Night rockets surprise boy from Georgia in Vietnam
AP Special Correspondent Hugh A. Mulligan describes Jim Moore a Macon Georgia warehouseman who survives a night raid near Bien Hoa. Rockets slam into a barracks and hangar causing fires and casualties as Moore recalls the 2 25 a m terror. A Marine guard is killed near a crater and a ban the bomb stencil appears on a nearby light pole.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Bien Hoa
South Vietnam
Jim Moore
Vietnam
Plans for POW release begin next week in Vietnam
Secretary Laird announced Project Homecoming will start next week with more than 100 prisoners to return within two weeks. POWs will fly from Hanoi to Clark Air Base via a Laos route, with no stop in Vientiane as Kissinger had suggested.
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Washington
Melvin KR. Laird
U S
Hanoi
Laird
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Vientiane
Laos
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Pentagon
NBC Today Show
Indochina
Rogers heads to Paris to sign Vietnam peace pact
Secretary of State Rogers flies from Andrews Air Base to Paris to join North and South Vietnam and the Vietcong in signing a two ceremony ceasefire agreement. The accord aims to end the Vietnam conflict with ceasefires in Laos and Cambodia as well.
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Associated Press
Washington
William P. Rogers
Paris
Vietnam
Rogers
Andrews Air Base
Maryland
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietcong
Provisional
Revolutionary
Laos
Cambodia
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Kissinger
United States
Adam Malik
Indonesia
International Control Commission
Canada
Poland
Hungary
New Mexico Bill Would Require Oil Bond To Cover Bankrupt Purchases
State Rep Max Coll introduces a measure in the New Mexico Legislature to require pipeline companies buying crude oil and natural gas in New Mexico to post ongoing bonds to cover losses when purchasers go bankrupt. The Oil Conservation Commission would set bond amounts based on volumes bought.
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New Mexico
Max Coll
Rchaves
Roswell
Coll
Fred Buckles
Roswell Daily Record
Oil Conservation Commission
Agnew to Visit Asia for Postwar Relations Talks
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will depart Sunday for South Vietnam and six other Asian nations Laos Cambodia Thailand Malaysia Singapore and Indonesia. The White House says the trip will last a little over a week and aim to explain America's ongoing role in Asia and promote peace and self determination.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
South Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Asia
Agnew
United States
Southeast Asia
National Security Council
Ziegler
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Pentagon hints at possible strikes after Laos Cambodia cease fire
Washington hints U S warplanes may bomb Ho Chi Minh trail and other targets in Laos and Cambodia after the cease fire takes effect Saturday. Defense spokesman Friedheim would not commit, citing Kissinger's forecast of a formal cease fire in Laos and limited fighting in Cambodia. Roswell forecast: partly cloudy today and tonight with windy afternoons and a chance of showers, highs 62 then 59.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
Henry A. Kissinger
Texico bull wins Grand Champion at 42nd Hereford show
Leon Langford of Texico owns the Grand Champion Bull Trophy winner at the 42nd Southeastern New Mexico Hereford Assn Show and Sale held at Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds. The same bull captured Champion Junior Yearling Bull. sale begins at 1 p.m. with auctioneer Walter Britain.
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Curtis Hill
Roswell
Leon Langford
Texico
Southeastern New Mexico
New Mexico State Fairgrounds
John Chappell
American Hereford Association
United States
Chappell
White Mountain
Springerville
Roswell Sunday liquor charge against Flamingo Club dismissed
City of Roswell dropped the unlawful Sunday liquor sale charge against Willie S. Albarez and Joe Albarez, owners of the Flamingo Club and Package Store, after a brief municipal court hearing before Judge Earl S. Tankersley. City Attorney James B. Stapp argued Sunday sale laws and a state ruling, and the judge granted the dismissal.
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Roswell
Willie S. Albarez
Joe Albarez
Flamingo Club
Earl S. Tankersley
James B. Stapp
Stapp
Chaves County
District Court of
Santa Fe County
Director of
Alcoholic Beverage Control
New Mexico
City of
New Mexico House to vote on parentage bill ending bastardy stigma
Rep. Max Coll of Roswell pushes legislation to replace bastardy with parentage in state law. The bill seeks methods to determine child percent responsibility and support, allowing either parent to sue for a court ruling. Coll says current law easily identifies mothers but not fathers, aiming for equal rights in parentage decisions.
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New Mexico
Max Coll
Chaves
Roswell
Coll
Legislative Committee On
Duke City to Light Flame of Hope at Airport
Albuquerque to honor prisoners of war missing in action and those killed in Vietnam with a Flame of Hope atop a 10 foot pillar at the Albuquerque International Airport. The dedication includes a bronze plaque and a fly over by the Air National Guard. The event is a joint city and New Mexico chapter of the American Fighter Pilots Association observance.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Albuquerque International
Nixon
James E. Womack
New Mexico Air National Guard
Air National Guard
City of
New Mexico
American Fighter Pilots Association
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Moore
Texas
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