Air Attack on North Vietnam Halts After Five Days of Strikes
The heaviest U.S. air assault in over three years ended after more than 1,000 combat strikes in five days. Three American planes were lost, with five crewmen missing and one rescued. North Vietnam claims 14 U.S. planes down and many pilots killed or captured.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Tonkin Gulf
Laos
United States
Cambodia
Highway 7
South Vietnam
ENMU Roswell Sets March 21 Special Election on Local Support
ENMU Roswell campus schedules a March 21 1972 special election to align local funding with other state colleges offering vocational programs. Grants Clovis San Juan and Gallup programs receive 400 per student while ENMU R receives 100. The move follows pressure from the State Board of Educational Finance to equalize funding and boost ENMU R’s budget.
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Don Fenley
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell
Enmu-R
Grants
Clovis
San Juan
Gallup
State Board of Educational Finance
Santa Fe
ENMUR
BEF
Brown Berets vacate West Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas NM
Brown Berets moved out of West Las Vegas high school today avoiding a clash with state and local officials. State education leaders reported the group left the building around 10 a.m. after earlier orders and a press release directing removal by 9 a.m. today.
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Las Vegas
N.M
Brown Berets
West Las Vegas
Leonad DeLayo
DeLayo
Public
Harry Waygalter
Old Town Plaza
Atty
David Norvell
Wugalter
Norvell
Attorney General’s
Bob Gold
Supreme Court Justice John Harlan Dies at 72
Justice John Marshall Harlan, longtime Supreme Court member and defender of restraint on reform, dies of cancer at 72 in Washington. He retired in 1965 after 18 years on the bench and was survived by family as colleagues praise his principled jurisprudence and public service.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Nixon
Harlan
William H. Rehnquist
George Washington University Hospital
Potter Stewart
E.H. Dillingham
New York City
Stewart
Warren F. Burger
Burger
High Court
Eisenhower Harlan
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo L. Black
Black
Supreme
Chicago
Princeton University
Oxford
New York Law School
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Air Force
Weston
Conn
Talking trash can speaks about pollution in Nashville
A downtown Nashville trash can delivered a surprising message via a hidden speaker, prompting onlookers to engage with Live Dan the Talking Can about pollution. Sandy Hinson, 13, explained the evils of pollution to passersby, while his father William described the project as a publicity stunt to raise antipollution awareness.
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Nashville, Tenn
Dan
Sandy Hinson
William Hinson
Sandy
Jones to resign from NM posts
Franklin Jones will resign from multiple state posts in New Mexico including revenue commissioner and advisor to the legislature after three years in office. Governor Bruce King praised his work reorganizing the Bureau of Revenue and noted Fred O Chesky will become commissioner January 1. Ski conditions at Sierra Blanca are excellent with a 27 inch base and chains required to access the area near Ruidoso.
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Santa FE
N.M
Franklin Jones
Bruce King
Jones
Revenue Commission
Motor Vehicle Department
Pete Pence
MVD
David Arioste
Legislative Finance Committee
Franklin
Bureau of Revenue
Fred O'Chesky
O'Chesky
University of New Mexico
Revenue Bureau
Sierra Blanca
Ruidoso
Birth rate plunges to near historic lows in 1971
Census Bureau preliminary figures show the U S birth rate dropping to 17.3 births per thousand, from 18.3 in 1970, with about 3 591 000 births estimated this year. Experts call the decline puzzling and caution about short term interpretations amid economy concerns and shifting family plans.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Census Bureau
U.S
Murray Gendell
Georgetown University
Center For Population Research
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Wis
John Harlan
New York Times
The
Washington Post
John M. Harlan
Ski Report
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