Allied front near collapse prompts potential U S air response
Pentagon officials say U S war planes may retaliate against North Vietnamese airbases if MiG fighters strike U S aircraft bombing the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. Ten incursions by MiG 19 and MiG 21 jets have occurred in two months with no U S losses.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Jerry W. Friedheim
South Vietnam
Friedheim
Weather Outlook Near Ohio River This Weekend
Tonight stays cloudy with a chance of snow and a low around 25 to 30. Friday remains cloudy with possible snow mixed with rain as temperatures rise to the upper 30s near the Ohio River. Weather details on map page 26.
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Ohio River
Cambodians abandon two towns under heavy attack
Cambodian forces retreat from Baray and Kompong Thmar after a major assault by the North Vietnamese 9th Division. Baray, forward HQ 60 miles north of Phnom Penh, fell amid heavy rocket and mortar fire. Lon Nol ordered withdrawals to prevent greater losses as U.S. air support tried to slow the advance.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
High Command
Baray
Kempong Thmai
Lon Nol
Kompong Thmar
Thing Krassaing
Mekong River
South Vietnam
Gun blasts touch off drug raids in Illinois
Two undercover IBI agents infiltrating a Dixon farmhouse were captured and fired on as a roundup targeted alleged drug pushers across Dixon Streater Ottawa areas. Police report 20 suspects arrested. six in Dixon and fourteen in Streator and Ottawa. The agents, John Sanducksy and Peter Lackey, escaped and received hospital treatment for cuts and bruises.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Dixon
Streater-Ottawa
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
John Sanducksy
Peter Lackey
Earl Kelchner
Kelchner
IBI
Streator
Ottawa
Carbondale Hearing on Fertilizer Laws Draws Farmers
A public hearing in Carbondale on proposed fertilizer regulations drew more than 70 attendees, mostly farmers and university ag experts. About 20 testified as the Illinois Pollution Control Board seeks input for its eighth of nine hearings statewide. The rules would curb nitrogen and manure use to reduce stream pollution, with critics warning impacts on farming and fencing costs if livestock are excluded from streams.
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Bud Farrar
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Agriculture Association
Ilinois Pollution Control Board
F. Wayne Baughman
Illinois Agriculture Association
Bob Steffin
Boys Town
Neb
Samuel Aldrich
IPCB
Baughman
Illinois
Blindfolded Salvation Army Santa kidnapped in Chicago
Thomas Pranthan, a new Salvation Army volunteer, was kidnapped by three gunmen after a day on a Chicago street corner. They robbed him of about $4 in wallet cash, keys, cigarettes, cough syrup, and $45 from the kettle before forcing him from the car after a two hour ride.
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Salvation Army
Thomas Pranthan
Chicago
Loop
Praathan
Pranthan
Angela Davis Transferred to Stand Trial in Murder Case
Angela Davis, 27, former UCLA instructor, charged with murder, conspiracy, and kidnapping in the Marin County Civic Center shootout, was moved in darkness and rain to Santa Clara County for trial. Deputies guarded the transfer as unmarked cars carried her from Marin County Jail.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Angela Davis
UCLA
Marin County Civic Center
Santa Clara County
Marin County
San Francisco
Daley Returns as Chairman in Illinois Slatemaking Push
The Illinois Democratic slatemaking committee meets in Chicago with Mayor Daley leading the group. Governors hopefuls Paul Simon Howlett and Foran appear again, with talks unsettled on whether Foran seeks attorney general or secretary of state. Also eyed are Pucinski and Dixon for governor race, while Gray and Hartigan contend for lieutenant governor. ticket balance hinges on governor nominee.
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Richard J. Daley
Paul Simon
Michael J. Howlett
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
Northern T
Illinois
Simon
Springfield
Howlett
Foran
Charles H. Percy
Daley
Richard B. Ogilvie
Chicago
Roman C. Pucinski
Ogilvie
Hartigan
Gray
Evans Withdraws From Ogilvie Nomination for Finance Post
Thomas B. Evans, once Illinois State Fair manager, withdrew his name from nomination by Gov. Ogilvie for assistant director of finance. Evans blamed delays in Senate executive committee hearings and said he would not face a political grilling. He defended $1,095 travel expenses as valid weekend state business and cited controversy over firing fair personnel and取消 free tickets for legislators.
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Springfield
Thomas B. Evans
Richard B. Ogilvie
Evans
Glenview
Senate Executive Committee
Senate
Executive Committee
Army
Chicago
Nixon pledges new provisions for elderly men and women
President Nixon, with Pat Nixon, closes the White House Conference on Aging urging a new national attitude toward aging. He seeks to expand pension and Social Security, boost aging programs to $100 million, and fund home health, meals, and transport. Delegates push for a guaranteed annual income and expanded Medicare to include drugs.
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Nixon
Washington
White House
Pat
Congress
Senate Confirms Earl Butz as Agriculture Secretary
The Senate approved Earl LaRuer Butz 51 to 44 as secretary of agriculture after a contentious debate. Critics warned of corporate farming risks while supporters hailed Nixon’s move to aid farmer incomes. McGovern called the nomination Grass Roots opposition unprecedented.
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Washington
Senate
Earl Laurer Butz
Nixon
Purdue University
George McGovern
Butz
America
McGovern
Robert Dele
R-Kan
Ogilvie vetoes judge bill stirs debate on judiciary selection
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie vetoed a bill requiring judgeship candidates to run in party primaries terming it a step backward toward partisan selection. He warned the measure could undermine an independent judiciary based on merit and cited recent Chicago-area rulings as political in nature. The bill would apply to new candidates only. sitting judges could run unopposed.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Chicago
Three Slain Men Found With Throats Cut
Indianapolis AP Deputy Police Chief Lumpkin said multiple assailants were involved in the murders of three men found at a home with throats slit and hands and feet bound. Victims are Robert W. Hinson Jr., 27. Robert A. Gierse, 35. James Barker, 26, all linked to B&B Microfilm Service and a related company.
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Indianapolis
Ralph F. Lumpkin
Lumpkin
Robert W. Hinson Jr
Robert A. Gierse
James Barker
Hinso
Gierse
B&b
Barker
Hinson
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