Terror threats loom as Saigon braces for possible pre election incidents
Reports say Viet Cong militants strike near Da Nang killing an elderly woman and wounding 20 at Happy Haven orphanage. U S forces report intensified B52 raids around Saigon while intelligence warns of possible rocket and sapper incidents intended to influence the U S presidential vote.
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Associated Frens
Saigon
Happy Haven
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
America
Ocalana
Miuvelableitiel Loups Lidshtu
Highway 13
Hobo Woods
Iron Triangle
da [Nang
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Meadows Indicted In Two Slayings
A Ector County grand jury indicted Johnny Meadows and his wife Delores in two Odessa area strangulation deaths Ruth Ann Maynard and Linda Cougat. Meadows faced prior charges in Gloria Green murder. bond set at 10,000 for Delores and Johnny on the Maynard and Cougat indictments. Meadows remains in custody under a life sentence in the Green case.
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Karen
Ector County
Linda Cougat
Odessa
Meadows
Aleady
Igzan Jury
Aztec
N.M
A. M
Slim" Gabrel
Blackshear
South Odessa
Green
Fort Worth
Dist
Charles Lindsey
Cougar
Husband
C. V. Milburn
Rain Siege Threatens Richmond as James River Rises
Storms drenched central Virginia driving floods and road closures. The James River could crest near 28 feet in Richmond, above flood stage, threatening exposed areas and triggering evacuations while dikes are deemed futile in Main Street bottomlands.
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Reeth
Richmond
Agnes
James River
James
Appomattox River
Virginia
Crest
National Weather Service
Thomas Bliley
Shockoe Valley
J. C. Farmer Jr
Bliley
Main Street
Lubbock News Briefs Highlight Crime Tools and Local Notes
Local police showcase a new friend radio aiding communications. An Estacado High School reading conference draws over 1,000 educators. A sportsman uses a rare slingshot weapon. Unemployment eases to 5.5 percent in September. Hong Kong flu strains may appear this winter. Protestant guerrillas raid an IRA arsenal and ship guns to Ulster.
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Hong Kong
United States
Ireland
Ulster
Bridge Damaged By Freak Fire Over Paraffin
Thirteen tons of paraffin caught fire in a tank truck in Bad Kissingen Germany. The blaze damaged a major autobahn bridge on the Wurzburg Fulda route as the driver uncoupled the cab from the trailer and flames spread to the wax flooding the roadway.
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Bad Kissingen
Germany
West Germany
Wuerzburg-Fulda
Prayer Primer Calls for Help to Do Good Works
A short reader prayer asks God for guidance to recognize need and to succeed in intentions to perform good deeds. The appeal centers on reliance on divine help to accomplish virtuous aims and moral effort.
Voters rush to meet registration deadline in county
The final day to register for the 1972 general election looms as residents race to mail applications to the county tax office before midnight. Friday's drive brought about a thousand new registrations, lifting county totals past 85,000 as the deadline nears.
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Russell Hardin
Hardin
AWOL GI sought in triple murder in Germany
German police hunted Sgt. Thomas de Gregorio 26 of Hialeah Fla an AWOL U S Army soldier after two U S guards and a railway cleaner were killed and thrown from a speeding express train in northern Germany. Police used hundreds of officers tracking dogs and helicopters with border alerts from Denmark. The Army said two unit members escorted him back to Bamberg after his AWOL from the 1st Armored Division 52nd Infantry.
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Associated Press
Hannover
Germany
Thomas de Gregorio
Hialeah
Fla
de Gregorio
Bamberg
Denmark
Krusa
U.S
1St Armored Division
52Nd Infantry
Copenhagen
Rome
Drug Raids Net 40 Arrests in Amarillo Sweep
Amarillo authorities report 40 arrests by Thursday night in a city wide drug crackdown based on undercover work by two DPS narcotics agents and a city officer. About 20 suspects remain at large as 61 were initially charged with sales of marijuana LSD heroin and other dangerous drugs. Grand jury action expected on docket.
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Amarillo
Department of Public Safety
Melbourne teacher rescues pupils in bread-van kidnapping
Miss Mary Gibbs a 20 year old teacher and six schoolgirls were abducted from a village schoolhouse and held in a bread van on a country road near Lancefield. Gibbs kicked free early and led the children to safety before any ransom was paid. Police identified two likely suspects described as native Australians.
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Mary Gibbs
Bbs
Lindsay Thompson
Victorian
Lancefield
Melbourne
Faraday State School
Thompson
Miss Gibbs
William Crowley
Crime
Prison guard killed in ambush at California prison
An unarmed guard was killed and another wounded during a daylight ambush that freed convict Ronald Wayne Beaty as he was being transported to court in Chino California. The slain guard was Ordoner Jesus Sanchez 24 of Pomona. The wounded guard is George Fitzgerald 36. An intensive search with about 50 men and helicopters was launched for Beaty and the attackers.
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Chino
Calif
Plan rumor tag shocks markets and officials deny
White House and State Department labeled rumors of a new allied plan as sheer speculation. The report suggested Thieu would resign after North Vietnamese withdrawal and U.S. exit, triggering a stock market rally before closing. Officials said the plan echoed Nixon proposals and were negotiable, not confirmed.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
State Department
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
South Vietnam
New York Stock Exchange
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Thieu
Vietnam
Gray Weather Dampens South Plains as Rain Lingers
A cold Pacific and Canadian air mass brings showers across the South Plains with 0.25 to 0.50 inch expected. Cloudy skies lower sunshine to under 30 percent today and Sunday, with highs in the mid 60s and overnight readings near the upper 40s. Tonight’s Texas Tech Tulsa game may start in the upper 50s and end near 50 as winds remain light and rain chances hold at about 40 percent.
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South Plains
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Texas Tech
Weather Map Page 13 A Lubbock Area Forecast
Cool day with a high in the mid sixties and a low near the upper forties. Precipitation chances at 40 percent. Cloudy skies with northeast winds 6 to 16 mph. Dallas Denver
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Lubbock
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N.Y
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