U.S. Planes Raid North Vietnam In Big Cross DMZ Attacks
U S fighter bombers conducted heavy raids on North Vietnam for a second day, striking SAM sites, airgun positions and supply depots from the 17th to 19th parallels. South Vietnamese forces report losses as artillery duels flare along the border and across Laos.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
17Th Parallel
19Th Parallel
Laos
Tran van An
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Border
Highway 9
Lang Vei
Railpax Announces New Passenger Routes and Schedules
The National Railroad Passenger plan cuts 1500 of 3300 cars operated by 22 railroads, aiming to reduce losses of over 235 million dollars annually. Proposed services include Cincinnati via Indianapolis and Lafayette with one daily train each way, Chicago to Seattle via Milwaukee and Fargo with three extra trains, Chicago to St. Louis via Bloomington with two daily trains, and Chicago to Detroit planned.
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Washington
National Railroad
Cirnati
Indianapolis
Chicago
Seattle
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Willmar, Minn
Fargo
N.D
Grand Forks
Minot
Wash
St. Louis
Bloomington
Springfield
Ill
Detroit
Houston
Ft. Madison
Kansas City
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Ft. Worth
Temple
Tex
Dallas
Tampa
Los Angeles
Galesburg, Jr
Ft. Madi
New York
Miami
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
Richmond
Raleigh
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Jacksonville
Orlando
Wildwood
Fla
Harris- St. Louis
Jefferson City
Albany
Boston
New Haven
Providence
Railpax
House Group Approves Military Pay Boost Bill
The House Armed Services Committee approved a two year draft extension and a 2.7 billion dollar pay raise for next year intended for junior enlisted personnel and officers. The plan folds Nixon's requested one year bump into a two year extension with a later balance to be set. Committee leader F Edward Hebert noted the goal of a zero draft volunteer army remains disputed and not in the bill.
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Washington
Nixon
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Congress
Hebert
Supreme Court to hear Hartke recount case next term
The Supreme Court granted a hearing next term on Vance Hartke's razor thin Indiana Senate win over Democrat opponent. Roudebush sought a statewide recount. Hartke challenged the state law, while justices also denied reviews on bribery charges against Rep. Dowdy and other actions. Hartke was sworn in Jan 21.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vance Hartke
Hartke
Indiana
Theodore L. Sendak
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Senate
Cerl Curtis
R-Neb
Roudebush
U.S. Senate
District Court
Indianapolis
Balking Soldiers Face No Disciplinary Action in Field
Brig Gen John J Hill says two Bravo Troop platoons of the 1st Cavalry Americal Division balked an order but are back in the field with no punishment. Captain Poveria was relieved of command after a tactics error. similar prior incident noted from August 1969. Public approval planned at an April hearing on urban renewal.
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John J. Hill
Carlos A. Poveria
Hill
1Stsion
Bravo Troop
1St Squadron
1St Cavalry
W. C. Hutcheson
Charles F. Tupper
Dallas
LURA
Pioneer Building
Arch March
Cook
Tupper
C and F Avenues
Calley Waits As Jurors Hear Taped Testimony
The murder jury revisits testimony from My Lai the trial of Lt. William Calley. Paul Meadle’s on tape confession is replayed to refresh key prosecution witnesses as jurors weigh Calley’s fate amid delayed court transcripts. Meadle, from Terre Haute Indiana, testified about ordering killings and receiving immunity.
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Calley
Benning, Ga
Paul David Meadle
William Calley
My Lai
Meadle
Meadie
Terre Haute
Ind
Describ
New National Program Urged To Fight Delinquency
President Nixon sent Congress a 137 page HEW report urging a new national program strategy to curb rising juvenile crime. It calls for model projects in key areas and modification of the 1968 Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act to provide emphasis and direction. It stresses the need for coherent planning and addressing underlying social causes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Montana
New Cold Front Losing Its Grip Over Oklahoma
Weather forecast for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma shows clearing skies and temperatures rising from an overnight low in the upper 20s to readings in the upper 40s. Sunday’s high reached 77 degrees with a low near 3. Clouds, moving at 3 mph, are expected to break up this afternoon as the cold front weakens.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U.S. Weather Bureau
Children should not work in agriculture says AFSC
The American Friends Service Committee cites child labor in farming as highly hazardous. In a five state survey it calls agriculture third most dangerous industry and notes 8 to 15 year olds harvest large crops in Maine potatoes and Oregon Willamette Valley with teachers recruiting children for farm work.
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Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC
Maine
Willamette Valley
Oregon
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Nguyen Hue
United States
Lafayette
House Group
R-Ohio
Hartford
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