U S Presses for Positive Response on Vietnam De‑escalation
In Paris US negotiator Henry Lodge urged the Viet Cong and North Vietnam to accept de‑escalation proposals as a path to peace. Tran Buu Kiem rejected the talks on military matters, vowing continued fighting until foreign forces withdraw. Lodge urged a mutual withdrawal and POW exchanges while stressing Vietnam’s government as legal. Separately in Washington, John S D Eisenhower is eyed for Belgian ambassadorship, timing uncertain.
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Guerrilla Attack Threatens Israeli Patrol in Golan Heights
Arab guerrillas fired bazookas and light weapons at an Israeli patrol in occupied Syria near Nahal Gesher in the Golan Heights. Six people were reported killed or wounded as Israeli troops seized strategic high ground overlooking northern Israel.
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Seminar at Howard Johnsons Motels On Valentines Day
Twin Cities The Air Force Recruiting Service Sector C plans a sales seminar at the Howard Johnsons Motel on Valentines Day. MSGT Bill Cotten says the seminar, dubbed the Fabulous Sector C, highlights outstanding recruiters. Monroe School Superintendent Van D Odom attends the American Association of School Administrators meeting in Atlantic City Feb 15–19. He will return Feb 21.
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Judge Rules Out Testimony in Kennedy Plot Case
In New Orleans Judge Ed ward A Haggerty Jr barred Dr Esmond A Fatter from testifying about a 1967 hypnosis session with Perry Raymond Russo. The ruling halted probing into whether hypnosis refreshed Russo memory on the 1963 Kennedy plot involving Clay Shaw and others.
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Bertrand
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Hardiman
North Korean defector Lee Soo-keun labeled hoax by CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency announced that North Korean defector Lee Soo-keun’s 1967 act was a Communist deception. Lee, 45, reportedly planned to report to North Korean officials in Phnom Penh before being arrested in Bangkok and returned to Seoul.
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Laird Hints Shifting Missile Defense Site Locations
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said the Nixon administration is reviewing Sentinel anti ballistic missile plans and may move sites away from major cities. He noted the main question is deployment method, not if, amid a halted Boston radar site project and possible relocation 25 to 30 miles north of Boston.
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Nixon Administration
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Mudslide and battle updates amid US war casualty shift
Reports from war and weather fronts detail seven deaths and 15 injuries among Allied personnel Wednesday, with Americans making up five dead and 33 wounded. Weekly tallies show American casualties rising to 31,562 killed and 199,689 wounded, amid helicopter battles in Vietnam and a downed crew rescue. Concurrently a California mudslide blocks the Pomona Freeway near Los Angeles, while homes in Mt Washington and Laurel Canyon face destruction and area fissures widen. Northeast storm service disruptions ease as Boston’s Logan Airport prepares to resume operations.
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Laurel Canyon
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Larry Urrutia
California
Clear And Cool Expected Here
A ridge of high pressure will move eastward and dominate today and tonight. Cloudiness increases tonight and Friday with some rain likely Saturday. Northeast Louisiana will see fair skies and cooler temperatures through Friday. Monroe Municipal Airport reports a Wednesday high of 58 and a morning low of 31 with no rain. Highs today projected 50 to 56 and tonight’s lows 38 to 42. Drying conditions today, fair tonight, and fair to good Friday per the Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory. About 30 percent sun expected Friday with northeast to easterly winds 6 to 16 mph turning southeast Friday.
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Closed Session Vote Denies Probe's Secret Hearing
A Louisiana legislative committee rejected a closed session for its probe into Louisiana Loan & Thrift Corp. The vote 4-3 kept hearings public despite Rep. Vesich calls to seal testimony, with chair Sen. Guste opposing a private session and Dudley Guglielmo testifying as the first witness.
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Robert Freeman
Plaquemine
Guste
Thomas Casey
Edgar Mouton
Lafayette
Wiliam Bernhard
Divorcee’s quip on alimony prompts repossession joke
A Chuckle State divorcee jokes to a friend that she will repossess her husband if alimony payments lag. The quip underscores financial sting of separation while preserving a light tone.
Secretary Finch Cuts Funds Over Desegregation Violations
Secretary Robert H. Finch of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare cut off federal funds today to Greenwood County School District No. 52 in South Carolina Emmet School District No. 13 in Arkansas and Chester County in Tennessee for failure to comply with desegregation standards. The districts face possible loss of funds unless they submit acceptable plans with no grace period. Clover School District No. 2 in South Carolina was approved for an acceptable desegregation plan.
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Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Greenwood County
South Carolina
Emmet
Arkansas
Chester County
Tennessee
Clover
Johnson
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Mail pilots blamed for high fatal crash rate
Washington AP reports the Post Office threefold push for overnight mail flights with small planes has yielded a fatal accident rate about twice the national average for pilots. Nine mail planes crashed, killing 13, with two thirds due to bad weather and instrument reliance. The FAA notes spotty pilot experience.
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Post Office Department
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FAA
America
North Carolina
Charlotte
Air Time
Red Bank
N.J
Rates Increase on Workers Compensation in Louisiana
The State Casualty and Surety Division approved an 844 percent rise in workmen compensation insurance rates in Baton Rouge. The increase follows legislative actions raising benefits for injured workers.
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State, Casualty and Surety
Mixed Trend In Early Stock Market Trading
The New York market moved lower in early afternoon trading after a choppy morning. The Dow edged up to 950.27 at 1 p.m. helped by United Aircraft up 3 points and gains by Du Pont and General Electric.
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New York Stock Exchange
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United Aircraft
Dow
du Pont
General Electric
Stock market drift with blue chip activity waning
Brokers noted selective purchases by institutions as the market cooled. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon fell 0.2 to 360.7 as industrials rose 0.4 while rails lost 0.7 and utilities held steady. INA Corp led activity slipping about one point with Cities Service gaining over one, Armour down near three, AMK Corp down two, and Twentieth Century Fox slipping.嗦
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Armour
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River Stage Changes Reported at Camden and Monroe
The bulletin shows Camden at stage 260 with 26.1 feet and a 1.3 rise while Monroe reads 40 with 30.2 feet and a 1.0 rise. River levels moved from steady to rising in Monroe and fell in Camden.
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