Vietnam names 12 airmen believed dead in war
Paris AP reports Vietnam released the names, ranks, birth dates and serials of twelve American airmen listed as missing in action or dead. The Pentagon confirmed one dead and one POW among them while ten remained missing. The gesture aimed to ease U.S. opposition to Vietnam’s UN bid and reparations talks.
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Paris
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
Rep
G. V
Sonny”’ Montgomery
D-Miss
House Select Committee On
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Air Force
Samuel E. Waters
Virginia Waters
Mocksville
N.C
Defense Department
Bruce C. Ducat
Hanoi
United States
Alexander C. Ducat
Bethesda
Montgomery
Vietnam
United Nations
Capt. Waters
Maj
James M. Metz
Poplar Bluff
Fair Week Rain Sparks Downtown Shower Forecast
Rainfall arrived in downtown during the afternoon and early evening as Fair Week began. Forecasts show a 50 percent chance of more rain during the day and 40 percent tonight.
Fatal two car crash leaves three dead near Amarillo
A collision 16 miles north of Amarillo on the Fritch Highway killed Durwood Pool his wife Lorrain and their 8 year old daughter Jada and injured ten others. The Pools were in a northbound car and the Olivas family in a southbound car suffered multiple injuries. DPS said the crash occurred about 9 p.m. with a motor boat and trailer involved. Funeral plans for the Pools are pending.
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Amarillo
Durwood Pool
Lorrain
Jada
Todd
Northwest Texas Hospital
High Plains Baptist Hospital
Manuel Olivas
Juanita
Edward Lee
Lonnie Allen
Cooper
S. Kentucky
the Pool
Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors
DPS
Soviet Pilot Defects to Japan Surrenders After Landing MIG 25
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko a 29 year old Soviet air force first lieutenant landed his MIG 25 at Hakodate Japan. He fired two shots to scatter airport workers then surrendered to police. Japan sought asylum for him and the United States considered the request. The Soviet embassy demanded return of the aircraft.
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Harodate
Japan
America
Tokyo
Russia
United States
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
Belenko
U.S
Washington
State Department
Takeo Miki
Foreign Ministry
Sapporo
Hakodate
FBI Probes Bombing At Louisville High School
The FBI has joined the investigation into a predawn bombing at Male High School in downtown Louisville amid nightly anti busing protests. A bomb beside a lobby radiator blew a floor hole but caused no major structural damage. Police suspect ties to the desegregation order and will check for chemicals and fuse type.
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Louisville
FBI
Male High School
Jefferson County
Male
Washington
Arsonists Strike Soweto In Holiday Violence
In Soweto, arsonists set fire to a mulatto school and burned the high school principal’s office during a quiet holiday weekend in South Africa. Brig. Dawid Kriel reported isolated stone throwing as unrest lingered amid Vorster Kissinger talks and church condemnations of segregation.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Dawid Kriel
John Vorster
Zurich
Switzerland
Henry Kissinger
Africa
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Namibia
Kissinger
Cape Town
National Party
Vorster
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy With Thunderstorms Potential
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thunderstorms through Wednesday. Cooler today with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the low 60s. South winds 10 to 20 mph, increasing near storms. Rain chances 50 percent today and 40 percent tonight.
Viking 1 finds life hints Mars while Viking 2 awaits soil
Viking 1 biology tests spark excitement at Jet Propulsion Laboratory as signs point to possible Martian life. Viking 2 on Utopia Planitia could confirm by sampling soil this Saturday with organics results due by September 20.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Mars
Viking 2
Red Planet
Viking
Gerald Soffen
Utopia Plain
Soffen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Levin
Gilbert Levin
Earth
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