Sappers Blow Up U S Helicopters Near Saigon
Viet Cong sappers exploded two U S helicopters and damaged three others at Di An eight miles northeast of Saigon. A sixth Cobra gunship was shot down near Fire Base Pace with two crewmen wounded. no U S casualties reported for the Di An attack. North Vietnamese SAMs fired at a U S reconnaissance plane and escorts over North Vietnam but missiles missed.
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Saigon
U.S
U. S
Anannoa
North Vietnam
di An
Tay Ninh
Pace
Lai Khe
Nursing Home Fire Melts Wings. 88 Rescued in Jena
Fire at Golden Age Nursing Home on Aimewell Road in Jena started at 3:20 a.m. when an intercom shorted at the nurses station. All 88 residents escaped. damage exceeds 100000 with building valued at 500000. Residents housed at LaSalle Parish Courthouse Temple Baptist Church and LaSalle General Hospital.
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Lee Young
Jena
Aimewell Road
Eugene Waites
Aaron Jobert
LaSalle Parish
Temple Baptist Church
LaSalle General Hospital
Jena Fire Department
Jonesville
J. L. Jones
Slim Vinson
Jobert
Orland “Cuz
Japanese Textile Industry Opposes Pact With U.S.
In Tokyo the Japanese textile industry rejects the government's move to negotiate a textile agreement with the United States. The Japan Textile Federation vows to oppose the decision to the very end as officials await actions from allied nations and the United States.
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U.S
Tokyo
United States
Washington
South Korea
Japan Textile Federation
Today's Chuckle There's one word in the dic tionary that's always spelled in correctly
A lighthearted note from the paper jokes about one word in the dictionary that is always spelled correctly. It plays on common spelling errors and offers a playful twist for readers.
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes pledges at Northeast Louisiana
Six local men from Monroe pledge Pi Kappa Alpha at Northeast Louisiana University Rocky Renfro Johnny Fatherie Johnny Simmes of Monroe Jim Deaur and Kenny Tucker of West Monroe. PFC Gary Boone and Sp4 Gary Collins return from administrative leave to recruit locally before heading to Hawaii for duty.
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Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Northeast Louisiana University
Rocky Renfro
Johnny Fatherie
Johnny Simmes
Monroe
Jim Deaur
Kenny Tucker
West Monroe
Gary Boone
Gary Collins
Hawaii
Agnew Attends Iran Festival and Turkiye Talks
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrives by helicopter at Persepolis for the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian monarchy and meets Iran's premier. He later speaks in Ankara noting NATO ties and U S policy while discussing military withdrawals and readiness with Turkish officials. He plans to join leaders from over 50 nations at Persenalis.
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Persepolis
Iran
Spiro T. Agnew
Turkey
Priepolis
Agnew
Malaysia
United States
Ankara
U.S
Nihat Erim
Erim
NATO
Soviet Union
Tran
Persenalis
Genetic Diseases Cure Sought via Hitch-Hiking Genes
Washington AP report on a pioneering experiment where defective human cells from galactosemia patients were altered by a virus carrying missing hereditary genes. NIMH and NIH researchers cite potential steps toward treating genetic diseases such as diabetes, mongolism, cystic fibrosis, PKU, and sickle cell anemia, with possible future cancer and heart disease implications.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH
Nature
Carl R. Merrill
Mark R. Geier
Columbia University
John C. Petricciani
Division of Biologics Standards
National Institutes of Health
Freed Soldier Reunited With Parents After POW Return
John C. Sexton Jr., freed after 26 months as a prisoner of war, was reunited with his parents in Aurora Colorado. He smiled from a stretcher as he arrived by military jet and was taken to Fitzsimons General Hospital to recover. His parents learned of his status from a letter dated two years earlier and received by the Army.
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John C. Sexton Jr
Wave
Army
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Aurora
Denver
Sgt. Sexton
Buckley Field
Vietnam
Freedom
Sexton
John C. Sexton Sr
Warren, Mich
Colo
Cambodia-Vietnam
Warren
Mich
United States
Army Hospital
U.S
Northeast Louisiana Weather Outlook for the Week
Skies will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain today and tonight. Temperatures rise to near 80, then cool to the 50s tonight and Thursday with highs in the 70s to mid 80s. A warming trend starts Saturday with unsettled conditions through Sunday and highs reaching the upper 80s.
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Louisiana
Pay Price Appeals Body Is Proposed
The White House proposes a special judicial body to expedite wage price appeal cases after the freeze. Nixon will send legislation to Congress, with a registration detailing the appeals mechanism and a new court for Pay Board and Price Commission decisions. Members for the 15 member Pay Board and 7 member Price Commission will be named soon as unions back post-freeze controls.
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Washington
White House
Phaca
Ke Lease Enue
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Ronald L. Ziegler
Pay Board
Price Commission
Ile
Organized Labor
AIL Cio
George Meany
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
United Auto Workers
Teconard Woodcock
Tripartite Board
Cost of Living Council
Laird Warns Soviets Near Parity in Missile Sub Fleet
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird says Soviet missile firing submarines could reach parity with the United States a year earlier than forecast, potentially around 41 Polaris-type subs next year. He warns of political and strategic disadvantages if Russia widens its lead.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Pentagon
Laird
Navy
Adm
Thomas I. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vietnam
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Moorer
Brussels
U.S
Moscow
Gas Well Turbine Spews Hazardous Gas Triggers Evacuation
Authorities evacuated more than 150 families on Duncan Oklahoma's northeast side as wind carried a dense gas cloud from a wild gas well three miles northeast of the city. The shut site, since Monday, forced school closure at Plato Elementary and many displaced residents to motels while a cold front threatened an explosion.
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Duncan
Okla
Oklahoma City
Plato
Station Flood Present Change Stage Stage Camden
A terse item notes a flood station in Camden with changes to stage readings. The fragment mentions figures 26 40 and a rise to 40 13.6, indicating water level indicators and stage measurements at a monitoring site.
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Camden
Monroe
Chimes Silence Sparks Courtroom Debate in Chicago Church
In Chicago, St. Peter's United Church of Christ silenced its 22 year carillon after a Noise Pollution Board complaint. About 3,400 residents petitioned to resume the chimes, with 200 locals packing the courtroom as Judge Vincent Tondryk urged decibel tests under the city noise abatement ordinance.
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Chicago
Warren Mueller
Mueller
Ered
Vincent W. Tondryk
Lillian Laun
Virginia Anderson
Tondryk
Plan Outlined For Minority Business Aid
President Nixon unveiled a two year plan totaling 100 million dollars to combat economic inequities facing minority businessmen. The proposal calls for 100 local information centers, MESBIC reforms, expanded federal role, and tax changes to aid small marginal enterprises.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Office of
Minority Business Enterprise
Small Business Administration
SBA
Secretary of Commerce
Legisla Lion
Commerce Department
California Brush Fire Contained
In Santa Barbara firefighters say they have contained a seven day brush fire that burned 14,200 acres and damaged homes. Four men were killed and more than 15 others injured as a 35 mile cleared line was established and mop up begins though final control may take time.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
U.S. Forest
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