Report Hot Action in 3 Viet Areas
Saigon dispatch notes mounting enemy casualties as clashes flare north of Saigon and in coastal lowlands. U S bombers raid near the DMZ as Allied forces claim over 1,700 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed since Tuesday. Casualties run about 100 to 125 U S dead and more than 600 wounded, with Lt Col John Dowd among the American killed.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Quan Loi-Anh Loc-Loc Ninh
John Dowd
Woodbridge
U S losses in Vietnam drop to two year low
SAIGON AP report says 96 Americans were killed in action last week, the smallest weekly total in two years, ending a lull in ground fighting. U S wounded reached 1,086 as the death toll declined from recent weeks.
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Saigon
USS. Command
U.S
Airman Ejects and Seeks Asylum in Italy
A Hungarian air force pilot ejected from a Mig-15 over northern Italy and asked political asylum. His aircraft crashed on a deserted airfield after fuel ran low and landing on the short airstrip proved impossible.
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Udine
Italy
Today’s Index Comics Courthouse Crossword Daily Record
A compact page entry highlights sections including comics and puzzles with brief listings for courthouse items and a daily record. It notes death notices, editorials, features, farm and financial news, Marion society, films, sports, state and television, want ads, and other standard newspaper departments.
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Daily Record
Marion Movies Society
Nixon orders Vietnam force cut target to 400,000
Garden City NY AP report says President Nixon ordered the Pentagon to plan reducing U S forces in Vietnam to 400000 by Christmas. Newsday cites Flora Lewis noting the move is not final but sets a target and reflects Nixon's intention if no drastic changes occur. Some advisers advocate quicker action.
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Garden City
N.Y
Nixon
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Newsday
Long Island
Washington
Flora Lewis
Miss Lewis
Loopholes in Tax Reform Questioned
Treasury Secretary Kennedy warned that House tax reform leaves loopholes allowing wealthy individuals to pay little or no federal income tax. He said amendments would be proposed when Senate hearings begin September 4. Kennedy cautioned the bill could affect inflation and revenue in 1971 and beyond.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Kennedy
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Radiation leak reported from Nevada test explosion
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION said small doses of radiation leaked into the atmosphere from a low-yield underground nuclear test near Las Vegas. Readings were slightly higher than normal, but no radioactivity expected beyond the test area. The blast, under 20 000 tons of TNT, was the 14th of the year at the Nevada site.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Crash Kills C R Girl and 2 Kin Near Indianola
An elderly Indianola pair and their granddaughter died in a four miles north of Indianola crash on US 69. Donna Ripperger and two daughters were hospitalized in Des Moines. another driver Dion Duncan escaped injury. The Michaels girl was treated and released.
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Indianola
UPI
Here
U.S
Warren
William Mathews
Ted Thurlow
Opal
Kelly Maureen Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Mathews
Thurlows
Miss Wilson
Donna Ripperger
Susan
Sharon
Des Moines
Diana Michaels
Dayton Duncan
Duncan
Michaels
Nixon Toasts Apollo 11 Heroes at State Dinner
President Nixon saluted Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins as three brave men who lifted humanity toward new heights. The lavish State dinner in Los Angeles honored the Apollo 11 crew with medals, reflecting a day of national pride and unity as the journey to the moon was celebrated.
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Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Millenia
Tranquillity Base
New York
Chicago
Moon
America
At Peace with Himself Teddy Kennedy Quoted
Senator Edward Kennedy says he is privately at peace with himself about the Mary Jo Kopechne car crash death. He tells the Boston Globe interview he can live with himself and feels the tragedy of the girl's death, while denying basis for whispers and innuendoes about his political future. He acknowledges possible mistakes but cites legal restraints and rumor-filled atmosphere.
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Ward Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Matthew Storin
Boston Globe
Washington
Globe
Storm
Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Explorers End 31 Day Gulf Stream Deep Dive Mission
Six men completed a 31 day undersea exploration in the submersible Ben Franklin surfacing 440 miles southeast of Portland Maine aboard the Cook Inlet. The crew including Chester May NASA Kenneth Haigh British navy Jacques Piccard Donald Kazimir Edwin Aebersold and Frank Busby studied Gulf Stream dynamics at depths between 600 and 1800 feet over 1444 nautical miles. They faced an eddy spin near South Carolina and a swordfish encounter while noting sparse life and surplus oxygen and supplies after the voyage. Grumman estimates total mission cost around 5 million dollars.
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Washington
Gulf Stream
Portland
Maine
Coast Guard
Cook Inlet
Chester May
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kenneth Haigh
Jacques Piccard
Florida
Donald Kazimir
Edwin Aebersold
Frank Busby
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
L. I
Piccard
South Carolina
Privateer
Grumman
Troops Move Into Londonderry Amid Northern Ireland Rioting
British troops moved into Londonderry to halt sectarian rioting after a night of widespread violence. Southern Irish forces were deployed near the border to support hospitals and transport units as police and authorities sought to restore order.
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Londonderry
Ulster
Irish Republic
North
Britain
Guildhall
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Ian Harris
Bogside
Wilson
James Callaghan
England
John Cardinal Conway
Ireland
U.N
Dublin
Hospital Stay For Blaiberg
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Philip Blaiberg the world s longest surviving heart transplant patient was admitted to Groote Schuur hospital Thursday after a deterioration in his condition Blaiberg 60 has not been well for some time though he has been making regular outings with his wife Eileen.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Eileen
47 Missing Americans Reported Alive in Prison in North Vietnam
The Pentagon confirmed 47 Americans previously listed as missing in Vietnam are alive in North Vietnamese prisons. The confirmation comes from information provided by three newly released servicemen and other sources, according to a Defense Department spokesman.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Czech Army Vigil Ordered to Quell Anniversary Unrest
Prague reports the government declared a grave situation and ordered the army and militia to stand by for the first anniversary of the Soviet invasion. Four arrests in Mokry Haj for posters insulting the communist party and threats. Examinations postponed in Bohemia and Moravia to keep students away from cities during tense days.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Prague Radio
Mokry Haj
Communist Party
Bohemia and
Moravia
Ihe
Czech Ministry of Education
Chuckle: Crowded Schools Could Add Hooky Playing
A light quip notes fall enrollment may force schools to consider Hooky Playing as part of the curriculum. The joke reflects crowded classrooms and playful education reform.
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