Red Troops Threaten Saigon As Delicate War Rages
AP reports government troops launched a helicopter assault 12 miles north of Saigon as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces infiltrated hamlets along Highway 43 near the capital. U S bombers and tactical jets fought along the Saigon River corridor while Hanoi and Paris talks continued with no halt in air activity.
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Highway 43
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Tan Son Nhut
Bien Hoa
Huong Phuong
Associated Press
Richard Pyle
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Paris
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Hanoi
McGovern Invited? Republicans Say No (Continued From Page One)
McGovern claims he was invited to march by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, while Republicans argue otherwise amid a broad campaign controversy. Nixon aides defend, citing protests and parades in Chicago where Pat Nixon participated briefly. Shriver and McGovern frame the issue around ending the Vietnam War and political responsibility.
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Columbus
New York
John Lomenzo
Tricia Nixon Cox
Chicago
McGovern
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Shriver
Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital
Nixon
George McGovern
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Pentagon
Detroit
Richard Nixon
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
GOP
Republican National Committee
Soviets Face Crop Shortfalls Tied to Drought and Planning
The Soviet Union signals heavy drought impact on grain harvest with 195 million ton target likely missed. Harvests in Siberia and northern Kazakhstan struggle amid rain and snow damage while Moscow plans imports from satellites and a US wheat purchase. Pravda urges boosts in potatoes and vegetables and state farms are told to tighten efficiency and expose mistakes to raise outputs.
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Three Found Dead Near Masterson Reed
Oliver carried six year old Michael Anthony Cooper after a car crash along the road. The ignition was on and the gas tank empty, the asphalt beneath the exhaust melted, and Reed says the boy lived up to twelve hours with head and limb wounds before Oliver arrived aiming to take him to the hospital.
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Oliver
Michael Anthony Cooper
Loliver
What's In Name Georgia's Quest Honor Spalding
Georgia researchers revisit honoring Thomas Spalding a Constitution framer. A lake named for him dried up, and a town once named for him faded quickly.
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Griffin
UPI
Georgia
Thomas Spalding
Vote on Busing Reopening Sparks Senate Clash Over Integration
Northern liberals push to block a bill ending busing arguing it undoes two decades of school integration. Southern lawmakers accuse northern peers of enforcing integration in the South while segregation remains in the North. Senators Kennedy and Talmadge clash over education progress and regional disparities.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
White House
Dixie
Herman EF. Talmadge
D-Ga
Latin and Legalistic Mumbojumbo In the World Can’t Change That.” Talmadge
Georgia
New York
Arkansas
Alabama
Illinois
California
North
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Pee
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Lamb County Schedules November Liquor Referendum Vote
Lamb County Commissioners set November 7 for the vote on legal sale of alcoholic beverages in Littlefield Precincts 10 and 14. Petitioners with 620 signatures submitted to County Clerk Mary Beth Willey indicate watchers may join both factions, Concerned Citizens of Littlefield and Citizens for Progress, with 50 signatures to qualify. The prior off premises liquor election failed by 350 votes in December 1967.
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Lamb County
Mary Beth Willey
Willey
City Hall
T. W. Bryston
Citizens For Progress
Liquor by the Drink Measure Heads to Ector Ballot
In regular session in Odessa, Ector County commissioners voted three to one to place the liquor by the drink proposal on the November 7 general election ballot. Commissioner Kellus Turner opposed. The board also accepted a warranty deed from the Odessa Optimist Club for a 10.5 acre park to be named Optimist Memorial Park.
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Odessa
Ector County
Kellus Turner
Weather pattern shifts as cool nights meet warm days
Autumn conditions persist with cool nights and warm afternoons across the state through Wednesday. Highs stay in the upper 80s, nights in the lower 50s. A Gulf fog reduced visibility to zero at Dalhart around 10 am. McAllen posted 95 degrees as the day’s high.
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Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
McAllen
Mrs Meadows’ Return Sought in Odessa Murder Case
Odessa prosecutors prepare extradition papers for Delores Meadows 32 charged with two Odessa murders and already serving life for a separate killing. Meadows fights extradition from Farmington New Mexico after bond set at 10 000 each for the Maynard and Cougat deaths.
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Johnny E. Meadows
Odessa
Farmington
N.M
Green
Ector County
A.M
Slim’ Gabrel
Ruth Ann Maynard
Linda Cougat
Maynard
Techsan Named Assistant DA in Ector County
Dennis Cadra 25 a Texas Tech graduate hired as Ector County assistant district attorney effective Monday to replace James A Bobo. He will handle brief preparation until active trial work begins. He is a Midland High graduate.
Senate Insurance Rates Battle Near Vote and Split Decision
The Texas Senate faced a tense session as a tie vote effectively killed the insurance reform bill with Maury’s motion to resurrect it in order. Kennard defended the current state rate system after weeks of testimony while a petition urged Gov. Smith to appoint Ralph Yarborough as Insurance Board chair. The House moved to authorize governor led spending controls and emergency funds as it set a long calendar for Tuesday.
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Senate
Maury
Kennard
Texas
Ronald
Preston Smith
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
State Insurance Board
Relph
Bridges
Smith
Insurance Board
Larry Teaver
Bob Bullock
House
Allred
Finck
Rayford Price
Midland College Debate Set
Debate in the Texas House is set for Wednesday on a senate approved bill allowing Midland College to withdraw from the Permian Junior College System. The bill, sponsored by Sen. W. E. Snelson and Rep. Tom Craddock, passed the House Public Education Committee. Rep. Ace Pickins plans three amendments including local participation and creation of a new Midland Junior College district with tax funding.
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House of Representatives
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Ector County
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Pair Testifies In Traffic Suit Over Stop Sign Crash
Albert and Thelma Erwin sue Allen Eller in Judge Howard C. Davison's court for 20 638 in damages after a February 16 collision at the Zenith and Parkway Drive intersection. Republic Insurance Co seeks 1 573 against Eller as testimony continues at 9 30 a.m. in the 99th District Court.
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Thelma Erwin
Allen Eller
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Zenith
Parkway Drive
Erwins
Eller
Republic Insurance Co
Lubbock Men Face Charge in Marijuana Possession case
Bonds set at 1000 dollars for two Lubbock men charged with possession of marijuana. Richard T. Scott 26 of 1513 E 28th St arrested after a Sunday traffic collision with minor injuries a packet of vegetable substance found in his sock. Eugene Harlow 18 arrested after Texas Tech residence search found a baggie of vegetable matter in a dresser drawer.
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Lubbock
Richard T. Scott
28Th St
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Bolen
Eugene Harlow
Carpenter Hall
Texas Tech University
Justice of the
Charles Smith
Midland Basin Planning Commission Meets to Review Odessa Overpass Plan
The Midland Basin Regional Planning Commission meets in Midland to review a Texas Highway Department grant request for a six lane pedestrian overpass on 42nd Street in Odessa. If approved, federal funds would cover about 165000 dollars to ease traffic toward Hood Junior High School. The panel also may authorize Executive Director Ernie Crawford to contract with Midland city officials to run a firearms school for Fort Stockton police.
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Midland
Permian Basin
Thames River cleaning costs since 1948 rise to 88 million
A chemical engineering consultant told the British Pharmaceutical Conference that since 1948 about 88 million dollars has been spent on cleaning the Thames River.
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London
Thames River
British Pharmaceutical Conference
Noise curbs gain tough backers as Senate action looms
A broad coalition including the American Public Health Association AFL-CIO Sierra Club and United Auto Workers backs a Senate bill to empower the EPA to set aircraft noise health standards. The measure would shift authority from the FAA with FAA review limited to technology and safety aspects.
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Sierra Club
American Speech and Hearing Association
National Council of Senior Citizens
United Auto Workers
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
National League of Cities
U.S. Conference of Mayors
National Governors Conference
EPA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Coalition
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
House
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