Vietnam Laos pullout widens losses and questions loyalty
U S helicopter pullout from Laos and South Vietnamese bases at A Loui and Fire Base Brown faced heavy fire from Communist forces. Reports cite missing and dead Americans, shattered ARVN protection, and a reduced task force as the Laos offensive winds down with significant enemy losses.
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A Loui
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Loui
South Vietnam
Craig Ogburn
Long Beach
Calif
Ogburn
Vietnam
Thomas Schaub
Wapkoneta
Ohio
Schaub
Legislature Moves Amid Heavy Session Bills and Bond Approval
At the session midpoint Gov. Preston Smith signed an 185 million college bond plan. Lawmakers passed 22 bills to the governor with 42 awaiting Senate action while the Senate sent 76 bills to the House. An ethics bill and a constitutional amendment on legislative ethics are on track. a penal code revision faces doubts. Heatly urged slowing the pace with longer sessions and 30 day filing rules.
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House
Senate
Preston Smith
Commission On
Legislative Ethics
Heatly
Weather swings as spring hints appear across the nation
Spring rides duster into city as snowy upsets linger in the Northeast and Midwest. Beech Mountain sees 3 inches of snow with high winds causing outages, while Oklahoma counties report 25 fast-spreading fires and $500000 damage.
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Pittsburgh
Montana
Beech Mountain
N.C
Wisconsin
Colorado
Wyoming
Maine
Virginia
Minnesota
Madison
Milwaukee
Second Vietnam Smuggler Held Arrest Report
Saigon AP reports another deputy of South Vietnam's National Assembly, Rep. Nguyen Quang Luyen, was arrested at Bangkok Airport while attempting to smuggle 33 pounds of gold on a flight to Saigon. The arrest follows previous smuggling prosecutions within the assembly.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
National Assembly
Nguyen Quang Luyen
Bangkok
Thailand
Fire damages vacant house on 1st Street early Saturday
Fire caused moderate damage to a vacant house at 2071st St with firemen arriving about 1 55 am. Cause and owner unknown. Additional alarms included a trash fire at 3418 25th St with no damage and a grass fire on 171 Ave BE with no damage. A mattress and couch fire at 3616 Walnut Ave caused minor damage. One false alarm was reported.
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Elisha’ Bell
Air Force OSI probes Ross Ayers and staff chief Staudt
An Air Force Office of Special Investigation probe targets Adjutant General Ross Ayers and chief of staff Staudt. The inquiry, triggered by senators and current and former officers, covers December and January in Dallas Austin and Houston. It centers on operation costs falsified papers and related travel and briefing expenses. The report reportedly also evaluates a Aqua Festival flyover and prior trips by lawmakers and Austin businessmen.
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Ross Ayers
Air Force Office
OSI
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Armed Services Committee
Staff Command
Ayers
Staudt
Austin
James Rose
Air Force
Dallas
Houston
Guard
Air Guard
Pentagon
Williamsburg
Las Vegas
Air
Calley Plans Antiwar Tour After Acquittal
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. said if acquitted at his murder trial he would go on a worldwide tour delivering antiwar lectures. He stated he is against all wars and intends to talk about ending wars for all time.
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FT. Benning, Ga
Willam L. Calley Jr
Calley verdict delay looms in My Lai court martial
At Fort Benning the military judge ordered a read back of testimony from four key prosecution witnesses, a move likely extending the delays in Lt. William Calley Jr.'s court-martial over the My Lai massacre. The defense challenged the procedure, but the judge allowed the read back, which could stretch into Monday or Tuesday. Calley faces possible death or life imprisonment and has signaled plans for a post-trial lecture tour on the Vietnam War.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
Wiliam L. Calley Jr
Reid W. Kennedy
Calley
Paul D. Meadle
Dennis Conti
James Dursi
Charles Sledge
William Calley Jr
Miami
Ft. Benning
AP Wréphoto
Tech students push for city park funded by concerts
Miss Grigg and about 10 Tech students plan a concert series to raise funds for a safe park in a busy area. They aim to involve fraternities and high schools, keep money earned locally, and would propose the land be turned over to the Parks and Recreation Department if HUD and city boards approve.
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A. C. Hamilton
Parks and Recreation Department
Miss Grigg
Tech
Texas Tech
HUD
Urban Renewal Board
Peru avalanche toll nears six hundred in Andean disaster
Survivors fled a mining camp high in the Andes as a new landslide spilled into Lake Yanahwarina near Mt. Puajanca. Police said 298 were killed and 287 missing in the Chunzar camp collapse, with 215 survivors located and a school and several workers lost.
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Lima
Andes
Mt. Puajanca
Yanahwarina
Chunzar
Lake the
Puajanca
Lake Yanahuarina
Lunar quakes suggest deep moon interior near Fra Mauro
Dr. Gary Tatham reports Apollo 34 seismometer data showing moonquakes and vibrations reaching the surface. Findings imply quakes may be deep within the moon, not near Fra Mauro, with a thick rubble layer over the Apollo 14 site indicating an older crust.
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Latham
Moon
Earth
Fra Mauro
Apollo 14
Brown appeal delayed by court record issues in El Paso trial
Jack Brown was tried in El Paso on a venue change after extensive pre trial proceedings in 137th District Court. He has been free on a 25000 appeal bond since conviction. The appeal faces delays due to disorganized court records and the state’s representatives Tom Purdom and Alton Griffin plan to argue at the hearing.
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Brown
el Paso
137Th District Court
Cherry
Co. Atty
Tom Purdom
Alton R. Griffin
Griffin
Purdom
Grants-In-Aid Programs Expanding Across Agencies
In 1960 fewer than 50 federal grants-in-aid programs existed and 5 billion dollars of aid went to highways and public assistance. Now over 400 programs are administered by 20 federal agencies.
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Washington
Politician Loans Revealed in Dies List Purge Debate
The Dies list records loans totaling 140000 dollars from Texas lenders to Lloyd Bentsen the 1970 Senate winner, and 50000 to Ralph Yarborough. Other loans include 29000 to Eugene Locke 44614 to Don Yarborough 15000 to Smith 32000 to Continental Bank of Houston 10000 to John Young 15000 to Joe Pool 5000 to Central National Bank McKinney 10000 to Collin County National Bank 3500 to Richard White and 10000 to Crawford Martin.
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Wilson
U.S. Justice Department
Texas Bank of Commerce
National Bank
Houston
Lloyd Bentsen
Ralph Yarborough
Bentsen
Texas State Bank
Austin
Eugene Locke
Smith
Bank of
Don Yarborough
Austin National Bank
Continental Bank of Houston
Stonewall National Bank of Corpus Christi
John Young
Oak Cliff Bank of Dallas
Joe Pool
Dallas
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