Long Cheng fights rage as Phnom Penh rockets strike
Hard fighting continues for a fourth day at the Long Cheng base in Laos where North Vietnamese forces press the valley position. In Cambodia 200 rockets devastate Phnom Penh wounding and killing civilians. Tay Ninh base attacked by sappers with 13 South Vietnamese troops killed.
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Saigon
Long Cheng
Laos
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Vientiane
Blizzards and Storms Kill 118 in Japan
A weekend disaster in Japan left at least 118 dead and 22 missing from blizzards and storms. Nineteen climbers died on Mt Fuji with winds up to 90 mph triggering an avalanche. six climbers are still missing. Twelve fishermen drowned after a fishing boat sank near the Danjo Islands. Authorities reported 85 deaths from traffic accidents over Sunday and Monday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mt. Fuji
Danjo Islands
Kyushu
Circuit Court Acts on 40 Cases in Busy Session
In an all day Frederick County Circuit Court session about 40 cases were acted on. Twenty-nine indictments against 21 men included manslaughter maiming narcotics and grand theft. Four under 20 were indicted for a break in and grand larceny at Interstate Cityo Feb 2. Wallace pleaded guilty. Lichliter Carper and Clark pleaded not guilty or the case was continued. Multiple trials set for June and April hearings ordered for presentence reports and suppression motions.
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Star
Frederick County
Interstate Cityo
Larry Eugene Wallace
Charles Boyd Lichliter, Jr
Harvey Scott Carper
Robert Wayne Clark
Wallace
Lichliter
Carper
Clark
Winchester Corporation Court
Kenneth R. Tumblin, Jr
Michael L. Stewart
Tumblin
Stewart
Commonwealth
James Lee Lambert
George W. Lambert
Lee Harrison Davis
Dalton Eugene
James Addison Davis
Stewart Halver
Davises
Hulver
Lee Davis
Dalton E. Davis
James Davis
Edward Leroy McCauley
Charles David Herrell
Robert William Herrell
Herman Loring Wise
Chuck’s
Esso Travel Center
Mr. McCauley
Charles Herrell
Robert Herrell
Mr. Wise
Clyde Nelson Benson
Marvin Robert Saville
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Fourteen Escaped Prisoners Break From Cincinnati Jail
In Cincinnati four murder suspects among twenty five inmates escaped a downtown jail in civilian clothes. Some fled with pistols. By early today about 400 police were deployed and three escapees had been recaptured.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Hamilton County
Dayton
Joseph Luebbers
Supreme Court Strikes Down One-Year Residency Voting Rule
The Supreme Court ruled six to one that Tennessee's one year residency requirement for state and federal elections violates constitutional travel and residence rights. Justice Marshall suggested 30 days might be acceptable, while Chief Justice Burger dissented. The decision signals broader challenges to durational residency laws across states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Thurgood Marshall
Warren E. Burger
Marshall
District of Columbia
District
Virginia
Congress
Nixon Signs Bill to Fight Drug Addiction
President Nixon plans to sign a law creating a Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention to coordinate education treatment and rehab. He will also thank Turkish Prime Minister Nihat Erim for banning opium poppy growing and join international efforts to curb heroin supply. He toured New York with Gov. Rockefeller to discuss drug abuse and called heroin trafficking the most reprehensible crime.
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Washington
Nixon
Nihat Erim
White House
Turkey
Jerome H. Jaffe
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
New York City
Officials Back PTA Move at Virginia Avenue School
Winchester officials assured parents that a PTA or Winchester Educational Forum revival would have broad support. City School Supt. Johnson and School Board Chairman Edwards defended policies at Virginia Avenue School as critics urged better parent communication and a stronger PTA amid past apathy. Meanwhile Frederick County officials approved the 1972 73 budget and outlined a building needs report due soon. About a dozen of sixty attendees spoke, with most backing Edwards.
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Winchester
Virginia Avenue
Winchester Educational Forum
Jacob L. Johnson
H. Robert Edwards
A. Thomas Edwards
Edwards
Miles R. Orndorff, Jr
Frederick County
ITT Lashed Over Beard Memo In Antitrust Settlement Probe
ITT says it found a genuine Beard memorandum dated June 25, 1971 refuting an Anderson memo claim. The memo relates to ITT's alleged funding of the Republican National Convention in San Diego as part of an antitrust settlement. Judiciary subcommittee to question Beard in hospital. Anderson disputes ITT’s assertion and seeks return of the document.
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Washington (Ap
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Dita Beard
Jack Anderson
ITT
Senate Judiciary Committee
Beard
Anderson
San Diego
Washington
Brit Hume
Denver
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Weather clouds up as warm air moves in Virginia
A warm moist airmass advancing ahead of a cold front increases cloudiness across Virginia today with a chance of showers and thundershowers later. A note at the end provides a local contact for relationship concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Gary Smallwood
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Neuh Leong
Circuit Court
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Cincinnati
James Blumstein
Vanderbilt University
Harry Culler
William Butts
Culler
Butts
Bill
Virginia Ave. Pta
Virginia Avenue School
PTA
Melton F. Wright
Board of Supervisors
Wright
Susan Lichtman
Mrs. Beard
William R. Merriam
Russell J. Tagliareni
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