Agnew jokes and a soldier paratroops in Topeka news
A column notes Spiro Agnew’s mounting media mispronunciations and a White House operator joke. Separately Pvt Donald Till, 24, was recaptured after an AWOL jump from a 3 000 foot Army plane near Topeka Kansas and faces court martial. Nicky Hilton dies at 42 in Beverly Hills. Heart patient Rizor’s widow and four children evicted from their home built by the dying man. A Tacoma minister’s bomb joke leads to plane inquiry but no charges.
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Donald Till
Tociay
Topeka
Rex
Till
Mt. Riley
Kaw
William D. Felton
Daryle Little
Jim
North Topeka
Burlingame
Callis
Nicky Hilton
Nicky) Hilton Jr
Elizabeth Taylor
Hilton
Beverly Hills
Patricia
Conrad Hilton Foundaion
Trans World Airlines
Hilton Hotels Corp
National Velvet
Miss Taylor
Patricia Blake McClintock
McClintock Oil Co
Eric
Houston
Tex
Barron
Hilton Hotels
Joseph Rizer
Salinas
Calif
Stanford Medical Center
Eileen Rizer
Joe
Mark
Michelle
Jade
Christopher
Rizor
Norman Roger Lawson
First Methodist Church
Tacoma
Wash
Western Airlines
San Francisco
Christen Cawyth
War Toll Rises in Vietnam Week of Heavy Losses
Saigon reports 198 U.S. deaths and 1,549 wounded in the week ending last Saturday. Communist losses reach 3,190, with the 1,000th American helicopter downed and four crewmen killed. B-52 bombers struck base camps and concentrations as South Vietnam weighs troop replacement talks with allied commanders.
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Saigon
U.S
Soul
Vietnam
Korea
Pacific
Tost
South Vietnam
Air Force
Annapolis Naval Leader Vandergift Dies at 51
Captain J Jacob Vander gift aged 51 longtime commanding officer of the naval station at Annapolis and commodore of the Naval Academy sailing squadron died of a heart attack Wednesday. The Naval Station maintains the training craft used by academy midshipmen.
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Annapolis
J. Jacob Vandergift
Naval Station At
Naval Academy
Naval Station
Thien Says S Viet Can Replace Many Yanks
Saigon reports President Nguyen Van Thien claims the South Vietnamese army can replace sizable American troop units, and discusses withdrawal talks with U.S. officers. He rejects a timetable, notes Tet cease-fire details remain unsettled, and expresses interest in meetings with Nixon and visits to allied nations.
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Nguyen van Thien
South Vietnam
Saigon
Thien
S. Viet
Nixon
South Korea
Formaas
Thailand
Vietnam
Paris
Entered a 5 second cassage at Long Beach post office
Fragmentary 1969 notice from Press-Telegram lists Long Beach post office, February 4 issue, with garbled names and stray phrases. Indicates a dated city notice or filing, but readable facts are limited and unclear.
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Long Beach
Petr Gauheraay
Punta Singte
Wind Ravages Redwood City Causing Major Damage
A violent wind storm struck Redwood City during heavy rain and thunder, damaging homes and industrial buildings. At least one person is injured and officials estimate losses at around 200000 dollars for about 28 structures, with roofs torn off and debris scattered. A pickup truck was overturned and a man hospitalized after being hit by debris as power outages darkened parts of the Bay Area.
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Redwood City
Matt
Bay Area
Lodge Denies U.S. Tries to Perpetuate Vietnam Partition
In Paris at the PBS peace talks U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge rejects claims the United States seeks to perpetuate Vietnam’s division. He argues the 17th Parallel is not a permanent boundary as North Vietnamese leaders insist the zone is a step toward peace, while Viet Cong negotiators warn against prolonged deadlock and Saigon under Thien Huong. The session marks a renewed clash over military issues and future discussions.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Henry Cabot
Lodge
United States
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Vietnam
Tran Buu Kiem
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
Kiem
Thien-by-Huong
Hanoi
USS
Stephen M. Young
D-Ohio
Saigon
Young
General Weyand to Join Paris Peace Negotiation Team
Lt. Gen. Fred C. Weyand, veteran Army commander from Vietnam, is slated as military adviser to the Nixon administration’s Paris peace talks. The Arbuckle, California native, 52, has been Army chief of reserve affairs at the Pentagon. Weyand previously led the 25th Infantry Division and commanded U.S. forces in an 11 province area around Saigon.
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Washington
Vietnam
Paris
Fred C. Weyand
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
South Vietnam
Weyand
Army
Pentagon
Arbuckle
Calif
25Th
Hawaii
U.S
Saigon
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