Land obtained for housing units amid peace talks collapse
Reports from Saigon note U S warplanes continued heavy raids over North Vietnam for a third day with new claims of aircraft shot down and pilots killed or captured. Paris hosts say talks were paused by both sides in protest of the bombing after U S forces halted fuller attacks. In South Vietnam a Viet Cong unit downed seven helicopters as casualty figures rose for both sides.
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Demilitarized Zone
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
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Saigon
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Radio
Hanoi
Scientists push to halt next influenza outbreak global effort
Washington researchers warn that the next worldwide flu wave could arrive in the late 1970s. Dr. Dorland J. Davis of the NIH outlines two paths to faster vaccines and better treatments while noting vaccines work best for the elderly and chronically ill but not the general public.
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Washington
Hong Kong
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Dorland J. Davis
Davis
Unhappy County Taxpayers Question Salary Increases
A Reeves County reader asks how to stop pay raises for elected officials amid inflation fears. A public hearing on January 10 at 9 30 a m at the commissioners court is scheduled, though raises become effective January 1. The article notes raises range from 10 to 23 5 percent for various officials and mentions the County Service Officer moving to the community center January 3.
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Steve May
Commissioners’ Court
Reeves County
Higher telephone rates scheduled for Pecos area
West Texas Telephone Co and all Texas providers set new long distance rates at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The increases, about two percent on intrastate calls, accompany new rate periods for direct distance dialing and holidays with reduced rates on certain in-state calls. The district serves Pecos Barstow Balmorhea Toyah Cayamosa Mentone Orla and Imperial.
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Pecos
West Texas Telephone Co
Texas
Ron Killion
WTTC
Nixon
The
Price Commission
West Texas Telephone
Killion
Barstow
Balmorhea
Toyah
Cayanosa
Mentone
Orla
Imperial
Reeves County Replants Trees as Park Near Highway Closes
City workers transplant trees from a county park on the Carlsbad highway to the golf course and city park. Reeves County crews have replanted 25 trees this week as the park faces closure with fencing and restricted access for travelers seeking water and shade.
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Carlsbad
Reeves County
Pecos
Country Club
India to use Pakistani civilians to bargain for safety
In Dacca India vows to employ Pakistani civilians as bargaining chips to secure safety for Sheik Mujibur Rahman and other Bengalis in West Pakistan. About 600 of 35,000 Pakistani POWs move from Dacca to camps in India as the swap plan is explored.
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India
Dacca
Bangla Desh
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Pakistan
D.P. Dinar
Pan
Presi
Cooler Air Returns to Texas After Warm Spell
The Associated Press reports cooler air spreading over Texas as a new frontal system moves in. Showers travel across North Central and Northeast Texas while the rest of the state lies in fog and clouds. pre-dawn temperatures fall to normal winter levels.
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Associated Press
Texas
Lindsay seeks Democratic nomination in Florida primary
John V. Lindsay former New York mayor and Republican until last August announces plans to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He says he will begin the effort in the Florida primary on March 14 and criticizes the Nixon White House as a club-house for privilege and a parade ground for juntas and generals.
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Fla
John V. Lindsay
New York
Florida
Lindsay
Nixon
White House
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