North Vietnamese push toward Quang Tri threatens Hue
North Vietnamese forces drove south of Quang Tri, besieging the provincial capital and overrunning bas tographs near Hue. Highway 1 was cut, U.S. helicopters were shot down or damaged, and about 100000 refugees crowded Hue as air support and new corridors tried to sustain the defenders. Casualties mounted on both sides as U.S. air losses rose.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Hue
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
U.S
Bastogne
Demilitarized Zone
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
Lynn C. Newland
U.S. Command
Quang Tri City
Car crash topples pole and power near Dairy Queen
James W. Hancock of 113 Josephine St. faces three summonses after his car toppled a utility pole and transformer on E Liberty St near Green Blvd. Power loss affected two blocks until restoration by 9 am. Hancock charged with driving while intoxicated failure to keep vehicle under control and carrying a concealed weapon while intoxicated.
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James W. Hancock
Josephine St
E. Liberty St
Hancock
Green Blvd
J.J. McNamara
Missouri Power and Light
Harold Sulgrove
Duane Fulkes Passes Bar Exam in Missouri
Missouri Board of Law Examiners announced 102 candidates passed their February bar exams with eight failures. New lawyers will be sworn in before the Missouri Supreme Court next Saturday. Among successful candidates is Duane Sherman Fulkes of Mexico. The article ends with an unrelated quote.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Board of Law Examiners
Missouri Supreme Court
Duane Sherman Fulkes
Mexico
McGovern Pushes In Ohio Amid Black Community Appeal
Sen George McGovern launches a major push in Ohio to erode Hubert Humphrey support in black communities. He plans endorsements from Ralph Abernathy Jesse Jackson and John Conyers Jr at a Cleveland news conference before a Cincinnati walking tour. Humphrey adds C J McLin to his Ohio slate and campaigns in Indiana as primaries approach in Alabama and D C. Jackson criticizes McGovern as Humphrey contends against McCarthy Muskie remains on Indiana ballot.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Sen
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ohio
McGovern
Ralph Abernathy
Jesse Jackson
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Humphrey
C. J. McLin
Dayton
Indiana
George C. Wallace
Alabama
District of Columbia
Indianapolis
Wallace
Minnesota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Jackson
Harry S. Truman
Soviet Official Makes Hanoi Mission Amid Paris Talks
Diplomatic sources say Konstantine Katushev, a Soviet Communist Party secretary, traveled to Hanoi in what may be part of behind the scenes diplomacy on Vietnam. North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho was en route to Paris with a stop in Peking before resuming talks. American negotiators indicated willingness to meet Tho in private discussions.
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Washington
Hanoi
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Paris
le Duc Tho
State Department
Konstantine Katushev
Communist Party Central Committee
Jer Hanai
Peking
Methodists approve use of busing and dialogue
United Methodists at a four year conference endorsed school busing for integration and opposed actions or amendments banning it. They backed Project Equality for equal employment, supported dialogue with Jewish communities, and urged reforms on marijuana laws while promoting abstinence.
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Atlanta, Ga
United Methodists
Project Equality
Church Union
Blood Pumped Out Replaced With New Life Saving Procedure
SAN ANTONIO AP A young sergeant S Sgt Tors Olson 20 of West Laurens NY was placed in bloodless suspended animation for about 10 minutes during a liver failure treatment. Doctors used heart lung machine to drain Olson s blood and replace it with donor blood cooled to 85 degrees to protect the brain. Olson regained consciousness the day after the operation and doctors expect him back on limited active duty within 30 days.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Tors Olson
West Laurens
N.Y
Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center
McConnell Air Force Base
Kansas
Olson
Joe Gerald Klebanoff
New York
Paul W. Myers
David E. Langdon
Wilford Hall
Klebanoff
Langdon
Legislature Heads Into Sunday Windup Session
The Missouri House plans a 2 pm Sunday return to wind up bills in conference and House matters before a midnight Sunday adjournment. A Friday across the board pay raise for judges was approved, trimmed by the House to share costs with counties and combine magistrate and probate judges in some counties. Rep. DeCoster urged defeating the measure, warning of a mass exodus of judges without raises, while noting broader budget strains. Kevin Mark David born at 3:52 pm Friday at Audrain Medical Center. parents Oscar Junior David and spouse welcome the child. grandparents listed. House passes the bill 120-2.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House of Representatives
Springfield
Richard J. Rabbitt
D-St. Louis
House
Senate
Missouri
Albert M. Spradling
Dcape Girardeau
Supreme Court
Platte County
Richard DeCoster
Dcanton
Speaker
DeCoster
U'Ban Transportation
Ney
Oscar Junior David
W. Love St
Audrain Medical Center
Kevin Mark David
David
Gene Davis
Oscar David
Route 4
Mexico
Missouri Senate trims judge pay raise to five thousand
AP reporting the Missouri Senate, after disposing of a controversial judges pay raise bill, planned a two hour working session. House changes cut proposed raises from 10000 to 5000 per year across magistrate to state Supreme Court levels. Other provisions: released inmates receive 100 and a ticket home, delinquent sales tax interest drops from three to one percent.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
House
State Supreme Court
States set clocks ahead as daylight saving begins
The Associated Press reports most of the nation moves clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for Daylight Saving Time. Standard Time resumes Oct. 20. Mauwali, Arizona, Michigan and eastern Indiana stay on standard time.
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Chris Miller
Miller’s Watch and
Associated Press
Mauwali
Arizona
Michigan
Indiana
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