Cong Cut Off Supply Lines To U S Special Forces Camp
North Vietnamese gunners bombard Ben Het Special Forces camp as it sits cut off by road with airstrip closed. Seven hundred South Vietnamese defenders, Green Berets, and two American artillery batteries face sporadic air drops and occasional helicopter resupply. An American officer says Saigon asks why lifting the siege is not possible and notes high casualties and fatigue.
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U.S
Ben HE
Vietnam
Ben Het
Green Berets
Saigon
Dak
Khe Sanh
Green Beret
Andrew Marquis
Kontum
Warren Says One Man One Vote Was Most Important
In a Sacramento interview Earl Warren, retiring as chief justice, named one man one vote as the era’s most consequential Supreme Court ruling. He favored reapportionment over school desegregation, calling the period the people’s court, and defended obscenity rulings amid civil rights tensions.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
United States
Warren
Warren Court
People's Court
Morrie Landsberg
McClatchy Broadcasting
Kfbk Radio
Kovr-Television
Landsberg
Washington, D.C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
America
Car Hits Pole in West Washington Curve Crash
Two city officers tracked and caught a driver after a crash near West Washington and Mead Avenue. The Elgin man said he swerved to avoid an oncoming car, went over the curb, and struck a utility pole causing $75 damage. cited for leaving the scene.
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West Washington
Mead Avenue
Elgin
Nab 4 Solve More Camp Burglaries Title and Update
Four suspects including Robert Hicks Jamestown and Joseph Mortimer Titusville are jailed in Warren County on multiple camp burglary charges. A 15 year old was released after one night in custody. Investigators say Hicks linked to five camp burglaries and six more since June 6, with further break ins in Oil Creek and Eldridge Townships.
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Titugville
Ekbridge
Warren County
Robert Hicks
Jamestown
U.S. Marine Corps
Joseph B. Mortimer
James D. Proper
Titusville
Warren
North Warren
Raymond F. Gilmore
Raymond ©. Kinney
Hicks
Eldridge Township
Marine Corps
Paul Sita
Corry
Harrisburg Calm After Curfew Ends Riots In Hill District
Harrisburg reports calm after an 8 pm to 5 am curfew amid two nights of racial disturbances that left a youth dead. Police credit black community assistance, note 35 arrests for curfew violations and additional disorderly conduct charges. In Omaha Near North Side, looting and fires forced fire crews to withdraw under police escort after bricks and bottles were used against them.
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Harrisburg
Martin L. Watts
Hill
Ross McAlicher
Watts
Hames
Lewis Roberts
Central Police Station
House sets final vote on surtax extension Monday
The House plans a Monday vote to extend current withholding rates through July 31 to avert a return to pre surtax levels. Despite Nixon’s appeal to Republicans, Senate action remains needed and enactment by June 30 is unlikely. Ford reports GOP votes in reach but Democratic backing is uncertain. Burton blocks quick action on aid to dependent children as a related issue.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Orig
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Phillip Burton
Calif
Congress
Welfare checks delayed as assembly stalls $75 million relief bill
Harrisburg AP reports an undetermined number of Pennsylvania relief recipients face checks arriving two days late as the General Assembly delays final action on the $75 million welfare appropriation. Auditor General Casey says checks cannot be issued until the money is in the till and the governor signs the bill. The delay affects possibly a fraction of half a million recipients, with action expected Monday.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Robert P. Casey
Pennsylvania
Casey
House
K. Leroy Irvis
Pittsburgh
Senate
Irvis
Union City Area Merged School District Forms Interim Board
Union City Borough Union Township and Bloomfield Township dissolve their joint operation. A nine member interim operating committee from the former boards will run the Union City Area Merged School District starting July 1. The 1969 70 general fund budget is 1 425 million with new taxes including 1 income tax 15 per capita tax and a 1 real estate transfer tax.
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Tig
Doaras
Union City Area
Union City Borough
Union Township
Bloomfield Township
Union City
Erie County
Crawford County
Pilots Escape As Marine Jet Crashes Near Kaneohe Bay
At Kaneohe Bay the Marine jet crashed during approach to Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station. Both pilots Maj C B Olsen 87 and Maj P L Elliott 37 ejected and were rescued within minutes. Olsen, of Dallas Texas, piloted the aircraft with Elliott, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, as copilot.
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Honolulu
Marine Corps
Kaneohe Bay
Kaneohe
Marine Corps Air Station
C.B. Olsen
Maj
P.L. Elliott
Olsen
Dallas
FTC Moves Ahead On Smokes Warning Plan
The FTC wins a 32 vote to proceed with hearings on a new cigarette warning requiring prominent health notices in ads across newspapers magazines television and radio. Testimony will feature Surgeon General William Stewart Dr Luther L Terry and several health experts from national associations and universities.
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FTC
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
William 5
Stewart
Luther L. Terry
Stewart Terry
National Interagency Council On Smoking and Health
Charles F. Tate
Harvey column links money to supporters of welfare unions
Paul Harvey critiques the welfare recipients union and how funding supports it. The column suggests readers may want dinner first to avoid spoiling their appetite.
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Paul Harvey
Harvey
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Shafer
Silver Creek
N.Y
Charles A. Sanderson
Fredonia
Delena Davis
Health Department
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