U S Toll In Viet Nam Lowest Since 1965
Saigon AP reports 19 Americans died in combat last week the lowest weekly combat toll since 1965. Noncombat deaths reached 19 and 261 Americans were wounded, while enemy casualties totaled 1 875. U S Embassy said ambassador Bunker will visit Washington for 10 days to discuss faster troop withdrawal.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
Vietnam
Sauol
Cambodia
Indochina
Ellsworth Bunker
Washington
Bunker
Humphrey distances Kennedy on Nixon war motives
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, addressing Nixon's Vietnam policy, says the President seeks peace and is not cynical or partisan. He rejects Kennedy's charge that Nixon acts for political gain and criticizes Clark Clifford's call for a Dec 31 withdrawal deadline as potentially used for domestic aims.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Minnesota
Robert J. Dole
Humphrey
White House
Kennedy
U.S
South Vietnam
Area Legislators Weigh Graduated Income Tax in Ohio House
State Rep. Ralph Welker and colleagues discuss a graduated state income tax as area lawmakers differ on the best path. Senators Collins and Armstrong avoid firm positions while Rep. Maddox supports a graduated plan but questions the need for eight percent. Welker backs graduation but may defer if caucus endorses another route.
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Ralph Welker
R-Pomeroy
House Republican Caucus
Nally
Welker
Messenger
Oakley Collins
Ironton
Harry Armstrong
Logan
House
Senate
Rep
Don Maddox
D-Lancaster
Gilligan
the Messenger
John Gilligan
Gilligan’s
Athens-Meigs-Gallia
Resources chief urges funds restoration in Ohio budget fight
Ohio Natural Resources Director William Nye warned that restoring $9.5 million cut from his department is essential to prevent environmental crisis and park closures. He linked budget trims to losses in federal matching funds and warned of higher welfare costs without funds for engineers and environmental programs.
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Columbus, Ohio
William Nye
Nye
Senate Finance Committee
Akron
House Republicans
Ohio
House
Columbus
John Hanson
Hanson
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
West Virginia Governor Warns Nixon Veto Could End Appalachian Aid
Gov Arch Moore warned President Nixon might veto a Senate approved four year extension of the Appalachian Regional Development program. A veto, he said, could halt ARC activity in West Virginia by June 30 and jeopardize future bridges roads and educational programs while Moore pressed for the $2 billion package as reasonable.
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Huntington
W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Nixon
Senate
Moore
Appalachia
West Virginia
Appa
Lachian Regional Commission
Mrs. Flowers Sells 3-Year-Old Range on First Call
Mrs. Larry Flowers of Route 2 Nelsonville sold a three year old range to the first caller after receiving twelve inquiries.
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Larry Flowers
Route 2
Nelsonville
Smith loses bail, faces new trial in Ramsey murder case
Newark tragedy defendant Edgar H. Smith, after 14 years on death row, was nearly freed on bail when a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the order. Smith won a new trial on May 13 for the murder of 15 year old Victoria Zielinski of Ramsey. Meanwhile in Stockholm a missing West Point graduate 1st Lt John R. Wequist, 24, from Pittsburgh Kansas, sought to stay in Sweden after going missing from his unit bound for Vietnam.
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Newark
N. J
Edgar H. Smith
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Smith
Victoria Zielinski
Ramsey
Stockholm
Sweden
West Point
Vietnam
John R. Wequist
Pittsburgh
Kan
Twelve Bodies Discovered Buried Near Mexican Movie House
El Sol reports in Escandon near Juarez that twelve men and a woman were shot in the head and buried in a vacant lot beside a local movie house. The site is on land owned by Ricardo Palacios, brother of Mayor Raimundo Palacios.
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Mexico City
Mexico
el Sol
Escandon
Juarez
Raimundo Palacios
Ricardo
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