Global News Snippets Report: Wars, Politics and Protests
AP dispatches cover Sgt. Pounder leaving service, Marcos postponing Philippine plebiscite, Princess Anne and Lt. Phillips romance rumors, Joan Baez at antiwar rally with Rev. Berrigan, Houston fire relief plan blocked by FAA, John Wayne criticizes Vietnam funding votes, Mississippi oil spill cleanup progress, Laird trims draft calls, Philadelphia schools walkout, heating oil imports approved, Watergate trial begins, vampire death in England, Mexico campus strike and reopening.
Accidental bombing at Da Nang Air Base by U.S. fighters
An American flight leader misdirected five fighter-bombers causing an accidental strike on Da Nang Air Base. Ten Americans and one Vietnamese injured, no deaths. Six AC119 gunships and one helicopter damaged by shrapnel. four fuel tanks destroyed. Planes came from Thailand bases and a carrier off Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Hitler’s private car sells for record 153000 at Scottsdale auction
Adolf Hitler’s private Mercedess Benz car fetched 153000 at a Scottsdale auction, bought by Earl Clark of the Dutch Wonderland Museum in Lancaster. Barrett sold another Hitler car for 93000 to Bill Tanner. Auctioneers note combined costs exceeded 2 million in engineering and 60000 in materials.
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Scottsdale
Ariz
Adolf Hitler
Pennsylvania
Barrett
Earl Clark
Lancaster
Penn
Clark
Bill Tanner
George Wallace
Alabama
Hitler
Greta Garbo
Auburn
Ind
Baer quintuplets born after drug therapy at Evanston
The Baer quintuplets five siblings were born Friday to Mr and Mrs James Baer of North Brook. The Evanston Hospital spokesman said the babies are doing fine and the father is calming down. The first born Thomas Allen, previously with a respiratory issue, is being fed orally and given oxygen only occasionally.
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Evanston, Ill
Baer
Evanston Hospital
Thomas Allen
James Baer
Northbrook
Elizabeth
Douglas Edward
Leslie
Vickie
Deaths W H Hibits Services Set in Hamilton Texas
W H Hibits, a former Pecos and Balmorhea resident, died Sunday in Memorial Baptist Hospital Houston. Funeral services are at 2 p m Tuesday in Hamilton with Gardner Riley Funeral Home handling arrangements. Burial will be at Jonesboro near Hamilton. He worked in Pecos for J C Wilson at Texas Cotton Industries until 1949 and led the cotton department at Anderson Clayton Pecos until 1958. Retired from Balmorhea Ranches in 1965. Survived by nephew Arlie Hibits of Houston and nieces in the area. His wife Bess preceded him in death. He was a Mason.
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W. H. Hibits
Pecos
Hamilton
Texas
Memorial Baptist Hospital
Houston
Gardner Riley
Jonesboro
Hibits
J. C. Wilson
Texas Cotton Industries
Anderson & Clayton
Balmorhea Ranches
Bess
Masonic Lodge
Arlie Hibits
Highland Park Hospital transfer and fertility drug case
A report notes a father shuttling between Evanston and Highland Park Hospital as his wife Lynn, 25, recovers from labor. Dr. Melvin Cohen says he treated her with the fertility drug Perganol before her pregnancy, while noting limited discussion of her case. Perganol is given to women who do not ovulate, with Israel reporting multiple births in a 1970 study.
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Highland Park Hospital
Evanston Hospital
Evanston
Highland Park
Lynn
Melvin Cohen
Fertility Institute, Ltd
Baer
Israel
United States
Texas Railroad Commission Sets Gas Curtailment Priorities
The Texas Railroad Commission issued standards ordering gas suppliers to follow a priority sequence prioritizing homes hospitals schools and other human needs. Until approved, each firm must submit its own priority plan with reserves data and demand. Curtailed supplies refer to nonfulfillment of contracted amounts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Commission
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
The Record notes hospital activity with admissions and discharges. Hazel Gonzales admitted in January and Paula Clayton dismissed.
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Hazel Gonzales
Paula Clayton
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Green Beret
Army
Honolulu
Ernest R. Pounder
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Pounder
Marcos
Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Princess Anne
Love
London
Anne
Mark Phillips
Queen’s Dragoon Guards
Sun Today
Los Angeles
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Hanoi
Philip Berrigan
Draft Board
Managua
Nicaragua
Houston Fire Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Wayne
Pine Mountain
John Wayne
Callaway Gardens
Georgia Cattlemens Association
Helena
Ark
Environmental Protection Agency
Greenville
Miss
Louisiana State Line
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Pentagon
Philadelphia
Office of Emergency Preparedness
U.S. District Court
Democratic Party
Asst
U.S. Atty
Silbert
Stoke
England
Demetrius Mykiura
University
Mexico City
University of Mexico
Mexico
da Nang Air Base
Thailand
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Nixon
Fort Worth
Tary
Saravane
THE
Associated Press
At&t
Ad Rich
Borden
Brit Pet
Cat Trac
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Dow Chem
duPont
Eastman
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild
Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Mtrs
Gen Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Gulf Oil
IBM
Int Paper
John Man
John John
Marathon
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony
Ird
Sun Oil
Texaco
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolwich
Xerox
W.H. Hibits
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
P.O
Reeves County
Foodway Bologna
Foodway Franks
Pearl
del Monte
Big K
Kimbell
Monte— Oe
Gebhardt's
Morton
van Camp Pork & Beans
Clip & Redeem
Maxwell House
Foodway
BTL
Kim White
Discount Foods
South Eddy
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