Typhoon toll and Vietnam aid efforts amid retreat of U S forces
Typhoon fury hit central Vietnam as U S troop withdrawals continued leaving 202 000 to 400 000 in country. 4 000 refugees stranded north of Saigon aided by U S helicopters while Thieu pledges direct relief. Separate air crash kills 31, majority aboard a C47.
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Saigon
UPS
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Red Cross
U.S
Cambo
U. S
Central Highlands
Phnom Suntauk
An Ters
U.s.jed
Mtn Anne
Arelchy Casuuamily TeEporis Usi
Air Force
South Vietnam
Hester
Nguyen van Thieu
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
da Nang
Thien
Iran Thien Khiem
Khiem
Kellerman
Quang Nam
Two Solons Speakership Skirmish In Offing
Nugent and Traeger near a bid for speaker amid support from 17 members. Nugent as House rules chair faces votes and hints at removing Heatly as Appropriations chairman, while Mutscher pledges to run only if acquitted. Nugent favors limiting the speaker’s powers and boosting member influence.
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Nugent
Traeger
Price
Heatly
Mutscher
House Rules Committee
Miu
Veterans Day Observances Amid Vietnam War Tensions
Veterans Day events faced weather and controversy as Agnew denounced the war’s costs and veterans’ treatment. Demonstrations occurred nationwide with some protests and observances shifted to October’s long weekend. In Stanton a 17 year old student died, and relief efforts aid Typhoon battered Vietnam with helicopters delivering supplies to refugees and survivors.
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Pentagon
Congress
Wiucesi Society
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Atington
Chicago
Dallas
Indianapolis
Joseph Taussiz
Cochairman
Marine American Legion Post
Alexander Heller
Vigo County War Veterans Council of
Indiana
St. Louis
Vietnam
Stanton
Lawrance Scurlark
Martin County Hospital
Stanton First Baptist Church
Clifford Ferguson
Midland
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Warren Scurlark
de Seven Sisters
Clyta Ma
Scurlark
Houston
Clajat
Mae
Ella
Diana
Katherine
Min- Kay
Helen Scurlark
Jessie Lee
Willie
Roy
Warren
Mike
Steve Scurtark
Nixon
Park Visitations Rise in Tennessee State Parks
Nearly 2 million more people used Tennessee's 21 state parks in fiscal 1970-71 than the previous year. Conservation Commissioner Bill Jenkins reported the increase and outlined factors behind the climb.
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Nashville, Tenn
U N Votes To Oust Taiwan Amid Bitter Defeat
The United Nations rejected a U.S. bid to expel Taiwan with a two thirds vote. Demonstrations grew louder as Nationalists faced defeat, foreshadowing the final tally which observers say would have shifted if Washington’s resolution had passed.
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U.S
Washington
Markle
United Nations
China
Assembly
Taiwan
Bush
Peking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chow
General Assembly Hall
Hijacked 747 Flights Highlight Cuba and World Tensions
Reports recount a 747 hijacked to Cuba from New York, with Fidel Castro awakening at Jose Marti airport. Other U.S. planes reached Canada or Nassau. a fourth went to Buenos Aires as security and international politics unfold.
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New York
U. S
Cuba
Canada
Nassau
Bahamas
Buenos Aires
San Juan
Jose Marti
Fidel Castro
Augustus
Watkins
Castro
Rodolfo Rivera-Rio
U.S
Puerto Rico
Weather roundup reports heavy rains across states with flooding
Heavy rain and flooding spread from Texas to Maine with record October totals in Richmond and Washington DC. Hereford led Texas with 0.7 inches, Red River near 17.5 feet at Shreveport, and New Mexico snow forecast above 7000 feet. Winds rose in Montana and Alberta. showers across the Northern Great Lakes to the Southern Rockies.
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Panhandle
Hereford
Sabine River
Fmory
Mineola
Red River
Shreveport
Trinity
Trinidad
Longlake
Kingsville
Marfa
New Mexico
Virginia
Virginias
New York
Maine
Salisbury
Richmond
Quillayute
Wash
Montana
Pineer Creek
Alberta
Great Falls
Mont
Great Lakes
Rockies
Texas
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Texas Man Dies In Plane Crash
The Civil Air Patrol reports Mesquite resident William T. Stewart was killed when his light Navion aircraft crashed in the Dragoon Mountains about 60 miles southeast of Tucson. The plane had departed Dallas at 1 p.m. Sunday and radioed it was about 40 miles from San Simon, Arizona.
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Tucson
Ariz
Civil Air Patrol
Wiliam T. Stewart
Mesquite
Dragoon Mountains
Stewart
Dallas
San Simon
City County Surplus Funds Spark Budget Tension
County commissioners and city officials clash over library and health department surpluses and deficits. County is shown to have underfunded 40 percent of library costs and faced a large health budget shortfall over five years, with transfers and estimates complicating the true shares.
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Library Board
Health Department
Couch
Ann Bednat
Coa
City
Library and Health Department
Four Killed and Four Injured in Allentown Plane Crash
A Monmouth Airlines twin engine plane crashed on Blue Mountain near Allentown Pennsylvania during a final approach in heavy fog. Four men died including pilot Richard Ricota 36 copilot James Crawford 25 passenger Richard Banko 44 and Swiss executive Paul Ludwig 47. Three passengers were listed in fair condition Anton Reis 34 Genette Destrenpes 20 and Serge 26. Donald Archury of Forks Township was injured and hospitalized in Easton.
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Monmouth Airlines
Allentown-Bethlehem
Blue Mountain Range
Joseph F. Reichel
Northampton County
Richard Ricotta
Staten Island
James Crawford
Richard Banko
Easton
Paul Ludwig
Rorschacherberg
Switzerland
Deluxe Lista Corp
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hethlehem
Anton Reis
Erlen
Genette Destrenpes
Quebec
Canada
Serge
Donald Archury
Forks Township
Easton Hospital
Jury Seeks New Data for Bribery Trial in Texas
The Travis County grand jury has summoned about six bankers and stockbrokers to produce records for background information in the bribery case against House Speaker Gus Mutscher and other officials. The move does not expand the original investigation, which led to indictments of Mutscher aide Rush McGinty Rep. Tommy Shannon and former state official John Osorio. The charges stem from stock ideals tied to National Bankers Life Insurance Co.
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Tommy Shannon
D-Fort Worth
John Sorio
Smith
Mutscher
McGinty
Shannon
Osorio
State Insurance Board
National +Bankers Life Insurance Co
Eaveil Acus
VIDA
Sharp
Texas
Gus J. Mutscher
Prand
Farris
Feder ' Insurance Deposit Corp
Sharpstown State
Examiners
Government
Tipulation
Sharp and
Sharpstown Bank
Shorp Exchange Commission
SEC
Reconvenes Today as Texas Jury Probes Bank Collapse
A federal grand jury reconvenes in Houston to hear witnesses in the Sharpstown bank collapse probe. The panel indicted eight people, including former bank examiners and Sharpstown officials, on securities and fraud charges, with further months of sessions expected.
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Texas
United Frese Infernational
Sharp
Houston
Stoc
Jand
Frank W Sharp
Sharpstown
U.S
Anthony J. P. Farris
Farris
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Maj
Robert C. Chilton
Fort Reno
Okio
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Padmead
Appropriations
Richard Slack
Pecos
Charles Jungmichel
Lagrange
Grant Jones
Abilene
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Delvin Jones
Lubbock
Stanton Youth
Wee Tanean Wen
Laos
Cambodia
Chu Lai
Hosea Williams
Dick Gregory
Greece
Arthu Higbee
Danang
U.S. Americal Division
Tennessee
U.N
Electric Voting Board
Foreigniago
Whinister Keis Walte
Sevilla
Spain
Andaluza
Hadassah Berman
Jerusalem
Bet
Barbara Jordan
League of Worer Voters
Jordan
Bonn — Young Berman
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