Cambodia Retakes Two Strongholds
Cambodian government forces reclaim the Siem Reap airfield in the northwest and drive Viet Cong and North Vietnamese from central Kompong Thom. Sporadic fighting continues near Angkor ruins as air support shifts reinforcements by land and sea. The Thai government debates reinforcing Siem Reap with its Black Panther Division, while Nixon’s fact-finding team wraps up in Saigon and heads home.
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Phnom Penh
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Kompong Thom
Angkor
Battambang
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
Bangkok
Black Panther
South Vietnam
Saigon
White House
Herb Klein
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Klein
Shafer
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Hawaii
TV Emmy Winners Highlight Marcus Welby and Room 222
The 1970 Emmy awards honor Marcus Welby M D and Room 222 with three wins each, while My World and Welcome to It and Hope Lange capture comedy and drama prizes. Michael Constantine and Karen Valottine are noted among Room 222 stars as standout performers. The telecast from Century Plaza Hotel and Carnegie Hall featured Dick Cavett hosting and showcased the event’s mix of emotion and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Marcus Welby
Room 222
NBC
Miss Lange
Robert Young
Peter Astinay
Young
James One
Ustinay
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Century Plaza
Los Angeles
Carnegie Hall
New York
Dick Cavett
Michael Constantine
Karen Valottine
Try To Resume Penebec IBEW Contract Talks
A federal mediator seeks to restart contract talks between Pennsylvania Electric Co. and about 1,750 striking workers after a May 27 strike and a rejected two year offer. Non union and supervisory staff restored service after weekend storms, Penelec serves 450,000 customers in 33 counties.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Electric Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Pennsylvania Electric
Pennsylvania
Penelec
Utility Workers of America
Zigmund Kosnik
Erie
Corry
Union City
Two Men Charged In Wickes Lumber Theft
State Police charged Albert Ackerman and William Wood with burglary and larceny in the Wickes Lumber theft at Saegertown on May 24. Ackerman, 31, of Meadville, was arraigned and committed to Crawford County Jail in lieu of 10,000 dollars bail with a June 16 hearing tentatively set. Wood, of Saegertown, already held on another charge, will be read the charges today. The report notes ten blank checks and cash from coin machines were stolen and an Ardis Dress and Beauty Shop theft yielded 1,669 dollars. Police describe the suspect as white, about five foot eleven, brown hair, mustache, blue and white jersey and blue trousers.
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Meadville
Wickes Lumber and Building Supplies Center
Saegertown
Albert Ackerman
Wesley L. Sliter
Ackerman
Crawford County
William Wood
Police Star
Astraight
Ardis
Meadville Plaza
U S Pays Funds for Thai Troops in Vietnam Secret Pact
A Senate subcommittee disclosed testimony about a secret U S Thailand agreement under which Bangkok sent 10 000 troops to Vietnam in exchange for 200 million dollars. The pact was signed Nov 9 1967 and involved training, equipment, and overseas allowances plus missiles and increased aid.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Thailand
Bangkok
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Senate Foreign Relations
William P. Rogers
Cambodia
U.S
Symington
Rogers
Nixon
Johnson
NATO Plots Against Soviet Weapons
Venice reports U S Defense Secretary Melvin R Laird and six NATO defense ministers discuss Soviet nuclear capabilities and countermeasures for a European war based on intelligence. The two day meeting in Venice aims to study Soviet replies to first use of tactical nuclear weapons and reassess European defense needs into the 1970s.
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Venice
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Laird
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Turkey
NATO
Europe
Brussels
France
Iceland
Engine 3 Piston Failure Forces Fire Truck Out of Service
Engine 3 of Corry’s Fire Department, a 1955 American LaFrance pumper from Station 2, blew a piston near Union City while en route to a firefighting school. The 12 cylinder unit, recently overhauled, may be replaced rather than repaired, ending its service for months with replacement costs pegged around 35 000 dollars. City engineer David Johnson notes no insurance coverage due to mechanical failure and decisions on local versus factory work are pending.
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Corry
Whinboro
Union City
Stanford Hose Company
David Johnson
Three Youngsters Treated At Hospital
Three youngsters were treated and released at Corry Memorial Hospital over the weekend for assorted injuries. Saturday Edward Jr. aged 4 was hit by a swing at Mead Park. Lonnie aged 3 fell from a bike and lacerated his forehead. Ronald aged 9 received a bruise and scrape on the left cheek when hit by a baseball.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Edward Jr
Edward Clifton, Sr
Jamestown
Mead Park
Lonnie
Barbara Perrin
R.D
Corry
Ronald
Marion Mack
East
Washington Street
Ten Die In Area Road Crashes Yesterday
Ten persons died in area highway crashes yesterday. Five killed in a two car collision near Ashtabula Ohio, three at Cochranton, one near Dewittville New York, and one at Russell. Corry State Police reported only two weekend accidents locally with a Centerville man treated at Union City Hospital for cuts and bruises after a crash on Route 1 at about 430 am. The Wright car suffered about 200 dollars in damage. Trooper Buckshaw noted charges are pending.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Cochranton
Dewittville
N.Y
Russell
Corry
Centerville
Union City Hospital
Wayne R. Wright
R.D
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George Murphy
California
Kompong
North Vietnam
IBEW
Laos
YMCA
Corry Area
Chamber of Commerce
Res
McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Carl Buckshaw
Wright
Feever al Guarde
Concranton
Gregory Lessig
Allentown
Jeff
Robert Hill
Hill
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