South Viet forces may be cut off in northern front
North Vietnamese efforts slow troop supply to South Vietnamese fronts as a 20000 man Saigon task force fights to maintain control. U S naval fire targets supply points north of the DMZ while North Vietnamese and Chinese freighters fuel continued transshipment. Two American advisers die from mines near Kontum. a third wounded. South Vietnamese convoys face heavy shelling on Highway 1. Bong Son district town retaken by South Vietnamese forces as they push to reclaim Tam Quan and Hoai An. Refugees total about 8000 moved 15 miles south as government cadres assert presence.
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Saigon
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Kontum City
Bong Son
South Vietnam
Tam Quan
Hoai An
Chin
Soviet Venus 8 Likely Lands After 107 Minute Signal
Jodrell Bank observers report the unmanned Soviet Venus 8 spacecraft likely landed on Venus after a descent lasting 107 minutes. Sir Bernard Lovell noted the signals stopped at 11:22 am Greenwich time, suggesting either temporary loss of contact or touchdown on the planet’s surface.
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Jodrell ‘Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
Greenwich
Iowa
Venus
Girl, 17 Accused of Robbery in McKinney Case
A 17 year old girl was arrested at 2 35 a m Saturday on a robbery charge in McKinney. Juvenile Court Judge August Hongell issued a stay order pending determination of juvenile or adult status. Two men, Aaron Lamarr Doolin 21 and Joe Lee Lave 20, were charged with robbery with aggravation in connection with the Thursday night shooting in the 600 block of Twelfth Avenue SE. Doolin faces an open murder charge. investigators say more arrests are possible.
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Lovell
Aupigs
Elce
Remy
Hae Sal
Seoky US
Ar. McKinney
Kenneth Vantus
August Hongell Han
Vanous
Yanous
McKinney
Twelfth Avenue SE
Aaron Lamarr Doolin
Tenth Street 2 SE
Joe Lee Lave
Fifth Avenue SE
Doolin
Art
Bus Kills Six Children Sleeping By Roadside Near Seoul
Six children about ten years old, four boys and two girls, were killed when a bus veered onto the sidewalk to block a passing truck near Chungmu, two miles south of Seoul, police reported. The heat wave likely drove them to sleep by the roadside.
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Seoul
Chungmu
Russians Push Venus 18 Span as Descent Data Sought
The report notes uncertainty about rate of descent while crediting the Jong transmission with supplying the Russians extensive data on temperature pressure atmospheric composition and changes during the capsule’s descent Venus 18 launched March 27 in a soft landing attempt Venus 7 landed softly on December 15 1970 and transmitted signals for 23 minutes before being destroyed by incineration or crush Continued on page 2 column 8.
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Venus
Public relations stamp warns of dangerous envelope prank
Paducah Ky AP Shirley Williams, a public relations director, devised a stamp for external envelopes claiming that an opened envelope could release a water capsule and cause a dehydrated gorilla to jump out and hug the reader to death.
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Paducah, Ky
Paducah
Shirley Williams
Six States Sign Into Market Junior Partnership
In Brussels at Egmont Palace six West European nations Austria Iceland Portugal Sweden Switzerland and Liechtenstein sign a junior partnership to form a trading bloc within the Common Market. Finland is expected to sign later after a new government takes office in Helsinki. The pact allows for later full membership and carries conditions on trade and price systems.
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Brussels
Austria
Iceland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Finjland
Imetalied i Helsinki
Egmont Palace
Britain
Europe
Gamda
Wil Cmple
Dotien
British Troops Enter Belfast Catholic Strongholds
BELFAST AP reports British troops moved into Markets Lower Falls and Andersonstown in large scale operations amid heavy fire from IRA guerillas. The offensive comes after Friday bombings at train and bus stations and civilian targets killed 11 and wounded 11 plus multiple shootings. Military officials say many IRA suspects detained for interrogation and some casualties reported among gunmen in Ardoyne and Markets. A Protestant vigilante bombing hit a Catholic church in Portadown as IRA bombers intensified attacks across the province.
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Belfast
Bel-ifant
Qantiahte
Lower Falls
Andersonstown
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Portadown
Killyshea
Stabane
Tornadoes and Severe Storms Hit New England and NYC Area
Rare New England tornadoes cut narrow damaging paths through Chelmsford Tyngsboro in Massachusetts and through New Hampshire towns. A lightning strike killed a Long Island 15 year old. Power outages affected about 27 000 customers in New York Queens and 10 000 in Massachusetts as trees and lines toppled.
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New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York City
Chelmsford-Tyngsboro
Long Island
Ohio
Ohio River
Fey
Canaan
Enfield
N.H
New York
Queens
Tractor Overturns Killing Farmer 76 in Belle Plaine Field
Clifford Mall 76 of rural Belle Plaine was killed Friday when his tractor overturned in a field three miles north of town. His wife reported him missing at dinner time. a son Bruce found the body. Cause of death listed as shock. Survived by wife and son. Services Monday at 1 30 PM at Petters Halverson funeral home.
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Gazelle Belle Plaine
Clifford, Mall
Belle Plaine
Bruce
Mr. Mail
Opal Greenlee
Petters - Halverson
Fank Squashes Car Four Die on Autobahn
MERNBERG AP A West German family of four was killed when a U S army tank miscontrolled and swerved into oncoming traffic on the autobahn. The tank, from the Third Armored Division, malfunctioned while traveling in a convoy. An army rescue helicopter airlifted one victim to hospital but life could not be saved.
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Mernberg
Srevires
Injo
Third Armored Division
Youth Drowns Near Millersburg in Lake Iowa
Randall Joe Berstler 17 of rural North English drowned Friday evening while outing with two friends near Millersburg. He slipped into a deep hole in Lake Iowa and disappeared before rescuers could reach him. a man in a nearby camper retrieved the body. Born September 9, 1954, he would have been a Deep River-Millersburg high school senior. Surviving: Harold and unnamed mother, two sisters Verla Rutherford of Rose Hill and Marsha Elaine at home, maternal grandmother Noble King of Wellman, paternal grandmother Viola Berstler of Williamsburg. Services set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. United Methodist Church, Millersburg. friends may call after 1 p.m. Saturday at Bestel funeral home, North English.
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Garwine Millersberg
Randall Joe Berstler
Lake
Iowa
Here
Randall J. Berstler
Williamsburg
Deep River-Millersburg
Harold Berstler
Verla Rutherford
Rose Hill
Marsha Elaine
Noble King of
Wellman
Viola Berstleroff
United Methodist Church
Miltersburg
Funeral Home
North English
Taps Spiro Again For Running Mate
President Nixon selected Vice President Spiro Agnew to run with him, a decision announced after meetings at the White House. Ziegler said Agnew would travel to Oregon for GOP meetings and then Alaska before Spokane, Washington, and noted the choice followed the Democratic convention.
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Waslington
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Ronald Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Camp David
Treasury
John B. Connally
John N. Mitchell
Agnew
Maryland
Jacob Javits
New York
Portland
Ore
G.O.P
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Spokane
Wash
Biegler
Robert Dale
Clark MacGregor
Hugh Scott
Gerald Ford
Francis Dale
Dote
10 Inch Rain Floods Central Minnesota Roads
Central Minnesota rivers and roads suffered over 10 inches of rainfall with floods worst around St. Cloud Brainerd Lake Mille Lac and Todd county. Roads were closed by water and mudslides many travelers halted at Long Prairie Little Falls and Milaca while a hospital in Little Falls opened nursing quarters to stranded people.
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Minnesota
St. Cloud
Brainerd
Lake Mille Lac
Todd County
Perez
Little Falls
Motley
Randall
Elk River
Long Prairie
Milaca
McGovern Issues Debate Challenge
Senator George McGovern challenged President Nixon to a series of nationally televised face to face debates. He urged Nixon to use influence on Capitol Hill to win passage of legislation suspending equal time requirements to allow the two major party candidates to debate without fringe candidates.
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Custer
S.D
UPI
George McGovern
Nixon
Capitol Hill
McGovern
Fragmented fashion fragment hints at dress style comeback
A garbled note references a woman admiring a dress and pondering if a certain style will return, hinting at evolving fashion trends and public interest in vintage attire. The text shows incomplete phrases and misread words, offering only a fleeting snapshot of a style discussion.
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Robert Sird
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