Israel Denies Egyptian Commando Raid Across Canal
Egypt claimed airborne and naval commandos crossed the Gulf of Suez and raided Israeli positions along a 23 mile Sinai front, the first such Arab raid since 1967. Israel dismissed the Egyptian report as baseless and said the attack was completely unfounded.
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Israel
Canal
United Press International
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Sinai Peninsula
Middle East
Suez City
Gulf
Tel Aviv
Sinai
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Ras Matarma
Ras Malab
Brandt to lead new coalition after pact with Free Democrats
Bonn reports Willy Brandt and the Free Democrats inked a policy and cabinet accord that ends Kiesinger's bid. Key negotiator Heinz Kuhn forecast a Social Democrat Free Democrat government by Friday with Brandt as chancellor. Details remain secret as talks on committee posts continue.
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Bonn
UPD
Willy Brandt
Free Democrats
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Heinz Kuhn
Brand
Social Democratic Party
Brandt
Kuhn
Kiesinger
Christian Democrats
Free Democrat
Walter Scheel
Social
Scheel
West Germany
Democrats Cheered By Election Gains in 1970 Special Elections
Democrats celebrated gains in Massachusetts Tennessee Wisconsin Montana and California special races as part of a national trend against the Nixon administration. They narrow the GOP margin of victory and predict continued Democratic control of the House while citing Vietnam pullout inflation and national issues shaping votes. Michael Harrington defeated William Saltonstall in Massachusetts.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
House
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Barry M. Goldwater Jr
Caliifornia
Wisconsin
Montana
Senate
Michael J. Harrington
William L. Saltonstall
Harrington
Vietnam
Pentagon
Lodge Rejects Call to Drop Saigon Regime
PARIS United States rejected Hanoi and Viet Cong demands to drop the Saigon government. Henry Cabot Lodge said no settlement without South Vietnam’s free elections and warned the Communists against imposing a political solution. He urged discussion of Nixon’s plan for elections with all parties, while North Vietnam and the Viet Cong reiterated opposition and accused U.S. policy of prolonging the war.
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Paris
UPID
United States
Hanoi
Nixon
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Washington
Lodge
Col
Ha van Lau
Viet Cong
Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh
Col. Lau
North Vietnam
Laos
Pham Dang Lam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Thi Binh
American battle deaths hit two year low in war
U S Command reports last week had 95 U S service members killed, the lowest weekly toll since August 12, 1967, with 1 315 wounded, 577 hospitalizations, and Communist losses of 2 382 in the week. Despite reduced ground fighting, attacks near the DMZ and a marketplace bombing killed and wounded civilians, while U S forces conducted raids and Marines began withdrawal under Nixon plan.
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Saigon
API
U. S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
U. S
U.S
Last Man's Club Dines As Cognac Bottle Waits For Solo Toast
In Effingham Illinois eleven of the club's last thirteen WWI veterans, all American Legion members, gathered for the 36th annual Last Man's Club dinner. A bottle of French cognac, presented in 1934, rested on the speaker's table, destined to be shared by the sole survivor when membership dwindles to one. The rosters include 78 year old secretary Leonard Steis and others, with the bottle rumored to be 75 years old.
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Last Man’s Club
Effingham, Ill
UPI
American Legion
Thas
Effingham Legion Club
Leonard Steis
Club Secreta
C. C. Holman
John Feldhake
Andy Beasley
Dr. E. E. Webster
Paul Town
Adolph Sudkamp
R. A. Volts
Alfred Gruel
R. M. Michaelree
Henry Bersig
Alf Underriner
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
U.S
Photographer Galella Charged Over Onassis Pictures
New York freelance photographer Ron Galella pleaded innocent in Criminal Court to harassment tied to taking photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her son John F. Kennedy Jr. The complaint, filed by James Kalaratis, was compensated by Galella’s claim that guards chased him after Mrs. Onassis yelled to break the camera.
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New York
UPD
Aristotle Onassis
John F. Kennedy Jr
Ron Galella
James Kalaratis
Galella
Morris Schwab
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Yy Va Wie
Hoosick Atte
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Daddy
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Aikti
Crown International Picture
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da Nang
I Corps
Dmz
J. S
3Rd Marine Division
Bennington Drive
Nichols
Jackie
Egbert & Lottie Amadon
East Pownal, Vermont
Barber Pond
SWIFT
Zenith Chromacolor
Zenith
AFC
E.T. Williams
Hunt Street
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