Firefighters battle 19 major fires across five states
The AP reports more than 6,000 firefighters across five states fought 19 major fires with several contained in Montana and Washington. Arson is suspected at some sites while resources moved from the East, New Mexico, and Arizona. Timber losses value in the millions were threatened as efforts continued.
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Dick Klade
Klade
Interagency
Boise
Idaho
Cali+ton
Tdaho
Forma
Montana
Yosemite National Forest
Cherry Reservoir
Francisco
John Haterson
East
New Mexico
Arizona
Change Seen In Cambodia Red Strategy Near Kompong Cham
Cambodian communist forces push from the sides toward the isolated city of Kompong Cham as Khmer Rouge tactics shift after a U S incident halt. Rebels threaten the Mekong river front while government garrisons retreat and an airlift supports Neak Luong hospital plans.
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Cambodia
Phnom Pena
Komponue Cham
Khmer Rouge
U. S
Phnom Penh
Trveung
Kompong Cham
Skoun
Doub That
Battambang
Conrad Aiken, Poet, Is Dead in Georgia
Savanna AP reports 84 year old poet Conrad Aiken died in a nursing home after a presumed heart attack. He won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and, with his wife, had just returned from a walk when he collapsed. Aiken published poetry, essays and short stories and his volume Selected Poems won the Pulitzer.
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Savanna
Conrad Aiken
Aiken
Alken
Mtn
Fiery Monterrey Crash Kills 16 on Bus Car Tr to Lino
A fiery collision on the Monterrey Mancloya Highway left 16 dead and 41 injured, including four Americans from Chicago and El Paso. A bus hit a car and a taller truck after gasoline spilled and ignited. The bus crew mostly perished, with the car driver among the dead.
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Montehrey
Mexico
Red Cross
Ludwings Berganl
Chicago
Esperanza
Llyira Nerandea Canty
Rosa Mira Liano
el Paso
Texas
Monterrey
Mancloya
Busengere
Bcy
Highway Poliee
Tuck
Former Senator Walters Dies in Knoxville at 81
Former U S senator Herbert Walters, aged 81, dies in Knoxville Tennessee. Walters served as a Democrat with a lengthy political career. His passing marks the end of an era in Tennessee politics.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Herbert $. Walters
U.S
Aethye Min
Girl Mauled by Alligator in Lake Dies in Florida
A 11- month- old girl died after being mauled by an alligator while swimming in a lake near Sarasota. The father described watching in terror as the animal grabbed his daughter's hair and pulled her underwater before rescuers could act. Autopsy confirmation would classify the event as Florida’s first documented alligator fatality.
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Bakasota
Fla
Florida
Bert Holmes
Sharon
Oscar Sherer
Sarasota
Indians Force Scout Dancing Hall at Fair
Des Moines reports that the Miligwa Scout dancers, a longtime Iowa State fair feature, were dropped after ATM accusations of cultural insult. The fair board agreed to hire real Indians for the Indian Village while not granting free admission demands, ending a four hour confrontation with ATM leaders and Gov. Ray present.
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Jerry Marsener
DES Moines
UPI
Roy Seaulg
Fair Board
ATM
Seoul
AIM
Fair
Kenneth Palk
Ue Scouls
Slick
Petite
Idhat
Fairgrounds
Robert D. Ray
Food Stamp Rule Allows Imported Meat Purchases
Low income residents will soon use food stamps to buy imported meat after the agriculture department rescinded the old ban. The change, part of the new farm bill signed by President Nixon, aims to ease access to hamburger amid shortages, sparking delays in full rollout and a protest from Rep. Mezvinsky.
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al Sweghe
Agriculture Department
Washington
Farm Hill
Nixon
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Social Services
Dick Clark
Edward Mezvinsky
Dem
Agriculture
Earl Buta
Mozvinsky
Diight Moritz
The
Gazette
Agricultine
Gardeits
Federal Register
Rights Group Rebukes Ted Kennedy for Political Opportunism
INDIANAPOLIS AP The Southern Christian Leadership Conference rebuked Sen Edward Kennedy for political opportunism after he presented an Americanism award to Alabama Gov George Wallace on July 4 The group denounced the action as a derisive betrayal during a time of national crisis and electoral leadership amid racism and mob rule In Beirut AP a Marxist Palestinian guerrilla group denounced Libyan leader Mouammar Khadafy as a fascist tyrant polluting regional politics.
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Indianapolis
Southern Chistian Leadership Conference
Edward Kennedy
Broad-Scale Plan Outlined to Conquer Cancer
Washington AP describes a White House released blueprint for a national cancer program projecting over 1 billion dollars annually by 1978. The plan spans basic research to treatment for survivors, outlining seven fronts including prevention, early detection, and improved rehabilitation while noting costs are planning estimates.
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Washington
White House
National Cancer Institute
Smoky heat hinders rescue at Hecla copper mine
In Casa Grande Arizona intense heat and smoke from a roive five tunnel halted efforts to reach two men trapped 1200 feet underground at Hecla Mining Co. on the Papago Reservation south of town. Six five man rescue teams with oxygen tanks retreated as temperatures held. One trapped man was identified as David Deer, another unnamed. Debris and fire followed a tunnel wall collapse during drilling as crews tried to reach the victims. The mine, a $224 million development, employs about 1100 and aimed for full production next year.
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Casa Grande
Ariz
Hecla Mining Co
Papago
Here
Dilek Glover
The
Ming
David Deer
Hedward Mavelhurst
Dave ‘Threasher
Edward Roy
Glover
Walla
Buti
Heela
Manile
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