Congress Democrats Demand Full College Aid Release
The Nixon administration released the entire 233.5 million direct college loan appropriation after Democratic outcry. Of that total 170.4 million had been released earlier, with the rest withheld over presidential approval. The Education Office said the funds must be allocated now to impact the current school year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional Democrats
Nixon
Office of Education
New Storm Heading For Gulf
A tropical depression in the western Caribbean is becoming organized as a tropical storm and expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico by mid afternoon. It moved northwest at 10 mph after crossing Yucatan with gale winds and a potential quick intensification to hurricane strength.
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Gulf of Mexico
National Hurricane Center
Caribbean
Yucatan
Cozumel Island
Merida
Houston
Navy
Air Force
Ella
New Orleans
Fighting Continues as Jordanian Capital Seethes
Guerrillas and Jordanian troops clashed overnight in Amman amid cease-fire appeals. Reports say fighting targeted the airport Jebel Hussein Citadel and royal palaces with houses destroyed and civilians sheltered in hotel and club areas. Iraqi forces near Irbid threaten intervention while a cease-fire search unfolds.
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Associated Press
Amman
Jebel Hussein
Popular Democratic Front
Jordan
Irbid
Beirut
Mashour Haditha
Yasir Arafat
Haditha
40Th Armored Brigade
Zaid Ben Shaker
Hussein
Ben Shaker
United States
Today in History highlights from September 10
On this date in 1944 U S First Army shells reach German soil near Aachen. Other notes include Perry defeating the British at Lake Erie in 1813, Howe patenting the sewing machine in 1846, and major events through 1970 such as Wainwright’s return in 1945 and Betsy recovery efforts in 1965.
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Aachen
Germany
U. S. First Army
U. S
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Elias Howe
Spencer
Mass
Elizabeth
Australia-Hungary
Geneva
Luigi Lucheni
John J. Pershing
U. S. First Division
New York
Japan
United States
Truman
Houses of Congress
Washington
Jonathan Wainwright
U. S. State Department
Khruschev
Manhattan
U. N. General Assembly
Johnson
New Orleans
Louisiana
Alaska
Marijuana Charges Filed After 3 Count Traffic Stop
A speeding stop on Hwy 290 east of Balmorhea led to the arrest of two white males for possession of marijuana. A search yielded several pounds of raw marijuana. bonds were set at 500 each. The suspects pleaded not guilty and were held in Reeves County jail.
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A.B. Nail
H.B. Purvis
DPS
Fred Parrott
Balmorhea
Hwy. 290
Justice of Peace
Clayton Stallings
Reeves County
Stallings
Frederick Sven Berg
Monterrey
Calif
Tony Bradford Narramore
Pensacola
Fla
Pecos
Gov Smith Urges Compulsory Immunization Law
Gov. Preston Smith said he would urge the January legislature to pass a law requiring immunization against diphtheria polio measles whooping cough and tetanus for all first graders Current Texas rules cover only smallpox He cited high measles polio diphtheria and whooping cough rates and urged swift action noting the San Antonio diphtheria epidemic and court-tested validity of compulsory laws.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Texas
Smith
San Antonio
Viet war tolls grow as Saigon forces take on more fights
In South Vietnam no major ground fighting was reported, while three U.S. Army helicopters were shot down and four Americans were missing. The U.S. weekly casualty summary shows 87 Americans killed in combat last week, though 22 died earlier in a helicopter crash. South Vietnamese casualties rose sharply with 469 killed and 1,067 wounded. allied forces claimed 1,321 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Since Jan 1, 1961 the U.S. has registered 43,481 American deaths and 287,801 wounded.
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South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Saigon
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