War Deaths Are Most In Months
The U S Command reports 88 Americans killed in Indochina last week the highest weekly toll in nine months. Air strikes near Fire Base Mary Ann and near Fire Base 6 accompany heavy fighting with North Vietnamese forces. Cambodian paratroopers endured a ground attack on Highway 4 as missing correspondents Kate Webb and Toshiichi Suzuki are reported.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Phnom Penh
United Press International
Nixon
Central Highlands
Lonely
Highlands
Cambodia
Robin Mannock
Kompong Som
Kate Webb
UPI
Toshiichi Suzuki
Denpa
Mannock
USS. Command
High Juniors May Be UMC Students
Qualified high school juniors in Columbia may enroll at the University of Missouri Columbia to earn advanced standing while finishing high school. The pilot program expands beyond Hickman and University high schools, allowing students with 12+ credits and top 25 percent rank to take up to two summer courses and continue limited UMC studies during their senior year.
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Columbia
University of Missouri- Columbia
Hickman
University
UMC
Frazier urges unity in South Carolina legislature
World heavyweight champion Joe Frazier from Beaufort urged blacks and whites to play and work together during a three minute standing ovation at the South Carolina General Assembly. He said problems could be solved if people stopped worrying about who is next door or whom their children play with.
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Columbia
S.C
Joe Frazier
South Carolina
Frazier
Beaufort
General Assembly
How They Voted on Nixon Education Money Request
AP tally of House voting on Nixon education funding shows a 191 to 187 defeat of the $728 million increase. Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma lawmakers split along party lines with Democrats Bolling Burlson Hungate Ichord Sullivan Symington Roy Albert Edmondson Steed for the amendment. Republicans for Sebelius of Kansas. against Hall Jarman. Republicans against Hall Shriver Winn Camp.
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Washington
U.S. House
Nixon
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Bolling
Burlson
Hungate
Ichord
Sullivan
Symington
Roy
Albert, Edmondson and Steed
Sebelius
Hall
Jarman
Shriver and Winn
Camp
Nixon to withdraw 100000 more troops by December
AP dispatch reports Nixon orders another 100000 US troops home by December 1 amid ongoing Vietnam pullout. No end date announced. Also covers battlefield actions near Laos and Cambodia, a House vote on education funding, ACLU plans to sue, and Air Force cadet resignations for conscience objection. Federal plan to sample global air pollution for climate risk noted.
House Holds School Bill Near Budget
Washington AP A budget deficit and a presidential veto threat frame the House vote as it narrowly defeats an amendment to expand federal education aid. The approved $4.8 billion Office of Education bill passes 354 to 7 and moves to the Senate where further spending boosts are anticipated.
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House
Nixons
Washington
Nixon
Office of Education
Senate
William D. Hathaway
Dmaine
Hathaway
Congress
Emergency Committee For
Appropriations Committee
Two Witnesses Must Do Civilian Work
Billy DuAyne Hodgen and Victor Lemuel Smotherman, both Jehovah's Witnesses from Pulaski County, were sentenced to two years of civilian employment at the University of Missouri Medical Center after pleading guilty and no contest to failing to report for military duty. They refused a Selective Service order to work at the center, citing conscientious objection to war and obedience to military orders, and will begin the terms in Columbia.
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Springfield
Billy DuAyne Hodgen
Victor Lemuel Smotherman
Jehovah's Witnesses
Pulaski County
Missouri
University of Missouri Medical Center
Hodgen
Smotherman
U.S
William R. Collinson
Columbia
Life Imprisonment For Him Ends At 85
Federal judge orders the release of 85-year-old Winfield S. Waters who was sentenced to life for the attempted rape of a school teacher. Harvey II found state courts erred by refusing to reconsider the sentence and noted Waters’ near blindness, crippled legs, and age made the crime unlikely. Waters leaves prison after five years and heads to his sister’s five-acre farm, saying spring strawberries will be good.
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Baltimore
Alexander Harvey II
Winfield S. Waters
Waters
Lasting Job O McGee Retires After 40 Years at Shoemaker
R. McGee, longtime lasting department worker for International and Florsheim Shoe Companies, retires after 40 years. He and wife Leona live at 8 Marine Dr. He will garden, lawn care, and fish in retirement. A plaque commemorating his service was presented at a Monday office ceremony.
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O. R. McGee
Florsheim Shoe Co
McGee
Old International Shoe Co
Florsheim Shoe
Leona
Marine Dr
Gl Charged With Killing 2 Officers
Saigon AP reports U S Army private Billy D Smith 22 Watts California charged with pre meditated murder in the March 15 killings of two lieutenants at Bien Hoa Army base. He also faces three counts of attempted murder. Trial date not set. Apprehended March 15 at Bien Hoa, in Army jail at Long Binh.
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Saigon
1St Cavalry Division
Billy D. Smith
Watts
Calif
Bien Hoa
Smith
Long Binh
Foreclosure note mailed to Reed tied to 1968 loan
Des Moines man Glenn Beverly Reed, serving a 40 year term for a bank robbery, faced foreclosure on a $28 000 loan from Decatur County State Bank. The bank, noting $17 000 unpaid, sought confiscation of Reed’s security disposal equipment. The loan funded a garriage service and the stolen funds were recovered after the robbery.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines
Decatur County State Bank
Glenn Beverly Reed
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Reed
Polk County District Court
John Hughes
University Fire May Have Been Set
Fire swept the UC Santa Cruz administration building early today, destroying about two thirds of the 3 million structure. Authorities said arson remains a possibility as investigators probe the blaze at the university campus in Santa Cruz California.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
University of California At
Four-Year-Old Salutes President Nixon in TV Greeting
AVELLA Pa AP Four year old Kevin Taylor recalled saluting President Nixon who saluted back when Nixon posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Kevin’s Marine father Karl Taylor killed in South Vietnam. Kevin spoke from his grandparents’ living room as his family watched the address.
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Avella
Kevin Taylor
United States
Nixon
Kevin
White House
Karl Taylor
South Vietnam
Shirley Taylor
Mexico Lions Plan Sale to Aid Blind Community
The Mexico Lions Club discussed its annual broom and household goods sale at Air Park Restaurant last night. Proceeds fund eye saving projects. items made by blind artisans include brooms mops and dish cloths. Sale dates April 19 to 21 with displays at Smiley's IGA Hoffman's and Peck's.
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Mexico Lions Club
Air Park
Lions Club
Smiley
IGA
Hoffman
Peck
Lions ‘Club
Bill Potts
Barney Steinkamp
Elmer Morris
Harold Sexton
Paul Sitton
James Clibourn
Donald Doerge
Roy Parker
Sammy Oliver
Lion Tanner
Bob McGee
Emmet Altrogge
Ted Bird
Cass Wilhoit
Fairground
Sing Out Tonight At GH Center in Garfield Heights
The event at the Garfield Heights community center features Sing Out Tonight at 7 30 p m hosted by the Stewardess Board of St Paul CME Church. Mrs Herbert Fountain, president, says the program is open to the public and welcomes attendees.
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Mexico
Garfield Heights
St. Paul Cme Church
Herbert Fountain
Guards Trade Guns For Mace On Omaha Campuses
Security officers at the University of Nebraska Omaha campuses swap revolvers for Mace canisters. Director Michael T. Loftus says Mace is as effective as a pistol in officers duties.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
University of Nebraska
Michael T. Loftus
Hank Williams Jr. marries former Dallas model
Country singer Hank Williams Jr. wed Gwendolyn Sue Yeargain in Nashville with about 150 relatives and friends attending. The couple plans a wedding trip to London where Williams will perform at the International Festival of Country Music on Saturday.
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Nashville, Tenn
Hank Williams Jr
Dallas
Gwendolyn Sue Yeargain
London
Williams
Fired FBI file clerks seek reinstatement over peace group work
two FBI identification branch clerks Linda Janca and Christine Hoomes say they were ordered to quit off hours volunteer work for the National Peace Action Coalition or lose their jobs. ACLU attorney Philip J. Hirschkop vows to seek an injunction against J Edgar Hoover amid calls for his resignation as Congress questions his leadership.
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Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
FBI
Philip J. Hirschkop
ACLU
J. Edgar Hoover
Hirschkop
Linda Janca
Christine Hoomes
Jerry Gordon
Coalition
Hoover
Congress
Gordon
Hanoi Says US Keeps War Policy
North Vietnam accuses Nixon of cynicism for not dating a total withdrawal, vowing to defeat the U S policy of prolonging the war. Vy and Binh defend Vietnam's stance at the 108th peace talks as Washington signals slight troop withdrawals. South Vietnam presses for a timetable and broader withdrawal while denouncing North Vietnamese forces in Laos and Cambodia.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Nguyen Minh Vy
Laos
Cambodia
Nguyen Thi Binh
U.S
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Repatriation proposal eyed amid Vietnam talks
In a brief note from Mexico City the issue of repatriation or internment in a neutral country was discussed with a promise they would not be used in active military service. U.S. Ambassador David Bruce supported the proposal while Mrs. Binh repeated the enemy offer on prisoner releases after a U.S. withdrawal date.
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U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Mrs. Binh
United States
Student Injury Investigation After Campus Car Incident
In Kirksville Missouri a Northeast Missouri State College student Donald Graves 21 of Fulton was struck by a car driven by Dr. Charles J. McClain president of the college as Atty. Gen. John C. Danforth visited campus to donate blood. Graves was treated and released with a scraped elbow. a patrol and campus security investigation continues.
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Kirksville
Missouri
Donald Graves
Fulton
Grim-Smith Hospital
F. L. Staggs
Missouri Highway Patrol
Graves
Charles J. McClain
John C. Danforth
McClain
Highway Patrol
Wayne Martin
Judge to Rule on Missouri Prison Cruelty Suit
Final arguments were presented today in a case where eight inmates sue Missouri Penitentiary officials for 729000 dollars claiming cruel and inhuman treatment during June 27 29 1969 after a prison disturbance. Judge Elmo Hunter of the U S District Court took the case under advisement with only technical briefs remaining.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Elmo Hunter
U.S. District Court
MH Layoffs Ahead Jefferson City
Starting April 15 the State Division of Mental Health plans to lay off about 2200 of its 9000 employees due to an emergency cutback in state spending.
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Jefferson City
State Division of Mental Health
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Anna Calder-Marshall
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Deane Eisele
James Henry, Jr
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John Maxwell
Donald Oberlag
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Don Riuteel
Joe Stuckenschneider
Dale Talbott
John Toebben
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