Air power buildup for Laos and North Vietnam intensifies
The United States mobilizes up to 1500 combat planes and 500 helicopters for Laos and Vietnam operations. Air power supports ground drives into Laos with heavy helicopter losses and ongoing bombing from carriers and bases in South Vietnam and Thailand. Nixon signals readiness to resume North Vietnam bombing if needed as strategic planning notes advance warning and Cambodian Theater actions near Phnom Penh.
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U.S
Laos
United States
Aea
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Air
South Vietnam
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
Nixon
Cambodia
Highway 1
Phnom Penh
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Wintry Blast Grips Panhandle and Plains
A fierce winter storm hit the Panhandle and northern South Plains causing icy roads and multiple minor accidents. Lightning knocked out signals on streets in Lubbock, with travel halted at regional airports and several towns reporting heavy snowfall and road closures. Numerous schools closed while police and emergency crews aided stranded travelers amid blowing snow and low visibility. Tornadoes in the south caused dozens of deaths and widespread damage across Mississippi and Louisiana, with several communities heavily impacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
19Th Street
Avenue K
Lubbock Regional
Amarillo
Lubbock
Panhandle
Plainview North
National Guard
Greyhound
U.S. 66
Palo Duro High School
America
Houston
Memphis
Alamo Catholic High School
San Antonio
Snyder
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Hereford
Tulsa
Friona
Littlefield
South Plains
Kermit
Winkler County
Odessa-Midland
Sweetwater
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mardi Gras Youth Sleep Outside Amid Carnival Tensions
Rowdy youths slept on grass between Jackson Square and the levee and on government lawns as Mardi Gras crowds swell. The Mardi Gras Coalition claims progress in keeping peace but park officials and universities denied shelter facilities, while police cite limited vagrancy enforcement.
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Jackson Square
Mississippi River Levee
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Building
Fort Stockton Crash Fatal in Texas
A Fort Stockton area crash in Texas reportedly killed all occupants. Emergency crews responded to the scene and preliminary reports indicate a fatal collision with multiple fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Survivors From Lost Vietnamese Battalion Reach Safety
A small group of battered survivors from a 450 man battalion pulled from a rocket pocked hilltop base in Laos and linked with rangers fighting for life on another embattled hill. American advisers and helicopter crews moved in to evacuate the wounded as the unit faced near destruction after five days of heavy combat on the Ho Chi Trail area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
Laog
Eet
Ho Chi Trail
Laos
U.S
Oklahoma fugitives captured after largest state manhunt
Two cousins from Okmulgee surrendered near Eufaula after eluding 500 officers, planes, and dogs since Wednesday. Franklin and Jones, both cold and hungry, were arrested along a country road ten miles west of Eufaula and taken to McIntosh County jail.
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Eufaula
Okla
William Franklin
Edwin Edgar Jones
Jerry Bachus
Jerry Spencer
Durant
Delbert Foltz
Franklin and
Jones
Okmulgee
Bill Walker
Leo Newton
Fountainhead Lodge
W. L. Pickens
Franklin
McIntosh
AFL-CIO urges massive federal public works for jobs
The AFL-CIO called for a $2 billion federal public works surge to create at least 500000 jobs in building and operating schools clinics pollution plants and slum clearance. It blamed Nixon veto of a manpower bill for delaying relief and warned unemployment at 6 percent totaling 5.4 million workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Congress
White House
Nixon
Executive Council
Youth Held After Lubbock Man Shot Dead
A 31 year old Lubbock man Kenneth Lemley was shot once in the chest at his residence on Avenue H. He died at St. Mary of the Plains Hospital. A 13 year old boy was taken into juvenile authorities. Funeral plans pending with Honolulus Lake Waiauet.
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Lubbock
Kenneth Lemley
Ave. H
Space 84
St. Mary Fof
Plains Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Wayne Le'Croy
Eewee
U.S. Lake
Honolulu
Waiauat
Lemley
Franklin-Bartley
Mauna Kea
United States
State budgets seek tax boosts across United States
Governors and state lawmakers debate tax increases and spending, with plans ranging from higher corporate and personal income taxes to sales tax hikes. Some states anticipate balanced or modest changes, while Alaska cites oil revenues to hold taxes steady amid higher budgets.
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South Dakota
Richard Kneip
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Massachusetts
Michigan
Oklahoma
Florida
Reuben Askew
Thomas J. Meskill
Connecticut
Colorado
John A. Love
South Carolina
Kansas
Alaska
William A. Egan
Nevada
Arizona
Delaware
Idaho
Maryland
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Vermont
Washington State
Seattle
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Six Die In Rash Of Area Accidents Across Texas
A rash of crashes left six dead and several injured on U S 87 and area roads as rain and sleet fell. Victims include Hubert Settle of Bovina and two diggers struck while clearing a snow-stuck peat on a highway, with toll rising to 17 traffic deaths in 1971. Funeral services are planned for Kenny Claunch of Littlefield and James A Rodriquez of Seminole, with burials in local cemeteries.
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John T. Lamora Jr
Plainview
Settle
West Texas Hospital
Bovina
Truett Mills
Bovina Highway Department
Deaf Smith ‘County Hospital
Hereford
Clementa Lopez
Palmer County Hospital
Friona
South Plains
Kenny Claunch
Littlefield
Crescent Park Church
Blaze destroys trailer at Buffalo Lakes from gas leak
Firefighters arrived as flames fully engulfed a mobile home at Buffalo Lakes owned by James Alsupp on Rt. 1 after a gas leak sparked the blaze around 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Buffalo Lakes
James Alsupp
Rt. 1
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Debbie Clary
Theresa Phillips
Debbie
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Jal
NMSU
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Plains
Mississipni ‘Delta
Cary
Vicksburg
Delta City
Rome
le Flore
Inverness
Miss
Vers
Delhi
Pee
Waco
Bellmead
Hassling
Penetice
Toon Tex
Perenne
Highway Patrol
Bill Mayberry
Union
Labor Council
Money Quest
Texas
State
Maine
Haiwadi
West Virginia
aDane
Rocha
Randy Wilkinson
Colorado City
Wilkinson
Seagraves
U.S. 87
New Deal
Hubert Settle
Bula
Benny Claunch
Robert Keith
Sherri Lynn
Brownfield
James .A. Rodriguez
Seminole
St. James Catholic Church
James Daly
St Singleton Funeral Home
Lazaro
Sembee
Irene
Dora Oliva
Ance Kellly
Ange
Law Westbrook
With Riker & Sons Funeral Home
Blaze
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