Marines Enter Hue Citadel as Saigon Front Rages
U S Marines push 400 men upriver to attack the northwest Citadel of Hue as fighting rages near Saigon. The fresh force brings Leatherneck numbers in Hue to about 1,000 amid Civilian refugees and reports of mass graves. Shelling, air strikes, and ground assaults mark a broad, ongoing campaign across South Vietnam with casualties mounting and refugees totaling around 510,000 nationwide.
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George Esper
Associated Press
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U.S
Hue
Juue
Perfume River
Citadel
Ilue
George McArthur
Phan van Khoa
Comptunists
Bacileu
Seigon
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
de Nang
Tam Ky
6Th Army
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Fortenberry Services Held This Afternoon
The funeral for Wrete J. Fortenberry 81 died Saturday at Ft. Sayard Hospital was held at 2 p.m. in Curtis Mortuary chapel with Rev. Jim Lawless officiating. Interment followed at Memory Lane Cemetery with pallbearers named. Fortenberrys survivors include son John of Eugene daughter Mrs Genel Laurence Friona Texas four grandchildren and one great grandchild plus sisters Mrs AH Chandler Central Eula Vance Hica Texas and Mrs Fannie Martin Welch Texas and brothers DC Fortenberry Murton Texas Tom Fortenberry Central Texas Dick Portenberry Redrock.
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Wrete J. Fortenberry
Ft. Sayard
Curtis Mortuary
Jim Lawless
Central Baptist Church
Grant County
John ¥. Fortenberry
Eugene
Ofe
Genel
Laurence
Friona
Tex
AH. Chandler
Central
Eula Vance
Hica
Tes
Mr. Fannie Martin
Welch, Tex
DC. Forteanber
Murton, Tes
Tom Fortenberry
Dick Portenberry
Redrock
Hospital Board Sets Meeting Tonight
The Hillcrest General Hospital Board of Directors will meet at 7 PM in the staff room. Paul Wright says laundry bids will be discussed, and Hamilton Hospital Consultants will visit Grane County late February to survey local hospital needs.
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Hillcrest General Hospital Board of Directors
Paul Wright
Hamilton Hospital
Grane County
Traffic Death Toll Update Reveals Year-to-Date Total
State traffic toll to date shows 26 fatalities this year, tracking higher than last year as authorities urge caution and remind motorists of road safety campaigns amid increasing incidents.
New York Sanitation Strike Ended By State Takeover
Governor Rockefeller moves to place New York City's 10 000 sanitation workers under state control to end a 9 day illegal strike led by the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association. Mayor Lindsay opposes the plan calling it a dangerous shift in governance.
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Rockefeller
Uniformed
Sanitationmen's Association
Lindsay
National Guard
Copper strike settlement in New Jersey sparks muted optimism
Federal officials call the New Jersey settlement a significant development in the national copper strike, while union and company leaders warn it will have limited impact on negotiations with the big four producers. The agreement with U S Metals and Defina ing Co raises wages and fringe benefits by 1.07 per hour over four years, including a 0.51 hourly increase.
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Robert Kuesterman
New Jersey
United Steelworkers
U.S. Metals
Defina
Ing Co
Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service
Carterat
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kennecott
Anaconda Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
American Smelting and Refining Co
W. J. Madill
Joint
Salt Lake City
Ed Dowell
Navy Jet Crashes Into Bay Bridge in Fog Disaster
A Navy jet trainer crashed into the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in thick fog, killing two pilots Lt Anthony V. Miller and Lt Bruce C. Turnbull both about 34. The wreck scorched girders and tore crosspieces forcing inspection and possible replacement of a damaged girder.
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Jack Schreisman
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
APF
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Nearsby Alameda Naval Air Station
Upper Bridge
Coast Guard
Navy
Anthony V. Miller
Palm Desert
Calif
Bruce C. Turnbull
Los Angeles
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
California
Ronald Terry
el Obrante
Terry
Oakland
Senate Faces Public School Financing Task In New Mexico
The Senate wrestles with public school financing next fiscal year as the 30 day session winds down. A final vote on Dunns education plan faces a close tally with a potential $121 million funding level and possible $8 million increase over the administrations proposal.
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Jack Z.gmond
Dunn
House
David F. Carga
Senate
Adams Buried in Berwick Ukrainian Church Cemetery
Adams 36 a Hollywood television and film star was buried in the rural cemetery of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Berwick Pa He died in his California home last Wednesday from a drug overdose.
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Adams
Berwick
Nick Adams
Hollwood
California
Indigent Hospital Patient Care Bill Advances
The bill authorizes a one fourth cent county sales tax to fund indigent hospital patients. It passed the Senate Finance Committee with a favorable recommendation for passage. The plan requires voter approval to raise revenue for county hospitals.
Morris backs congressional districting in New Mexico
Apa Hep Thomas G Morris DNM said he favors districting for U S congressional elections but told reporters the legislature does not need his advice on how to divide the state. He noted current at large elections and a Senate bill grouping Morris and Walker in one district, while a House bill would place them in separate districts. A compromise was being worked out.
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Dunn
Senate
Jerry Apodaca
DL Dona Ana
House
DeBaca
Quay Counties
Quay County
E. 5
Johnny Walker
Santa Fe
Thomas Morris
Tucumcari
Morris
Springer
Public Health and Welfare
Santa FR
Apa
Thomas G. Morris
DANM
New Mexico
Tucum
Highlands instructor and teacher killed in Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS New Mexico Highlands University electronics instructor Ede ward Prochniak 59 and part time elementary teacher Mary Covington 27 died Sunday night from gunshot wounds police said. The incident occurred on the Highlands campus with investigators seeking leads.
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Las Vegas
N.M
New Mexico Highlands University
Edeward Prochniak
Highlands
Mary Covington
Terrible Tij e rina Santa Fe Cap Land Claim Tour
Land claimant Reales Tijerina says his Federal Alliance of Free States plans a California fundraising tour starting Feb 19 to expose a federal conspiracy against Spanish pueblos. A seven day swing includes Los Angeles Oakland and San Francisco with invites to New York San Antonio and Washington. Tijerina was released after 37 days in the State Penitentiary related to a 1987 Tierra Amarilla raid.
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State Penitentiary
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Thant in Moscow discusses Vietnam with Soviet leaders
U Thant held talks in Moscow with Premier Kosygin and party chief Brezhnev on Vietnam as Pravda renewed support for Hanoi terms. He then planned to meet Harold Wilson in London as Washington pressed for negotiations under Johnson's San Antonio framework.
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Associated Press
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Vietnam
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Communist Party
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Feneral
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Johnson
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Wilson
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South Korean Leader May Visit With Johnson
South Korean President Chung Hee Park may visit Washington depending on talks between U S envoy Cyrus Vance and Park aimed at easing tensions after the Pueblo incident. Vance seeks to reassure Seoul over U S stance and growing North Korean infiltrations into the South.
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Associated Press
Aeoul
Chung Hee Park
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Park
United States
Pueblo
South
Washington
Korea
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Corrunists
Father Garcia Returns to Santa Fe Amid Tentative Plans
The Rev. Robert Garcia, former head of New Mexico's party office, arrived in Santa Fe and declined to discuss future plans. He called his current plans very tentative in a brief telephone interview.
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Santa FE
Robert Garcia
New Mexico
Rty
Snow Spreads in Eastern New Mexico Till Gay
Snow spreads southward through eastern New Mexico to Gay as the Weather Bureau warns heavy snow for mountains east of the Rio Grande. A few locally heavy showers were forecast elsewhere with snow diminishing tonight.
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New Mexico
Gay
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tmountains
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
Golden Values sales event at Union Furniture
Union Furniture Company hosts its Simmons Golden Values Sales featuring mattresses and sofa beds. The ad notes super size beds at low prices and mentions an automatic electric can opener Mayde offered amid the sale. Supplement with Today's Daily Press carries details.
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The
Union Furniture Company
Daily Press
Mies
Weather report with cloudy skies and rain chances
Mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain today and tonight. Highs near 58 and 92 in the 24 hour report, with overnight lows around 38 and 24 and a windy high of 58 at the airport. Pinos Altos reports weekend precipitation at 42.
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Pinos Altos
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