Nixon outlines hard choices in Indochina policy
President Nixon forecasts hard deployment choices as more U.S. troops withdraw and aid to Laos and Cambodia rises. He urges SALT talks, ABM plans around Washington, and Western alliance cooperation while stressing Vietnamization and disengagement as Vietnam war prospects stay unsettled.
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Washington
Nixon
Indochina
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Helsinki
State Department
Asia
Soviet Union
East
Berlin
Cuba
Hanoi
Vietnam
Lethal blast rips Longview chemical plant
An 7:43 am explosion at the Texas Eastman chemical plant in Longview killed two men and injured six others. The blast shattered windows downtown and caused a small fire. Kinsey said the wall of the polythylene building caved in. The plant employs about 1,750 people and the number of workers present at the moment was not known.
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Longview
Tex
Texas Eastman Eee Co
Larry Wells
Bert Bernard
E. B. Stephenson
Davis W. Kinsey
Don A. Brooks
Bill Henson
Kilgore
N. O. Fox
Airport Gardens
Forrest Waits
Hudson
Kinsey
Space Parts
Cav
Eastman
Texas Department of Public Safety
East Texas
Carthage
Marshall
Texas Eastman
Texas
Plyethelene
North Vietnamese Tanks Hit Laos Base in Laos Campaign
Eight North Vietnamese tanks attacked Hill 31 inside Laos but five were destroyed and the assault repelled by South Vietnamese defenders with U.S. support. The base withstood three days of shelling as the Ho Chi Minh trail operation continued. U.S. casualty figures show the week producing the highest American deaths in about five months, with 161 killed and 217 wounded, as fighting across Laos and Vietnam intensified.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
Hill 31
Lang Vet
Hell
Central Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S. Command
Janet Ervin Celebrates 11th Birthday In West Monroe
Janet Ervin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Ervin of 616 Watkins Street West Monroe, celebrates her 11th birthday today with plans not announced. Dennis Gunter turns 16, son of Mr and Mrs Jackie Gunter of 232 Chickasaw Street West Monroe, is a ninth grade student at Boley Junior High School.
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Janet Ervin
Wayne Ervin
Watkins St
West Monroe
Janet
Dennis Gunter
Jackie Gunter
Chickasaw St
Boley Junior High School
Birthday of Jill Hatten Noted in Mayor Hatten Family
Jill, the two year old daughter of West Monroe Mayor Bert Hatten and Mrs Maryann Hatten, celebrated her birthday on Tuesday in a local family event.
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Jill
West Monroe
B. “Bert” Hatten
Maryann Hatten
Wholesale prices surge for two months in 1968
The government estimated a 0.8 percent wholesale price rise in February, the largest two month increase since 1956, driven by a 4.5 percent jump in farm prices amid severe winter weather. Hog prices rose over 31 percent and cattle prices 13 percent, while industrial goods edged up 0.3 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
BLS
Record Low Temperature Hit in Greenville Maine
National Weather Service data show the lowest reading today excluding Alaska and Hawaii at Greenville Maine with minus 12 degrees. Miami Florida posted a Wednesday high of eight and three degrees.
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New York
Eight-Hour Work Ethic Promises Rise to Boss Status
A terse aphorism urges steady eight hour days as a path to advancement. It asserts eventual promotion to twelve hour days and greater burdens as the recognized outcome of diligence. The tone implies workplace wisdom from an employer or motivational voice.
First NIH License Issued for Hepatitis Screening Reagent
The NIH division of biologics standards issued the first license for commercial production of a hepatitis-associated antibody used to screen donated blood. The product by Becton Dickinson and Co. aims to curb thousands of transfusion linked hepatitis cases yearly in the United States.
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Washington
United
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Division of
Biologics Standards
Becton, Dickinson and Co
Oxnard
Calif
Bills Offered On Spending In Campaigns
A bipartisan push in both chambers seeks broad reform of campaign financing. Measures include unlimited expenditures with new ceilings on gifts, federal subsidies, tax credits for contributions, reduced mailing rates, and broadcast subsidies. McGovern proposes half campaign costs covered by federal funds. Anderson leads the House effort with 45 sponsors to overhaul the Corrupt Practices Act.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hugh Scott
George S McGovern
D-S.c
White House
John B. Anderson
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Anderson
Nixon
Scott
Lee H. Hamilton
Ind
Hamilton
Nixon says U S to bolster nuclear forces amid Soviet slowdown
President Nixon in the State of the World message to Congress says the United States may accelerate long range and submarine launched missiles and an advanced bomber if the Soviet slowdown in deployable missiles signals a new arms push. He notes US leaders hope for restraint and arms talks to resume March 15 in Vienna.
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Nixon
Congress
Mideast
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Washington
Moscow
Europe
Red China
New Asia
China
Washington-Peking
Romania
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Ment
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Russia
Wwn
Vienna
Weather outlook showers and thundershowers forecast
Northeast Louisiana expects showers and thundershowers today and tonight with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Highs reach 70 to 74 degrees, with lows near 80 to 74 degrees. Southerly winds. Monroe airport records show no precipitation today.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe
Broadway Jumble Weather in Four Sections
Weather section of The News-Star outlines four area conditions with scattered showers possible. Forecast highlights include temperature ranges and brief regional advisories for urban and coastal zones.
Tornado Watch Extends Into Louisiana and Texas
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch at 11:15 a.m. for parts of central and eastern Texas and a small section of northwest Louisiana, valid until 5 p.m. Severe thunderstorms with hail and damaging winds were also forecast, with the greatest risk along a corridor extending about 76 miles on either side of a line from northwest of Austin to Shreveport.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Louisiana
Austin
Tex
Shreveport
River Stage Changes Reported at Camden and Monroe
A brief station note records water stage changes on River Stages with Camden and Monroe entries showing fluctuations including a fall at Camden and a rise at Monroe. Specific values are fragmented in the dispatch.
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Fleed
Camden
Monroe
Home Loan Bank Reports Sharp January Mortgage Rate Drop
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board announced January average rates for new home loans fell to 8.17 percent, the lowest since November 1968, while existing home loans dropped to 8.67 percent, the smallest since August 1969. Preston Martin called it the largest monthly decline in eight years of data.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Preston Martin
Parts Savings and Loan Associations
Skelly Barham advert promotes local ads
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertisement for Barham's Skelly and contact 326-0731 with a slogan it pays to Went Ads, indicating a classified or ad placement offer.
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Peeryanette
Barham's Skelly
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Kissinger
State and Defense Departments
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State
Defense Departments
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Ussr
News-Star
Broadway
Icbms
Lowman
Popenoce
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