Voters weigh bond for new Hancock County School
Hancock County voters in unincorporated areas face a 1.5 million dollar bond to fund a new Gulfview Lakeshore high school and Hancock North Central facilities including a gym and cafeteria. The election overlaps judgeship races in Jackson and Hancock counties with multiple candidates and unopposed posts.
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Hancock County
Gulfview
Lakeshore
Hancock North Central
Floyd J. Logan
Gulfport
Harold DeMetz
DeMetz
Logan
Harrison
Hancock
Stone Counties
John Bell Williams
Jackson County
Chancery Court
L.A. Watts
Moss Point
Emily Baker
Pascagoula
W. E. Belt
Louis Fondren
Kenneth W. Martin
Lloyd Y. Sexton
Edmund A. Wilson
Pete
Pete McLeod
Earl L. Koskela
Jackson
George
Greene Counties
16Th Chancery Court District
Kenneth B. Robertson
L. C. Corban
Rex Gordon
William Jones
William S. Murphy
Lucedale
Soviet rockets strike Bien Hoa killing 31 in major assault
Soviet built rockets hit Bien Hoa City and airfield near Saigon in a deadly barrage. Sixty rockets caused 113 casualties including 31 dead and 82 wounded, many prisoners in a pro Communist camp. In Washington the House voted 273 to 0 to demand North Vietnam fully account for missing Americans, a nonbinding Sense of Congress.
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Bien Hoa
Saigon
Washington
House
North Vietnam
United States
Tan Hiep
Bui Minh Tam
Paris
Cai Lay
Defense Department
U.S
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Waller eyes Ford in presidential tilt while touting solar plan
Gov. Bill Waller spoke at the National Governors Conference on Seattle and said he is watching Kentucky Governor Wendell Ford as a potential presidential contender. He also discussed Mississippi's party unity, a policy conference delegation, and a plan to seek National Science Foundation backing for a solar thermal energy pilot project in the state.
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Hank Klibanoff
Bill Waller
Seattle
Wendell Ford
Waller
South Mississippi Sun
Robert Strauss
Kansas City
Ford
Kentucky
Marlow W. Cook
R-Ky
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
U.S
J.W. Fulbright
D.ark
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Chicago
Richard Daley
Ronald Reagan
California
Strauss
Mississippi
National Party
Democratic Party
National Science Foundation
Hancock County
Lockheed-Textron Agreement Tied to $85 Million Investment
Lockheed Aircraft Corp signs a deal with Textron Inc a major conglomerate. Textron commits an $85 million investment to support Lockheed amid deep financial difficulties. The arrangement aims to stabilize finances and enable ongoing operations.
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Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Textron, Inc
Textron
Lockheed
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures
Partly cloudy skies extend into the new week with highs in the upper 80s on Tuesday and Wednesday. Overnight temps drop to about 70 Tuesday night as further details appear on Page 2.
Rabin Becomes Israel's Fifth Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin won approval from the 120 member Knesset by a 61 to 51 vote, pledging peace from military strength and to not surrender occupied lands. In Geneva, Israeli and Syrian generals agreed on disengagement terms and POW exchanges, to be signed Wednesday. No guns yet on the Golan Heights as Kissinger diplomacy ends 81 days of fighting.
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United Press International
Yitzhak Rabin
Golda Meir
Israel
Knesset
Rabin
Geneva
Golan Heights
Syria
Henry Kissinger
High Court grants Ray new trial bid in King slaying case
The Supreme Court allowed James Earl Ray to seek a withdrawal of his 1969 guilty plea and a new trial over alleged attorney coercion tied to a book deal. The decision keeps alive a potential change-of-plea hearing in federal court, with Ray already sentenced to 99 years in Tennessee. The case followed the 1968 King assassination in Memphis and sparked nationwide riots.
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Washington
UPI
James Earl Ray
Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Memphis, Tenn
Percy Foreman
Houston
Foreman
Attor
Ney
Arthur Hanes
William Bradford Huie
Hanes
LEAA Chief Santarelli Resigns From Nixon Administration
Donald E. Santarelli, head of the Justice Department LEAA, has submitted his resignation. Sources say a public announcement may come Tuesday. He had publicly urged Nixon to resign in recent interviews and stressed his nonpartisan administration of LEAA.
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Washington
UPI
Donald E. Santarelli
Nixon
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Administration
LEAA
Administration
Santarelli
Philadelphia Inquirer
USDA
the Inquirer
Police Foundation
Call for Harrison County Courthouse Bond Vote Urged
The South Mississippi Sun endorses a bond issue to fund a new county courthouse, arguing the current Gulfport building is unsafe and the project serves all residents from Pass Christian to Biloxi, despite no tax increase. The vote is framed as a countywide choice over local special interests versus the general good.
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South Mississippi Sun
Harrison County
Gulfport
Second Judicial District
Biloxi
Pass Christian
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