Horse Sickness Deepens in Texas
An epidemic of Venezualan equine encephalomyelitis VEE is spreading in Texas with 200 horse deaths in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Secretary Hardin pledges full federal effort including vaccines and aerial mosquito spraying. Three Texans are known ill with 39 suspected cases and a 6 year old girl died from a suspected encephalomyelitis form.
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Austin, Tex
Clifford M. Hardin
Texas
South America
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Hardin
Washington
Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center
San Antonio
Typhoon Jean Disrupts Vietnam Operations
Typhoon Jean battered Vietnam's northern coast with heavy rain and winds, halting military actions locally. The U S Command reported no B25 raids in the north for 24 hours, diverting bombers to Hanoi's Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. Casualties: seven Vietnamese wounded and 77 North Vietnamese troops killed in clashes. Jean was 155 miles northeast of Da Nang moving northwest at 11 mph with 80 mph winds, expected to reach Hanoi early Monday as forecasters warned of rapid decay on land.
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South Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Jean
U.S
South China Sea
de Nang
Land
Strike in Second Day Paralyzes Two Rail Lines in US
A selective strike by United Transportation Union enters its second day idling Southern and Union Pacific railroads. About 48 000 workers are affected as talks with industry leaders resume amid disputed work rules and pay changes.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
Southern
Union Pacific
UTU
Charles Luna
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Labor Department
Luna
Norfolk and Western
Lama
Congress
Bell strike continues as talks extend weekend
The nationwide Communications Workers of America walkout against Bell Telephone System enters day four with no breakthrough. Service remains near normal for most calls, though delays occur on operator relayed long distance charges.
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Associated Press
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Ransom Plot Flops as United Flight Returns to San Francisco
A Hawaii bound United Airlines plane with 63 aboard was diverted to San Francisco after a telephoned ransom threat. Warren K. Cooksey of New Orleans, 46, was arrested after attempting to retrieve a package dropped by helicopter per instructions from the caller. No bomb was found on the aircraft.
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San Francisco
United Airlines
New Orleans
FBI
Warren K. Cooksey
Robert E. Gebhardt
San Francisco International Airport
Gebhardt
Hilo
Hawaii
United
Marty Lever
Doctors Debate Mail-Order Shock Treatments Each Month
Some physicians advocate for mail dispatched shock therapies sent on the first day of each month. The practice draws mixed professional opinion regarding safety and efficacy.
Nixon seeks congressional support for China trip plan
President Nixon moves to win backing for a visit to Communist China. He meets with Senate and House leaders, convenes a Cabinet session, and keeps Secretary Rogers ready for talks with foreign diplomats. Western nations applaud while Nationalist China protests.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
William P. Rogers
China
Ine Presivgent
Washington
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Peking
White House
Rogers
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Trip
People’s Republic of China
Mild Outlook With Possible Afternoon Thunderstorms
Tomorrow may bring mild temperatures with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. Tonight could see rain with a low near 65. The high tomorrow is forecast in the lower 80s.
England Liner England Survives Fire Off Esbjerg
Fire in the engine room of the Danish liner England forced 300 passengers to endure a gale swept voyage. Reported no injuries as crew battled the blaze for nearly three hours before returning to Esbjerg under power. Passengers praised the crew for a calm, orderly evacuation and support topside.
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Esbjerg
Denmark
England
Harwich
Joan Smallpice
Cambridge
North Sea
Here
United Steamship Co
Nine Killed In Wrong Way I 75 Michigan Crash
GRAND BLANC Mich AP nine persons died and a tenth critically injured when a car traveling the wrong way on I 75 collided head on with another auto in a southbound lane. Eight of the dead were from a group of nine youths in the southbound car. Police described the wrong way driver as a man in his early 20s. Victims not identified pending kin notification. Witnesses said the wrong way car forced another southbound auto off the road before hitting the car full of youths. The crash fused the two vehicles into a mass of wreckage.
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Grand Blanc
Mich
Hee
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