Second Largest U S Troop Withdrawal Announced
SAIGON AP reports the second largest U S withdrawal from Vietnam reduces American combat troops to fewer than 10,000 in Saigon Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang areas. The 11th Armored Cavalry Squadron and 5th Battalion 42nd Artillery are among units phased out, with 32 Army units and one Air Force detachment removed overall.
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Senate defeats neighborhood school plan in education bill
In Washington the Senate rejected a Sam J. Ervin Jr. proposal to bar federal officials from blocking a pupil attending the nearest school. The vote, 67 to 26, preceded a 90 to 2 adoption of a second Ervin amendment on racial balance and constitutional standards. The bill aims to revamp federal programs for higher education and includes a $1.5 billion school desegregation program and a $390 billion Indian education program. See NEIGHBORHOOD, Page 2-A.
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Sam J. Ervin, Jr
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Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
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Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Senate Leaders Get China Trip Invitation
Two top Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott were invited to visit China. Nixon relayed the invitation after meeting Chinese Premier Chou En-lai and aims to travel in late spring or summer to build on Nixon’s recent trip.
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Hugh Scott
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Pennsylvania
Ronald L. Ziegler
Chou
Shanghai
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The Quipster Draws A Rowdy Audience
A local humorist known as The Quipster performed to a crowd that grew into a bristling group backstage and in the aisles. Patrons shouted and waved, creating a lively but unruly mood as the show continued.
Smith To Speak Tonight Mutscher Jury Delay Benefits Prosecution
In Abilene, AP reports the bribery trial of Speaker Gus Mutscher paused as jury selection stalls. Judge Daniels postponed testimony to Thursday to avoid revealing strategy before a statewide broadcast. Defense subpoenas expanded to include Houston officials and a golf pro, with remarks hinting at Lyndon Johnson as a later witness.
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Preston Smith
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Frank Maloney
Lyndon Johnson
Ben Barnes
Louie Welch
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Sharp’s Bank
Sharp-controlled
National Banker’s Life
W. H. Hinton
Houston Baptist College
Transportation Strike Bill Killed By Panel
A House transportation subcommittee killed a bill to set up permanent emergency mechanisms to settle railroad and airline labor disputes. The 5 to 0 vote ends any similar legislation this session, despite bipartisan backing and 70 co sponsors. Proponents argued the act would empower the President with an arsenal of weapons to force settlements.
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House Transportation Subcommittee
Harley 0. Staggers
D-W.va
House Commerce Committee
James Harvey
R-Mich
Harvey
Congress
Devaluation No Quick Solution Warns Congress
Treasury Secretary Connally told the House Banking Committee that devaluation will not quickly boost the economy or balance of payments. He warned that any benefits from China trade are unlikely to materialize soon and that deficits will persist this year. He noted improvements in the trade balance could create jobs, urging approval of the administration bill on gold price.
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Israel Syria clash broadens near border
TEL AVIV reports Israeli air and artillery strikes target guerrilla camps inside Syria while Syria claims heavy damage from retaliatory air raids on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. Damascus radio says Syrian airspace and airports closed as fighting enters a fifth day. Lebanese border villages near Arkoub region also report Israeli bombing as part of a larger cross border clashes.
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Golan Heights
Middle East
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Arkoub
Lebanon
Kafra
Breikha
Warning was given on WV dams unstable five years ago
The Odessa American notes two newspapers report a U S Geologic Survey found dams in West Virginia unstable. The survey was conducted five years prior. Another brief mentions government resistance to a subpoena for J Edgar Hoover in Harrisburg 7 trial.
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West Virginia
J. Edgar Hoover
Harrisburg
Brief Cooling As Permian Basin Sees Mild Front
A Canadian cool front edges into the Permian Basin on Wednesday dropping temperatures toward freezing by early Thursday. Highs reach about 53 F, with overnight lows around 51 F. Winds 15 to 30 mph raise dust as the front moves in from the north, with no precipitation expected in Odessa.
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McAllen
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