Five U S Copters Lost in Laos Action
Readable coverage reports heavy fighting along the Laos Vietnam border with U S helicopters lost and air strikes continuing. Casualties listed for both sides, with South Vietnamese and U S forces engaging near Sepone and Long Cheng while reinforcing troops move into Laos.
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Weaamtmand
Laos
Uil
Vientiane
U.S. Army
Long Binh
Entiane
Pakse
Cambodia
Saigon
Long Cheng
Vietnam
U.S
Sepone
Tran van An
Associated Press
J.T. Volkerstorfer
Quang Tri
1St Corps
South Vietnam
Senate Nudges Bond Vote Amid Tax Bill Debate
Smith hints at conference committee actions as Senate moves toward bonding while weighing corporate income levies. Discussion centers on a possible corporate profits tax and its feasibility, with reservations voiced by Smith about including such a levy.
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House
Shell
Smith
Texas Tax Bill Sparks Debate Over Church and State
Board discusses a 20 percent levy and franchise tax hike as part of a $492 million package affecting sales, auto and hotel levies, admissions tax, jet fuel, and dredging taxes. Critics cite church school separation issues while plans move toward late April, with opponents seeking federal court remedies.
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Supreme Court
Smith
Bib Les
Oo Os
Daniel Higgins
First Unitarian - Universalist Church
Shell
Texas
Labor Market Signals Mixed In February Jobs Report
The monthly payroll data shows a 325000 seasonal drop to 78.5 million, with slight employment gain and long-term unemployment at 455000. Wages rose $5.69 year over year but inflation eroded purchasing power. Connally notes easing wage pressures amid White House inflation curb efforts.
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Hodgson
Con
Nixon
Connally
White House
Snow Grips Northeast with High Gusts Across Regions
An Arctic front batters the region, with Lubbock Regional Airport recording 41 mph gusts on Friday. Gusts reach 55 to 60 mph in the Panhandle and El Paso area, while New Mexico sees up to 70 mph in spots. Wink reports 64 mph.
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Lubbock
Panhandle
el Paso
New Mexico
Wink
Amarillo
Rockies
Nebraska
North Platte
Neb
National Weather Service
Kansas
Iowa
New York
City Hall petition spurs mast arm traffic signals
Loggins described a petition by Lubbock residents to install mast arm signals at 4th Street and Avenue U. He noted temporary lights were chosen due to council direction, though permanent signals were not yet scheduled. The setup survived storms and was designed to withstand high winds.
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City Hall
Loggins
Lubbock
Charles D. Ashby
4Th
Avenue U
Ashby
Roch
Jester
Albany
Syracuse
Vermont
4Th and
Avenue Q
Avenue U1
Burlington
Tallahassee
Fla
Jacksonville
Miami Beach
Reno
Nev
Vietnam War Campaign Disrupted Near Demilitarized Zone
Reporters describe an attempted action near the DMZ and other areas of the 1st Military Corps aimed at disrupting the Laos campaign. Details on actors and exact locations are sparse in the readable text.
Hanoi reports 7th Fleet ships near North Vietnam coast
A Hanoi broadcast claimed four U S landing ships carrying 1500 Marines approached the southern panhandle coast ready for action. The Vietnam News Agency said ships of the 7th Fleet were cruising the Tonkin Gulf with fourteen to seventeen such ships regularly spotted there.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
U.S
Panhandle
Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Search and Rescue Brief Planned By Lubbock Squadron
Lt Col Bob Mote of Plainview will brief the Lubbock Civil Air Patrol squadron Sunday on three new search and rescue techniques following a heavy wreck four miles east of Tahoka on Highway 380. Three patients were admitted to Lynn County Hospital in condition not specified.
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Bob Mote
Plainview
Lubbock
Civil Air Patrol
Lynn Count Mote
Vietnam
Commission
Tahoka
U.S
Nam
Biology Seminar Stated At Tech
Dr. Charlotte Auerbach of Britain's Royal Society presents the seminar on Applications of Mutation Research at Texas Tech University. The talk in Room 101 Biology Building is free to scientists and students and sponsored by the Texas Tech Biology Department.
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Charlotte Auerbach
Britain
Royal Society
Texas Tech University
Auerbach
Department of Biology
Texas Tech
Ira C. Felkner
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Animal Genetics
Edinburgh
Medical Research Council
Mutation Research
Turks' Deadline Passes in Turmoil Over Abducted U.S. Airmen
Four American airmen abducted near Ankara faced a 6 am ransom deadline of 400000. Turkey's cabinet defied the terrorists as a student and a soldier were killed during a gun battle at the Middle East Technical University. The airmen's families and the U.S. government urged safe return while the kidnappers warned of death if their terms were not met.
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Ankara
U.S
Turkey
Seyfi Ozturk
Middle East Technical University
S. Set
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
Richard Caraszi
Stamford
Handley
Nixon
Washington
Carazi
Gholson
Sexton
Anthony
Jimmy
Jimmie
Moon rocks from Apollo 14 reveal oldest, most complex lunar samples
Lunar scientists described Apollo 14 specimens as the oldest and most complex rocks studied, including a shiny stone likened to a Chinese checker. The 92.5 pounds of samples were gathered by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell.
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United Press International
Houston
Robin Brett
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Apollo 14 rock samples hint at deep lunar history
Scientists say Apollo 14 fragments come from an ancient, battered lunar crust likely formed before maria. Many samples show multiple histories including fragmentation and heating, with some dating 3.5 to 4.5 billion years old. Apollo 11 and 12 landed in maria for smoother surfaces.
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Brett
Howard Wilshire
Michael B. Duke
Duke
Imbrium Basin
Fra Mauro
Dallas Murders Linked to Suspect Slayer in Two Cases
Police say two women killed in Dallas area were slashed throats and followed by a killer in their cars. Investigators cite matching evidence on the bodies and warn several other killings may involve different menaces, with a Dallas investigator urging hard work and luck to catch the suspect.
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Dallas
McCaghren
Myrtle Ann Ethridge
Texas Instruments
Plano
Beverly Jean Hope
North
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Webster
Rochester
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