South Viet Troops Hit In Mistake Near Hue
SAIGON AP Forty nine soldiers in a South Vietnamese infantry company were killed or wounded after a North Vietnamese assault and a mistaken U.S. bombing into government lines near Hue. U.S. jets dropped 500 pound bombs into South Vietnamese positions, killing eight and wounding 25. The Saigon command reported another death and 15 wounded as the unit endured 1,000 North Vietnamese mortar rounds and ground attack. The battle occurred northeast of Pirebase Bastogne, about eight miles southwest of Hue, the fifth American bombing incident since July 4 with 19 South Vietnamese dead and 76 wounded. Field officers blamed close quarters fighting and confused maneuvering amid many U.S. planes in the air. A South Vietnamese marine unit repulsed an assault near Quang Tri City. Two helicopters were shot down in the Mekong delta. An American officer was listed as missing. Only one of three district capitals recaptured in central coastal Binh Dinh province remained under government control.
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Hue
Pirebase Bastogne
Quang Tri City
Mekong
Binh Dinh
Ransom Paid for Virginia Piper but Wife Not Yet Returned
Minneapolis hush over kidnap case as John Morrison confirms ransom paid for Virginia Piper, wife of Harry C. Piper Jr. She was abducted Thursday from Orono suburb. Authorities silent on details and warning of possible drugged, hidden victim. Morrison describes Piper as white haired, 49, 123 pounds, five feet seven, appealing to kidnappers for contact.
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Virginia Piper
Harry C
Piper, Jr
John Morrison
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Morrison
FBI
Reaa
Nixon Meany in Round of Golf at Burning Tree
President Nixon played a rare round at Burning Tree in Bethesda with George Meany and Treasury Secretary Shultz after an expected pairing with Secretary of State Rogers. The event showed Meany’s AFT-CIO union breaking tradition by withholding endorsement from Nixon's opponent.
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Bethesda, Md
Nixon
Aft-Cio
George Meany
Rogers
Burning Tree Country Club
Washington
Meany
Treasury
Shultz
Polf
Former Wife of Stevenson Dies at 84 in Indiana
Ellen Borden Stevenson, 84, ex-wife of Adlai Stevenson and former Illinois governor nominee, died Friday of cancer in Hammond Indiana. Married in 1928 and divorced in 1949, she is survived by her mother Mrs John Alden Carpenter of Beverly Mass and three sons Adlai SH a US senator John of San Francisco and Borden of New York.
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Hammond, Ind
Ellen Borden Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Wallenda Troupe Member Dies In High Wire Act
Richard Guzman, 29, a member of the Flying Wallendas, fell 60 feet during a high wire act in Wheeling West Virginia. He died hours after the fall from head injuries. The Osiris Shrine circus was performing. Guzman was Karl Wallenda’s son in law and related to the Wallenda family’s tragic history with the act.
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W. Va
Richard Guzman
Flying Wallendas
Guzman
Karl Wallenda
Wallends
Dieter Schepp
Dateoit
Mario Wallenda
Karl
Sson
Sarasota
Fla
Gunther Wallenda
Act
Ah Yee
Wallenda
Wheeling Island
Gunther
Yetta Wallenda
Omaha
Hus
Harry
Arthur Grotefeni
Croft
Three Fort Dodge Teens Die In Train Collision
In Fort Dodge Iowa three teenagers were killed when their car struck the engine of a North Western freight train four miles northeast of the city Friday night. Victims named Diane Hensley 14 Marcia Wiedenfeld 17 Richard Wiedenfeld 18 Lori Christopher 17. Driver Susan Johnson 16 seriously injured. Greg Jennon 18 transferred to Des Moines hospital in critical condition. Calvin Askeland 18 in satisfactory condition.
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Here
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Don Hensley
Marcia Wiedenfeld
Edmonds
Richard J. Wiedenfeld
Lori Ee Christopher
Susan Jean Johnson
Two Koreans Executed for North Korea Spying
Seoul officials said two South Koreans accused of spying for North Korea were hanged Friday. The justice ministry announced the executions on Saturday.
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Seoul
North Korea
Justice Ministry
McGovern Eagleton Set Monday Meeting on Ticket
McGovern and Eagleton planned a Monday evening meeting in Washington to discuss Eagleton staying on the ticket. Eagleton reiterated his intent to remain on the ticket while not ruling out withdrawal, amid pressure over his past psychiatric treatment and late disclosure.
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Eagleton
San Francisco
Thomas Eapleton
George McGovern
Washington
Eapleton
Nab Missing Witness in Calley Case
Tulsa AP Charles Gruver 27 key missing witness in Calley case arrested on a perjury warrant filed in Pryor Oklahoma He testified during Calley case amid efforts for a new trial based on his statements Gruver previously faced a second degree burglary charge in June 19 and was cleared His arrest record spans several states with varied offenses and prison terms Gruver’s absence is cited by Calley defense as crucial to testimony about a command to kill civilians at My Lai
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Charles Gruver
William Calley
Pryor
Okla
Gruver
Stotesbury
Imo
Washington
Calley
My Lai
Graver
California
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Colorado
Ernest Medina
Army
Nixon Psychiatric Visits at Doctor Hutschnecker Revealed
Washington report outlines Nixon's long association with Dr Arnold Hutschnecker, his psychiatrist in New York City from the 1950s to the 1980s. It recounts witness recollections, a 1968 Pearson inquiry, denials, and the doctor’s statements that Nixon showed no mental illness.
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Tom Eagleton
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Arnold Hutschnecker
New York City
Harrie van Horn
Dratschmecker
Herb Klein
Pearson
Hutschnecker
Ron Ziegler
New York Times
Mr. Nixon
Governor Wallace Rules Out Draft Route for 1972 Bid
Governor George Wallace announced he would not run for President and could not accept a draft if the American Party offered it. He cited doctors’ advice limiting campaign activity for health reasons. The statement notes he is not a candidate and may not support any nominee, including McGovern. The address recalls his 1972 Democratic bid was halted by an assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland.
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Gates
McGovern
Sen
Eagleton
South da
Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Wallace
Spain Rehabilitation Center
George McGovern
Laurel
Fischer Threatened Nonappearance Before Ninth Chess Tilt
In Reykjavik, AP reports Bobby Fischer faced pressure not to attend game nine as claims emerged that he had been deceived about eighth game filming. Gudmundur Thorarinssen relayed Fischer’s concerns via Fred Cramer, while referee Lothar Schmid refused to apologize for cameras. The US broadcaster reportedly halted filming amid the dispute.
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Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Icelandic
Chess Federation
Gudmunder Thorarinssen
Fred Cramer
Lhallenger
Fischer
Lothar Schmid
West Germany
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