Farm Bill In Trouble
Washington AP says a $3.8 billion three year farm bill for cotton wheat and feed grains faces Senate doubts next week. Administration and House support remains strong though NFU opposition cites higher costs and 1970 price squeeze. Sen McGovern and Sen Ellender oppose or would alter the plan.
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Senate
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D-Mont
Agriculture Department
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George S. McGovern
Allen J. Ellender
I-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Laird Warns on North Vietnam After Recon Jet
Secretary Melvin R. Laird warned North Vietnam that further attacks on unarmed U.S. planes could trigger renewed air strikes on anti aircraft sites. He noted an RF4 reconnaissance jet 42 miles south of Vinh and said the U.S. remains ready to act.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
Laird
Vinh
U.S
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Brush Fire Roars Through Southern California
A football shaped brush fire 20 miles across burned west of San Bernardino forcing about 2,000 people to flee from four towns and an Indian Reservation. The worst of five fires was fed by furnace dry devil winds up to 82 mph, burning over 36,000 acres and destroying three homes a house under construction and a fire truck while leaving many firefighters with minor injuries.
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San Bernardino
Calif
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Here
California
North Vietnamese Attacks Rise in South Viet Nam Hue Area
North Vietnamese forces intensified actions in South Viet Nam's northern provinces, killing eight Americans and wounding 49 as two major assaults occurred within 13 miles of each other near Hue. Four Americans died and 24 were wounded in other northern coast incidents. U S. paratroopers near Hue faced heavy fire from sapper squads.
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Hue
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Oil Spill Contained Near Wagners Point Harbor
A coast guard spokesman said a spill in Baltimore harbor near Wagners Point was contained early today after about 900 gallons of crude spilled from the Liberian tanker Michael L. The tanker was docked at the American Oil Co terminal and a 1,000 foot floating boom was deployed to confine the slick.
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Wagners Point
Coast Guard
Michael L
American Oil Co
Police foil plot to kidnap officials and hijack plane
Minneapolis authorities say a plan to kidnap Gov Harold LeVander and St Paul Council member Rosalie Butler and hijack an airliner to free Angela Davis and Bobby Seale was foiled. Ronald Reed, 20, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to steal an aircraft along with aggravated assault and armed robbery. Notes found on Reed described the plan and threatened to blow up the plane if demands were not met. The warning referenced ransom prisoners including Miss Davis and Seale.
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Cuba
Angela Davis
Bobby Seale
Ronald L. Reed
Reed
Harold LeVander
Rosalie Butler
St. Paul
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ames Plaza Bank
Omaha
Neb
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Fourteen Oilmen Hurt In Gulf Platform Explosion
An explosion on a Gulf of Mexico oil platform off Grand Isle injured fourteen workers, three critically, with burns over 90 percent. Humble Oil said no spill occurred, and the blast was due to a ruptured glycol reboiler used in natural gas dehydration. All injured were evacuated by helicopter to Raceland. eighteen others were unhurt as platform operations were halted. Identified critically burned were Don Chabert, John Lefebvre, and Glenn McSwain.
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Humble Oil & Refining Co
Humble
Grand Isle
Gulf of Mexico
Raceland
Don Chabert
Cutoff
John Lefebvre
Galliano
Glenn McSwain
Foxworth
Miss
Syrian coup ousts Marxist government in Damascus
In a midnight coup, Defense Minister Gen Hafez al Assad seized Syria's government and arrested President Noureddin Atassi former Premier Youssef Zayyen and Gen Salah Jadid. Damascus remained calm as radio and TV were captured but no tanks moved. Baathist sources say Assad seeks closer ties with Egypt and Iraq and may seek an Arab federation, with no immediate shift toward Washington.
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Syria
Hafez al Assad
Assad
Noureddin Atassi
Youssef Zayyen
Salah Jadid
Syrian Baath Party
Jadid
Damascus Radio
Atassi
International Baath Committee
Beirut
Air Force
Mustafa Tlas
Jordan
Israel
Egypt
Iraq
Arab Federation
Libya
Sudan
Washington
Large Enemy Raid Fails In Cambodia
In Cambodia near Kompong Cham, enemy forces attacked the airport and surrounding area with a heavy mortar barrage and a ground assault on Friday night. Cambodian units held positions at the air port, which serves the provincial capital and regional military HQ 47 miles northeast of Phnom Penh, continuing intense fighting on the eastern front.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Cham
High Command
Intra City Football Showdown Frederick vs TJ High
At press time the Intra-City football game between Frederick High School and Governor Thomas Johnson High School was set to start at 2 p.m. at TJ Stadium with both teams ready to compete.
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Frederick High School
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
TJ Stadium
Lake Linganore Housing Begins In Spring
Lake Linganore at Eaglehead begins its spring construction as a 3400 acre planned community near Frederick and New Market. An 18 hole golf course, two dams and an Olympic pool are under way with more lakes and a full recreation center planned. Over 800 homesites valued at 5.5 million already purchased, with four model homes designed by noted architects.
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Linganore
Eaglehead
Frederick
New Market
Merle
Rt. 144
E. Fay Jones
University of Arkansas School of Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Claude Miquelle
Melrose
Mass
Barry Berkus
Los Angeles
William Brosius
Lake Singanore
Brossius Brothers
UAW Moves On Ford in Contract Talks
The UAW, after reaching a tentative GM settlement that could lift average wages, served notice it will strike Ford Motor Co on December 7 unless a new contract is delivered. Ford talks are expected to proceed without a GM-style strike.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Wet Weather Ahead For Frederick County This Week
The weatherman warns of rain tonight through Monday with chilly highs in the 40s and 50s. November totals reach about 2.56 inches in Frederick County as winds shift from 5 to 15 mph today to 10 to 20 mph tonight with stronger gusts possible Sunday.
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