Sappers wreck command post in heavy fighting near Pleiku
AP dispatch reports a large sapper assault damaged a South Vietnamese brigade headquar ters near Pleiku on Highway 14. US adviser Haynes was wounded, and at least 27 enemy dead were listed along with destroyed artillery. Cambodian theater saw rockets hit Phnom Penh with civilian casualties and fires across the city. US losses include 30 planes and 34 helicopters with 93 Americans killed and 56 missing.
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Highlands
Phiku
Dayil J. Paine
Highway 14
Pleiku
Mer
Phe
Haynes
Columbus
Lld Paine
Bass
Dé Comamand
Blagest
Comeind
Associated Press
Rehin Mannoelk
Porhentong
U.S
Aterman
Baigon
Saigon Command
Veet
Dorthanh
Nine Die In Springfield Nursing Home Fire
Nine people died and 32 were injured when a smoking fire struck Carver Convalescent Center in Springfield Wisconsin. Officials said the building operated on a provisional license and state inspectors had checked it two days earlier. cause not yet determined. Residents and staff were affected. many admitted to Memarial and St. John’s hospitals. Mayor William Telford called it the worst disaster in Springfield history.
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Springfield
Franklin Yoder
State Public Health Department
Carver Convalescent Center
St. John’s Hospital
William ‘Telford
Byron Weitbaum
Telford
Recreation commission rap session with teens in Fremont
Fremont Recreation Commission Chairman Orie Wise led an informal meeting at the community center where about 20 to 25 teens spoke in a circle. Officials wore casual clothes as they opened with a light joke to kick off the rap session.
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John Pachtner
FREMONT + Recreation’ Commission
Orie Wise
Hegan
Calowe
Dave Priend
Eight nations agree to voluntary steel cutbacks to U.S.
Washington reports eight industrial countries will limit steel shipments to the United States through 1974. Nixon says imports threaten steelworkers and industry while Japan and Britain join a three year accord. Growth rates rise to 2.4 percent annually, with higher prices expected but job preservation promised in the American steel sector. Undersecretary Samuels notes inflationary pressure but overall market stabilization.
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TIPE
White House
United States
Nixon
Sai
Britain
Pamapean
Earlicr
Counstries
Nathaniel Samuels
Dumbarton Bridge battle ends in defeat for toll plan
Assemblyman Lea T. McCarthy opposed Carlos Bee’s toll bill to fund public transit by diverting Dumbarton Bridge revenue. The measure failed in committee, with Bee aiming to earmark funds for bridges despite McCarthy’s push to redirect to highway maintenance.
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Uombarton
Lea T. McCarthy
Assemblymam
Carlos
Hee
D-Hayward
McCarthy
Dssa Pracisco
Bee
Dumbarton Bridge
Jerry Ruseall
State Department of Public Works
Dumbarton
Hayward San Mateo
Bay Area
McCartly
Nonot
Clouds to Stay Over South County Area
Weather update notes low clouds will blanket the South County area with a high temperature forecast for tomorrow. Tonight’s lows are expected to dip to the mid forties as residents await more details in the weather section.
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South County
Hijackers Seize Planes in Cuba and Dulles Incidents
An Eastern Airlines hijacker parachuted into the Yuvalum Peninsula area of Mexico after receiving 403,000 and gear. another long haired youth hijacked a Western 747, diverted to Cuba. A Western plane was later hijacked by an antiwar protester, landing in Los Angeles and Dallas before refueling in Tampa. The events followed threats against Nixon and Vietnam bombing halts.
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Yuvalun
Mexico
Nixon
Vietnam
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New Orleans
Eastern
Peneylyanti la
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Fa Bs
Hanoi
Cuba
Ater
Talaia
Fha
Haviina
Tarain
Allentown
Pas
Dulles International Airport
Washington
Virginia
Dulles
Rae
Anwar
Wes
Dallas
Sheuld Craw
Tampa
Fla
Gary Harding
U.S
North Vietnam
Indochina
Nixons
Rescuers Find Three Bodies Near Sunshine Mine Tragedy
Rescuers, exhausted after four days, located three bodies about 3,700 feet underground in the Sunshine Mine disaster. Forty seven miners may still be alive as rescue teams prepare a two man torpedo device to lower into the LD shaft amid smoke and darkness. Funerals for five earlier recovered miners are set for today.
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Idahr
UPI
Sunshine
No. LD
U.S. Bureau of Mine
Italy jet crash kills 115 near Palermo
An Alstasia DCB jet liner carrying 115 people crashed into a mountain near Palermo disintegrating and killing all aboard. It was Italy’s worst aviation disaster, striking on the airline’s 24th anniversary, with officials confirming no survivors among passengers or crew. A Belgian stewardess was the only foreign national aboard.
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Lang
Rome
Franco Indovini
Sormya
Tren
Enem
Maly
Trans World Airways
Milan
Abtalla
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Rob Ludwig
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Paur
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