North Vietnamese Shell Bases South of DMZ As B52s Strike
North Vietnamese forces shelled Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 bases just south of the DMZ, wounding some Saigon troops but no fatalities. U S B52 bombers carried out heavy strikes in the region targeting base camps and storage depots, while Saigon and U S forces maintained positions near Fire Base Fuller and Cam Lo.
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Associated Press
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Demilitarized Zone
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le Trung Hien
Hien
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South Vietnam
Cam Lo
Thursby
Charlie 1
U.S
Richard Gardner
North Vietnam
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Gardner
Guerrilla Raids Strain Syria Jordan Ties Amid Clash
Jordan charged that border fighting with Syria stemmed from guerrilla raids across the border this week. Syria severed relations, as other Arab states had, and claimed Jordanian forces attacked the Syrian border town of Dar as. A Jordanian spokesman proposed a joint inquiry. Syria vetoed. In Gaza City a grenade killed one and wounded six in a market attack.
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Continued Cool Weather Forecast for Piedmont Through Weekend
The Friendship weather station reports fair and cool conditions tonight with lows in the 60s and a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Saturday's forecast continues the cool pattern in the Piedmont region.
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Piedmont
Friendship Weather Station
Coastal storms on the move with showers may linger
Forecasts for North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia show partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and thundershowers mainly along coastal areas through Saturday. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s, lows in the 60s, a 20 percent chance of rain and heavy surf along the coast noted.
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Broadway to stage Dorothy Parker life story musical
New York AP reports opera star Patrice Munsel will star in a Broadway musical based on Dorothy Parker. Material from Parker estate has been obtained and staging is planned for the fall of next year.
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Patrice Munsel
Dorothy Parker
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Casualties Fall to Six Year Low in Vietnam
Washington AP reports 66 American battle deaths in July the lowest monthly total in over six years. Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedham said casualties should drop as troop withdrawals continue and noted May 1965 figure of 32 killed as a comparison to the July total. Highest losses occurred in May 1968 with 2,169 killed.
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Washington
Vietnam
Defense Department
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedham
Friedham
McCarthy Denies He Said It About Muskie Joke
Former senator Eugene J. McCarthy denies making a Polish joke about Sen. Edmund Muskie and asks for a retraction in a letter to the editor of Monday. He also refutes claims he called Sen. George McGovern a stalking horse or spoke about his finances. John D. Lofton of Monday says the quotes came from the public press.
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Eugene’ J.mccarthy
Edmund Muskie
Maine
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Republican National Committee
McCarthy
Ed Muskie
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George McGovern
S.D
John D. Lofton
Apollo 15 parachute collapse blamed on rocket fuel
An acid like rocket propellant may have caused one of Apollo 15 parachutes to collapse over the Pacific, NASA officials say. The other two chutes opened, but the mishap sped splashdown by about two mph. Worden suggested fuel could have damaged nylon parachute panels during jettison.
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Houston
Apollo 15
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Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Earth
Alfred M. Worden
Rocket
Fairbairn Named Australia Defense Minister After Gorton Firing
Australian Prime Minister William McMahon appointed David Eric Fairbairn to succeed John Grey Gorton as defense minister. Fairbairn, 54, will remain education and science minister for now. McMahon removed Gorton amid memoirs controversy and cabinet solidarity concerns.
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Australia
William McMahon
David Eric Fairbairn
John Grey Gorton
Fairbairn
McMahon
Gorton
Labore Op Party
Gough Whitlam
Liberal Party
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