Battle Near Helicopter Crash Sinks Into Hill 202 Fight
Enemy deaths estimated above 470 with most heading toward the field as 1,000 North Vietnamese contend with 1,200 U S and South Vietnamese troops. Five companies of the 496th Light Infantry Brigade pressed toward the crash site on Hill 202 amid heavy bunkers and machine gun fire. Prolonged evacuations disrupted by the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ats Peared
Lefield
496Th Light Infantry Brigade
Lg P. Howard Jr
Woodbridge
Oliver Noonant
Norwell
Mass
Tran van Huong
Nguyen van Thien
Huong
Storm savior credited as Camille approaches
In a Friday interview Tilson 66 praised a weatherman who helped save thousands during Camille. He warned evacuees still deciding to stay home to picture a 10 foot surge and warned that riding out the storm is gambling with lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast Area
Camille
Tilson
Imudch
Solon seeks censure of land chief in hearing
Lawmakers hear testimony on Sadler handling of sunken treasure contracts and alleged misrepresentations. Rep. Cory invites Sadler to appear before the Rules Committee with possible action if he does not respond. Supporters and opponents clash over authority and adequacy of the recovery operation and compensation shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadler
Platora
Texas
Florida
Charlie McCarthys
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Cory
Farenthold
Joe Ratcliff
Dallas
Senate Malls Sales Tax For Food Debated In Conference
Conferees push a plan to raise 345.3 million by raising sales tax on food, but the Senate rejects the first proposal 22 to 8. A compromise is sought with welfare gains for the poor and a future rebate bill for earnings under 5,000. Prices and revenues cited for 1971 legislation and local tax effects discussed by Rep Heatly and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Conference Committee On
Senate
Wales
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Asid
Birth announcements from multiple families in city hospitals
A stream of birth notices lists numerous families and hospital births with weights and times. Names include Rex Ewell Buckner, Willie Lee Johnson, Jim Forrest Lewis, Joe Garvin, Harvey Collins, Jessie Adame, Tagis Caraway, Enos Jackson, Mario Perez, and Chavion Stephens, with employers noted such as Plains Compress and Modern Chevrolet Co. Details vary in legibility but indicate newborns, weights from 4 to 7 pounds, and times on several days at Highlands, West Texas, Methodist, and Osteopathic hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lee Johnson
Kgt
Ave. C
West Texas Hospital
Plains Compress
Jim. Forrest Lewis
Bolen
N.M
Belen Public Barhools
Joe Garvin
Methodist Hospital
Dr. Pepper
Tagis
Weish
Modern
Chevrolet Co
Camille Finally Perishes Coast Pushing Vast Cleanup
Coast guard and military teams pressed a large scale cleanup along the cyclone devastated coast. An official death toll from Camille was uncertain but expected around 315. Martial law eased in Pascagoula as crews clear debris restore power and communications with Red Cross reporting thousands of homes damaged or destroyed and tens of thousands affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pass Christian
Miss
Caiille
John Bell Williams
Gulfport
Camille
Pascagoula
Red Cross
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Alabama
Survivors Describe Gulfport Home Escape During Storm
Residents recount fleeing a flooded Gulfport home as wind and water battered structures. Leroy Cuevas and Odessa Harden describe fear and noise from collapsing ceilings, flying debris, and the two hour hurricane roar while 11 and nine family members rode out the storm, praying and waiting for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Cuevas
Odessa Harden
Oaxaca Floods Flood Thousands in Mexico State
More than 100000 people in Oaxaca State face homelessness after four days of rain. Tehuantepec is heavily flooded and Salina Cruz is severely affected. Bridges are out, communications down, and health hazards are expected in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Mexico
Red Cross
Alvarado Jimenez de Alba
Tehuantepec
Salina Cruz
Floods Take Toll. Civil Defense Reports Missing
Civil defense information coordinator says more people are reported missing as floods and landslides sweep through rugged areas. Many feared buried under sliding earth and trees along Davis Creek near Napa, the county seat, as rescuers search via restricted access routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Civil Defense Information
Davis Creek
Ote
Nee
Napa
Birthday greeting from Asia links Lubbock boy and Air Force mentor
A Longview program pairs fatherless youths with caring men. Larry, 13, meets his Big Brother Woody, an Air Force serviceman, for summer outings and weekend visits. Woody funds trips, and both share art interests. The tale highlights a hopeful bond across distance from Vietnam to Reese Air Force Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Richards
Air Force
Woody
Reese Air Force Base
Thompson Junior High School
Texas Rain Maps Severe Storms Across South Plains
A Rhineland tornado and heavy rain caused damaged roofs and downed car ports as four inches of rain fell. Other South Plains totals included Buffalo Springs Lake 0.25, Tulia 0.49, Sundown 0.25, and Silverton near 0.25 inches, with many towns recording moisture. Texas cities such as Dallas Fort Worth Tyler and Beaumont Port Arthur saw showers late Friday. Haskell reported 1.65 inches and Roscom 2.10 inches. Temperatures peaked with 103 in Waco and 102 in Dallas before cooling, while Dallas fell to 87 later.
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Rhineland
South Plains
Buffalo Springs Lake
Bi Spring
Cragbyton
Dimymitt
Lorenzo
Midia
Post
Sundown
Tulia
Silverton
Abernathy
Frione Hale Center
Idalou
Lamesat
Littlefield
Levelland
New Dealy O'Donnell
Slaton, Snyder and
Tahoka
Alice
Brownsville
Center
College Station
Haskell
Laredo
Longsview
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
San Angelo
Texarkana
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tyler
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Dama
Roscom
Rule
Waco
Dallas
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Auiea Ra
Representa
Avold
Paris
Soukeyes
PRG
Vga Cee
Nguyen Cao Ky
Glenn Lacome
Burns
Trey
Solon
Moore
Nem
Rex Ewell Buckner
St., Om
Highland Hospital
Globe Foods
Harvey Collins
Auburn, Nn
Tiasm
Shoprite Foods
Jessie Adamet
Drive
Ernie
Ai Pos Enos Jackson
Mario G. Perez
Ave
Riday
Ck Osteopathic Hospital
Boone Publications Inc
Chavion Stephens
Aim
Fells. Rodrigues
West Carlisle
Perday
Em iesAthoait
Fatan
Beneiusa
Beches
African
Cape Verde Islands
John. N. Moore
St. Cone
Lubbock Youth
Asia
Bob Richards
Big Brothers of
Houston
Lor
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