Senator Tower Witnesses combat in Vietnam jungle action
U S Senator John G Tower a member of the Armed Services Committee watched heavy fighting 40 miles northwest of Saigon as American armor and aircraft pressed a seven hour battle against North Vietnamese forces in bamboo "spider" positions. Casualties included 33 enemy dead and 3 American soldiers killed with 7 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Senate
Armed Services Committee
John G. Tower
R-Tex
25Th Division
Vietnam
Tower
Mahone 1
Towers
Boi Loi Woods
Robert S. McGowan
Washington
D.C
Samuel S. Stratton
Dn.y
Demilitarized Zone
Illinois Man Eats Evidence
Charles F. Hodge, 50, of Carmi Illinois, attempted to cash a $150 personal check in Jasper. Bank officers learned he had no funds and he swallowed the check when confronted. Hodge was jailed on a resisting arrest charge.
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Jasper, Incl
Dubois County
Ambrose Wise
Charles F. Hodge
Carmi
Jasper
Hodge
Fatal Crash on Fairfield Street Kills Ellery toddler
Alan J. Beadles age 2 of Ellery died when his car lost control on Fairfield Street in Fairfield Illinois. The vehicle struck a median, brick siding, several utility poles and two pickup trucks. Police indicated the crash occurred this morning and Beadles was the sole occupant.
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Fairfield, Ill
Alan J. Beadles
Ellery
Fairfield
Beadles
Soviet bombers fly near North America in routine patrols
Pentagon sources report Soviet TU16 Badger and other aircraft have made about three dozen near continental North American approaches over 15 months, usually near Alaska or Canada. Interceptions are rare. radars track flights from tens to hundreds of miles out, with no nose-to-nose confrontations.
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Washington
North America
U.S
Pentagon
Continental
Alaska
Canada
Canadian
North American
Alaskan Air Command
Péntagon
Newfoundland
Labrador
Iceland
Aleutian
Pacific
United States
NATO
Strategic Air Command
Arctic
Mutiny trial at Fort Ord faces change of venue
Fourteen soldiers charged with mutiny at Fort Ord seek a move of the court martial to San Francisco arguing the bias of a distant base. The case ties to a stockade sit down by 27 prisoners on Oct. 14, with eight already convicted. The judge and generals weigh the fair trial claim as defense seeks to subpoena witnesses to a guard shooting.
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James A. Hagan
San Francisco
Stanley Larsen
Sixth Army
Larsen
Hallinan
Hagan
Pvt
Richard Bunch
Dayton
Ohio
Bunch
Snicker A Day Insight on Slow Thinkers and Talkers
A brief observation notes two types of thinkers and speakers. It warns to watch out for both slow talking and fast talking individuals, highlighting the need for careful judgment in communication.
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Fant
Southern Plans L N Signals at Key Crossings
City plans signal installation on two Southern Railway crossings after a lengthy council fight to protect motorists. Kenneth Setzekorn said construction on Harrison Street and Casey Avenue signals should begin soon, with safer traffic on north 27th Street.
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North 27Th Street
2Th Street
Mt. Vernon
Southern RR
Kenneth Setzekorn
Southern Railway
Harrison Street
Casey Avenue
Robbery And Murder Trials Here Set
Trials set for May 5 in circuit court involve three men indicted by a recent grand jury. Alex Johnson 50 of 1015 Bell street is charged with murdering a Mt. Vernon housewife last January. Leon McKinney 23 of 1301 South Ninth Street is charged with robbing Miss Sadie Lustig at her store on South Tenth Street last January. Jerry Taylor 18 of 907 Cleveland is charged with robbing Miss Lustig.
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Alex Johnson
Bell Street
Mt. Vernon
Leon McKinney
South Ninth Street
Sadie Lustig
South Tenth Street
Jerry Taylor
Cleveland
Ashland Boosts Crude Oil Prices Across Regions
Ashland Oil and Refining Co and subsidiaries raise crude oil prices by five cents per barrel for Illinois Basin and western Kentucky crude at 40 degree gravity and above, effective April 1. Eastern Kentucky crude up five cents to 8.10, central Kentucky to 3.03, totaling about 60,000 barrels daily.
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Ashland Oil’ and Refining Co
Illinois
Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky
Central Kentucky
Ashland
Good Samaritan Hospital Plans July Bids for Expansion
Mt Vernon Good Samaritan Hospital expects July bid openings for a major remodel and expansion after securing a $946,831 Hill-Burton grant. Officials, Sisters M. Joanne and M. Henrietta, and architects Fields Goldman Magee met with Aden Clump to prepare construction data and confirm government participation, with plans for 50 acute beds, doubled parking, and future expansion to 300 beds.
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Mt. Vernon
Samaritan
Aden Clump
Minors Department . of Public’ Health
Springfield
M. Joanne
M. ‘Henrietta
Fields, Goldman and Magee Architects
Good Samaritan Medical
Mt Vernon Council Advances Seizures to Expand Utilities and Annex
Mt Vernon city council held first readings on an ordinance creating an active auxiliary police department and on an ordinance to annex 23 acres. It awarded a contract for electric traffic signals at 12th and Broadway and 12th and Main. Mayor Joe Martin reported a likely extra federal grant of 16 900 dollars to extend water and sewer mains into a west area, with annexation action set for April 21 on Earl D Jamison’s request.
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Mt. ‘Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Broadway
12Th
Main
Joe . Martin
Big West
Sewer Bond Vote Set Thursday in Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon council recessed last night to 7:30 p.m. Thursday to vote on an ordinance providing for the sale of 100000 dollars in revenue bonds to finance a major sewer water project on the west side. The ordinance, prepared by a St. Louis law firm, did not arrive as scheduled.
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Mt. Vernon
St. Louis
Mt Vernon Council Awards Traffic Signals Contract
The Mt Vernon council unanimously awarded a $15,646 contract to E F Wielt Co to install electric traffic signals at Broadway and Main on 12th Street. Wielt was the lowest of three bidders. Mayor Joe Martin and councilmen voted yes. The council also discussed seeking additional federal funds for water and sewer expansion into west Mt Vernon and the Housing and Urban Development agency has approved a $94,000 grant with potential for another $16,000.
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E. F. Wielt Co
Broadway
12Th Street
Wielt
Joe Martin
Woodrow Burnette
Coy Flora
Russell, Laur
Kenneth Martin
Martin
Harold Roffmann
Washington
Fairfield fines bootlegger before wet dry vote
Fairfield Illinois AP reports John Smith, 56, of rural Fairfield, convicted Monday of bootlegging a week before local voters decide wet or dry. He was fined $50 and given three years probation.
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Fairfield, Ill
John Smith
Fairfield
Wayne County
Iie
Marine Defector from Brooklyn Joins Viet Cong
A 19-year-old U.S. Marine, Pfc. John F. Lowney of Brooklyn, defected to the Viet Cong on February 22, citing opposition to the Vietnam War. The Viet Nam News Agency quoted his statement criticizing U.S. leadership and the war, and listed his service number 2,467,056 and birth date August 13, 1949. He described the war as the dirtiest in U.S. history and compared U.S. actions to Nazi conduct.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
Vietnam
John F. Lowney
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lowney
White House
Pentagon
U.S
Nine dead as Swiss factory blast rocks Dottikon
An explosives nitrate plant explosion at Dottikon near Aarau killed nine and injured 40. Sirens, church bells, and ambulances filled the region as windows shattered up to five miles away. Police reported roofs blown off and walls cracked while safety measures prevented broader fires. Authorities noted the blast occurred at 7:15 a.m. after 400 workers arrived. cause was not yet known. This marks Switzerland’s third major industrial blast of the year.
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Aarau
Switzerland
Dottikon
Lausanne
Hergiswil
One-Way Changes On Jordan Street And Casey Avenue
City council approved traffic plan changes for Jordan Street and Casey Avenue to ease southeast town bottlenecks caused by the Opdyke Avenue crossing closure. Starting April 18 Casey from Ninth to Seventh becomes one-way east and two-way from Seventh to Fourth. Jordan from Eighth to Ninth becomes two-way, others remain one-way with no parking on Casey between Seventh and Fourth and on the south side of Jordan between Eighth and Ninth.
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Mt. Vernon
Jordan Street
Casey Avenue
Ninth
Jordan
Opdyke Avenue
Southern Railway
Fourth
Seventh
Casey
Seventh Street
Eighth
US Drops Inspection Demand in Nuclear Pact Talks
In Geneva US delegate Adrian Fisher urged a 17 nation disarmament conference to halt all fissionable material production and offered to transfer 60,000 kilos of enriched uranium U235 for peaceful use if the Soviet Union provides 40,000 kilos. The plan would be safeguarded by IAEA in Vienna, while on site inspections to police underground tests remain desired. Fisher argued that teleseismic methods cannot always distinguish earthquakes from underground explosions up to tens of kilotons.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Soviet Union
Fisher
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA
Vienna
Percy denies alliance with Kennedy over ABM stance
CHICAGO AP Sen Charles H Percy denied forming an alliance with Sen Edward Kennedy to oppose President Nixon's modified ABM missile plan. He said his opposition aimed at bipartisan action, not anti-Nixon sentiment, and warned against political traps. He also urged withdrawing 50,000 troops from South Vietnam and commented on Gov Ogilvie's 4 percent state income tax amid fiscal strains.
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Chicago
Charles H. Percy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon
Perey
O'Hare International
Boston
Sen. Kennedy
Ilinois
Percy
Johnson
South Vietnam
Richard B. Ogilvie
Barn Destroyed at Du Quoin Fair Fire
A barn on the Du Quoin State fairgrounds was razed by fire early today and a small amount of farm machinery was destroyed. Crews from six communities fought the blaze at the site of the Hambletonian trotting races. No animals were in the barn.
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DU Quoin
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
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