Freed Canadians recount captivity near Saigon
Two Canadian officers Captain Jan Patten and Fletcher Thomson freed after 18 days with the Viet Cong said they were captured because militants mistook them for Americans on an intelligence mission. They described forced marches and being kept with bound arms and tied noses, but they reported humane treatment and good spirits after release with two South Vietnamese drivers. Canada plans to withdraw from the peacekeeping body on July 31 amid perceived ineffectiveness.
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Saigon
Americas
Jan Patten
Fletcher Thomson
Patten
Tast
Monalay
Thomson
Canada
Poland
Hungary
Indonesia
PRC
Viet Gong
Michel Gauvin
ICOS
U S planes strike near Phnom Penh in intensified raids
U S warplanes attacked within seven miles of Phnom Penh in the latest in a series of daily raids backing government forces. Fighting raged on multiple fronts around the capital as refugees fled toward the city. Military reports said government troops advanced across the Bassac River with American air support despite heavy rebel activity along highways 1 3 and toward the capital. Convoys from Kompong Som and Batbang arrived in Phnom Penh with supplies.
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UPL
U.S
Phnom Penh
Inkau
Lakhmaw
Bassa River
Takhunau
Tivo
Kompong Som
Batluibang
Mekong
Commmunist McKets
British sex scandal call girl charged in Britain
Norma Levy, the call girl linked to a government resignation, was charged under Britain's 1936 Sexual Offences Act for allegedly attempting to procure a woman to become a prostitute. She posted 25,000 pounds bail and returned from Spain. Her husband Colin Levy was arrested in Denia on suspicions related to an alleged homicide of their Irish-born wife. A British consular spokesman in Alicante noted no formal charge yet and said extradition talks may involve Spanish authorities and Interpol.
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London
TPT
Norma Levy
Britain
Levy
Tan
Alicante
Spain
Morma Levy
Interpol
Study probes possible area link to disease
Los Angeles researchers from UCLA study geographic factors in multiple sclerosis to explain higher northern prevalence. Dr Roger Hetels leads the team using MS patients in Los Angeles and Seattle to explore environmental influences and differences in disease rates between the two cities. The team aims to compare all available patients in both areas to identify factors driving the apparent regional disparity.
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Los Angeles
Aeamp
University of California At Los Angeles Medical School
Roger Hetels
Seattle
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Pilot who refused bombing faces court martial in Asia
Captain Donald Dawson of Danbury Connecticut refused a bombing mission in Cambodia on moral grounds. He left Takhli or U Tapao base south of Bangkok under orders to report to Westover AFB Massachusetts. Investigators weigh whether he stood before a court martial as two other pilots received non honorable discharges.
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United States
Air Force Services
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Danbury
Conn
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Staiou
Westover Air Force Bise
Mass
Air Force
Dawson
Thailand
U O
Air Force Academy
Italy
Rains Linked to Wreck Near Birmingham
A heavy weekend shower left a railroad track “just hanging in the air” above a ravine near Birmingham, Alabama. A freight train plunged through the tracks killing five crewmen. CR. Blue, secretary-treasurer of the Birmingham Southern Railway, called it the worst wreck he had seen. The disaster occurred on a remote six mile section, with recovery taking nearly 12 hours.
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Birmingport
Ala
CR. Blue
Birmingham Southern Railway
Obscenity Laws Backed After Supreme Court Ruling
Sacramento Attorney General Eyelle Younger says California must enact new obscenity laws after a 1.8 Supreme Court decision. He urges provisions to curb obscene material, ease prosecutions, and reflect a definition focused on works portrayed in a patently offensive way lacking serious literary artistic political or scientific value.
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Sacramento
UPI
Eyelle Younger
Supreme Court
Younger
High Court
Veterans group seeks Sawtelle hospital shrine status
SAN DIEGO AP The California Department of Veterans Affairs ended its annual convention with resolutions urging Congress to designate the Sawtelle Veterans Administration Hospital as an equational shrine and to provide substantial bed increases for veterans. About 50 delegates attended as Joseph I. Lopez Stockton was elected state commander and Dave Higan Corona Southern Area vice commander. Board members named include Walter Myers Long Beach Mil Murad San Diego Thad Males Paso Robles Harold Camp Compton and GSW Stewart San Francisco.
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San Diego
California Department of Amvets
Congress
Sawtelle Veterans
American Veterans of
Korea
Vietnam
Joseph I. Lopez
Stockton
Aop
Dave Higan
Corona
Walter Myers
Long Beach
Mil ‘Murad
Thad Males
Paso Robles
Harold Camp
Compton
Gsw Stewart
San Francisco
Officials meet on election fraud reforms in California
Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown Jr. urged Southern California city officials and county clerks to attend a Saturday conference in Los Angeles to discuss election reform measures aimed at preventing fraud. The meeting follows revelations that a Republican aide made secret payments to candidates last year to aid Republican defeats. Northern California officials plan similar talks in the next two weeks.
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Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Southern California
Brown
City
Fter
Frank Be- Long
Leliwing Peace and
Vyeedont Party
Californis
Ohio official calls TV to show highway crash carnage
Ohio Highway Safety Director Eugene O Grady says stations should broadcast graphic images of wrecks to shock residents into safer driving. He cites Ohio’s 22 highway fatalities over the Fourth of July period and contemplates replacing weekend death tallies with in depth reports on victims and causes.
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Ohio
Columbus
UPI
Eugene “Pete” O'Grady
Viena
False Teeth Care and Denture Adhesives
Denture care tips explain how to ease use and confidence with loose teeth. A denture adhesive paste can provide firmer, longer hold while eating. For comfort and security use denture powder and see a dentist regularly for fitting and health.
Preparation H Eases Hemorrhoidal Swelling and Itching
Doctors tested the ointment and suppositories and found Preparation H effective without prescription. The medication helps shrink swollen hemorrhoidal tissue caused by infection and reduces itching in many cases.
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