Ben Het Special Forces Camp Under Siege in Central Highlands
North Vietnamese forces assault Ben Het camp and two outposts 260 miles northeast of Saigon. About 2 000 enemy attackers besiege the site amid heavy shelling. one American killed and five wounded at the artillery position. Casualties also reported among government irregulars. The siege has persisted for two months despite U S air and ground assaults.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Ben Het
U.S
Green Beret
Dedication of Corry Memorial long term care wing
More than 200 people gathered at Corry Memorial Hospital for the dedication of the new long term care wing. Congressman Joseph Vigorito gave the principal address and described the structure as a memorial to local residents who conceived and built it. A steel box with articles was placed in the cornerstone. The unit is now in use. Chicago police reported a burglary suspect captured red handed and naked outside a liquor store after sliding down an ice chute to enter the store for ice.
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Corry Memorial
Joseph Vigorito
Corry
Chicago
Burger Sworn In As 17th Supreme Court Justice
President Nixon swore in Warren Burger as the 17th chief justice in a brief ceremony marking Earl Warren's retirement. The transition highlights a shift from Warren's liberal era to Burger's strict constitutional approach and a law and order legacy.
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Burger
Supreme Court
Washington
Earl Warren
Warren
Warren JB. Burger
Nixon
Presi
Dent
Minnesota
Senate
Abe Fortas
California
White House
Constitutionalaw
Eisenhower
Warren Court
Tornadoes Kill Five and Injure Dozens in Missouri Belt
Five people died and about 30 were seriously or lightly hurt as tornadoes struck near Old Mines and Farmington Missouri. Homes were destroyed and a family trapped inside a collapsed dwelling. Hospitals treated around 35 injuries as outages and a communications blackout hampered response. Farther north another tornado cluster in central Kansas injured about 100 and caused over 10 million in damage.
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Old Mines
Missouri
St. Louia
Roy Pratt
Francis
Pratt
Jacob
Herman Hurst
Farmington
Carbondale
U.S. 67
Farmington Community Hospital
Clyde Boyer
Ironton
Potosi
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Kansas
Charge Youth In Killing Of Area Girl
AP report states Howard H. Martin 18 of Chester was arraigned in Johnstown on a murder charge. The 19 year old victim Georgia Ann Miller of Connellsville was found suffocated and raped near the Pennsylvania State Rehabilitation Center for the physically handicapped. Autopsy says she died since midnight Saturday. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
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Johnstown
Howard H. Martin
Chester
Cambria County
Florence Head
Martin
Pennsylvania State Rehabilitation Center For
Georgia Ann Miller
Conneautville
Crawford County
Joseph J. Govekar
Govekar
Miss Miller
Doctors Abusing Lab Test Billing Allegations Rise
An AMA report details doctors charging for tests they do not perform, describing physicians exploiting patients and profiting from 12 tests at up to 54 dollars each. The report notes patient bills averaging eighty dollars with substantial physician profit, and cites ethical concerns raised by doctors and patients to the AMA.
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Chicago
AMA
New York
Laird and Helms Called to Testify on Soviet Missile Progress
In a closed Senate session, Defense Secretary Laird and CIA Director Helms were summoned to address the Soviet missile program. Debate focuses on MIRV tests and ABM defenses with supporters insisting U S testing continues while critics urge moratoriums.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laird
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
D-Ark
Moscow
Helms
Tulbright
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Mundt
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
NYC Signs 16 More Local Youths
Representatives of the Neighborhood Youth Corps a federally funded program for employment of young people signed up another 16 youths Friday at an interviewing session in the Municipal Building. James Bailey of GECAC said Corry can accommodate nine more youths 14 or older.
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Neighborhood Youth Corps
James Bailey
Greater Erie Community Action Committee
GECAC
Corry
Bailey
NYC
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Mead Park Art
The
Journal
Streets
Planejacker Hijacks Flight to Cuba With Family Aboard
A Spanish speaking man with a knife and a bottle marked explosives hijacked a Newark to Miami Eastern Airlines DC8 carrying 89 people. His wife and teenage daughter were aboard. The jet returned to Miami after spending hours in Havana. the hijacker and family remained in Cuba.
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Miami
Cuba
Eastern Airlines
Havana
Perez
David Savage
Rose Mary Evans
Atlanta
Bernard L. Hutain
Norfolk
Hutain
Autopsy Ordered In Judy Garland Death In London
London reports say Judy Garland found dead at her home by fifth husband Mickey Deans. Scotland Yard calls it sudden death with no foul play. autopsy scheduled. Doctor Phillip Lebon cited cirrhosis and said death could have occurred any time.
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London
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
Dorothy
Mickey Deans
Scotland Yard
Phillip Lebon
Deans
New York
Gina Dangerfields
Judy
Charge Youths With Possession Of Alcohol
Two local youths were charged with possession of alcoholic beverages by minors after police on patrol saw their parked car on Pennsylvania avenue near Crestline, Inc. A full carton of beer was in sight. Thomas W. Ploss, 18, and John J. Willis, 19, were charged and will receive summonses from Alderman T. A. Hubley. Two 16 year old girls in the car were not charged.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Crestline, Inc., Plant
Thomas W. Ploss
Marion Street
John J. Willis
South Center Street
T. A. Hubley
Mill Village two-car crash injures none
Corry state police reported two Waterford motorists escaped injury Saturday evening in Mill Village after a collision at Route 6. Theodore Ethridge, 22, pulled into Route 6 from a stop sign and collided with Lloyd DeBrakeleer, 40, causing $450 in damage. charges pending.
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Corry
Waterford
Mill Village
Marvin Johnston
Theodore Ethridge
Lloyd DeBrakeleer
DeBrakeleer
Ethridge
Trio Held Over Camp Burglary Ring in Warren Area
Three men are held in Warren County Jail after arrests tied to a string of camp burglaries in Warren and Crawford counties. Joseph Burrows Mortimer, Robert Hicks, and James F. Proper are in custody as troopers investigate links to related break ins and plan further arrests. A local juvenile was questioned and released.
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Warren
Alregedy
Crawford
Warren County
Joseph Burrows Mortimer
Crawford County
Robert Hicks
R.D. 1
Grand Valley
James F. Proper
Mortimer
Titusville
Hicks
Proper
Paul Sita
Corry
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