US Scales Down Viet Bombing Raids
Saigon reports a marked reduction in U S air strikes and ground operations across South Vietnam and neighboring countries as Nixonian Vietnamization proceeds. Command updates show casualty declines, shifting tactics, and continued but scaled back efforts against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, with logistics and trail interdiction ongoing in Laos and Cambodia.
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Vietnam
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U.S. Command
Heada
Indochina
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Lucius D. Clay Jr
Air Force
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Try For 6th Time To Vote School Tax
In Belton Missouri a proposed 1.41 per hundred increase in the school tax levy will be voted on for the sixth time. The measure fell eight votes short of the required two thirds on the fifth attempt.
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Belton, Mo
Extradition Hearing Set For Angela Davis Nov 9
Angela Davis, a Marxist scholar and former UCLA professor, held without bail in New York to await a November 9 extradition hearing for murder and kidnapping charges tied to a courthouse shootout in Marin County, California. She faces state warrants with a courier from California due to warrants. Poindexter Jr., arrested with her, arraigned on harboring a fugitive charge.
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Angela Davis
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U.S
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Angela Yvonne Davis
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Nixon plan drives quiet moves on Vietnam talks
U S officials push a broad peace proposal as Congress wraps key narcotics and health bills for a lame duck session. Rogers meets with North Vietnamese and other world leaders at the UN while Nixon prepares a major crime bill signing. Egypt holds elections for a six year presidency as Anwar Sadat succeeds Nasser. A New York University student’s father wins a partial tuition refund after campus unrest last May.
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Mexico Ledger Publication and postal details
The Mexico Ledger is published daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265. Rates include 2.00 per month in Mexico and nearby towns by carrier, 12.00 per year in Audrain and adjoining counties, with 3, 6, and 7 month options, and 18.00 per year for all other Missouri counties. Out of state subscriptions are 21.00 yearly. Armed forces members pay 1.00 per month. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:80 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Equal Rights Amendment Looks Dead
Aids burial of unknowns described as a work of love for fellow man. The ERA, first introduced in 1928, faced Senate defeat after broad House support. Sen Birch Bayh and allies pivot to a new proposal to shield against sex-based discrimination, while the St Vincent de Paul Society aids the poor with burial and charity efforts.
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NYU student tuition refunded after campus unrest
In Small Claims Court Judge Patrick J. Picariello awarded Roger Paynter $277.40 partial tuition refund for 19 canceled NYU classes amid May campus unrest. Paynter sued for breach of contract on behalf of his son Raymond. NYU plans an appeal. The ruling denounces campus disturbances and stresses administrator responsibility for order.
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New York University
Patrick J. Picarretto
Roger Paynter
Queens
Paynter
Raymond
Acton
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Cambodia
National Guard
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Picatiello
U.S. District Court
Milwaukee
Wis
Myron Gordon
University of Wisconsin
Gordon
Blasco guides Catholic burial amid Society efforts
Blasco said the Society arranged burials in Catholic cemeteries with dignified, reverent services attended by Society members. He noted that graves are sodded and recorded by location, with limited marking unless a relative provides a monument, and cited state and federal protections for women's burial benefits amid debate over a red, flexible standard.
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Bayh
Sam J. Ervin Jr
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Society For Burial Benefit of
Army May Boost Combat Bonus to Attract Volunteers
Washington AP reports the Army may nearly double the number of men in infantry armor and artillery roles by offering special combat bonuses. The plan, described as a top priority, aims to shift from draftee enrollment to a volunteer system as the military gears up for changes.
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Army
Over 1000 Cars Searched At Kennedy Airport
At John F Kennedy Airport US Customs officials say more than 1,000 cars have been checked since Friday to detect explosives weapons radical literature and other articles. A spokesman noted searches began after the Weather Underground warned of an offensive. One car carried SDS literature wires tools ammunition and what was described as phone tapping equipment but no violations were found and the car and driver were released.
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John Fy, Kennedy Airport
U.S
SDS
Boat Spills Man To Death Under Barge
Roger Simons a 21 year old Chicago biologist with the U S Water Quality Administration drowned when a 17 foot boat carrying three men capsized near a Monsanto plant on the Mississippi River. Roscoe Libby 50 Hinsdale I and Fisher 30 Chicago were rescued by tow boat crewmen. Simons was surveying water pollution. Libby and Fisher worked for the Chicago office. The motor stalled as they neared shore and the current swept the boat under a barge.
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Mississippi River
Roscoe Libby
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Simons
U.S. Water Quality Administration
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Monsanto Co
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