U S Carrier joins Vietnam air war effort near China border
U S forces reported heavy air strikes against North Vietnam with 260 raids on Sunday. F4 Phantom jets bombed bridges near Hanoi while multiple targets including fuel depots, trucks and ships were hit. The Ticonderoga carrier arrived off Vietnam to deter submarines and may support logistics, with losses noted for South Vietnamese and one Marine crew killed near Phu My.
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Navy aircraft from other carriers attack North Vietnamese transport
China Navy planes from other carriers in the Tonkin Gulf continued Sunday attacks on North Vietnam transport. Pilots claimed a highway bridge near Vinh was knocked out and barges destroyed. Seven small craft were sunk and four damaged on Rao Nay River tributaries. The destroyer Joseph Strauss sustained moderate shock damage from two underwater blasts near Dong Hoi but reported no casualties and kept operating under fire.
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Canvass Set Tuesday by Party Committees
The Democrat and Republican executive committees plan a routine canvass of Saturday runoff ballots. Bob Watson and Tom Hirsch outline meetings and procedures in the county clerk's office. A 15-year-old Odessa boy was taken into custody for bicycle speedometer theft, counseled and released.
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German Marshall Plan Memorial Fund Created
West Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt announced a 47 million dollar German Marshall Plan Memorial Fund to finance joint American European studies and research. The fund is an independent American foundation named the German Marshall Fund of the United States a Memorial to the Marshall Plan. Brandt praised George C. Marshall and Nixon Soviet talks. The remarks were at Harvard for the 25th anniversary.
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Soviet Union
Lame Duck Legislators Abundant After Texas Runoffs
Texas voters ratcheted up turnover in Saturdays runoffs as 23 incumbents, including ex speaker Gus Mutscher, lost or faced defeat in a bid for re election. The "Dirty 30" coalition strengthened conservative sway in the Senate while liberals fall short.
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McGovern and Humphrey clash over POWs and withdrawal
In Los Angeles on ABC Issues and Answers the two leading Democrats differ on freeing U S POWs from North Vietnam. Humphrey urges a special emissary to Hanoi and a troop withdrawal date, while McGovern argues only complete U S withdrawal will secure release.
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Nixon
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Israel
Sam Yorty
New York
Shirley Chisholm
Taylor Hardin
Alabama
George C. Wallace
California
New Mexico
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John B. Connally
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Jack Chestnut
New Jersey
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Third Fatal Marks Closing Of Transpo
Washington AP reports Maj. Joe Howard 32 of Akeskie North Carolina died in a fiery crash during Transpo 72 at Dulles International Airport. The Thunderbirds pilot, veteran of 322 combat missions including 69 over North Vietnam, was exiting when his Phantom II failed at 500 to 700 feet. The $2.5 million jet exploded in a towering fireball as officials observed his parachute moments before impact.
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Cambodian Defense Ministry hit in daylight rocket attack
A daytime rocket strike on Phnom Penh targets the Defense Ministry and Lon Nol's villa, killing two and wounding at least two as ballots counted in Cambodia's first presidential election. The attack follows years of night raids and tests the city amid a volatile vote count.
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Keo An
Phnom Penh University
Odessa American Public Notice Rates and Masthead
The Odessa American lists publication details at East 4th Street Odessa Texas with a 3 March 1879 postal designation. Rates shown include home delivery $2.50 monthly in Odessa and Ector County, $2.00 in Retail Trading Zone, $0.35 weekly in all other zones, and mail options $25 yearly $13 half year $7 quarterly and $2.56 monthly with single copy 10 cents daily and 25 cents Saturday.
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Texas
Th Street
Odessa
Post Ice
Thessa American
Ector County
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