False national emergency alert disrupts U.S. radio broadcasts
Washington reports a misissued emergency alert halted regular broadcasts for 18 minutes. The incorrect tape at Cheyenne Mountain triggered stations nationwide to go off air before a corrected message with proper codes and a safety warning was issued. The AP notes the error and mentions the president’s official stance.
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Associated Press
United Press International
American Telegraph & Telephone Co
Air Force
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
White House
Tions
Nixon
WSBT
South Bend
Ind
Viet Drive in Laos Hit by Heavy North Vietnamese Offensives
Heavy counterattacks by North Vietnamese forces slam both sides of the Laos frontier as Saigon’s 12 day drive stalls. U.S. blocking force suffers losses with helicopters shot down. Riverside Hue and Khe Sanh area come under renewed shelling. casualties rise among Saigon troops and American air units.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Rick Merron
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Hue
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Era of Kinney era ends Missouri Senate history
Mike Kinney a longtime Missouri senator from St Louis died of a heart attack in St Louis and was moved to Jefferson City. He served from 1913 to 1969, a record tenure, and was known for a cluttered desk and powerful influence in the Senate. Governor Hearnes and Senate leaders praised his long, colorful career and his impact on Missouri politics. He will be buried in St Louis after a high Mass.
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Missouri
Mike Kinney
St. Louis
Haskell Holman
Kinney
Missouri Senate
Capitol
Senate
U.S
Phil M. Donnelly
Lebanon
Donnelly
Old
Warren E. Hearnes
Michael Kinney
William J. Cason
Clinton
Cason
Visitors To Tour Urban Renewal Here
Two bus loads of St. Charles residents will visit city hall tomorrow at 1 p.m. to tour Mexico's urban renewal and public housing units. Guides include City Councilmen housing and urban renewal representatives in Mexico and members of the Mexico League of Women Voters. Mayor Warner Williams states the trip aims to evaluate their system while Neil Nielsen narrates progress since the 1960s with slides of Garfield and West Underpass areas.
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St. Charles
City Hall
Mexico
City of
Mexico League of Women Voters
Garfield
West
Warner Williams
Neil Nielsen
Nixon to double his jogging time to two minutes
President Nixon told the Council on Physical Fitness that he will double his jogging to two minutes daily. He said one minute of jogging is enough for him and added he would jog two minutes the next morning.
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Nixon
Washington
Council On Physical Fitness and Sports Advisory Conference
No More Crop Kill In Vietnam Ends Use Of Herbicides
SAIGON AP United States officials Bunker and Abrams announced an end to spraying crops in South Vietnam while confirming continued use of herbicides to clear jungle around bases and remote areas. The program was drastically reduced last April as part of a phased withdrawal.
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Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
South Vietnam
Bunker
Abrams
White House
United States
Vietnam
150 Cars Pile Up Along Interstate 94
Fog and darkness caused a massive crash spree along a 20 mile stretch of Interstate 94 south of Milwaukee. About 150 vehicles collided or were involved in crashes, a truck driver died, and roughly a dozen people were injured. Traffic stalled for hours as hundreds of vehicles queued behind wreckage at interchanges in Union Grove and nearby areas. Officials noted the area is among the nation s busiest rural interstate sectors.
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Milwaukee
Kenosha County
Chicago
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Union Grove
Eight Die In Home Fire in Steele Missouri
Eight members of a single family died in a fast spreading home fire near Steele Missouri early today. Trooper Kenneth Howell said the wooden tenant home burned out of control before responders arrived and the fire could not be saved.
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Highway Patrol
Ray Lee Marshall
Pearline Black
Gladys Booth
Marshall
John Marshall
Memphis
Tenn
Missouri
Howell
Snow Warning Hits Northwest Missouri Weather Update
AP reports a heavy snow warning for northwest Missouri with possible snow tonight or Sunday. Rain and freezing precipitation possible in central and northeast regions as warm fronts move in. Sunday highs range from around 30 in the northwest to the 50s in the southeast. statewide highs reached 73 in West Plains and 70 in several areas, with a 33 degree low in Kirksville and Springfield.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Weather Services
West Plains
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Kirksville
Springfield
Missouri pageant directors attend forum in Mexico
Directors from 18 Missouri local beauty pageants travel to Mexico for the second annual Miss Missouri Pageant forum hosted by Miss Missouri Pageant officials. Jim Stowe leads the two day gatherings at City Hall with talks on pageant operations. New pageants represented include Lebanon, Kansas City, Monroe City and Brookfield.
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Mexico
Jim Stowe
Stowe
City Hall
Rex Johnson
Johnson
MMP
Philip
Buz) Adams
Bob Kirgan
Robert Peak
Don Decker
Dwight Schindler
Wes Houser
Bill Muncrief
Forum
Gary Spencer
Lebanon
Kansas City
Monroe City
Brookfield
Marcia Mossbarger
Monterey
Larry Webber
Morris Crews
Jaycee
Weather Burro Predicts Gold Seekers Fate
A prospector listened each morning to his pack animal Todays bray. One bray signaled clear weather for gold pursuit while two brays meant inclement conditions prompting a day to stay in camp. The donkey was his weather burro.
Missouri Regents uphold firing of Columbia professor over Veiled Prophet protest
The University of Missouri curators voted 5 to 3 to uphold the firing of Dr. Patrick T. Dougherty, a visiting associate professor of political science, who protested the Veiled Prophet Parade in St. Louis by lying in front of the marching band. He was dismissed Jan. 30 after prior suspension and reassignment. The decision follows a campus dispute over the parade's background.
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University of Missouri
Columbia
St. Louis
Patrick T. Dougherty
Herbert Schooling
UMC
Dougherty
St. Louis University
Pleasant R. Smith
Mexico
William C. Tucker
Warrensburg
G. Fred Kling
Albany
William C. Myers Jr
Webb City
John Sam Williamson
Burglary suspects sought in Rob ert Young home case
Rancho Santa Fe California AP one man held in custody another sought in connection with a burglary attempt at actor Robert Young’s residence. Police report the break in occurred at Young’s home prompting an investigation and manhunt ongoing for a second suspect.
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Rancho Santa FE
Calif
Robert Young
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