Nixon Opens Romania Visit With Enthusiastic Bucharest Welcome
President Nixon arrived in Bucharest to a massive, spontaneous crowd cheering for his Europe swing. He vowed U.S. support for a Europe free from war and greeted by Nicolae Ceausescu as thousands lined the route and waved American and Romanian flags amid a festive mood.
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Nix
United States
Europe
Nicolae Ceausescu
U.S
Ceausescu
Otopeni
Air Force One
Communist Party
Moscow
Poland
Mower County Fair Opens With Seven Day Runs and Country Acts
The 87th Mower County Fair begins Monday for seven days at Mower County Fairgrounds. William T. Collins Shows returns from Freeborn County Fair. Weekly lineup includes Johnny King demolition Derby Monday, Merritt Ranch Rodeo Tuesday, Porter Wagoner show Wednesday, Hamilton IV and Shepard Thursday, horse and pony events Friday, and Texas Playboys and motocross Sunday. Senior citizen registration and teen activities accompany livestock judging and 4HFFA competitions across the week.
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Mower County
William T. Collins
Midwest
Johnny King
Merritt Ranch
Porter Wagoner
Wagoner
George Hamilton IV
Jean Shepard
Tommy Cash
Miss Jackson
Morgan
Linda
Texas Playboys
Crane Pavilion
U S planes strike near Saigon as raids continue
U S B52 bombers hit hidden bases around the capital Saigon with 11 raids Friday and four more today. Ground fighting saw 10 North Vietnamese troops killed near Trang Bang, while a helicopter and a U S plane collided, killing six Americans. A 750 man battalion of the 9th Infantry will depart for Hawaii.
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Richard H. Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
Chau Doc
U.S
Trang Bang
Pope fails to seal Nigerian peace talks during Uganda visit
Pope Paul has yet to arrange peace talks between Nigeria's warring factions despite Biafran delegate Augustine Okwu reporting a productive meeting. Okwu says no decisions are final, while the pontiff intends to spend the visit in Catholic ceremonies.
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Edward Magri
Associated Press
Kampala
Uganda
Paul
Augustine Okwu
Biafra
East Africa
Biafran
Pope Paul
Okwu
Navy launches 3.2 billion antisubmarine plane program
The Navy begins a 3.2 billion program to build 193 S3A carrier aircraft with Lockheed to perform research and development. The service will cut U.S. coast operations to save funds in line with President Nixon’s defense spending reductions.
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Navy
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
U.S
Nixon
Another 750 American troops to leave Viet Nam
U S military headquarters said 750 more American troops would depart Vietnam Sunday as part of Nixon’s plan to cut U S strength by 25 000 by August end The move brings total withdrawals to 11 850 since the initial 25 000 cutback was announced on June 8 The 2nd Battalion 39th Infantry 9th Infantry Division will leave from Bien Hoa Air Base north of Saigon The troops departing today include 750 from the Army’s 6th Battalion 56th Air Defense Artillery and 200 from the 630th Transportation Company Army Reserve unit
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South Vietnam
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9Th Infantry Division
Hawaii
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Mekong Delta
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Vietnam
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Army
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56Th Air Defense Artillery
630Th Transportation Company
Collins Sees Apollo 11 Capsule As Future Flyer
Michael Collins visits the Apollo 11 command module Columbia at NASA Johnson Space Center, calling the charred ship his “happy home.” He says with repairs to the heat shield it could fly again, as Armstrong and Aldrin join him in paying homage. Technicians unload gear and deactivate systems as the capsule remains quarantined with the astronauts.
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Lunar
Georgia confronts largest federal desegregation suit
The Justice Department filed the landmark suit in Atlanta asking that all public Georgia schools be desegregated by court order. Gov. Lester Maddox vowed to fight, mobilizing state resources and denouncing federal actions as tyranny while the HEW had previously cut federal aid to 30 districts. The suit targets State School Superintendent Jack P. Nix and the Georgia Board of Education, asserting a dual system and inferior Negro education.
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Maddox
United States
U.S. Atty
John N. Mitchell
Jack P. Nix
Georgia
Georgia Board of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Justice
Washington
Justice Department
Georgia Board
Motorcyclist sought in six southeastern Michigan slayings
Police pursue link between John N. Collins 6 foot Eastern Michigan senior charged with strangling Karen Beineman 18 and six unsolved murders of young women in Ann Arbor Ypsilanti. Investigators note Beineman was seen leaving a wig shop with a motorcyclist July 23.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Southeastern Michigan
John N. Collins
Karen Sue Beineman
Eastern Michigan University
Collins
Eastern Michigan
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Frederick Davids
Miss Beineman
David Leik
Leik
Mariner 7 Sends Two Good Pictures From Mars Approach
NASA reports Mariner 7 captured two usable test photographs as it neared Mars, easing fears about camera damage from a meteorite. Jet Propulsion Laboratory planned 34 approach shots, then 24 close ups within about 2,080 miles, following Mariner 6’s moonlike Mars views.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 7
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner 6
Earth
Three Gls to be released by North Korea next week
AP reports the Remember the Pueblo Committee says North Vietnam will release by next Wednesday three American soldiers held by North Korea. Rev Paul Lind ting confirms but declines to name sources.
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N. Korea
Chicago
North Vietnam
Paul Linding
Uss Pueblo
Navy
North Korea
FDA
Washington
Federal Food and Drug Administration
C. C. Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Migratory Amchitka Otters Begin New Washington Home
An Alaskan sea otter among 29 former Amchitka Island residents arrived Thursday on the north Washington coast. The group flew by jet to Hoquiam and rode a helicopter to Point Grenville where they entered the surf. Scientists aim to restore the species to Washington after about five decades of extinction.
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Amchitka Island
Washington
Hoquiam
Point Grenville
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