Nixon Becomes First U.S. President To Visit Saigon
President Nixon flew to Saigon and said the United States and South Vietnam could make no further peace concessions. He spoke to troops at Di An and met with President Thieu, calling the peace offer generous and urging the other side to sit down. He and Mrs. Nixon also visited a field hospital and an orphanage during a five hour, five minute stop.
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Mars photos reveal ragged edges on south polar cap
Mars bound Mariner 6 sent longshot images showing a ragged southern polar cap edge possibly caused by mountains or craters and a newly observed dark spot at the cap's center. More closeups were to be transmitted tonight as the craft nears Mars to assess habitability.
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750 Gls Withdraw From Viet
The 4th Battalion 39th Infantry of the 9th Division boarded planes at Bien Hoa for Hawaii to join Schofield Barracks in ready reserve. The withdrawal brings total U S servicemen from Vietnam to 7 400 since Nixon announced the cutback on June 8. Fighting near Saigon persisted as the lull continued into its seventh week with a major clash 30 miles west of Saigon near the Cambodian border.
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Athens Faces Hurdles For Federal Aid On City Hall Remodel
Several improvements are required before Athens can qualify for federal aid on the city hall remodeling project. Page 2 notes, while Page 16 mentions courthouse office changes ordered by Hocking County Commissioners.
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Dr Sam Sheppard Takes On Wrestling Match For Charity
Former inmate and ex-physician Samuel H. Sheppard will wrestle Bill Wild Bill Scholl in a cancer research benefit at Waverly high school gym. The 45-year-old says the bout may be a one-shot, billing himself by name with trainer George Strickland confirming. He rose to fame after a 10 year fight to exonerate himself for his first wife Marilyn’s murder.
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Wild Bill” Scholl
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