U S Forces Under Red Shellings Hit Near Chu Lai
Communist led forces fired about 100 rockets and mortars at six U S positions and followed with a ground attack. Six Americans were killed and 26 wounded in total. The worst strike hit a reconnaissance team from the 198th Brigade four miles west of Chu Lai, near Americal Division headquarters south of Da Nang. The casualty toll was revised to five killed.
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Saigon
U.S
Chu Lai
U.S. Americal Division
da Nang
Cam Ranh Bay
Tuy Hoa
Pleiku City
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Vietnam
Nixon
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
U.S. Command
U.S. Air Force
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Tonle Sap Lake
Laos Movements Signal North Vietnamese Buildup
Pentagon says major North Vietnamese units moved from Laos into Laos via the Ho Chi Minh trail in recent weeks as infiltration, and troop estimates rise to 70,000 in Laos and 50,000 to 55,000 in Cambodia. U.S. air power continues as ground troops are restricted, with raids on the Ho Chi Minh trail and efforts to phase out combat units in Saigon by May 1.
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Washington
Defense Department
Laos
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Friedheim
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
Rogers
County Lagging In Filings For School Boards
County election officer Bruce Spears reported April elections will fill 13 school board seats with few candidates filing. USD 290 has seven filings while USD 289 287 and 288 show sparse entries. Filing deadline is noon February 16 and residents in annexed Ottawa areas are urged to register at City Hall before voting in April.
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Bruce Spears
USD 290
Ottawa
Wellsville
Gerald Anderson
USD 287
Pomona
Williamsburg
Appanoose
Robert Barkley
USD 288
Central Heights
Robert A. Anderson
Marvin P. Forker
S. E. Hopkins
Larry J. Matney
E. 3Rd
John N. Wassmer
S. Hickory
James L. Allen
James J. Chandler
Rockwood Drive
Clifford Reynolds
College
Duke L. Dietz
S. Main
Charles A. Beeman
Orchard Drive
Richard Jackson
King
Area Weather County Forecast for the region
Mostly cloudy with occasional light snow tonight and Tuesday. Cold tonight with a little warmer Tuesday. Light variable winds tonight, southeasterly Tuesday. Low tonight in the upper teens to low 20s. High Tuesday 30 to 36. Precipitation chance 30 percent Tuesday. Also notes: High Saturday 28, Sunday low 12, high 26. today’s low 16. Precipitation 0.02 inch in the last 24 hours. HOOD'S Dari-Treat ad at 1101 N Main opens Feb 1.
Apollo 14 crew troubleshoot docking for Fra Man Tro mission
Space Center Houston AP report follows Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa working for hours with flashlight and radioed instructions to fix a docking mechanism fault threatening their moon landing. They successively tested latches and found scratches on the docking drogue, then resumed attempts with a back-to-basics approach.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Lunar
Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Sigurd Sjoberg
Moon
Sjoberg
Houston
Mission Control
Final OU Forum Tonight at Ottawa University
The last of four Ottawa University forums will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Administration Building theater. The topic concerns President Nixon's economic policies and wage and price controls. Economics instructor David Whipple will summarize the administration position. Hal Hollister of City National Bank will give a business view. Labor's view will be offered by a Kansas City building service union representative, Robert Eisler. OU Dean Wayne Angell will introduce.
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Ottawa University
Nixon
David Whipple
Hal R. Hollister
City National Bank and Trust Co
Kansas City
Building Service
Robert Eisler
Wayne Angell
Israeli Raiders Claim Guerrilla Headquarters
Israeli raiding parties attacked two villages in south Lebanon during the night and stated they destroyed a Palestinian guerrilla regional headquarters. A military spokesman said one Israeli was killed and three wounded, with Arab casualties reported. Guerrilla sources claimed 15 Israeli casualties and no guerrilla losses, while another target near Metulla saw two guerrilla recruiting houses destroyed with little resistance. A separate Gaza City blast wounded 61 Arabs after 44 pounds of explosives detonated in a central post office.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Al-Kyam
Beirut
Kafer Kela
Upper Galilee
Metulla
Israel
Metalla
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
Saeb Salam
Gaza Strip
Gaza City
Truman Improves as He Recovers in Hospital
Former President Harry S. Truman, 86, continues to regain strength after an intestinal ailment, 12 days in hospital at Research Hospital. A spokesman said he watched Apollo 14 launch on TV, read about it in the paper, and took a corridor stroll. Mrs. Truman visited over the weekend and again today.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
State GOP Leaders Eye A Comeback
Kansas Republicans hold most statewide offices and six of seven Congress seats yet face questions about strength after recent Democratic gains. Leaders including Sen. Dole and Lt. Gov. Shultz urge revival of organization and outreach to voters amid calls for new leadership and attitudes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Republican Party
Robert Docking
Vern Miller
William Roy
Kansas Senate
Norman Gaar
Westwood
Gaar
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Miller
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Smith
Attorney General's Office
Reynolds Shultz
Missouri
Shultz
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