Roswell Welcomes Boeing 747 Test Flight Amid City Pride
The Seattle Boeing News reports Roswell New Mexico hosts the first 747 test arrival with 112 aboard, praising local facilities and support from LTV Electrosystems Pan Am and city officials. Mayor Brainerd downplays hype while noting Roswell’s jet affinity and community spirit.
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Seattle
Roswell
Rick Kiefer
LTV Electrosystems
Pan Am
Warren Wilson
Adair
Will Adair
Harry Burkstaller
Brien Wygle
Kiefer
Bill Brainerd
Cancer Breakthroughs Stir Skepticism In US Experts
US cancer specialists question a British team claim as one of the 20 years biggest breakthroughs while agreeing it speeds the prospect of a leukemia cure. In Edgartown James A. Boyle to meet Thursday with witnesses on Mary Jo Kopechne inquest rules set by the state Supreme Court.
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United States
Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
District Court
Mary Jo Kopechne
Nixon outlines plan for peaceful Vietnam troop withdrawal
President Nixon says he has worked out with South Vietnam an orderly timetable to withdraw all U S ground combat troops, with possible faster pace as South Vietnamese forces strengthen. He kept dates undisclosed, citing secret talks and to adjust to Hanoi’s actions. He urged broad public support and warned that increased enemy activity could alter the plan.
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Washington
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South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
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Paris
Ho Chi Minh
White House
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D-Tenn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Evi
Tugboat Sought in Atlantic Missing with Six Crew
Six crewmen are missing after the tugboat Marjorie McAllister sent word of electrical trouble and taking on water in 20-foot seas and 50-knot winds off North Carolina. Coast Guard units scoured the Atlantic, finding wreckage and a rubber lifeboat as hopes fade.
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N.C
Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Marjorie McAllister
Chilula
Fulbright Says Nixon Policies Mirror Johnsons
Senate critic Fulbright said Nixon has taken on himself Johnson’s war and warned it is a fundamental error. Supporters praised the speech. protesters promised bigger demonstrations. The Foreign Relations Committee may press ahead with hearings to review U.S. policy amid mixed reactions from lawmakers and public.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
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D-Ark
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Senate
Democratic
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Montana
NBC
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Gore
George
S. McGovern
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Alan Cranston
California
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New York
McGovern
United Fund Threatens Service Cuts Over Roswell Goal
Roswell United Fund leaders warn ten agencies face 1970 budget cuts if the $179 500 goal is not met. Campaign chair Bill Bacon cites $139 319 08 pledged in 31 days, 78 percent of goal, urging division chairmen to boost pledges. Agencies include Training School for Retarded Children, Working Mothers Day Nursery, Community Service Center, Salvation Army, Boys Club, Red Cross, YMCA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
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United Fund
Roswell
Working Mothers’ Day Nursery
Community Service Center
Salvation Army
Boys Club
Chaves County Red Cross
YMCA
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
United Fund Division
Bacon
Fifth Plague Case Confirmed in New Mexico Youth
A 15 year old Bernalillo County boy from Sandia Knolls was diagnosed with bubonic plague and hospitalized in Albuquerque. State health officials note no apparent outdoor exposure and cite prior cases in Placitas Mezquital Springs and Los Alamos. a Mescalero Indian Reservation case is under investigation. Officers urge avoidance of handling small rodents and dusting pets with flea powder.
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New Mexico
Bernalillo County
State Health and Social Services Department
Sandia Knolls
Albuquerque
Placitas
Jemez Springs
Los Alamos
HSS
Mescatero Indian Reservation
Europe
Miller
Giant research balloon launch delayed by weather
At Holloman Air Force Base officials postponed the launch of a giant research balloon to Thursday due to Southeast weather threats. The 24 hour flight will study radiation from space. recovery could occur anywhere from Texas to Georgia depending on winds at 108000 feet.
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Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Space
NASA
Texas
Georgia
Protesters at MIT Demand End to War Research
Hundreds of antiwar demonstrators marched through MIT in Cambridge demanding an end to the Vietnam War and MIT's war-related research. The group split, with some returning to the administration building and others moving toward the Center for International Studies, chanting about the NLF and Ho Chi Minh.
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Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute
Center For International Studies
NLF
MIT
National Liberation Front
Howard W. Johnson
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