Reconnaissance Jet Crashes in Tonkin Gulf Amid Vietnam Fighting
Reports recount a downed reconnaissance jet in the Tonkin Gulf with crew rescued unharmed. Saigon reports clashes 27 miles northwest of the capital and An Loc siege with 13 dead and 29 wounded. helicopter evacuations and U S air operations over North Vietnam follow. B52 strikes expand, nearly 200 deployed, doubling 1965–68 levels as air campaigns intensify.
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Haiphong
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Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
United States
Cat Bi
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Radio
Robin Wins National Spelling Bee Award Ceremony
Robin receives the $1,000 top prize at a Mayflower Ball awards banquet attended by the Bee's top eight winners and officials. The celebration features the U S Air Force Ceremonial Band and a joint Armed Forces Color Guard with the Summit Singers from High Point Senior High School in Washington.
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Washington
Mayflower
U. S. Air Force
Armed Forces
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Lamesa
Robin
New York City
Ruby Osborn
The
Avalanche-Journal
New York
Plaza Hotel
National
Spelling Bee
Avalanche Journal
Workers Denied Back Salary in City Labor Suit
Six workers fired in April 1971 from city traffic installation crews were denied back wages and damages by Judge Robert C. Wright in 137th District Court. The Laborers' International Union joined the suit. city officials argued terminations followed project completion and funding difficulties amid procedural layoffs. The union had sought an injunction but dropped it at the Feb. 14 hearing.
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137Th District Court
Wright
Municipal Workers
Rowen Upton
Gayland Turnboy
Robert A. Devita
Elmer Hill
Steve W. Bingham
Ricky Cox
Laborers’ International Union of North America
Construction and Municipal Workers
Mrs Summers Of Slaton Dies
Slaton news notes the death of Ruby Summers after a heart attack at her brother E. M. Rudd's home in New Home. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Westview Baptist Church with Englands Funeral Service handling burial at Englewood Cemetery. A Timpson County native, Summers lived 36 years in Slaton. LVN with Mercy Hospital and South Plains Clinic. Survivors include daughter Billie Nell Veyre, Ethels Bock, and three grandchildren. Nephews to serve pallbearers.
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Ruby Summers
E. M. Rudd
New Home
Westview Baptist Church
Englewood Cemetery
Englands
Timpson County
Summers
LVN
Mercy Hospital
South Plains Clinic
Billie Nell Veyre
Ethels Bock
Muskie stays in race as McGovern campaign halts
McGovern halts his fresh bid after a bomb scare while Muskie remains in the Democratic race. Muskie rejected a rapid unity fix and urged party cohesion, noting McGovern needs 1,509 delegates to win and trailing with 907. Humphrey cautions that no candidate has the nomination locked up and backs Muskie’s stance. Delegates and figures across states weighed the path to Miami Beach.
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George’ McGovern
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Hubert Humphrey
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Nixon
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Thearne
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Joseph F. Schanno
Wallace
Silver Spring
Mia
Kentucky
Wendell Ford
George Wallace
Leader Elected For Boys State in New Mexico
A Clovis high school student Phil Millender was elected governor of New Mexico Boys State. He headed the Nationalist Party ticket and defeated Alfred Garcia of Las Cruces. The 2th annual event at the New Mexico Military Institute on its campus will conclude Saturday.
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Clovis, N.M
Phil Millender
New Mexico
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Nationalist Party
Alfred Garcia
Las Cruces
New Mexico Military Institute
House Damaged By Fire Here
A short in electrical wiring started a fire Friday night in the garage of a home at 1514 43rd owned by Boyd Noel. The blaze caused several hundred dollars in damage. no injuries were reported. A freezer inside the garage, unused for two years, burned and spread heat through wires. Firemen doused the flames, and Noel was away when his daughter Kathy noticed the smoke around 10:15 p.m. Odessa College units total about 20 buildings valued at 15.9 million.
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Noel
Kathy
Jake
Art sale funds club center expansion in Newark
The event features a hand lettered invitation with admonitions about conduct and living joy as art dealer Tommy Rosen invites guests to view works. Proceeds from the sale aim to support club activities and expand into other cities, with pieces valued up to 250 000 dollars.
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Tullah
Newark
Daniel backs bid for Speaker amid Texas House race
Daniel claims enough support to win the Speakership in the coming regular session. He distances himself from special interests, cites the four big backers as opposed to party blocs, and pledges to restore democracy by letting a majority decide bills.
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Frank Calhoun
Abilene
Texas Tech
Didate
Cpererey
Speer Rayford Price Land
Bill Abington
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Co
Jim Yancy
Texas Manufacturers Association
Walter Caven
Texas Railroad Association
Harry Whitworth
Texas Chemical Council
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House
Heatly
Appropriations Committee
Price
Bill Heatly
Revenue and Taxation
McAlister
Mutscher
Lubbock
Earner
Testing MIRV Soviets May Narrow Gap On Missiles
The piece reports on R. Laird's briefing to Senate arms committees about Soviet MIRV tests. It notes the hush order until transcript release and cites sources claiming the Soviets conducted multiple internal flight tests of a new warhead system for research and development.
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R. Laird
Hose
Senate Arms Services
Senate
Friedlheim
Laird
Testa
Soviet Union
U.S
Murder ties Farenthold case to shotgun attack on contractors
Report details Farenthold's movements before his disappearance and a related gunfire incident at Smith Construction Co. in Houston. Bruce Lusk Basa III and Tharel Smith, linked to a 1969 fraud scheme, were named suspects in a staged meeting to buy Mafia money. A long obscene note was found, with a line about "you have only 30 days left."
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Bruce Lusk Basa III
Tharel Smith
Houston
Smith Construction Co
Bass and Smith
Albert Suffered Chest Discomfort Delays Oklahoma Dinner
House Speaker Carl Albert, 64, was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City after chest discomfort during a Democratic dinner. Doctors said the issue was not his heart and he was advised to rest. Albert, known as the Little Giant, has served as Speaker since 1971 after long leadership roles. He was slated to return to the event but remained under medical observation.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
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Mike
Oday
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Tassie Albert
John McCormack
Housouse of Representatives
Ononie Login
Congress
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