families under $4,000 income and limiting reduced price meals to 20 cents. The measure faces House doubt over provisions and cost, with open questions on funding.
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Senate
Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Maddox sparks Capitol Hill clash over voting rights
Governor Lester Maddox sparked a day of controversy on Capitol Hill, exchanging sharp words with Senator Birch Bayh over voting rights and later clashing with Rep. Charles Diggs in the House restaurant while distributing autographed ax handles. Diggs and others confronted Maddox, who defended his gesture as decorum and guest rights.
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Bayh
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Rep
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Atlanta
Diggs
Kermit Down
John Kleczynski
Illinois
House Restraint Committee
Congressman Diggs
Congress
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