American Losses Last Week Are Lowest In Two Years
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties rose as fighting continued north of Saigon and along the border. U S bombers conducted heavy raids near the demilitarized zone while U S forces reported 96 Americans killed in action last week, the smallest weekly total in two years.
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South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Tay Ninh City
86Th Engineer Battalion
Vietnam
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Nixon
Banks To Seek Continued College Loans From Banks
The Nixon administration plans a public appeal to bankers to keep financing college student loans despite Congress not reviving a government program before a three week vacation. Health Secretary Robert H. Finch and President Nixon are expected to present the plea, per government sources.
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Washington
Congress
Prsident Nixon
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Brief flurry of clashes and an arrest near Phoenix
A man fled a Phoenix hospital carrying a woman's body. He was arrested after allegedly striking a nurse and firing at a doctor. Tel Aviv reported cross border fire from Arab machine gunners on Lebanon’s border with Israel with U N tensions. Israeli jets hit targets in Egypt and Jordan. Poland criticized the US chemical weapons program at Geneva, calling it a balance of fear.
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Graham
Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
U. N
New York
Egypt
Jordan
Geneva
Poland
U. S
Inflation a top worry in Athens County Fair poll
A county fair poll at Athens County shows residents list inflation as their main concern ahead of other issues. The brief survey captures local sentiment during a period of rising costs and economic strain.
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Athens County Fair
Nelsonville
Ralston Purina
Wellston
Meigs County Fair
Oil Import Quota Ban Sought by Justice Dept Chief
Assistant Attorney General Richard W. McLaren urged elimination of import quotas on foreign crude oil. He told a Cabinet task force that quotas are anticompetitive and costly to consumers, proposing a low protective tariff if restraints are needed. The move opposes two Cabinet agencies and aligns with Senate subcommittee projections of up to four billion dollars in annual consumer savings.
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Asst. Atty
Richard W. McLaren
Justice Department
Senate
McLaren
Kennedy says he is at peace with himself after Chappaquiddick
Senator EDWARD M. Kennedy tells Boston Globe staff he is privately at peace with himself over the Chappaquiddick accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. He says he feels the tragedy but rejects rumors and innuendo about his actions and the July 18 incident.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Robert
Massachusetts Democrat
Matthew V. Storin
Boston Globe
Washington
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Manchester
N.H
Nixon Toasts Apollo 11 Astronauts At Los Angeles Banquet
President Nixon praised Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins as three brave men who lifted humanity toward new dreams. The lavish Century Plaza dinner followed tours in New York and Chicago amid peaceful Vietnam protests and included posthumous honors for astronauts lost in 1967.
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Edwin Aldrin Jr
Mike Collins
Neil Armstrong
Los Angeles
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
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Chicago
America
Washington
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Supreme Court
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Century Plaza Hotel
New York City
Houston
Vietnam
Avenue of the Stars
Northern Ireland in Turmoil as Clashes Spread Across Cities
Violent clashes erupt in at least nine cities as Catholics Protestants and police fight in Londonderry Belfast and three other centers. Bombings shootings injure six and prompt calls for U N peace force while London and Dublin spar over intervention.
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Northern Ireland
U.N
Northern
United Kingdom
London
Dublin
United Nations
Boxast
Loopholes Remain In High Brackets Tax Reform
Treasury expert says the House tax bill still leaves two major deductions for the oil industry undeal with, allowing wealthy taxpayers to erase half their income and then apply depletion and drilling cost preferences to offset the rest. The Ways and Means Committee text limits other deductions to at most half income, but exempts depletion allowance and excessive intangible drilling costs.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Chinese Troops Withdraw From So viet Border Clash
Communist China's official radio said its border patrols on the So viet Sinkiang front pulled back to prevent worsening the situation after a clash in central Asia. The Soviet press offered no details on casualties or the clash, only noting several killed or wounded without specifying sides.
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China
Central Asia
Moscow
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