Five Killed 27 Hurt After Dynamite Truck Explosion
A truck carrying 400 cases of dynamite exploded in Waco Georgia after a collision with a car. Five people died and 27 were injured as the blast cratered U S 78 and damaged nearby homes. Army demolition crews combed the site for unexploded charges.
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Waco
Georgia
U.S
Bremen
Ft. McClellan
Ala
A. W. Fielding
Fielding
David Lee Smith
Troy F. Allen
Muscadine
Doyal Bell
Cleve O. Heaht
Tamsmadge Adams
Adams
Clarke County HS Holds Commencement for 84 Seniors
Eighty four Clarke County High School seniors graduate during outdoor commencement on campus. The ceremony showcased awards and scholarships presented to several students amid diplomas and speeches marking the end of their high school careers.
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Clarke County HS
Clarke County High School
Extension Extension Virtually Certain In Indochina Draft Vote
Congress moves to extend the military draft for two more years as Senate votes stall on timing. House already approved. Amendments muddy June 30 deadline. filibuster threats loom. Clarke County honors and scholarships noted in a school-side item.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
U.S
Indochina
John C. Stennis
Dmass
House
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Star Leadership Award Won By Judy Reynolds At Clarke County
Judy Constance Reynolds surprised by winning Clarke County High School Star Leadership Award during graduation. The $500 prize honors leadership and duty, with a $1,900 scholarship also awarded. Reynolds plans Findlay College to study English or Pre Law and will enroll as senior class president, reflecting extensive school and civic involvement.
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Clarke County
Judy Constance Reynolds
Jack F. Davis
The
Star
Clarke County Post
Fred Jones
Lynn Diana May
Alice Loope
Elizabeth Lee Withers
Donald Stephen Cook
Tyree Dillard, Jr
David Wedlock
Tyree Dillard
George Bowman
Clarke County High School
Newton D
Miss Reynolds
the Star
Elisabeth R. Wayland
National Honor Society
American Legion
Nixon dedicates Arkansas Waterway in Oklahoma
President Nixon dedicates the 1.2 billion Arkansas River Navigation System, a 440 mile network from the Mississippi to near Tulsa, praised for flood control hydroelectric power and economic development. Named for Sen. McClellan and late Sen. Kerr, the project features 17 locks and dams and aims to attract private investment and balanced regional growth.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nixon
Arkansas
Congress
Oklahoma
Verdigris
Senate
John McClellan
Akkasas
Robert Kerr
Mississippi River
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Florida
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Midwest
Mississippi
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
U. S
Ark
Pine Bluff
Kerr and
McClellan
McClellan-Kerr
Arkansas River Navigation System
Southwest
Cosmos launches new satellite on 1250 mile orbit
The Soviet Union announced the launch of Cosmos satellite No. 426, placing it in an orbit about 1,250 miles from Earth. The Friday launch marks another step in the Cosmos program as international space effort advances.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnamese rockets strike near Saigon amid DMZ bombardment
North Vietnamese gunners pressed a two week rocket campaign against DMZ positions and struck near Saigon for the first time in months. U S command reported 11 American wounded in three attacks on Friday. B52 bombers pounded bunker and tunnel complexes near A Shau Valley and Fire Base 5 area as Saigon forces clashed with up to 400 North Vietnamese troops.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Richard Gardner
Charlie 2
Dmz
Phu Loi
Camp Sarge
Khe Sanh
Camp Carroll
Central Highlands
Pleiku
A Shau
South Vietna
Mariner 9 on target for Mars after course correction
The Mariner 9 spacecraft fired its 300 pound engine for 5.1 seconds 838000 miles from Earth to set a trajectory that should place it within 750 miles of Mars by mid November. The maneuver, done to avoid collision and contamination, accelerates the craft to 6861 mph and will be repeated about two weeks before the November 13 arrival to refine orbit.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Red Planet
Cape Kennedy
JPL
Drive-in brawl leaves two shot and two head injured
At a Danville area drive-in on U S 360 early today after prom activities two people were shot and another stabbed in a fracas sparked by motorcycle riders during a late show of two rock group movies. Barry Parris 21 of Chatham was treated for a punctured lung and a gunshot wound after surgery. Other victims’ names and injuries were not known.
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Danville
U. S. 360
George Washington High School
Barry Parris
Chatham
Danville Hospital
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