Major outposts abandoned as NVA presses Hue region
Allied reports say North Vietnamese forces broke the northern defense line and advanced toward Hue, surrounding Quang Tri City. The 21 day offensive pushed to the west and southwest of Hue with heavy shelling and casualties, as South Vietnamese positions collapsed near Dakrong and Quang Tri.
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SAS
South Vietnam
Hue
Dong Huh Hon
Quang Tri
Boar Decietis
Quang Tr
Denu Homz
North Vi
UPS Corr
Stewart Aeierman
Dave Yo
Autiwest
UPL
Chad Huntley
Tough Work or Welfare Plan Moves in Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee voted to drop President Nixon’s family assistance plan and replace it with a strict work or welfare program. Critics call it an administrative nightmare likening it to Depression era programs as they question funding for children and AFDC recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Comrutier
Ted
Nixon
Pew
Sy Johan
AFDC
Ann
Hose
Tor Hana
Billy
Works Progress Administration
Nixon veto plan sparks early conservative critique
In a Bee report Secretary Elliott Richardson calls the $9 billion health bill step backward and warns it could bog down with bureaucratic costs. He notes most editors back administration aims but says Nixon must decide whether to back a committee bill when it reaches his desk.
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Elliot Hichardson
Department of Health
Habucation and Welfare
Hichardson
Nis
Bush To Direct Security Council At U N Meeting
President Bush will direct the United Nations Security Council for the first time succeeding Sir Colin Crowe of the United Kingdom as the council rotates its presidency among the 15 member states for the month.
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Bush
Security Council
Colin Crowe
United Kingdom
Birth On Moon Seen By 2000
Tuusahoma Tennessee United Press International reports Dr. Wernher von Braun predicted the first child would be born on the surface of the moon before 2000. He noted NASA deputy administrator Yoo Braun said moon exploration may pause for 15 years after the final Apollo flight.
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Tuusahoma
Tenn
Rising Star California artist returns to Texas for study
Theda Rhea, raised in Coleman, built a painting career in California and now follows her husband Sherilf Hazelwood to Lubbock for Texas Tech studies. The couple relocated to be near Texas parents as Hazelwood pursues a doctorate, with Theda planning a one see city woman feature on page 4.
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Texas
Sherilf Hazelwood
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Hazelwood
Coleman
California
Apollo 16 astronauts return from splashdown in the Pacific
Doctors report Apollo 16 crew John W. Young Thomas K. Mattingly and Charles Duke in excellent condition after splashdown about 1150 miles south of Hawaii. They face high potassium diets and a slow voyage home with a flight to Hickam and Ellington planned for recovery and transfer.
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Ticonderoga
Hawaii
South Pacific
John W. Young
Thomas K. Matunele
Charles M. Duke
Manned Spacecraft
Center
Charley A Bary
Fire Sole
Space Agency
Thonor
Hickam Air Force Base
Ellington Air Force Base
Daily Prayer Invocation for Guidance
A devotional prayer asks for God to walk with the reader through the day and keep them in the path of righteousness. The speaker seeks strength to do Thy will and avoid trespass, ending with a closing Amen and signature A Reader.
Daylight Saving Time Arrives With Clocks Set Back
The article explains the U S Uniform Time Act of 1966 schedules clock changes each spring and fall. It notes clocks move forward one hour in April and back one hour in October, with exceptions in Hawaii Arizona Michigan Indiana and parts of Texas.
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U.S
Congress
Hawaii
Arizona
Michigan
Indiana
Texas
U.S. Department of Transportation
Strong Solomons Quake Detected
A strong Solomon Islands quake was detected near Rockville Maryland reporting 1 2 p m CST Friday. The National Weather Center said the quake had a depth of about 240 miles below the surface and posed little risk of damage to nearby islands.
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Rockville, Md
Frisday Lomon Islands
Isul Raat Te
National Wake Center
Reprem Center
Showers Drift Across West Texas After 78 Days
A line of thunderstorms moved into parts of the state on Friday bringing the first significant moisture in weeks. Reports from Midland and Mackenzie Park note hail the size of baseballs and localized flooding, with a downpour of around 0.7 inch recorded near several towns. The storm largely spared most South Plains areas as light rain and drizzle lingered, with officials noting no widespread damage beyond minor nuisance effects.
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Nanos Arther
South Plains
West Texas
Mackenzie Park
Boyett Mats
Lowiney
Froydads
Midland
Planet XII and hidden light reshaping comet theory
A reading of a historic article revisits planetary alignment and theories on comets Halley Olbers and Pons. It notes calculations missing the predicted orbit deviations and suggests new factors may explain planetary influence beyond the Sun.
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Halley
Olbers
Pons
Lubbock Consistory of Scottish Rite Opens Charter Officers
The Sovereign Grand Inspector General of Texas Lee Lockwood installed charter officers of the Lubbock Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons. A large public initiation event followed by continuing degree work drew hundreds, with further Shrine initiation planned in Amarillo.
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Perry Flipply
Avalanche Journal
Fundamen Seless
Texas
Lee Lockwood
Lubbock
Maxmum
Sida Ae
Thue
lAmarillo
Houston
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DMZ
Lonsha
Laos
Wang
South China Sea
Lattack
Eres
Theda Rhea
S. L. Hazelwood
Tech
Wxant
TVS
Doc
Bee
Plains Agriculture
Farly Bird
Lubbockite
Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Solomons
Brownfield
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