End of U.S. bombing in Cambodia closes long air war
Washington reports the final U S bombing run on Cambodia due by 11 pm CDT, ending a conflict that yielded about 7.4 million tons of explosives. Insurgents held roughly 80 percent of Cambodian territory as a proxy battle stretched since 1965, with costs mounting for the United States.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
United States
Southeast Asia
Price pinch worsens as Phase 4 nears
AP market basket survey across 12 cities shows 22 percent of 180 items rose in price from July 31 to Aug 13 with eggs and pork chops repeatedly higher. Beef remains frozen to Sept 12 while Canada tightens cattle and hog exports to blunt shortages.
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TRE Associatedress
Associated Press
Fence
Nixon
Vicere Elliott Trudeam
Canada
Cox Argues For Release Of The Tapes
Special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox filed a 68 page argument in federal court urging a court order to compel President Nixon to surrender tape recordings. The tapes cover eight meetings and one phone call between June 1972 and April 1973. Cox said access to the conversations is crucial for the grand jury and the Watergate investigation.
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Washington
Archibald Cox
Iet
Cox
Nixon
U.S. District Court
John J. Sicica
White House
Democratic National Committee
H.R. Haldeman
John
Agnew Probe Hints From Tax Records Mentioned
Fragmented scan notes Agnew tied to federal probe with tax records. mentions Maryland link and officials. Kent State reference notes a guardman claiming a photographer seized a gun and shouted a fatal moment.
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Kent State
Ohio Nations
Kent State University
Nixon weighs Watergate address amid national TV hopes
In a secluded White House study President Nixon mulls a televised Watergate speech. He has consulted few aides over five days at Camp David, with a tentative plan for a measured tone, denial of direct knowledge, and a push to restore public confidence while avoiding a harsh rebuttal. The address may preview a written statement outlining the case against those responsible.
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Gaylord Shaw
Washington
Nixon
David
White House
Democratic National Committee
Asoes Cal
The Quipster Too few of us wear out
A fragmentary item reflects on aging or decline with terse, era tone phrasing and a hint of humor. The readable text suggests a quip about weariness and meals or meals out, but details are incomplete.
Rainy outlook with scattered storms across Texas
A Gulf moisture surge and daytime heating raise a 20 percent chance of late afternoon showers through Wednesday with thunderstorms likely inland while some sunshine balances humidity. Severe weather reports include waterspouts near Galveston Bay and coastal stems near Ingleside and Sabine Pass with no damage reported. Temperature highs near 92 in Odessa, lows around 67, with light to moderate southerly winds.
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Archavens Weather Service
Midland
Odessa
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Galveston Bay
Port Bolivar
Galveston
Freeport
Palacios
Lake Sabine
Sabine Pass
Victoria
Ingleside
Corpus Christi Bay
Weather forecast notes from National Weather Service
Fragmentary forecast from the National Weather Service includes likely afternoon showers and cooler evening, with temperatures around the mid 60s and a chance of rain. The text is garbled with several misspellings and unrelated insertions, but indicates typical regional weather expectations for today and tomorrow.
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Netional Weather Service
Tephing
Cinar
Tadaye
Bert Setsey
Mass murder indictments tied to Houston teens in Texas
Houston area authorities plan to indict Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks for murder as the body count in the Gulf Coast diggings rises to 27 teens. Investigators halted digging after recovering four bodies and searched Corll’s former workplaces and a candy factory yard for evidence. Police face criticism over missing youths not tracked by the department, with ties to Broaddus and Beaumont noted.
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Tex
Chambers County
Louis Otter
Jack
Houston
Jefferson County
Elmer Wayne Henley
Justice of the Peace
Weldon
Edgar Haynes
United States
Gulf Coast
G. W. Woods
Sheriff's Office
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Chambers Counties
Harris County District Attorney's
David 0. Brooks
Brooks
Henley
Dean Allen Corll
Corll
State District Court
George Walker
Charles Melcher
Walker
Herman Short
Broaddus
Sat Augustine
Neal Beaumont
Short
Pasadena
Everett Waldrop
Alpharetta
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