Hollow ox horn signals looming African faction fight
AP reports rising tension as a hollow ox horn signals a looming faction fight in Transkei Xhosa heartland. Tribesmen gather on hilltops with assegai spears while women and children seek safety, amid past August clashes that left 50 dead and ongoing police patrols and helicopter support.
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U.S. plane losses rise to 35 in Indochina
The U.S. Command reported another fighter bomber loss over North Vietnam and a helicopter down in eastern South Vietnam below the DMZ. Eight Americans aboard the two craft were missing, raising total U.S. losses since December to 35 with 107 killed or missing.
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Cattle Death Toll Set to Rise Across Plains States
The Associated Press reports about 50,000 cattle dead in Oklahoma Kansas and Texas with frigid winds worsening losses. Cattle in feedlots are running about three times normal with more deaths feared if cold weather persists.
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Kansas gunman Essex identified in New Orleans sniper spree
Police say Mack J. Essex of Emporia, 23, was the rooftop sniper who killed six and wounded 17 at the Downtown Howard Johnson's. Investigators consider a possible conspiracy. evidence ties the .44 carbine to other New Year’s Eve shootings and a related police casualty.
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Emporia minister disputed sniper link to Essex
In Emporia Kansas Reverend W A Chambers who baptized Mark J Essex says the young man who died in New Orleans hated whites after leaving the Navy. Police chief Merle Hayes cites no evidence of Essex s ties to militant groups amid a hotel shooting spree that killed six and injured seventeen.
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Nixon to retain 127 top women in second term
White House sources say almost all top female appointees will stay in government roles, from ambassadors to assistant department heads. Anne Armstrong will join as Cabinet ranking counselor, Marina Whitman remains on the Council of Economic Advisers, and Patricia Hitt is expected as assistant secretary of HEW.
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Post office bills use Ms title on accounts, columnist says
The Star columnist argues that women's lib will not endure until the Post Office allocates Ms on telephone accounts. Current bills use generic honorifics like The Honorable, Prof, Dr, Rev, Mr, Mrs, Miss, highlighting evolving titles.
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