Laird lifts bombing limits on North Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced the United States has lifted restrictions allowing air attacks across North Vietnam beyond the panhandle below the 20th Parallel. President Nixon ordered resumed bombing to counter enemy buildup, with no detail given to protect aircrew.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Laird
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Haiphong
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
China
Elliot Richardson
Pentagon
Richardson
Uniformed Chiefs of the Armed Services
Armed Forces Policy Council
Horse in the House Stuns Missouri Family
Roy Scroggins woke to his son’s warning that a horse was upstairs in their Grandview home converted into a barn. Mirazah the 800 pound Arabian had climbed twelve stairs and stood in the living room. Neighbors and family tried to lure the horse down as it cautiously backed to the lower level. The Scroggins keep seven horses in the home.
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Grandview
Roy Scroggins
Mirazah
Scroggins
Doctors Say Truman Is Some Better
Kansas City AP report states former president Harry S Truman, 88, was slightly better and spoke for the first time in over a week. Doctors say his kidneys deteriorated, heart weakened, and lungs retain fluid. dialysis not used to avoid risking his heart.
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Kansas City
Harry Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallace Graham
Sunday
Graham
Wife's $1 Profit Triggers $80 Tax Fine
Arthur Hoff did not file a state business tax return when his wife earned one dollar selling pots and pans. The state fined him $80 for non filing, while his wife's $132 gross with $131 expenses avoided tax. Hoff contests the penalty as excessive for such a small amount.
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Nashua
N.H
Arthur Hoff
Hoff
Weather forecast for a mild spell early week
Partly cloudy and mild through Monday night and Tuesday. Lows near 20 Monday night with highs in the 30s Tuesday. Light southwesterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Rain chances 10 percent Monday night and 20 percent Tuesday. Wednesday remains variable and mild with a low around 25.
Hill urges political relief via advisory referendum
Wire editor Merle Hill proposes relief from politics from November 7 to January 1 as the GOP and Democrats plan the next vote. He also suggests a UW president stewardship advisory referendum. Terrence N. Ingram of Apple River, Illinois, envisions preserving the bald eagle near Cassville for roosting grounds.
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Tribune Wire
Merle Hill
GOP
Demos
Hill
University of Wisconsin
Terrence N. Ingram
Apple River
Ill
Cassville
Christmas Sales Rise In U S Retailers Face Bright Holiday
Christmas sales increase between five and ten percent across the United States. Retailers report stronger consumer demand and improved mood in holiday shopping crowds as confidence returns.
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U.S
Astronauts to Undergo Skylab Afterflight Tests on Ship
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans board the USS Ticonderoga after splashdown in the South Pacific to enter the Skylab Mobile Laboratory for tests. They will be joined by weightlessness and radiation exposure assessments as Skylab plans unfold with a workshop mission in 1973.
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Kevin Steen
Jules Folgate
Ticonderoga
Kevin
Cave Creek
Ariz
Uss
America
Skylab
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H., Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
SMS
Mel Richmond
SML
Earth
Houston
Hawaii
Five NJ activists held in York sabotage case
Five antiwar activists from New Jersey were arrested for allegedly sabotaging a Penn Central siding into an AMF York factory. They poured concrete into a railroad switch, intending to disrupt war material shipments. Bail set at 25 000 each. booked in York County Prison after arraignment.
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Penn Central
American Machine and Foundry Corp
York
Southeast Asia
AMF
York County
Apollo 17 astronauts near splashdown in South Pacific
Apollo 17 crew Cernan Schmitt and Evans prepare for homecoming with last minute packing. The ship America operates perfectly and splashdown is targeted for 1 24 p.m. CST Tuesday about 400 miles southeast of Samoa. Evans completes a 44 minute spacewalk retrieving film canisters and lunar samples, while mission control tracks a planned course correction if needed.
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South Pacific
American Samoa
Moon
Earth
Evans
America
Jan
Jaime
Jon
Janet
Honey
Samoa
Mission Control
Cernan
12 Foot Channel Idea Is Dead Says Thomson
U S congressman Vernon Thomson states the Army Corps of Engineers report finds deepening the nine foot Mississippi River channel impractical economically and environmentally. He cites the study north of Guttenberg Iowa and says Congress will likely stop funding the project. He prefers auxiliary locks for small craft to reduce delays at larger locks.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi River
Vernon Thomson
R-Richland Center
Thomson
Army Corps of Engineers
Guttenberg
Iowa
Corps of Engineers
Congres
Cairo
Corps
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Vern Haugland
Eugene William Daniel Galvin
Emigsville, Jr
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Bob Hope
Douglas Crowe
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Tokyo
Crowe
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