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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
2
Saigon report shows 46,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam as of July 27, with weekly withdrawals totaling 600. The update notes 30,560 soldiers, 2,000 sailors, 11,000 airmen, 1,300 Marines and 100 Coast Guardsmen, and cites Nixon's Sept. 1 goal of 39,000 remaining.
In New York a 52 year old wheelchair user Daniel Lofton was charged with homicide after the stabbing death of 44 year old Elsworth Marshall. Marshall, a friend visitor, reportedly argued with Lofton at Lofton’s home where he was arrested within hours.
Louise Sheryl Edmo of Fort Hall Idaho, a Bannock Shoshone student at the University of Idaho, won the Miss Indian America title at the All-American Indian Days celebration beating 28 contestants. She succeeds Nord Bogay, a Navajo from Ratchets Aziz, and aims to bridge white and Indian life styles for both communities.
In London AP reports dock workers idle amid a labor crisis threatening food shortages this week. Prime Minister and Trades Union Congress leaders will discuss the new labor relations act, opposed by unions. Dockers protest while talks with port officials proceed and emergency measures loom.
The Seaside Six, women gas station workers, picketed the Red Ball station in San Francisco after one was fired. About 30 demonstrators gathered outside the station where pay starts at $1.00 to $1.40 per hour, claiming the firing aimed to suppress raises and union efforts. The station reports a daily drop in intake of $724 due to reduced customer flow.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Hoosa took 200 silver medals from a moon trip with NASA authorization. They cut ties with the Franklin Mint of Philadelphia after marketing the coins. Most medals stayed with the astronauts who donated some to the mint which melted many into smaller coins.
U S air operations expand across Vietnam with Phantom fighters and B52s. A B52 with six crew vanished near Bangkok after a thunderstorm while two Phantom bombers went down in the Gulf of Tonkin. North Vietnamese targets include bridges near Hanoi and Haiphong, with strikes on Cap Cau and Hon Gai ports and multiple ships damaged or hit. Government forces in Quang Tri and Hue reopen routes as heavy fighting continues in Saigon’s Mekong Delta region.
North Vietnam alleges U S aircraft bombed dikes and sluice gates in Thai Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces causing serious damage and claiming a motive to flood the region. Hanoi accuses Washington of deliberate attacks as U S and Paris talks continue. Madame Nguyen Thi Binh returns to Paris for Thursday session.
A twin engine Piper Arrow crashed in Ogden Utah killing four aboard and injuring none on the ground. Victims were pilot George Buckway 37 Gus Warr 57 and Andy Thompson 33 with a fourth unidentified. A flaming wing and engine struck a park area near homes and vehicles. observers described screams and attempts at resuscitation.
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