Laotian Coup Attempt Crushed As Thao Ma Is Killed
Laotian government troops halted a 10 hour coup led by exiled Gen Thao Ma aimed at toppling Premier Souvanna Phouma and derailing talks with Pathet Lao. Thao Ma reportedly died after the bomber he seized crash landed. The capital Vientiane remained under curfew and border closures as government forces affirmed unity and kept Pathet Lao talks on track.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Thao Ma
Thailand
Souvanna Phoumna
Vientianne
Motorcade Cancelled Amid Plot To Assassinate Nixon
Secret Service halted a planned New Orleans motorcade after uncovering a possible conspiracy to assassinate President Nixon during his Florida visit for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Edward Gaudet, alias Punchy, a former policeman linked to the case, was sought by police as a precaution.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Secret Service
Nixon
Florida
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
FBI
Gaudet
Giarrusso
Lake Pontchartrain
Today in History highlights and major events
Today marks August 20, 1973 with events from 1741 to 1969 across the globe. Notable items include Vitus Bering's discovery, Washington's 1776 maneuver, Dnieper dam destruction, and mid 20th century wars and floods.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Vitus Jonas Bering
George Washington
Brooklyn
N.Y
East River
Manhattan
Belgium
Benjamin Harrison
Bown
North Bend
Ohio
Dnieper
Ukraine
Morocco
Algeria
Nikita Khrushchev
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact
South Korea
Weather summary for Texas and neighboring states
Weather outlook shows high 80s to 100s across Texas through Tuesday with scattered thundershowers in the far west and south. Port O Connor to Brownsville winds 8 to 18 knots with gusts in showers. Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana forecast warm with variably cloudy skies and isolated storms.
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Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
North Central
Port Arthur
Port O’connor
Port O'Connor
Brownsville
Missing U S TV Man Back From Rome Kidnapping Claim
American television correspondent Jack Began returned to Rome after four weeks missing. Police say he claimed Mafia kidnappers moved him to the United States and later released him after he promised not to pursue Mafia stories. He checked into a Janiculum Hill clinic and spoke of escape and fatigue.
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Rome
Jack Began
United States
Begon
Janiculum Hill
Domenico Scali
Scali
Seali
Giulio Birotta
American Broadcasting Co
Richard Burton
Milk Order Is Accepted
The Federal Trade Commission tentatively accepts a consent order prohibiting the American Dairy Association from claiming whole milk is low in fat and calories or beneficial for dieters unless calories and fat are disclosed. The FTC cites false advertising and issues a cease and desist with legal effect.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
American Dairy Association
Commission
The
Dairy Association
Chicago
FTC
Prime Rate Jump Hits Record High At 9.2 Percent
New York First National Bank of Chicago announced a Tuesday prime rate hike to 9.2 percent, the highest ever. Analysts foresee further rises as banks tighten lending amid strong corporate demand and Fed measures.
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New York
First National Bank of Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Convention Authority Definition Sought For Hill Action
Senator Meier asks Attorney General John Hill to define the scope of authority for the 1974 Texas Constitution Convention. He seeks a legal ruling on whether the convention can pass transitory ordinances and how much power delegates hold, given their legislative origin. The panel also must decide chairmanship before meeting.
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Meier
Hill
Snyder Public Schools Open New Term With Faculty Meetings
Summer break ends for Snyder faculty as the district begins a two day in service training at Snyder High School Auditorium. The opening program featured speakers from the school and local organizations with an evening ice cream social for new staff at Towle Park Barn. Classes resume Wednesday morning.
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Snyder School
James Wesson
Snyder Classroom Teachers Association
Brenda Otto
Snyder High School
Linda Josey
Travis Junior High
Ned Underwood
Snyder Cta
Snyder Public Schools
Pat Falls
SHS
Wallace Kirby
First United Methodist Church
Fred Beard
Lamar Junior High School
America
Bill Lyon
Waynam Monroney
Bill Seale
John Thomas
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Jim Erwin
Scurry County Unit of
Texas State Teachers Association
Dillard E. Teal
Board of Education
Bill J. Hood
Ellie Dryden
TSTA
CTA
Towle Park
France confirms third nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Informed sources say France detonated its third nuclear device in 1973 at Mururoa Atoll 800 miles southeast of Tahiti with reports of two more tests planned. New Zealand Prime Minister Norman Kirk cited the third explosion as likely, as Paris aims for a hydrogen bomb. Naval protests and a Greenpeace yacht seizure accompany the dispute.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Mururoa Atoll
Atoll
Norman F. Kirk
New Zealand
Mururoa
Fri
Moorea
Nixon admits ordered secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969
President Nixon acknowledged for the first time that he ordered secret bombing raids in Cambodia early in his presidency. He said the strikes were necessary to protect American lives and would be repeated if faced with the same decision, noting 40,000 North Vietnamese troops controlled a border area at the time. He claimed the Cambodian government did not object and that the disclosures were shared with government and congressional leaders.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Cambodia
Indochina
United States
U.S
Sihanouk
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