Attack on U S Radio Relay Station Fails
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sappers attacked Nui Ba Den mountain radio relay station near Saigon with explosives and rockets. The strike failed to cause major damage as U S and South Vietnamese forces repelled the assault. casualties included 25 attackers killed and 11 wounded on the allied side with no American deaths.
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Saigon
U.S
Nui Ba den
U.S. Air Force
Tadio
South Vietnnam
Cambodia
Bien Hoa
da Nang
South Vietnam
Protestant Marches Rally Defy British Warnings
About 1,000 Ulster Protestants of the UDA planned a masked march in Belfast’s Woodstuck area defying British warnings. The UDA boasted that William Whitelaw could not stop them, while police and soldiers took no action. No arrests were made. A bomb exploded near Dungannon and a Protestant was wounded in the New Lodge. Gunfire hit an army patrol in Springfield Road and a bomb damaged a garage in Newry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Assn Uda
William Whitelaw
Britain
UDA
Whitelaw
Army
Dungannon
New Lodge
Springfield Road
Newry
Supreme Court upholds Ellsberg trial delay in Pentagon Papers case
The U S Supreme Court, in a brief order, upheld Justice Douglas's stay on the Pentagon papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo, pending resolution of a wiretap issue. The court denied a request to convene a special term to overturn the stay. Defense lawyers may seek a hearing by Aug 2 on alleged rights violations due to government disclosure of overheard defense team wiretap.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Williams
Douglas
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
All Court
Los Angeles
Warren E. Barger
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Ellsberg
Russo
Justine Douglas
Burger
Child's bedtime complaint sparks reader’s silence
A fragmented note records a child's bedtime petition about a book not wanted read aloud. Language hints at irritation and a parent’s resigned response, illustrating a domestic moment of hesitation and gentle humor within a quiet home scene.
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Seueyerr
Four Die in Barrington Hills Home Slaying
In Barrington Hills Illinois four people were slain in the kitchen of retired insurance executive Paul M Corbett 64 his wife Marian daughter Barbara Boand 22 and sister in law Dorothy Derry 60. Victims found by son Anthony Boand 24 after returning home. Police chief Ralph Hummel described the scene as a slaughterhouse and said two or more attackers likely involved. The home stood in a wooded area away from neighbors and the second story had been ransacked.
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Barrington
Hills
Ills
UPI
Chicago
Paul M. Corbett
Corbett
Marian
Corbetts
Anthony Boand
Hummel
Sherman Hospital
Elgin
Tummel
Corbett Home
Tragic Iowa City Crash Ends Life of Local Youth
Thomas Allen Moreland seventeen died instantly when his car collided head on with a semitruck on highway 6 east of Iowa City. The truck driver Ted Dowler sustained minor injuries and was treated at University hospitals. Moreland, a 1971 Repina high school graduate, had attended Kirkwood Community College for a year. Surviving relatives listed as parents Mr and Mrs John W Moreland. (Continued: Page 2)
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Iowa City
Thomas Allen
Moreland
Highway 6
Ted Dowler
West Liberty
Dowler
University Hospitals
Repina
McGovern Taps Shriver After Muskie Declines VP Bid
Washington AP reports George McGovern will ask Sargent Shriver to be his running mate after Senator Edmund Muskie rejected the invitation, citing family reasons. Muskie said the decision was personal and that he hopes to stay involved in the campaign. McGovern planned a 6:30 p.m. announcement to reveal his choice as the search narrows with three days before the Democratic national committee meeting.
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Washington
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
France
Shriver
UPI
Edmund Muskie
McGovern
Muskie
Kennebunkport
Maine
Jon
Sfand
Democratic National Committee
Hel
South Dakotan
Kennedy
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Dougherty
Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Miami Beach
Bethesda
Bremer says society should have protected him from himself
Arthur Bremer, found guilty on nine counts for his attempt on Alabama Governor George Wallace, told the court he wished society had protected him from himself. The Maryland verdict came after a 1 hour 35 minute jury deliberation in Prince Georges County. He received a nine year sentence and was sent to the state penitentiary.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
UPI
Arthur Bremer
Alabama
George Wallace
Bremer
Prince Georges
Maryland State
Soviet Scientists Offer New Drugs to U S Firms
Four leading Russian pharmacologists offered a dozen new drugs to American pharmaceutical companies at a two day session in Ormond Beach Florida. The drugs target viruses mental illness heart disease and asthma with FDA approval pending. Representatives from major US firms showed interest but noted licensing and regulatory hurdles before any use in the United States.
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Ormond Reach
Pla
UPI
United States
Russia
America
Anichkov
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Moscow
Nixon
Dvorkovitz
American Party Platform Calls For War Win and Better Living
Louisvill e report notes American Independent party delegates at their four year old national nominating convention approved two core planks. One on foreign policy demanding win before war and the other on domestic policy urging better living for workers. They also backed pressuring North Vietnam to release American POWs and conditionally withdrawing from certain treaties if security permits. The platform favors more education dollars for classroom instruction over busing.
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Louisville, Ky
UPI
American Independent Party
United States
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
John G. Schmitz
California
America
North Vietnam
U.S
Spassky Beaten as Fischer Leads World Chess Clash
AP reports in Reykjavik that Bobby Fischer built a 642-312 lead over Boris Spassky in the world chess championship as experts questioned Spassky’s form. Resting on Saturday, the match resumes with Fischer needing six points to claim the title while Spassky must overcome a large deficit.
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Reyriavik
Tecland
Bobby Mischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
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Res
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Illinois
Charles Roberta
Des Moines
U.S. Attorney’s Department
USS. Atty
Alan Danielson
Environmental Protection Agency
Danielson
RPA
Economy Products Co
Shenandoah
Triple “F’ Feeds
Clarence Board and Sons, Inc
Leon
Midwest International, Inc. Kellogg
Earl May ‘Seed and Nursery Co
Shenan‘doah
Harper Brush Works
Fairfield
Bulletin
By Wesley G. Pippett
By Warren L. Nelson
Dudge
Ralph W. Powers
Sergei V. Anichkov
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Leningrad
Soviet Union
U. S
Povegiment
Richard McDermaid
American Party
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Iceland
Fisher
Jack Culwhen
Fischer
Svetozer Gligoric
David Avy
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