Da Nang on alert as war nears cease-fire
Da Nang, Vietnam's second city, imposed security measures with air base guards in flak jackets and helmets. Reports said a 24 hour curfew might start Friday. US and South Vietnamese forces continued heavy fighting near Quang Tri and Saigon with multiple air strikes and armored clashes, while casualties rose on both sides.
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Saigon
UPS
da Nang
South Vietnam
da Nang Air Base
Dawson
Mekong
O Quang Tri
U.S
Quang Tri City
Air Force
Quang Tri Province
Ch Chi
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Okaloosa Digest Community Notices Roundup
Local groups post meetings and programs across Okaloosa County including FWB City Council at 7 30 p m Tuesday and a county commissioners special session at 10 a m Tuesday. Walter Stoneman to speak on Latin America at Okaloosa Walton Junior College and Niceville High School.
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Fort Walton Beach
City Hall
Board of Okaloosa County Commissioners
Latin America
Walter Stoneman
U.S. Department of State
Agency of International Development
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Niceville Senior High School
Twin City
DAV Bay Area
Disabled American Veterans of
Niceville
Valparaiso
Seminole
Choctaw Beach
Valparaiso City Hall
Southview Avenue
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church Women of Holy Trinity
Donelle Hicks
Russia
LCW
Pryor Jhs
Pryor Booster Club
BSA Choctawhatchee District
Choctawhatchee District
Boy Scouts of America
Oakhill
Eglin Officers Wives Club
Eglin Officers’ Wives’ Club
Officers’ Club
FWB Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
J.B. McCracken
Gambling arrests in Elizabeth reveal wives’ pleas prompt probe
In Elizabeth New Jersey twenty seven husbands were arrested at local gambling clubs after a three month investigation sparked by wives reporting losses to gambling. They face charges of violating state gambling laws. In Missouri a judge denied bail for three men linked to extortion slayings of banker Robert R. Kitterman his wife and their 17 year old daughter.
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Elizabeth
N.J
UPI
John Stamler
Grandin
Robert R. Kitterman
Dallas Ray Delay
Lloyd Edwin Cowin
Jerry Rector
Ripley
William Dodd
Doniphan
Dodd
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Ripley County
Johnson remembered as a leader who pursued the American dream
Washington and other figures react to Lyndon Johnson s death with praise for his commitment to the poor and oppressed and his handling of the Vietnam War. President Nixon and numerous officials, governors, and business leaders cite his courage, integrity, and lifelong belief in America s possibilities.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Lyndon Johnson
America
Nixon
Johnson
Florida
Reubin Askew
Askew
Ford Motor Co
John Connally
Jamaica
Texas
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Senate
Jimmy Doolittle
Jack O. Hicks
The
DAV
Doolittle
Santa Monica
Calif
Witness says Watergate espionage work legal, seeks immunity
Alfred Baldwin testifies he believed his security work for the Nixon re election campaign was legal. He says he cannot recall a Nixon campaign official to whom he handed logs from tapped Democratic telephones. Trial judge plans a Tuesday chamber session amid bond and counsel changes.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
FBI
Alfred C. Baldwin Tii
Baldwin
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
Watergate Complex
Democratic National Committee
John J. Sirica
Bernard L. Barker
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio Gonzalez
Eugenio R. Martinez
Combined Job Centers Slated for Floridians
State and federal officials will open joint offices in Jacksonville Tampa Orlando and Pensacola to provide centralized information on job opportunities. The centers will host intergovernmental information and testing, with Orlando opening Jan 26 Tampa Jan 29 and Jacksonville Feb 5. Tampa and Jacksonville sites are temporary.
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Tallahasser
UPI
Florida
Jacksonville
Tampa
Orlando
Pensacola
L.K. Treland Jr
Hammond B. Smith
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Alanta
Ireland
Hill-Burton program slated for cut in Nixon health plan
A congressman reported plans to scrap the 26 year old Hill-Burton hospital construction program and 56 regional medical programs as part of President Nixon's health research shift. Ehrlichman said hospital construction is wasteful but did not fully confirm terminations. HEW budgets for health and mental health services would fall about 32 million next year.
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Washington
UPI
Hill-Burton
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John D. Ehrlichman
Hill- Burton
Ehrlichman
Lister Hill
Ala
Harald Burlen
Ohio
Defense argues top secret papers publicly available in report
In Los Angeles the defense at the Pentagon Papers trial contends that material labeled top secret was public in a Gen. Westmoreland DePuy Wheeler report. Gen. Wheeler testified as concern grew over Elisberg and Russo accused of conspiracy espionage and theft of government documents.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Elisberg
William Westmoreland
William DePuy
Army
Esberg
Anthony J. Russo
DePuy
Earl Wheeler
Jobless Vietnam Veterans See Unemployment Drop
The Labor Department reports Vietnam veterans had a 5.5 percent jobless rate in 1972, down from 6.5 percent for nonveteran peers. The decline follows a stronger economy, government and industry programs, and fewer service members leaving the armed forces. President Nixon ordered a targeted campaign against veteran unemployment after an earlier peak of 11 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Nation's Mourning Extended by Nixon
President Nixon eulogizes Lyndon Johnson as a dynamic reader and a man of great ability. Mrs. Johnson informs him of Johnson's death in a four minute call. Nixon orders flags at half staff and notes ongoing mourning parallels with Truman period.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
White House
Austin
Tex
LBJ
Ronald S. Ziegler
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Johnson dies leaving political legacy and questions of foreign policy
Lyndon B. Johnson dies at age 64 leaving a complex legacy praised for civil rights and social programs while scholars note his failed foreign policy. Leaders from Bayard Rustin to Gov. Dolph Briscoe honor his impact on equality and education as Nixon successors reflect on his presidency.
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D-S.d
Nixon
Lincoln
Lyndon Johnson
Bayard Rustin
A. Phillip Randolph
Commager
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
U.S
Truman
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
John Adams
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
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Eliza Maria Arzuga
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St. Mary's Catholic School
Your Freedom
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Ft, Walton Beach
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George Bush
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Republican National Committee
GOP
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California
George Wallace
Alabama
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Henry Ford II
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