United States Eyes De-Escalation If Viet Cong Honors Cease Fire
U S officials said Washington would avoid new fighting if the enemy kept a low level after the 72 hour cease-fire. Saigon reports showed 26 enemy incidents, 34 South Vietnamese killed, 60 wounded. U S casualties totaled 4 killed and 29 wounded. Officials warned the cease-fire may not extend into a lasting peace.
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United States
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Saigon
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North Vietnam
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Vietnam
Nixon Calls Advisers To Discuss Vietnam
Washington AP dispatch says President Nixon convened a high level meeting with top advisers including Secretary Rogers Defense Laird and security officials to review all aspects of the Vietnam situation. The White House did not reveal topics while Nixon had signaled a potential troop withdrawal review in September.
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Helms
Nixon
Eastworth
U.S
Vietnam
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Ronald L. Ziegier
William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Henry Kissinger
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
New England Braces as Hurricane Gerda Approaches
Residents along the Atlantic coast rush to brace for Hurricane Gerda, packing 60 to 100 mph winds and 30 to 41 foot seas. Warnings extend from Block Island to Eastport Maine, with major shoreline flooding expected and Cape Cod planes moved inland. Dozens of summer towns board up as Newport ships shift to safer moorings and boats seek shelter.
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IL Am
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K.T
Eastport
Cape
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
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Newport
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Israeli Raid Across Gulf of Suez Targets Egyptian Positions
Israeli air craft and armored units crossed the Gulf of Suez to strike Egyptian army bases from El Hasayer to Ras Za Farana in a ten hour operation. One Israeli plane was lost, and a pilot parachuted into the Gulf. The spokesman said dozens of Egyptian soldiers were hurt or killed and Egyptian defenses offered little resistance. The raid followed a prior sea clash in which Israel claimed to sink two Egyptian torpedo boats.
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Ras Sadat
Lebanon
Ho Chi Minh's final will calls for unity and victory
Ho Chi Minh's final will read in Hanoi memorial service deplored the Sino Soviet split and urged Vietnamese to fight on for victory over the United States. It named North Vietnamese leaders, urged unity of international communism, and called for plans to raise living standards after victory. A second Chinese delegation attended Ho's funeral as Hanoi named Tan Duc Thang acting president.
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China
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Li Hsien-nien
Tan Duc Thang
Naradam Sihanouk
Woodstock partners split. Roberts seeks funds to settle debts
Four Woodstock Ventures partners announce a split after the Bethel festival. John Roberts pledges personal funds to secure loans to cover 1.3 million in debt as Joel Rosenman will share control of the company. Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld plan to buy out the firm if financing permits, eyeing a next festival.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Tiny Bethel
John Roberts
Freir
Roberts
Joel Rosenman
Yale Law School
Woodstock Ventures Corp
Shirley Temple
Woodstock
Artie
Kornfeld
Catskills
Rosenman
Lang
Woodstock Ventures
Dove
Michael
Record Company
Bernard Cornfeld
Investors Overseas Services
Switzerland
Holden & Stone to close Pittsfield store after 125 years
Holden & Stone Co Inc announces the Pittsfield store will close November 1 as chairman William B. Davidson shifts focus to Florida real estate holdings. Great Barrington branch continues, staff of 30 given positions, inventory sale to run through October. The store, founded in 1844, has a long ties to Henry G. Davis and the Marshall Field history.
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Holden & Stone Co., Inc
Pittsfield
William B. Davidson
Davidson
Florida
Great Barrington
Edwin W. Holden
Holden & Stone
Henry G. Davis
Marshall Field
Chicopee
Wield
Chicago
Harry Holden
Frank L. Stone
W.T. Grant Co
Hopes Fade For Truce In Nigeria
Addis Ababa AP Robert Nyerere reports that cease-fire prospects in the Nigerian civil war dimmed as African leaders push for a military solution. Gowon signals possible talks with Ojukwu only if peace talks seem sincere, while Nyerere criticizes non-Nigerian pressures to continue the war.
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Ethiopia
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
C. Odumegwa Ojukwu
Biafra
Ojukwe
Nyerere
Gowon
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