Reinforcements Cross Into Laos As Vietnam War Widens
American transports carry hundreds of South Vietnamese troops to the northern front and U S helicopters bolster the Laotian drive against the Ho Chi Minh trail. Saigon reports 16 000 South Vietnamese across the border with more casualties than official counts. U S command notes 1 400 enemy killed and 390 Saigon troops killed with 981 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Sane Sane Rowe
Tran van An
Pos
Richard Gardner
Gardner
Khe Sanh
James W. Sutherland
Sutherland
Hill 31
Highway 9
Cambodia
Snnoland
Vietnam
Nixon appeals to Iowans for billion rural revenue plan
President Nixon asks Iowa lawmakers to back his 4.1 billion rural revenue sharing package and broader government reorganization including abolition of the Agriculture Department. He touts 24 percent more rural development funds and cites a new rural services report. Katherine Carte, 17, Clarke County HS junior, is featured as March Calendar Girl.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Nixon
Iowa
America
Agriculture Department
Washington, D.C
Congress
Katherine Montgomery Carte
Allen Carter
Berryville
Clarke County High School
Bomb blast damages Capitol Senate wing in protest linked attack
An early morning explosion in the Capitol Senate wing caused extensive interior damage and no injuries. A warning call referenced U S operations in Laos and a letter tied to antiwar protest was found. President Nixon condemned the act as violent and shocking.
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Washington
Laos
Senate
Capitol
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert
G. Dunphy
U.S
Scott
Nixon Calls Capitol Blast a Shocking Act of Violence
President Nixon and Senate leaders condemned the explosion that damaged the Capitol's Senate wing as a shocking act of violence. Nixon, en route to Des Moines, called FBI Director Hoover for a damage assessment and spoke with Senate Majority Leader Mansfield amid widespread outrage.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Capitol
Air Force One
Des Moines
Iowa
Ronald L. Ziegler
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
White House
Mike Mansfield
Prices slashed on consumer goods in Soviet Russia
Pravda announced price cuts up to 50 percent on items including television sets washing machines motorcycles plastic goods electric shavers and ballpoint pens. The reductions ranged from 19 percent to 50 percent and Pravda signaled further improvements in the consumer sector.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Crashes Send Ten Injured in Area Over Weekend
Winchester Memorial Hospital admitted two patients Barbara Cook and her husband Michael Cook treated and released are listed among ten injured in area crashes over the weekend. Others include Teresa Catlett age 2 and Gary Triplett among several treated for lacerations abrasions and contusions in crashes on Kent Street Rt 522 Berryville Ave and Valley Ave.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Barbara Cook
E. Piccadilly St
Michael Cook
Teresa Catlett
Battle Ave
Kent St
Winchester
Gary Triplett
E. Pall Mall St
Gainesboro
Pearl Doyle
Philadelphia
Ohio
Barbara Schanan
Cody
J.R. Huffman
Jefferson Doyle
Mansfield
William Queen
Oxford
Mich
Rail Unions Hover Near Walkout as Talks Continue
About 190000 UTU members remain at work while contract talks with railroads press on. Emergency law waned at midnight as unions seek wage gains and work rule changes, with other unions having settled for raises totaling 44 percent over 42 months.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
Congress
National Railway Labor Conference
W.J. Usery
Usery
George Ives
National Mediation and Conciliation Service
Labor
James D. Hodgson
UTU
Brotherhood
Maintenance of Way
Nixon
Weather Moves Through Virginia With Rain Likely
A trough of low pressure spreads northward over Virginia bringing rain tonight and Tuesday. Dinosaur Land Restaurant & Gift Shop opens. Winchester-Shawnee Lions Club doormat sale runs tonight and Tuesday. Lions Club meets Tuesday March 2 at noon at the George Washington Hotel. A notice states I am no longer affiliated with Unisil Corp formerly Virginia Glass Sand Corp. Helen R. McFall.
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Richmond
Virginia
Winchester
Shawnee Lions Club
Sale
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Unisil Corp
Virginia Glass Sand Corporation
Helen R. McFall
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Mary Helen Massie
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Army
Capitol Building
Fees
Russia
Lewis McFarland
Rt. 2
Philip Triplett
E. Pall Mail
Berryville Ave
Mable Virginia
Everett Bowers
Frank Kalafat
John Boyd Shumaker
White Post
Michael Joseph Michael
East St
Dan Askins
Rohrersville
Memorial Hospital
C.D. Pitcock
J.G. Sardelis
Daniel Wilson Alger
Ross St
Mr. Alger
Fred Wayne Boynce
Rt. 3
S. Loudoun St
Pitcock
Valley Ave
Bellview Ave
Ficer Everett Bowers
Roy Grove
Larry Leroy Edmondson
Rt. 5
Ruth Ann Baker
Martinsburg
W.va
Brotherhood of Signalmen
American Train Dispatchers Union
Dinosaur Land
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