Air Raids Cut 9 Bridges in North Vietnam
American fighter-bombers conducted a record 340 strikes against North Vietnam on Tuesday, destroying at least nine railroad bridges on the northwest line and between Hanoi and Haiphong. Laser-guided bombs confirmed bridge demolitions near Hanoi, with the closest bridge to China 45 miles away.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Northwest
China
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Air Force
Peking
Midway
Hai Duong
Soviet President Podgorny visits Calcutta ahead of Hanoi trip
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrived in Calcutta en route to Hanoi amid speculation he seeks a peace mission in Vietnam. Diplomats saw the visit as possibly linked to a U S Soviet understanding at Nixon’s Moscow summit, though no solid proof emerged.
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Calcutta
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
Moscow
Podgorny
Vietnam
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
North Vietnam
America
South Vietnam
U.S
Stocks Make Strong Gain
New York AP report shows substantial gains in active trading as investors welcomed encouraging international news developments. The Dow Jones average stood at 948 after a 9.71 rise from earlier levels with advances outpacing declines by nearly three to one on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Kissinger Set for Four Day Visit to Peking Next Week
Washington says Henry Kissinger, the United States national security adviser, will travel to Communist China for four days from June 19 to 23 for concrete consultations with Chinese leaders. The aim is to further normalize relations and exchange views on shared issues with Premier Chou En-lai and top foreign ministry officials.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
China
White House
Peking
U.S
Ronald Ziegler
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Foreign Ministry
Central Taiwan flash floods kill ten, leave six missing
Ten people died and six others were reported missing after flash floods swept through central Taiwan on Monday and Tuesday. More than 2,000 residents were left homeless as waters surged, affecting multiple counties and prompting emergency rescues and relief efforts.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Soviets Reduce Naval Concentration Off Vietnam
Washington AP reports Pentagon sources say about 13 Soviet surface ships submarines and oilers have loosened their hold in two sea groups 600 to 700 miles east of Vietnam. A guided missile destroyer and frigate drifted toward the Sea of Japan likely bound for Vladivostok. Another destroyer and an oiler sailed southwest toward the Indian Ocean.
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Washington
South China Sea
United States
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Sea of Japan
Vladivostok
Russia
Brezhnev to Present Nixon With 28-Foot Speedboat
Nixon to receive a 28 foot hydrofoil speedboat from Leonid Brezhnev as a souvenir of their Moscow summit talks. The White House has no date for delivery. Nixon rode a hydrofoil on the Moskva river with Brezhnev and was given a small model earlier in the visit.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
White House
Moskava
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Flood Missing Count Drops After Rapid City Broadcast
In Rapid City South Dakota 1200 missing persons were reduced to about 800 after a marathon five hour radio broadcast listing 2000 names. Officials said rescue work would resume with dog teams and riders along Rapid Creek as the death toll held at 203 and focus shifted to locating those still unaccounted for. Volunteers aided the displaced while authorities urged cash donations and noted many phone lines and services remained out and drinking water was unsafe.
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Rapid City
S. D
UPI
Black Hills
Louis Lobes
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
First Road Pact to Black Firm By Dale Kueter
Ames authorities announce the Iowa highway commission awarded its first contract to a black owned company. Steed Brothers Construction Co. of Omaha won a $14,000 demolition project in Council Bluffs for Highway 92 upgrades. Brothers Melvin and Henry Steed lead a five member operation, seeking to expand black contracting in the Midwest and aid in bid qualification.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Steed Brothers Construction Co., Inc
Omaha
Melvin
Henry Steed
Council Bluffs
Steed Brothers
Mel Steed
Henry
Mel
Operating Engineers Union
Nebraska
Small Business Administration
Steed
Midwest
Henry Bagby, Jr
Equal
Bagby
Highway Commission
Governor Defends Cloud Seeding Amid Rapid City Floods
South Dakota Governor Richard Kneip dismissed cloud seeding as a cause of the Rapid City flood. He called suggestions that dispersing salt from one airplane caused 12 inches of rain in hours ridiculous, asserting the downpour was nature’s.
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Rapid City
S. D
UPI
South Dakota
Richard Kneip
Kneip
Black Hills
Edict Goes Into Effect End of '72
Hawkeye Realty, Inc. of Cedar Rapids wins a Linn County District Court ruling that the Choose Your Neighbor cards were not discriminatory. Judge Louis W. Schultz found the cards not discriminatory unless used to deprive minorities of housing rights, reversing a Civil Rights Commission order and dismissing the complaint. A separate note covers a DDT ban by the EPA effective end of 1972, with limited U.S. uses allowed for storage crops and a warning on environmental and health risks.
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C.R. Realty Firm Wins
Cedar Rapids News
Hawkeye Realty, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Louis W. Schultz
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Hawkeye Realty
Civil Rights Commission
District Court
Schultz
The
Rights Commission
Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ruckelshaus
Shaver Found Guilty in Supervisor Gift Case
Isaac Shaver a sales rep for Herman M Brown Co was convicted Tuesday by a Benton county district court of giving gifts and gratuities to Iowa county officials in connection with a $30000 road grader sale The verdict followed three hours of jury deliberation and centered on meals and cocktails bought for officials at the Ox Yoke Inn Amana Colonies on March 11 and 13 1969 Sentencing was scheduled for June 29 at 11 30 a m
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Vinton
Isaac Shaver
Herman M. Brown Co
Iowa County
Benton County District Court
Shaver
E Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Lewis McMeen
Iowa
Brown Company
William Sueppel
Iowa City
Ox Yoke
Amana
Theodore Lane
Lane
Board of Supervisors
Brown
Ox Yoke Inn
Parole Board Frees Dubuque Man in Chief’s Murder Case
Gov. Robert Ray said he cannot overturn an Iowa parole board decision to release William Sweeney of Dubuque after three years in prison for the Bellevue police chief murder. He will seek a report on the ruling despite concerns over the board’s exclusive authority.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Ray
Iowa Parole Board
Dubuque
Bellevue
State Parole Board
William Sweeney
Ray
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Moc Hoa
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Francis J. Benning
Rapid Creek
Man
Marshall Young
Pennington County District
By Dale Kueter
Fish Story
Rochester, Minn
C. R. Fish
Herring
Vince Herring
Rochester Swim Club
William B. Mead
Rachel Carson
Miss Carson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Sueppel
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