Apollo 11 Crews Dine with Nixon for Nixon Dinner Night
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins will join President Nixon for a televised dinner event in Los Angeles along with 1600 guests. Including Charles Lindbergh Jack Benny Don Ho Gene Autry and all 50 governors and wives, the century plaza hotel hosts the festivities funded by government sources.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Benny
Don Ho
Gene Autry
Return of 1011th Supply and Service Company in Topeka
More than 150 wives and relatives greet members of the 1011th Supply and Service Company as they return from Vietnam to Forbes Air Force Base. The unit, with crews in Independence and Emporia Kansas, arrived in two C14 jet troop carrier planes after departing Bien Hoa near Saigon. They had been a Thailand support unit and were activated May 13, 1968 after the Pueblo crisis.
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Topeka
1011Th Supply and Service Company
Army Reserve
Vietnam
Forbes Air Force Base
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Independence
Kan
Emporia
Thailand
Detroit Gun Fight Lands Former Patient in Court
Lynn W. Blackwell, 35, a former mental patient, faces assault with intent to murder charges after a gun fight wounded five police officers and a neighbor. He surrendered to police after barricading himself in his northwest Detroit home with a newly bought shotgun.
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Detroit
Lynn W. Blackwell
Detroit General Hospital
Blackwell
Six Children Die in Arkansas House Fire
In Russellville Arkansas six children aged 1 to 10 perished when a two bedroom frame house burned Sunday three miles south of town. Autopsy planned in Little Rock. Parents Charles Ray and Mrs Ketcherside escaped unharmed and were treated for shock. Authorities say foul play is not suspected.
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Russellville
Ark
Here
Little Rock
Ready Lee Ketcherside
Connie Louise
Aaron
Sheila
Dennis
Michael
Otto Brinkman
Charles Ray Ketcherside
Ohio Guards Move From Tornado Zone After Relief Patrols
Several hundred Ohio National Guardsmen left Hamilton County as authorities prepared to seek federal disaster aid for tornado stricken suburbs. Four killed, 264 injured, damage put at 15 million dollars. Governor Rhodes announced plans for disaster assistance after the weekend storm.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
CBS agrees to end cigarette ads if Congress acts
CBS says it will end broadcast cigarette advertising by December 31 if Congress approves the plan. Network president Frank Stanton says the move is unfair to networks as advertisers could shift to print. CBS notes cigarette ads make up about 10 percent of revenue while ABC rejects the plan. London markets open with no wild moves as speculators trade West German marks Belgian francs and pounds after devaluation.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Congress
Frank Stanton
CBS
Broadcasting Magazine
American Broadcasting Company
National Broadcasting Company
London
Europe
Brussels
Eight Green Berets Charged in Vietnam Slaying Case
American attorney George Gregory claims the Vietnamese man linked to the case was a double agent for the North Vietnamese army. The eight Green Berets, including Maj. Thomas C. Middleton Jr., face charges tied to a June 20 killing near the Nha Trang Special Forces HQ, while Middleton is said to be confined at Long Binh stockade.
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Saigon
U.S. Army
Green Beret
George Gregory
Cheraw, S.C
CNC
Gregory
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Col
Ed V. Hendren
Adjutant General Staff
U.S. Army Vietnam
Long Binh
Sayng
Special Forces
Nha Trang
Maj
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, S.C
Fighting across Indochina frontiers leaves 38 American dead
Reports from Saigon indicate 38 U.S. servicemen killed in 24 hours across Cambodian Laotian and demilitarized zone fronts marking the heaviest toll since a lull in June. In New Mexico James P. Shannon, former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop, vows to stay in the church despite marrying. a colleague says the nuptials trigger automatic excommunication.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Kustom Signals Formed To Make Law Enforcement Gear
Kustom Electronics announces a new subsidiary Kustom Signals to produce advanced traffic radar units and other law enforcement equipment. Production will occur at the main plant with initial focus on an electric siren emergency lighting and in vehicle computer speed detectors. Sales will be national with a 30 person sales force and 15 to 20 assembly line staff within two years.
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Kustom Signals
Ed Sergent
Sergent
Ohio
Kustom Electronics
Jack Fritzlen
Prairie Village
Kansas City
NASA to Orbit ATS 5 Satellite From Cape Kennedy
NASA plans to launch the ATS 5 satellite from Cape Kennedy at 6 53 a m EDT carrying 13 experiments including a gravity guided stabilization system and L band and millimeter wave communications tests aimed at improving aircraft location and space communications over oceans. The 1 987 pound craft will reach a 22 300 mile high circular orbit above the equator over South America, allowing it to hover over a fixed ground spot.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Applications Technology
South America
Earth
ATS 5
Sys
Moon
Farming Situation Critical Highlighted By Cooperative Leader
J H Dean of Hutchinson Kansas told farmers at Midcontinent and Missouri Farmers Associations that the cost price gap jeopardizes the industry and may force Kansas farmers off the land. He warned large corporations could dominate if changes aren’t made. The city commission plans a 7 30 pm meeting at Memorial Building to discuss housing paying and appointment of a city attorney.
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Columbia, Mo
Kansas
City Commission
Memorial Building
Senate approves gas and germ weapons control
The Senate approved tighter controls on testing storage and transport of chemical and biological weapons in a 91 to 0 vote. The measure, an amendment to the military procurement bill, requires prior defense and surgeon general approval for open air tests, foreign storage notification, and detoxification of lethal weapons before shipment.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Secretary of Defense
United States
Secretary of State
Surgeon General
Congress
Goodell
Intercepted Letter Raises Spy Trade Insecurity
An intercepted letter to Cha notes an element of insecurity in the spying trade, suggesting vulnerabilities in intelligence operations and communications. The fragment hints at concerns over trust and risk within espionage practices.
Hollywood Slayer Sought After Tate Killings
Police chased a suspect in the Sharon Tate killings as another couple was found slain at a nearby Hollywood home in a similar fashion. The LaBiancas were identified as victims with blood messages reported on a refrigerator and door, while a 19-year-old caretaker linked to the Tate case faced questioning.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Bryce Houchin
Hollywood
Leno A. LaBianca
Troy Donahue
LaBianca
Miss Tate
Pel Air
Bel Air
Benedict Canyon
Helder
Polanski
Leidon
Beny
Meeny
Miney
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Cecil Watts
Dale Wall
Don Brinkman
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Kustom Electronic
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John Stennis
D-Miss
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Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Charles Goodell
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