Cease Fire Begins In Vietnam Amid Tet Observances
Saigon and American forces joined Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in a 24 hour pause marking Tet. Saigon proposed freeing all sick and wounded POWs on both sides, while Cambodia saw no truce and battles near Phnom Penh continued.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Laos
Mekong
Tran van Lam
North
Republic of Vietnam
North Vietnam
Lam
Tobacco report warns pipe and cigar risks amid cancer link
The 500 page surgeon general report says cigarette smoking clearly causes lung disease and heart harms, while pipe and cigar use raises cancer risk, especially lip and mouth. It notes many pipe and cigar smokers don’t inhale but still risk laryngeal cancer and miscarriages among mothers who smoke.
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Washington
U.S
Public Health Service
Congress
Horace R. Kornegay
The
Tobacco Institute
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Sheriff fires clerk over miniskirt length in Indiana
Sheriff Lee R. Eads says sex crimes rise when skirts are short. He fires 22 year old Carol Kehrer a $77 a week clerk after enforcing a garment rule that skirts be one inch above the kneecap. Kehrer says she lacked money to buy new clothes and tried to lengthen her hem. Major James H. Hardin says her performance was satisfactory.
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Indianapolis
Lee R. Eads
Eads
Carol Kehrer
Sheriff's Department
Winter Weather Returns With Snow Flurries Expected
A cold snap returns this morning with temperatures dropping tonight and a chance of snow flurries. Lows near single digits, highs in the teens tomorrow. yesterday's high reached 45 degrees, this morning's low was 22 at 7 30.
Berets Assist In North Carolina Community Projects
The Army sends 80 Green Berets to Anson County NC to work with doctors and police and assist gym classes at a junior high. Brig Gen Henry Emerson says the program aims to improve training and public image as U S involvement in Vietnam winds down. The unit emphasizes listening to local needs and aiding self help.
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Washington
Army
North Carolina
Anson County
Ft. Bragg
Green Berets
Vietnam
Henry E. Emerson
Emerson
Will Mini Bus Help Affluent City Busline Survive
Tom Ortman vice president of Ortman Stewart Co. outlines a profit slide from 10 000 fares weekly in better times to as few as 2 000 now as Middleton residents shift to cars. He weighs a Ford mini bus trial on Crawford Street aided by a city study funded at 7 800 and possible subsidy to keep the nine route system operating amid aging fleet and downtown renewal plans.
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Ortman-Stewart Co
Tom Ortman
Ortman-Stewart
Ortman
Crawford Street
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ortman- Stewart
Hamilton
Mansfield
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