Minnesota Firm Bids Law On Cannon Dam
A bill authorizing 5.4 million dollars for Clare nte Cannon Dam passed the Senate and moves to the President for signature. Col LeTallier reported bids opened for Phase I embankment with D H Blattner and Sons of Avon Minnesota the apparent low bidder at 1.794 million. Work includes earth and rock excavation cofferdams and grouting with a 1975 target completion and total cost near 85 million.
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Clarente Cannon Dam
Senate
Col. Carroll N. LeTallier
St. Louis
Col. LeTellier
D. H. Blattner and Sons of
Avon, Minn
Salt River
Perry
Four Mexico High Students Win Commendations on Merit Test
Mexico High School Principal William E Lowry announced four students earned Letters of Commendation for high performance on the 1970 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The honorees are Kathleen C Barnes R Clay Brashears Bruce Copeland and Marilyn K Melahn.
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Mexico High School
William E. Lowry
Kathleen C. Barnes
Larney Barnes
Oak Lane
R. Clay Brashears
Richard C. Brashears
Robin Hood Rd
Bruce &. Copeland
Howard Copeland
Meadow Lane
Marilyn K. Melahn
Wallace Melahn
Westminster Place
Nixon Warns Moscow Over Cuban Naval Build Up
Washington reports the Nixon administration warns Russia against a major naval base in Cuba after the Pentagon cites what may be a submarine support base at Cienfuegos. White House says such a base would be met with utmost seriousness while noting no diplomatic steps have been taken yet.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
Cuba
Pentagon
Cienfuegos
Atlantic
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Caribbean
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Russia
Nine Governors Named To Run U S Postal Service
President Nixon announced a nine member board to guide the postal service toward turning it into an independent agency. The nominees include M A Wright of Humble Oil as chair, and executives from Texas Instruments, Marine Midland Grace Trust, Johnson Products and others. Terms vary from one to nine years with eventual nine year service.
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Washington
Nixon
Postal Service
Winton M. Blount
Postal Rate Commission
M. A. Wright
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Houston
Tex
Patrick E. Haggerty
Texas Instrument Inc
Dallas
Charles H. Codding
Foraker
Okla
Crocker Nevin
Marine Midland Grace Trust Co
New York
George E. Johnson
Johnson Products Co
Chicago
Andrew David Holt
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Theodore William Braun
California
Braun and Co
Frederick Russell Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
William J. Curtin
Washington, D.C
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius
King Hussein Says Palace Traitors Tainted Royal Guard
In an interview with Le Monde, King Hussein of Jordan reveals Palestinian sympathizers inside his household and staff suspected of betraying royal plans. He cites a trusted chauffeur and the cook among those infiltrated, stating he was shocked by the breadth of internal treachery and intelligence failures.
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Paris
Hussein
Jordan
Rouleau
le Monde
Hunt Ex-Cons And Students In Police Slaying
Mass police hunted William M. Gilday and four other suspects after a Boston officer was killed during a bank robbery. Gilday, Bond, Power, Saxe, and Valeri faced murder and armed robbery charges as authorities linked the crew to a National Guard armory theft and campus radical activity. Gilday evaded capture after stealing cars and taking hostages, with leads tracing ties to Brandeis and Northeastern universities.
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Haverhill
Mass
Uen
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
William M. Gilday
Boston
Gilday
Amesbury
Katherine A. Power
Denver
Colo
Brandeis University
Waltham
Susan Saxe
Albany
N.Y
Brandeis
Stanley R. Bond
Cambridge
Los Angeles
Robert Valeri
Somerville
State Street Bank and Trust Co
Walter K. Schroeder
Bond
Valeri
Walpole State Prison
STEP
Bradeis
Miss Power
Student Strike Information Center
U.S
Cambodia
Ruth Palmer
Hampton
N.H
Salem
Tewksbury
Cambodian assault seizes Taing Kauk village during push
Government troops in Cambodia and Laos captured key areas from Communist forces with U S air support. In Cambodia, forces seized Taing Kauk after a two week siege near Route 6 relieving a blockage to Kompong Thom. Laos saw a hill at Xieng Dat fall near Attopeu as U S bombing continued to curb enemy flow southward.
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Taing Kauk
Phnom Penh
Kompong Thom
Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
Wheeler
Phnom Penh-to-Saigon
Cambodia
Saigon
Malibu and Valley Fire Devils Sweep Southern California Homes
Firefighters battled to contain multiple brush fires in Malibu and the San Fernando Valley as Santa Ana winds fanned flames across a 40 mile arc. More than 57,000 acres burned, about 140 homes destroyed and dozens damaged, with Reagan’s ranch and Spahn movie ranch impacted.
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Los Angeles
California
Dale Robertson
Ronald Reagan
Spahn
Malibu Canyon
San Fernando Valley
Valley
Malibu
Pacific Ocean
Agua
Bel Air
Brentwood
Red Cross
Ventura
Redlands
Here
San Diego
U.s.-Mexico
Valley-Malibu
Aqua
Border
Reagan
Pacific Palisades
Los Angeles County
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
20Th Century-Fox
Santa
Mojave
Desert
Colony North
City Council tackles Elmwood Drive no parking ruling
Mexico's City Council to vote Monday on third readings of two ordinances about Elmwood Dr and Breckenridge and Hisey Sts surface improvements and designate Elmwood Dr from Boulevard to Liberty St as no parking. It will also hear first reading to modify traffic rules allowing removal of parking meters for a downtown mini mall plan on Jefferson St.
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Mexico's
Elmwood Dr
Breckenridge and Hisey Sts
Elmwood, Dr
Boulevard North
Liberty St
Downtown Improvement Committee
Jefferson St
Mrs Wilson among Outstanding Young Women nominees
Mrs James P Wilson, nominated for Outstanding Young Women of the Year, was omitted from the sixwoman list. Sponsored by the Newcomers Club, the OYW banquet drew over 80 people that Wednesday night at Knights of Columbus Hall, where Mrs Robert W Peak was named the winner.
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James P. Wilson
Wilson
Spon
OYW
Knights of Columbus Hall
Robert W. Peak
New Government For Jordan: Fresh Charges From Arabs
King Hussein formed a new government to rebuild Jordan as Arab leaders accused him and his army of violating the cease-fire. Ahmed Toukan, a Palestinian, was named prime minister. Numairi and Nasser charged Jordan with violations while Arafat and guerrillas pressed their stance amid shelling of Amman and Amman’s curfew easing.
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Associated Press
Hussein
Jordan
Ahmed Toukan
Toukan
Cairo
Jaafar el Numairi
Sudan
Amman
Gamal Abdel
Nasser
Palestine
Numairi
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mohammed Daoud
Libya
Daoud
Uged
Ramtha
Iabid
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Radio
Sighting at Sea May Be Balloon
NEW YORK AP A Coast Guard cutter moved through predawn darkness toward a North Atlantic area off Newfoundland after a U S Air Force search plane reported seeing what may be part of the missing balloon The Free Life.
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New York
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
U.S. Air Force
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Cannon Dam
Stuart Symington
Thomas Eagleton
Senate House
MHS
Matthew E. Long
Edward Long
Mexico
Audrain Hospital
Matthew Edward
Long
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Hillcrest
Hawthorne Heights
Bulldog
Richard Vance
Laos
Frank Ryan
General Motors Cadillac
Detroit
Ryan
Mrs. Wilson
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