Allies Crush Viet Cong Drive in Mekong Delta
In the Mekong Delta allied forces about 15,000 American and South Vietnamese troops crushed a major Viet Cong offensive and killed about 350 Communists. The operation, kept secret until today, involved 10 American and 11 South Vietnamese battalions moving down the Jekong River. American casualties were light, with 18 killed and 16 wounded reported. Vietnamese losses were about 27 killed and 50 wounded.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
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Forrestal
Gulf of Tonkin
Tuy Hoa
Asia
Weyand
South Vietnam
Red River Delta
Institution to Build Medium Security Youth Facility
MONTPELIER Acting Corrections Commissione r Charles G Adams says construction of a 1.2 million medium security institution for youthful offenders should start after Aug. 9. The facility for boys aged 16 to 26 who are first time offenders will be in St Albans Town. Adams said the plan will show its effect on other correctional programs.
De Gaulle Offers Help For Quebec Liberation Crisis
In Paris Charles de Gaulle stated he would aid French Canadians in achieving liberation but did not specify methods. His remarks followed a controversial visit to Canada and mob scenes in Montreal where delegates chanted Long live free Quebec. Prime Minister Pearson rejected the gesture while de Gaulle suggested French Canadians lack liberty equality and fraternity.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
l’Aurore
Combat
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Milwaukee Curfew Eased as Riots Diminish in City
Milwaukee mayor Henry Maier announced a relaxation of the around the clock curfew from 6 am to 7 pm after a second night of violence, looting and arson. Police and National Guard remained on duty, with 3 dead and about 100 injured in the riot zone, buses back in service and normal traffic returning.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry W. Maier
Wisconsin
Maier
Near North Side
Racial violence erupts in eight U S cities
United Press International reports a 20th straight night of riots as gangs of mostly Negro youths attacked streets in eight cities including Washington, Providence, Denver, Portland, Erie, San Bernardino, West Palm Beach and Milwaukee. Over 200 arrests. fires set, windows broken, and gunfire reported. calm restored by dawn in each city.
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Washington
D.C
Providence
R.C
Denver
Portland
Ore
Erie
San Bernardino
Calif
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Detroit riot guard officer charged in motel killings
Detroit authorities questioned three police on duty near the Algiers motel where three Negro youths were shot by a National Guard officer during rioting. Homicide detectives planned to question a Negro ex paratrooper witness who said he faced threats.
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Detroit
UPI
National Guard
Algiers
Robert L. Greene
Detroit News
Greene
Melvin Dismukes
James Sortar
Hopkinsville
July 1952 Bennington rain record tops July totals
Bennington's Harwood Hill station notes July 1952 as the wettest month since records began. Total rainfall reached 6.78 inches across 23 days in a month dominated by 13 thunder storms, while historic highs include 1927’s 11.25 inches and the 1938 hurricane impact.
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Bennington
Harwood Hill
Paul W. Bohne
U.S
Parents suspend search for Honeymooners plane crash
Hoosick New York The intensive search for the missing plane of a Maryland couple is being suspended as the parents of the newly married man plan to return to their home Thursday They offered a 1000 reward for information and may reopen the official search if not found by November 1 The couple Francis Stevenson III and Carol died after a June 25 crash near Petersburg following a thunderstorm and instrument failure Stevenson a Baltimore businessman plans to thank search helpers Wednesday
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Hoosick
N.Y
Maryland
Francis M. Stevenson Jr
Stevensons
CAP
Francis III
Carol
Petersburg
Stevenson
Albany
Inside Eagle Square employee wins award page three
Story notes an Eagle Square employee receiving an award with a photo. The piece highlights workplace recognition and community ties referenced on page three.
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Eagle Square Employe
Investigators Seek Forrestal Fire Cause
SUBIC BAY Philippines UPI The Navy reports 129 dead 3 missing and 64 injured from the Forrestal fire as officers are named to a board of inquiry Rear Adm Forsyth Massey leads the panel with C A T Earnest and Capt Martin Stack The carrier arrived at Subic Bay with remains of 52 dead and 64 injured Navy says 57 planes destroyed or damaged damage cost estimated at 135 million dollars
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Subic Bay
Philippines
United States
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Pearl Harbor
Forsyth Massey
Fleet Air
Quonset Point
R.I
A.T. Albert K. Earnest
Naval Air Station
Oceana
Martin Stack
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Repose
da Nang
South Vietnam
Arabs Seek To Quench Rivalries At Cairo Summit Talks
Representatives of all 13 Arab League states meet in Cairo to cool rivalries and plan a summit of Arab chiefs amid talks on ceasing fire lines with Egypt and Israel. Ben-Gurion urges mass Jewish resettlement of Jordanian territory to solidify control.
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Khartoum
David Ben-Gurion
U.N
Suez Canal
Cairo
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Ben-Gurion
Hebrew University
Mount Scopus
Jerusalem
Holy
Kalandia Airfield
Bethlehem
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Maine
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Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Willie Ella Green
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Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Luci Johnson
White House
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Carlo Walter
Tony
Jeff
Wittemore Brothers
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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