Saigonese Regains Quang Tri City From North Vietnam
South Vietnamese Marines completely control the Citadel in Quang Tri City at 5 p.m., ending a three month North Vietnamese occupation. Fighting continues near the provincial HQ along the river as U.S. bombers strike across the DMZ. Two U.S. Marine fliers shot down near Hanoi damaged enemy MiGs before being rescued.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
de Viet
Viet
Nguyen van Thieu
Demilitarized Zone
Quang
Tien Phuoc
Duang
Navy
America
Lee T. Lasseter
Lakes Wales
Fla
John D. Cummings
Olathe
Kan
Hanoi
McGovern Calls For End Of Pay Board And Price Commission
George McGovern urged abolition of the Federal Pay Board and Price Commission in Portland Maine and proposed voluntary wage and price guidelines with presidential rollback power for major industries. He attacked Nixon controls as unfair and called for a White House Review Board to advise on excessive increases while stressing full employment and anti inflation measures.
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Portland
Maine
George McGovern
Federal Pay Board and Price Commission
Nixon
McGovern
White House
Sen
Edmund §. Muskie
Rep
William Hathaway
Gov
Kenneth
Curtis
Price Commission
Gordon Weil
South Dakota
Review Board
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Waterbury
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Herb Klein
New York City
Klein
Governor Praises Ratchford At Installation Ceremony
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes lauds Dr. C. Brice Ratchford, newly installed president of the University of Missouri, for his ability to communicate with students faculty alumni the legislature and the public. He says the university president must wear many hats and deliver service amid limited state funds.
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Ratchford
Columbia
Warren E. Hearnes
C. Brice Ratchford
University of Missouri
Hearnes
Jesse Hall
Missouri
Brice Ratchford
False Reports On Bombings Stir Senate Inquiry
A Senate probe heard that someone in the 7th Air Force filed two reports about pre planned air strikes on North Vietnam, one true and one false. Lonnie Franks testified that false reports circulated widely while the truthful account reached only some 7th Air Force personnel.
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Washington
Senate
7Th Air Force
North Vietnam
Lonnie Franks
Senate Armed Services Committee
7Th Air Force Headquarters
Franks
342Nd
Udorn
Thailand
John D. Lavelle
Air Force
Creighton W. Abrams
Army
Lavelle
White House
Harold Hughes
Lowa
Abrams
Hughes
Dowd Won’t Say If He Backs McGovern for President
Missouri governor candidate Edward L. Dowd addressed about 250 attendees at a $500 dinner in St. Louis. He held a news conference before the event and refused to give a definite yes or no on backing George McGovern, saying he cannot state clearly if he supports the president nominee.
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ST. Louis
Edward L. Dowd
Missouri
Dowd
George McGovern
McGovern
Nixon backs curbs on TV reruns and seeks action
President Nixon endorsed voluntary cuts on prime time reruns, urging networks to act and promising an investigation. He said reducing original programming harms both the industry and the public, and directed a review with possible regulatory recommendations. Whitehead suggested a fourth network as a remedy and noted a 60 percent rerun share in prime time amid 44 week schedules.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Guild
John Gavin
Clay T. Whitehead
White House
Whitehead
San Francisco
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood
FCC
Federal Communications Comission
Tom Sawyer Commemorative Stamp Debuts in Hannibal
Washington AP reports a new Tom Sawyer commemorative stamp goes on sale October 13 in Hannibal Missouri with first day requests due by that date. Shipments to other offices begin October 14 and an initial 135 million stamps are planned.
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Washington
Hannibal
Postal Service
Samuel Clemens
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Hannibal, Mo
Bradbury Thompson
Missouri Senate Appropriations to Review 21.1 Million Bill
Missouri Senate Appropriations will begin examining a 21.1 million appropriations bill after House passage without debate. The bill was trimmed by 2 million from Gov. Hearnes request amid rapid votes. House action included opposition from Rep. Young over gag rule tactics and included cuts to university funding and a public defender system. The governor expressed satisfaction the core requests were met as veto session adjourned.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Warren E. Hearnes
House Appropriations Committee
E. J
Lucky" Cantrell
James C. Skaggs
D-Ellington
James Godfrey
D-St. Louis
Robert E. Young
R-Carthage
Young
Appropriations Committee
Godfrey
University of Missouri
Public Defender Law
Public Defender of
Division of Welfare
Capitol
Senate
Department of Community Affairs
Kissinger In Another Secret Talk
In Paris Kissinger met with North Vietnamese diplomats Le Due Tho and Xuan Thuy during the peace talks. He flew in from London and by 11 a.m. the U.S. Embassy announced another secret session amid a long stalemate after 159 prior meetings.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Due ‘Tho
Xuan Thuy
Kissinger
London
U.S
Nixon
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Elmer Martin
Nolin Wilson
Robert Barnes
Morris Crews
Robert Peak
Bill Hilton
Bill Nowell
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Unique
Richard Vance
Quang Tri City
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Carolyn Bond
Wire Service
Eisenhower
Ledger
Bond
Christopher Bond
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
McCoy Air Force Base
The
Weyauwega
Wisc
Chronicle
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