Laos Laotian War Toll Rises with 101 U S Deaths
U S Command reports 59 Americans killed in action and 42 nonhostile deaths in the week ending Feb 13, the highest weekly American toll in five months. South Vietnamese losses totaled 432 KIA and 1 446 wounded. Air strikes and helicopter support dominate the Laos and Laos border operations as fighting continues around Hill 31 and Lao Bao.
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Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S. Command
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Khe Sanh
Hill 31
Lao Bao
Nixon links Hanoi to broad Indochina war in wartime report
Washington AP President Nixon charged Hanoi with broadening the war into an Indochina conflict and warned of hard choices in Vietnam Cambodia and Laos as U S and allies withdraw. He said there will be continued aid and air support to allied ground forces while pursuing negotiations for peace.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Congress
U.S
Indochina
White House
David Bruce
Vietnam
More Troops May Be Sent Into Laos
Washington dispatch reports that additional thousands of South Vietnamese troops may be sent into Laos in coming weeks to back the drive on enemy supply routes. Pentagon officials note 22,000 troops shifted before the Feb 8 Laotian offensive, with 10,200 used so far and the rest held in reserve in South Vietnam. Lt Gen Vogt says North Vietnam has six new regiments in the Laotian panhandle, joining about 15,000 troops already there, signaling intent to fight.
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Washington
Laos
Pentagon
South Vienam
Melvin R. Laird
Saigon
John Vogt
Joint Military Staff
Laotian Panhandle
Vogt
Laird
Thieu Says North Vietnam March Is Only a Matter of Time
President Nguyen Van Thieu stated at Pleiku that a march by North Vietnam is only a matter of time. Viet Nam Press reported the remark without elaboration, while Saigon Post quoted it as time factor dependent. A government spokesman said the line was not in the prepared text and offered no further comment.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Vietnam Press
Thieu
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Saigon Post
Congressman May Change Residence in Redistricting Plan
Roanoke World News reports speculation that Rep Richard H Poff may move from Radford to Roanoke if a House of Delegates redistricting plan passes the Senate. The plan places Poff in the 9th District with Rep William C Wampler, forcing residence or a challenge. Poff keeps a Radford voting home but has not lived there for years.
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General Assembly
Richard H. Poff
Adford
House of Delegates
Senate
Roanoke World News
House
Poff
William C. Wampler
Assembly
6Th
Wampler
Virginia
Radford
Durham petitions for writ of habeas corpus hearing tomorrow
Luther Durham Jr of King George County has petitioned the U S District Court for a writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from a life sentence after a 1965 Frederick County murder conviction. A hearing is scheduled in Harrisonburg with attorney E William Chapman leading the defense.
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Luther Durham, Jr
King George County
Frederick County
State
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
E. William Chapman
Winchester
Kuykendall, Hall & Whiting
Luther Durham
Annie M. Snow
Naomi W. Hoover
Double Toll Gate
Snow
Hoover
Nhile
Commonwealth
David G. Simpson
Durham
State Supreme Court
US Supreme Court
Senate panel keeps congressional reapportionment intact
In Richmond the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee gave final approval to the congressional reapportionment bill with no changes beyond minor formatting. The accompanying $21.5 million omnibus appropriations bill advanced after resisting urban efforts to divert $13.8 million for early welfare costs, with Gov. Linwood Holton pushing to allow retroactive use if needed. Senator William B. Hopkins sought cuts and earlier welfare timing but failed.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Senate Privileges and Elections
Senate Finance Committee
Linwood Holton
William B. Hopkins
Roanoke
Hopkins
Miners Trapped By Coal Slide In Virginia Mine
Three miners were trapped by a 50-foot slate roof collapse at Island Creek Coal Co. No. 2 mine in Buchanan County Virginia Pocahontas area near 3 a.m. Rescue teams drilled air holes and could talk to the men who were unhurt. The mine will remain closed for safety checks and inspection review.
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Oakwood
Island Creek Coal Co
George Mears
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Norton
Island Creek
Virginia Pocahontas Mine No. 2
Buchanan County
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Clarke Pupils Hardest Hit By Flu Bug
Clarke County schools report higher absence rates from flu like illnesses with Clarke County High School showing 16 percent absent Tuesday and 13 percent today. Cooley Elementary about 14 percent absent over three days while Clarke County Intermediate drops from 12 to nine percent. Primary School absences rise from eight to 11.8 percent. Winchester and Frederick County schools run about normal.
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Clarke County
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County High School
William Overbey
Cooley
Clarke County Intermediate
Boyce Elementary School
Overbey
Laos Operation Said Critical To Withdrawal
Gen. Creighton Abrams says the Laos border operation is critical to the U S troop withdrawal in Vietnam. The effort aims to destroy North Vietnamese stockpiles and hinder a 1971 offensive, with results not clear until after the rainy season ends.
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Washington
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Washington Post
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Post
Peter A. Jay
Abrams
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
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