Air Armada Bans North Vietnamese Push Near Kampong Cham
A large force of U S fighter bombers and B 52s attacked North Vietnamese supply routes from Kampong Cham toward Vietnam’s DMZ and Laos. The air offensive aims to cut reinforcements along the Ho Chi Minh trail while ground troops contest defenses near Kompong Cham and Skoun. The U S command reports no American fatalities on Tuesday with 5 wounded, and notes troop reductions totaling 410 as 60 000 South Vietnamese forces will be added in 1971 to offset U S drawdowns.
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Laos
Kampong Cham
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
U.S
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Mint
Skoun
Troesing
Highway 7
Snuol
Mekong
Ment
Vietnam
da Nang
77Th Artillery
25Th Infantry
South Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Cashman Elected in Connecticut
Peter L. Cashman wins a hard fought victory in Connecticut's 20th State Senate district with 58.5 percent and a 5400 vote plurality. His wife Susan Cashman is related to state auditor Kit Bond. The Cashmans plan a Thanksgiving visit to Mexico and have two children, Robert and Johanna.
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Peter L. Cashman
Susan Green
Ceousien
Connecticut State Senate
Cashman
Toadie
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Cashmans
Mexico
Robert
Johanna
Mr. Cashman
Canterbury School
Yale
Norfolk & Western Freight Derails Near Carrollton
Forty one cars of a Norfolk and Western freight train derailed two miles west of Carrollton. Most cars carried coal and covered several hundred feet of jointly used track with no injuries reported. Cause was not determined.
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N&w
Carrollton, Mo
Norfolk and Western
Carrollton
Santa Fe
Leaders gather in Paris to honor de Gaulle funeral
Paris hosts about 80 nations including Nixon and Kosygin for Charles de Gaulle’s funeral tribute after his death Monday night. In Saigon, American warplanes patrol Cambodia and Laos to deter renewed North Vietnamese attacks on Cambodia’s northern front. Nixon says the Vietnam War should end by 1972 in a post election briefing with Cabinet members. Britain vetoes a Rhodesian independence resolution at the UN. Pentagon officials question two released U.S. Army generals in Soviet Armenia, under orders not to speak. Labor predicts few women enter teaching in the 1970s, urging other fields. Soviet scientists launch Luna 17 unmanned moon probe to return samples.
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Associated Press Paris
Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Witnesses Allowed in Calley Trial, Judge Rules
FT BENNING Ga AP A military judge ruled that government witnesses who testified secretly to a House subcommittee may testify in Lt. William L Calley Jr's court martial. The decision contrasts with a Ft Hood ruling barring four prosecution witnesses from the Mitchell case. Selection of Calleys panel begins Thursday after a Veterans Day recess.
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My Lai
Ft. Hood
Col
George Robinson
David Mitchell
Calley
South Vietnam
Robinson
House
Mitchell
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
Subcommittee
Hebert
Hugh Thompson
Thompson
Kennedy
Aubrey Daniel
Army
Daniel
Cailey
Pageant Board Elects Stowe Spencer For 71
The Miss Missouri Pageant board for 1971 elected Jim Stowe as director of next year’s pageant and Gary Spencer as producer. Stowe leads the Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Spencer runs Dale’s Shoes. Board members include Barnes Decker Holbrook Houser Howes Johnson Peck Stowe Spencer. Muncriet praised the 1970 pageant as one of the best first-year efforts.
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Jim Stowe
Gary Spencer
Stowe
Mexico
Meany Rejects Outback Appeal on Wages
AFL CIO President George Meany rejected a Nixon administration appeal to curb wage demands. He blamed inflation for eroding real pay and said union demands would rise to offset price increases. He labeled McCracken's call as talking in thin air amid rising unemployment and inflation.
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Aflcio
George Meany
Nixon
Meany
Paul MceCracken
Labor Federation
McCracken
Mexico Community Chest reaches 21.5 percent of goal
A report to Community Chest leaders shows $11,179.84 received to date, 21.5 percent of the $51,966.10 goal, with fund drive chairman Murray Purcell presenting figures. Attendees included Glen Hatfield J T Williams Beverly Leeper Larry Hynes Jack Viar Norman Genthon Ken McQuarry Eldon Burgess and Bill Mihalic. Mrs Walter Leeper said Audrain Hospital employees have raised $1,440 toward their $1,500 target, 94 percent of the goal. Leaders of Boy Scout Toop were praised for their courthouse square access Saturday.
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Mexico
Murray Purcell
Glen Hatfield
J. T. Williams
Beverly Leeper
Larry Hynes
Jack Viar
Norman Genthon
Ken McQuarry
Eldon Burgess
Bill Mihalic
Walter Leeper
Audrain Hospital
Boy Scout
Toop
Court House Square
Ohta Murder Pleas Set in California
Santa Cruz ap John Linley Frazier 24 faces five counts of murder in the Ohta family mass killing. He had pleaded innocent in Municipal Court Oct 23 the day of his arrest by District Attorney Peter Chang.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
John Linley Frazier
Ohta
Frazer
Dist
Atty
Peter Chang
Britain Uses Fifth UN Veto on Rhodesia Resolution
Britain vetoed an Asian African resolution in the UN Security Council, its fifth veto, after twelve council members backed it while the United States and France abstained. The measure urged Britain not to grant independence to Southern Rhodesia without majority rule, targeting Ian Smith's white minority regime. Sir Colin Crowe warned the veto before the vote, calling the move an outside dictate.
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United Nations, N.Y
Britain
Rhodesia
U.N. Security Council
Council
United States
France
Ian Smith
Colin Crowe
I Am Not Amelia Says Mrs Bolan in News Confab
Mrs Guy Bolan of Jamesburg New Jersey denies being Amelia Earhart amid claims by Lt Col Joe Klaas and Maj Joseph Gervais that Earhart survived as a spy after a secret mission to photograph Japanese bases at Truk The 1965 Long Island party meeting and Bolans prior denials frame her response to the sensational allegations.
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New York
Joe Klaas
Joseph Gervais
Gervais
Long Island
Amelia Ear
Table Rock Feeds Taneycomo Oxygen Boost Plan
New details describe efforts by authorities to discharge water from Table Rock Dam into Taneycomo to raise oxygen levels. The plan involves coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and undertakings at Mound City and surrounding area amid flood conditions.
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Mound City
Repossession Ends Ravenswood Ferry Run
Ravenswood West Virginia ferry service to cross the Ohio River halted after the owner repossessed the old vessel. Bari Naylor cites the time payment plan as failed, leaving motorists without a crossing until a resolution is reached. The Cindy Kay, tied to the ferry, had been part of the operation before being towed away Saturday.
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Ohio ‘River
Bari Naylor
Enda
Cindy ‘Kay
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