Advances Made On Two Fronts S. Viet Troops Score
South Vietnamese troops push toward Quang Tri Citadel and recapture Tam Quan as Vietcong resistance eases in central coast battles. Air war hits Hanoi area with bombing of the Van Dien plant and fires as U S jets strike for a second day.
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Saigon
Quang Tri Citadel
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Quang Tri
Neeld
U.S
Binh Dinh
Tam Quan
Neal Ulevich
Que Son
da Nang
Lion
Bastogne
Hue
van Dien
North Vietnam
Nine Miners Trapped as West Virginia Mine Fire Burns
Rescue workers drill a five inch bore into Consol Blacksville No 1 mine to reach nine trapped miners believed behind a wall of fire. Temperatures near 2500 to 3000 F hinder foam efforts as 100 rescuers in 14 teams search 650 feet below the surface.
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Donald Smouse
Blacksville No. 1
West Virginia
Blacksville
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Co
Pennsylvania
U.S. Bureau
Corcoran
W.A. Park
Bureau of Mines
Democratic Chairman Says Financial Position Improved
Washington AP reports Democratic National Committee chair Jean Westwood says the party is in better shape for the 1972 campaign though still saddled with a 9.3 million debt, six point three million from 1968, while Spiro Agnew attacks positions and Eagleton calls for debate on ABC. McGovern pledges continued military presence in Southeast Asia until POWs return.
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Eagleton
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Anchorage
Alaska
Fischer Surges to Lead in World Chess Championship
Bobby Fischer took the lead in Reykjavik after defeating Boris Spassky in Game 6, forcing a resignation and moving to a 3.5 to 2.5 edge with 18 games remaining. Fisher opened with a rare queen’s bishop pawn move and built a decisive position leveraging hanging pawns and a side attack.
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Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Fischer
Isaac Kashdan
Associated Press
Nixon To Talk With Japanese In Hawaii Summit
Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka accepted an invitation for talks with President Nixon in Hawaii on August 31 and September 1. The meeting aims for a full range of discussion on U S Japan relations including trade as a second summit this year follows a January San Clemente meeting with Eisaku Sato.
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Kakuei Tanaka
Nixon
Hawaii
Ronald L. Ziegler
Tanaka
China
Soviet Union
Ziegler
San Clemente
Calif
Eisaku Sato
U.S
Japan
United States
Ohio creates state Environmental Protection Agency
Gov. John J. Gilligan signs legislation establishing a state Environmental Protection Agency to clean up pollution. Dr. Ira Whitman will be the first director. The measure raises penalties for violations and broadens citizen involvement while creating a land planning commission. Gilligan says the law provides tools for a strong administrative program despite some shortcomings.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Environmental Protection Agency
Gilligan
Near West Side
Ira Whitman
Ohio Department of Health
Five escapees from Wood County Jail. McGill captured
Meigs County deputies say Ronald McGill 22 of Youngstown is in custody after a daytime sighting crossing a river at Reedsville. He was one of five inmates who escaped from Wood County Jail in Parkersburg Sunday. Officers continue to search for the remaining escapees. McGill escaped July 5 and was recaptured in Kansas July 9.
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Meigs County
Ronald McGill
Youngstown
McGill
Athens
Wood County
Parkersburg
Reedsville
Kansas
Billy Graham Finishes Ohio Crusade In Cleveland Stadium
About 50,175 people attended the final service at Cleveland Municipal Stadium for Billy Graham ten day crusade. The total attendance of 372,440 set a Graham Ohio record. Graham said the closing day would be unforgettable and that the stadium felt more filled than ever.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Billy Graham
Graham
Ohio
Cleveland
Legion Opposes Broad Amnesty and Seeks Gun Penalty Stance
The Ohio American Legion finished its state convention in Cincinnati with resolutions opposing broad amnesty for Vietnam War opponents and supporting the death penalty for crimes with a gun. It reaffirmed opposition to gun controls and urged a $350 mustering-out bonus for veterans of overseas duty in Indochina. The amnesty plan favored individual consideration of requests.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio American Legion
Legion
Indochina
Sniper Kills British Soldier in Belfast Clash
A sniper fatally wounded a British soldier at an army post near Ballymurphy in Belfast. In Londonderry a civilian died and four were wounded in crossfire amid three years of sectarian conflict, marking the 473rd death overall and the 103rd British soldier to die.
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Belfast
Londonderry
Ballymurphy
Northern Ireland
Weekend Traffic Toll Reaches 14 Stateswide
The Associated Press reports two young boys died in traffic overloads this weekend, bringing the state toll to 14. A 12 year old in Akron died after a car hit his bicycle and an eight year old perished in a camper crash near Lebanon. The weekend also saw two motorcycle fatalities and a double fatality when a car hit a utility pole in Cincinnati. Last week 20 died, and this weekend’s toll matches the prior year for the same period.
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Associated Press
Akron
Lebanon
Cincinnati
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