Laird says no casualties in moving troops near Laos
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird reports the South Vietnamese region near the Laotian border movement was accomplished without a single casualty from enemy combat. He cites a news blackout and defends the reporters embargo during the operation as safety measures. About 10,000 U.S. troops were involved in the northern military region and in support of South Vietnamese actions in Cambodia. He spoke to students in the United States Senate Youth Program in Washington.
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Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Laos
Creighton) Abrams
Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
First
Cambodia
United States Senate
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Electrical Power Shortage Worsens Across Regions
Washington AP reports a deepening electricity shortage across the Midwest and Northeast. Federal Power Commission official Commissioner John A. Carver Jr warns shortages will persist through winter and possibly become a biannual crisis in coming years as demand grows faster than capacity.
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Carver
New York State
PJM
Chicago
Frenchman Seen Likely To Succeed Pope Paul
Vatican insiders rate Jean Marie Cardinal Villot as the leading candidate to succeed Pope Paul VI possibly becoming the first non Italian pope in four centuries. At 65 he holds Rome’s top posts and is described as candid, punctual and open minded.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Jean Marie Cardinal Villot
Paul VI
Cardinal Villot
Papabili
Gabriel Garrone
Vatican Congregation For Education
Francois Marty
Paris
French Conference of Bishops
Antonio Cardinal Poma
Bologna
Italian Bishops Conference
Cardinal Pellegrino
Roman Curia
Mandel School Plan Opposed in Annapolis Meeting
Gov. Marvin Mandel faced opposition from Rep. Paul Sarbanes at a Maryland committee session on state funding for public school construction. Sarbanes said the plan shortchanges Baltimore City and counties and urged some aid go to basic educational costs rather than construction. The meeting adjourned without action as Chairman Harry R. Hughes avoided comment on next steps.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Harry R. Hughes
Hughes
U.S
Paul S. Sarbanes
Baltimore City
Oakland Army Center Blasted
A bomb blast at the Oakland Induction Center shattered dozens of windows and blew in doors at 12:30 a.m. in Oakland California. Police said no one was hurt and three men were seen fleeing the scene. The nine story building serves draftees and has faced antiwar protests. interior draft records were intact.
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Oakland
Calif
Oakland Army Induction Center
California
15Th
Clay Streets
Winchester Clinic Damaged By Blast
An explosion damaged the front of the Winchester Surgical Clinic in downtown Winchester Virginia. The blast injured several people and the cause was not yet determined. The clinic houses surgeons and sits near the historic Winchester Medical School.
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Winchester
Winchester Surgical Clinic
Winchester Medical School
Jackie Returns To White House After 1960s Tragedy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis revisits the White House for the first time since 1963. President Nixon invites her to view new Kennedy portraits with Caroline and John Jr. on a secret Wednesday night visit. Nixon hosts a tour and dinner with Tricia and Julie Nixon. a military jet ferries the Kennedys from New York.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
White House
Nixons
Kennedy
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John F. Kennedy Jr
Oval Office
Tricia
Julie
Kennedys
New York
Explosion at Thiokol plant in Georgia kills 24
In Brunswick Georgia 24 people died and 34 were injured when a massive explosion struck the Thiokol Chemical Corp munitions plant in the Georgia marshlands. Survivor Lillie Mae Rainey 18 reported seeing fire before the blast as crews investigated a steelhouse trailer on the assembly line. The plant 45 miles southwest of Brunswick employs more than 500 people and produced various munitions for the U.S. government.
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Lillie Mae Ramey
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Army
FBI
Thiokol
Georgia
Miss Rainey
Jacksonville
Fla
J. B. Galloway
Here
U.S
St. Marys
Mrs Rockefeller Leaves 37 Million to Charity
Martha Baird Rockefeller, stepmother of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, died at 75 on January 24 and left 37 million in bequests to charity. Lincoln Center gets 10 million, with 5 million to Colonial Williamsburg, the Metropolitan Opera Association, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brown University, Riverside Church, the Philharmonic Society, the New England Conservatory, and Occidental College each receive 1 million.
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Martha Baird Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Manhattan
Lincoln Center
Colonial Williamsburg
Metropolitan Opera Association
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