Biggest Aerial Campaign Across Vietnam Initiated
Saigon reports the United States launched its largest air offensive in 18 months across South Vietnam s western border. About 200 strikes targeted jungles, routes, storage sites, and staging areas in northern and central Vietnam as North Vietnamese buildup continues. Allied forces also carried out 172 strikes in a 24 hour period, with 356 total in the past three days, while Tet cease fires begin.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Central Coastal Plain
Kontum
A Shau
Khe Sanh
Plane Crash Near Middletown Leaves Two Walkaway Victims
Two Wellsville men, John Nation Jr and Jerry Wright, escaped serious injury when their single engine Cessna Skyhawk struck a power line and plunged into trees on the Fred Morgan farm two miles west of Middletown. Nation required nose surgery for a broken nose and both men were treated. the crash damaged lines and poles, cutting power in the area.
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Wellsville
John Nation Jr
Jerry Wright
Wright
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Middletown
Ledger
Richard Vance
Fenlon City to install new judge and counselor
Mexico will appoint Robert M. Fenlon as municipal court judge and Edward Hodge as city counselor following the resignation of Howard Dillard. The appointments, announced by City Manager Neil Nielsen, await city council approval at the upcoming meeting.
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Mexico
Robert M. Fenlon
Edward Hodge
Neil Nielsen
Howard Dillard
Dillard
Kiwanis Pancake Day draws hundreds in Mexico Church
In Mexico, Kiwanians at the United Methodist Church flipped pancakes for Pancake Day with about 300 servings by mid morning. About 80 club members and 38 boys from Mexico High School Key Club worked in two hour shifts. doors opened at 6 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door as three men manned the griddle and sausage fryers.
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Mexico
Woodruff Receives 3 Optimist Awards
The Optimist Club of Mexico named Bill Woodruff as recipient of two top honors, the Distinguished Presidents' Award and the presidential citation, for leadership at the club level. The club also earned the Honor Club Medallion for 1970 71, joining 251 clubs nationwide with that status. The Mexico club, chartered in 1967 with 42 members, now counts 91 and remains affiliated with the Missouri District.
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Optimist Club of Mexico
Monterey
Optimist International
Optimist
Bill Woodruff
Vernon Mitchell
United States
Canada
Optimist Club of
Mexico
Missouri
State and Local Art On Museum Tv Show
Audrain County Historical Society Channel 12 See Tv spot features Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham and Hardin College art history. Juliet Hulen narrates Bingham works including Shooting the Beef and Order Number 11. Carl Burchfield reviews Hardin College at turn of century. John Webber moderates and hosts. Re-air Tuesday at noon on Channel 12.
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Missouri and
Mexico
Audrain County Historical Society
Missouri
George Caleb Bingham
Hardin College
Juliet Hulen
Bingham
Carl Burchfield
John Webber
Mexico High School
Proud Rooster, Proud Son Entering Ministry
A minister comments on a fine dinner as a rooster struts by. The host notes the bird has reason to boast since one of his sons has just entered the ministry.
Centralia Sets March 9 Bond Vote for New Chance Plant
The Centralia City Council set March 9 for a $1 million revenue bond election to fund a new A. B. Chance Co. plant. Voter locations move to ward based sites, with Ward 1 at Chance elementary, Ward 2 at the high school, and Ward 3 at city hall. The bond requires no city taxes, and Chance will lease the building to cover principal and interest over 20 years. The plant, moving from Cleveland in July, is expected to create about 60 local jobs.
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Cape Girardeau
Albert Spradling
Hodge
Edwards, Seigfieid and Runge
Washington University Law School
Judge Advocate Corps
U.S. Army
Fenlon
Mexico
University of Missouri Law School
City Hall
New Park South
Muldrow St
Centralia
A. B. Chance Co
Chance
Chance Co
Cleveland
US and Soviet Union to joint cancer research efforts
US and the Soviet Union will cooperate to study causes and cures of cancer heart disease and environmental health problems. An initial information exchange will precede possible joint research and funding. A joint committee forms in March with signatures from Elliot L. Richardson and Boris V. Petrovsky in Washington and Moscow.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Mills Enters Two Primaries for Democratic Nomination
Rep. Wilbur Mills moves from fence-sitting to active bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He cites Arkansas support and plans to seek delegations in Miami after Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries actions. Secretary Rogers to offer foreign policy briefings to viable candidates after winnowing.
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Robert L. Campbell
Associated Press
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Mills
Arkansas
Miami
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Congress
William P. Rogers
Department
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
State Department
Rogers
Peking
Nixon
Humphrey
NBC
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Vietnam
Jackson
Florida
Jacksonville
Melvin R. Laird
San Diego
Calif
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Kenneth Earle
Kevin Laws
Stanley J. Laws
Kontum City
Mand
Duc Hoa
Radio Hanoi
North Vietnam
Kiwanis
Naval Research Laboratory
Moon
Lowell
Mass
Woodruff
Russia
Rep. Mills
Laird
Rogers CB. Morton
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Sen. Muskie
National Liberation Front
Morton
Richmond
Muskie
Indochina
Maine Democrat
Nashua
N.H
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