General Westmoreland campaigns for South Carolina governor
Retired General William Westmoreland, coatless and tired in the South Carolina heat, tours Pacific Columbia Mills and greets workers while campaigning for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He faces Charleston surgeon James Edwards, with Westmoreland acknowledging inexperience and learning to study bills, fund-raising struggles, and a calmer campaign style across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McNeese
Columbia, S. C
UPI
William
Westmoreland
South Carolina
Pacific-Columbia Mills
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Vietnam
Ality
Charleston
James B. Edwards
Senate
Edwards
General Assembly
Sam
Watergate
Thad
Teenage tobacco tale from Dr Lamb column
A 15 year old quibbles with a growing cigarette habit and fails to quit. Dr Lamb urges personal resolve, avoiding smoking triggers, and suggests self help, possible aids, and seeking medical support if needed. The letter stresses that quitting requires a firm commitment and avoiding one cigarette after any long break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence E. Lamb
M.D
DR. Lamb
Lama
Florida
Piain
Polly's Pointers and Reader Confessions
A collage of reader questions and tips on everyday sewing and housekeeping. Suggestions include loosening tight body shirts, fixing worn front of a quilted house coat with nylon ribbon, using talc or bath powder when sewing foam backed materials, easy grout application with a cake decorator, and making cuffs to protect garments from staining when pulling over a sweater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
H.E.N
Anne W
Inez
Janet
Susan
London Airport Guards Against Arab Attacks
Nearly 1,000 troops with armor and a helicopter ring London's Heathrow to deter a feared Arab guerrilla attack amid a constant terrorism threat. Officials cite intelligence reports and a terrorist risk as the basis for the alert, framing it as Britain’s largest military operation since World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Dennigan
London
API
Britain
Palestine
Heathrow
Census Finds 10 Percent of U S Population65 Plus
World Almanac notes 20,049,592 Americans are 65 or older in 1970 with about 6 million in the South 5.7 million in the North Central 6.2 million in the Northeast and 3.1 million in the West New York State houses nearly two million seniors and California 1.8 million. Roadblocks with police dogs delayed travelers while spot checks replaced patrols. An army helicopter guarded the attack area during the alert prompting rerouting of flights from Heathrow for officials including Wilson Nixon and other leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
South
North Central States
World Almanac
New York State
California
Heathrow
Wilson
Nixon
Brussels
Elizabeth
Prince Edward
Margaret
Calley Begins Prison Term At Fort Leavenworth
William L. Calley arrived at Fort Leavenworth to start a 10 year sentence for My Lai murders. He enters the U S Disciplinary Barracks for processing and aptitude tests to determine prison job assignments as federal appeals remain pending in Columbus, Georgia. Calley will share a squad room with other inmates after intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick A. Malone
Leavenworth
Kan
UPI
William L. Calley
U. S
My Lai
Don Peters
Calley
Ft. Benning
Ft. Leavenworth
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Gen. Westmoreland
Dwight D.eisenhower
Dr Am
P.O
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Joanne
Harold Wilson
Yitzhak Rabin
Helmut Schmidt
Daily Mail
Socialist International
Red Army
Tel Aviv
Lod
Pan American World Airways
Hill
Israel
KLM
Holland
By Gill Fox
MECC
Mountain Empire Community College
Joe Horne
Paris Ely
Everette Click
James Skinner
Conley Smith
David Church
Victor Gates
James Pochodary
Terry King
Laura Lawson
Leonard Bowen
Shannon Vaughan
Robert Hilton
Allen Clark
Columbus
FE. Benning
Ina
Army
Kansas
Bradford
England
John Hotte
I Calley
Duly
Dick Turner
Baee
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Patrick Henry
Arnold Toynbee
Galland
Ahneral Howe
Conner
Cawood
Elenora
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