U S deploys gunships to safeguard Saigon ahead of election
U S Air Force AC130 gunships with television cameras have been patrolling Saigon for three weeks to deter Viet Cong infiltration. The jets, flown from bases in Thailand, target small groups and are part of a tougher air campaign seen if Nixon seeks re election. Losses mounted as three more planes were reported down over North Vietnam with four crewmen missing.
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United States
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Air Force
Thailand
Nixon
Cials
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Butte marks kindergarten on April ballot and foundation funding
Butte District 1 trustees vote to add the kindergarten proposal to the April spring ballot and urge state lawmakers to include kindergarten funding in the foundation program. Trustee Jack Peterson notes Model City backed the program for two years and funded over 200000 this year, with the state covering up to 100000. He calls the program a key district asset and asks officials to press the governor and legislators to relieve local taxpayers, with an anticipated ballot figure around 250000.
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School Dist
State Foundation
Jack Peterson
Model City
Peterson
Montana
Dole and Westwood clash over McGovern Nixon remark
In Washington on the eve of a Fair Campaign Practices Committee review Republicans fault McGovern for comparing Nixon to Hitler claiming personal vilification. Democrats defend the remark as a historical analogy and press GOP to condemn the Watergate break in at Democratic National Headquarters.
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Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Robert Dole
Kansas
Jean M. Westwood
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McGovern
Adolf Hitler
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Hitler
Germany
School board splits over business manager role and staffing
Batte's district faces a clash as trustees debate creating a separate business manager position paying 13 650 while Dowling holds the role. They previously combined Leary's clerk job with the business manager post, and six to one approve Bill M as director of administrative services. SUPT Olsen calls for further study and vows resistance to losing key personnel.
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Robert Dowling
Margaret Leary
Bill M
Model City
Dowling
Bob Vivian
Miss Leary
Wheat export leak raises price and policy questions
An Agriculture Department official testified before a House subcommittee about a wheat sale to the Soviet Union and a leak of information. He said the data would mislead farmers and not be considered market sensitive while detailing calls to exporters who feared profit opportunities. The probe centers on up to 400 million bushels involved.
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Agriculture Department
Carroll G. Brunthauer
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
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Panies Private
Soviet Union
Charles Pence
Marketing Service
House
Pence
Frank McKnight
Export Marketing Service
California slows growth as census shows national trend
The 1972 census estimate places California at 20.5 million, up 515,000 since 1970, but its growth rate has fallen sharply and now mirrors the national average. New York sits at 18.4 million with slower gains, while the U.S. population stands at 208,232,000 with birth rates easing and annual growth under 1.1 percent.
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California
Census Bureau
New York
U.S
Park bear deaths kept under cover
A Park Service meeting on Yellowstone bear mortality was closed to media and most officials by order of Assistant Interior Secretary Nathaniel Reed. Dr Frank Craighead, invited as an environmentalist, will present his figures disputing official bear death counts for 1970 71.
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Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service
Park Service
Interior
Nathaniel Reed
Reed
Fish and Game Department
Western States Fish and Game Commissioners
Frank Craighead
Bear
Environmental Research Institute
Craighead
Nees Reluctant Acting Governor Sees Role as Interim
Stanley Nees, 68, Roosevelt County senator and senate president pro tempore, acts as Montana governor while Gov. Forrest H. Anderson travels. He says the office is nice to visit but not a daily job, planning to return to the Senate after Judge returns. He manages Roosevelt Valley Daniels Sheridan district and farms 2100 acres.
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State Senate
Isun
Forrest H. Anderson
Hawaii
Thomas L. Judge
Washington, D.C
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Roosevelt County
Senate
Uganda says invaders repelled and towns recaptured
Uganda claims its armed forces recaptured three towns and pushed back an invasion force from Tanzania. President Idi Amin tallies 200 invaders killed and 50 captured, with warplanes destroying an enemy base in Tanzania. The speech cites support from British and Israeli mercenaries and notes Ugandan exiles aimed to restore Obote.
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Associated Press
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Tanzania
Idi Amin
Merce- A
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Amin
Kampala
Lake Victoria
London
Radio Uganda
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Ogile
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