U S jets claim probable destruction of MIG21 in Laos border clash
Associated Press reports U S forces claim a MIG21 was likely shot down after a radar-confirmed kill during a dogfight near Laos. F4 Phantoms escorting bombers engaged two MIGs crossing the frontier. U S air strikes target North Vietnam and Laos amid continued allied raids and regional fighting.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Command Today
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Highlands
Air Force
Joseph W. Kittinger
Orlando
Fla
Leigh A. Hodgdon
Reading
U.S
Laos
Kittinger
Hodgdon
Dong Hoi
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Angkor
Nurse director named at Memorial Hospital Pecos selects Pauline Drew as director of nurses
Pauline Drew named director of nurses at Reeves County Memorial Hospital in Pecos replacing Mary Kenney who becomes night supervisor of nursing. Drew comes from Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder where she was night supervisor. She holds a vocational nursing teaching certificate and has taught coronary care in service courses.
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Pauline Drew
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Gordon Holiday
Drew
Mary Kenney
Kenney
Pecos
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder
Texas
Shannon School of Nursing
San Angelo
San Angelo College
TWU
Denton
Holy Cross
Austin
Hudgpeth Hospital
Sonora
San Angelo Shannon Hospital
Drug Haul Tops History Seizure On Marseille Vessel
French customs seized 937 pounds of pure heroin aboard the shrimp boat Caprice des Temps at Marseille. The haul, tied to former captain Marcel Boucan, valued up to 100 million dollars on the street, marked the largest drug seizure to date. The ship was boarded February 29 and search began early that morning after the suspects aroused suspicion.
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Paris
Finance Ministry
Marseille
Marcel Boucan
Villefranche
French Riviera
Drug Brigade
Pecos Woman in Hospital After Two Car Collision
Mrs Gladys Rhoades Sexton 41 of 1520S Eddy St Pecos was reported in good condition at Memorial Hospital after a two car crash Wednesday morning. Her car backed from a driveway into the northbound lane and was struck head on by Aurelio Jessie Sanchez 724 Hackberry St. She was cited for improper backing and driving on the wrong side of the roadway.
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Gladys Rhoades ‘Sexton
Eddy St
Memorial Hospital
Sexton
Aurelio Jessie Sanchez
Hackberry St
Nixon and Chou seek path to peaceful coexistence in China talks
An administration source says Nixon told Chou En-lai in Peking of Vietnam peace prospects and possible POW release. A third country channel for ongoing contact and people to people exchanges is planned, with Canada mentioned as a possibility but not Poland. Barstow council contemplates toll-free Pecos link via a new 150-line cable at $190,000, to start after readings in March and install in about 96 days.
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Washington
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Peking
Vietnam
The
Boston Globe
Henry A. Kissinger
Poland
Canada
Chou
Shanghai
United States
China
U.S
Peking-Nixon
Taiwan
Bute
West Texas Telephone Company
Lynn Webb
Barstow
Pecos
Webb
Woman Causes Laughter During Davis Trial Jury Selection
In San Jose a petite, silver haired retiree Winona W. Walker provoked laughter when asked about Angela Davis during jury selection for a murder kidnap trial. Davis, 28, accused of buying the guns used in the Aug. 7, 1970 Marine County Civic Center shootout that killed four, faced examination as hundreds of prospective jurors remain.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Winona W. Walker
Howard Moore Jr
Miss Davis
Marine County Civic Center
Miss Walker
Six Americans Die in Vietnam Fighting in Latest Weekly Toll
The report states six U S troops were killed in Indochina last week, with two more combat deaths likely recorded later. Wounded totals reached 56, the highest since December, and nine service members died of nonhostile causes. South Vietnamese losses and enemy deaths also climbed.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Case rests in perjury trial here
The U S Government rested its case at 10 this morning after four days of testimony in the federal trial of James Walter Henson. Judge Ernest Guinn presides. Henson faces charges tied to an August 1969 grand jury indictment involving Joy M. Chandler and falsified 1964 tax returns. Security guards guard the hearing area in the government facility. A separate note reports Johnny Kerns 13 sustaining an ankle injury in a Pecos Junior High collision.
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U. S
James Walter Henson
Ernest Guinn
el Paso
Henson
Joy M. Chandler
General Service Administration
James Crane
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Plain of Jars
Diane Bugg
Alexander
Duane Drew
Missouri
Dallas
Vought Aircraft Services Co
LTV Aerospace Corp
LTV
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Moore
Santa Clara County
Pecos Boy
Johnny Kerns
Tra Park Space
Pecos Jr. High School
Verma Atchley Daniels
Maria Delcarmen Garza
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