Weather and transport disruptions from dense fog and rain
A cold front brought light rain and dense fog across parts of Texas and the Midwest, delaying flights at Dallas Love Field and slowing traffic with reduced visibility. The National Weather Service warned of a northeast moving storm affecting the Great Lakes, while travel advisories and warnings covered Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and surrounding areas. In other news attention focused on a consumer rating proposal and dealer service incentives with concerns over mail and prisoner correspondence.
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National Automobile Dealers Association
Ford Motor Co
Reliability Motors Corp
California
NACA
General Motors
Cs Chrysler Corp
Washington
Idaho
American pilots face stronger air defenses over North Vietnam
North Vietnamese air defenses have intensified for U S pilots over Da Nang. Three tour veterans report daily SAMs and heavy anti aircraft fire, with Lt Col John W Wall noting new hot spots and stronger defenses since the 1968 bombing halt. Hanoi seeks air control over Laos as well.
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
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Indochina
John W. Wall
Aspen
Colo
Laos
John O'Gorman
St. Louis
Red River Valley
Burt Myers
Chicago
Air Force
Karl Whittenberg
Harrisburg
Andy Arnold
Tucson
Ariz
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mars ridges seen in new Mariner 9 photo
Pilots describe strange Mars terrain seen in a new Mariner 9 photograph showing ridges over 18 000 feet high and wrinkled like elephant hide. Scientists speculate volcanic activity while confirming the image reveals a unique landscape unseen before.
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Pasadena
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Jim Cronk
Syracuse
N.Y
Nixon
John M Harlan Conservative Voice Dies at Warren Court
John M Harlan a longtime Supreme Court associate justice and noted conservative died after a career marked by strong federalism views and rigorous legal writings He stressed a clear division of federal and state powers and criticized the Warren Court for overstepping. He served in World War II and held key roles in New York legal affairs before his 1954 federal appointment.
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William H. Rehnquist
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Earl Warren
American Bar Association
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New York Times
The
Washington Post
Crime totals show rise in Lubbock in 1971 nine months
UPI reports FBI crime data for Texas cities through September 1971. Dallas and Fort Worth show the largest drops across seven categories, Houston and San Antonio mostly down, while Lubbock records increases in six of seven categories, with detailed year to year figures for murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and auto theft.
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UPI
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Amarillo
Midland gunshot death of area youth near Hot Springs
A 14 year old Midland youth, Terry Ferguson, died after a hunting accident near Hot Springs. He was shot in the face by a .22 rifle being cleaned by his 16 year old brother Michael while two other brothers Dennis, 21, and Harold Ferguson’s family visited in Hot Springs. Police say the two were in a car when the accident occurred and the older brother hunted nearby.
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UPI
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Hot Springs
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Michael
Dennis
Harold Ferguson
Dorothy Ferguson
Ecology tops IU dorm surveys replacing sex as major interest
Bloomington IU students show ecology as the leading interest in a computer processed survey of 6,943 responses. The top ten include ecology, sex, pollution, population explosion, drugs, poverty, politics, Peace Corps or VISTA, interracial concerns, and civil rights. Also notes 475 mixed marriages in Singapore in 1970 amid a population largely Chinese with Malay and Indian minorities.
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Indiana University
Peace Corps
VISTA
Singapore
UPI
California CHECKLESS Payroll Plan Aims for Paperless Paydays
A California plan tests magnetic tape payroll transmission to banks and Federal Reserve clearing houses to deliver paperless pay. Employers send payroll tapes to banks which process deposits for customers, then forward to the Fed clearing house. Success measured by 8 percent of payroll checks handled in the system within five years. Employees still receive earnings statements. some prefer traditional checks.
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California
Federal Reserve Bank
Fenwick
FBI report shows crime up in 1971 across U S cities
FBI findings show overall crime rising to 1 767 robberies in large cities from 1 622 the previous year with murders and rapes also up. In the six biggest cities murders rose 17 percent and forcible rape up 8 percent while suburban areas climbed and rural zones saw increases.
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Houston
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Angeles
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