Second Day of Attacks Launched By Enemy Troops
Saigon reports a second day of heavy Viet Cong attacks across South Vietnam with battles near Da Nang and northwest of Saigon. Viet Cong claimed retaliation for Ho Chi Minh's death. Da Nang suffered rockets and mortars, with 16 killed and 155 wounded. Fire destroyed food and fuel depots. Dead include three U.S. Marines, seven Vietnamese children, and six civilians. 120 Marines, 12 sailors, and 33 Vietnamese civilians wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
U.S
Great Lakes Erosion Hampers Shoreline in 1970
Damages rise as Lake Michigan Huron Erie shorelines erode embankments and drown yards. Private docks vanish and beaches shrink while high water stretches are forecast for Michigan and Ontario basins. Precipitation in 1969 and 1968-69 trends push levels above long-term averages, boosting cargo tonnage per inch of water.
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Deroit
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Lakes Survey
Army
Corps of Engineers
Michigan
Huron
Erie
Lake Erie
Lakes Survey District
Superior
Lake Superior
Ontario
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Canada
The
Spiritualists Claim Dr. Pike Still Alive
In Jerusalem volunteers from the Israeli army police and Arab nomads search for Dr. James Pike who vanished five days ago in the Judean wilderness. His wife Diane says rescuers must find him, while spiritualists worldwide claim he is alive in a cave, possibly in a coma, with a rock marked by a scratch near the entrance.
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Jerusalem
James Pike
Pike
Diane
Joey
England
United States
Israel
Margot Klausner
Motion Picture Studios
Howe
Kennebunkport Man's Second Will Allowed
York County Probate Court allowed the later will of Russell A. McKinnon of Kennebunkport after hearings. The estate, valued in the millions, largely goes to nephew George F. McKinnon Jr. with specific bequests to Nathanial W. Smart Donald Wormwood Mrs. Roy Cluff and Susan Lowe Quaintance Mason McKinnon. Ernest P. Conlon receives $6,000 annually via a trust. Ela nor McKinnon named co-executor. Earlier wills favored the widow.
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Alfred
York County
Russell A. McKinnon
Kennebunkport
McKinnon
George F. McKinnon Jr
Nathanial W. Smart
Donald Wormwood
Kennebunk
Roy Cluff
Susan Lowe
Conlon
Mason
Eastate
Senate GOP to share leadership as Dirksen ill
Two top Senate Republicans plan to share leadership duties with Sen. Hugh Scott while Everett Dirksen recovers from lung cancer. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith Sen. Gordon Allott and Sen. Milton R Young participate. Dirksen may delegate acting minority leader role.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Smith
Dirksen
Scott
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Pennsylvania
New Zealand A Six OClock Drunk Era Ends
The AP dispatch reports New Zealand’s bars now close at 10 pm and public drunkenness has nearly vanished. The piece paints NZ as a orderly, government-led society with high employment, strong exports, and a climate of socialized services, yet notes reliance on Britain for trade and potential issues if Britain joins the Common Market.
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John Roderick
Associated Press
Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand
Auckland
Queen Street
New
Britain
Miss Vermont at Miss America Pageant Cringes Hostess Panel
Miss Vermont Laura Barbara Ann Schmitt, a Vermont weather broadcaster, draws attention at the Miss America Pageant with candid talk and humor. She says no to a notable invitation, defends her weather readings, and hopes for live performance.
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Atlantic City
Vermont
Barbara Ann Schmitt
Laval
Joe
Namath
New York City
Barbara
The
University Vermont
Goldie
South Hero
Sweet
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