Marines Press North Toward Quang Tri As Hue Shelling Rises
South Vietnamese marines aided by U S fighter bombers moved toward Quang Tri City as North Vietnamese troops fled in small groups. B52s and fighters struck near Quang Tri and Hue with heavy shelling and cluster bombs. North Vietnamese losses included about 100 killed and four tanks destroyed, while Hue endured 12 dead and 53 wounded from Sunday shells.
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Saigon
U.S
Quant Tri City
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam Presses Back in Hopeful Drive
South Vietnam’s battered ARVN forces gain momentum in the three month old offensive. Analysts warn the clash may not yield Thieu’s final battle, as Hanoi’s troops reshaped borders and control vast areas while Viet Cong mobility and strength falter. Estimates of enemy losses run high, with reports of younger, less trained North Vietnamese troops and costly tank engagements.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
U.S
Mekong
North Vietnam
Arkansas forecast calls for clouds showers and storms
Experiment station report notes 2% hours ending 7 a.m. Monday with a high of 93 and a low of 70. Forecasts indicate considerable cloudiness through tonight with showers and thunderstorms possibly heavy in Arkansas. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers and little temperature change with tonight’s low in the 60s to low 70s and highs Tuesday in the Os.
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Arkansas
Texarkana Bar Killing Leaves Two Dead in Texas Ark
An elderly Texarkana man was held for questioning after the Lone Star Bar shooting killed John Lee Killy, 29, of Texarkana, and Charles Garner, 35, of Little Rock. Killy was shot five times. Garner two times. Garner died on the sidewalk about an hour later. Killy had been accidentally shot Thursday at the police station following a drunken driving arrest.
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Texarkana, Ark
Texarkana
John Lee Killy
Charles Garner
Little Rock
Lone Star
Killy
Garner
U S planes hit targets in North Vietnam coast to Vinh area
In Quang Tri and other zones, U S aircraft struck pipelines pumping stations and storage tanks while targeting surface to air missiles. Hanoi announced two U S planes shot down on Sunday near Hanoi and Haiphong. The US command reported no losses Sunday but said a Navy A7 went down June 18 about 30 miles southwest of Vinh and the pilot remained missing.
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Hue
Quang Tri
Saigon
Phuoc Binh
North Vietnam
Vong Bi
Haiphong
U.S
Hanoi
Vinh
Conviction Upheld in 1967 Murder Case by Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the 1967 murder conviction of Johnnie Stephenson, who pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received a 21 year sentence. Stephenson argued his attorney acted without his consent and that his education and hearing issues impaired his ability to understand discussions with counsel. The court rejected the appeal, noting Stephenson could read lips and affirming the circuit court ruling.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Johnnie Stephenson
Stephenson
Lee Jackson Palmer
Circuit Court
William J. Kirby
Haring
Supreme Court
Conley Byrd
Kirby
Vietnamese hijacker killed as plane passenger shoots down
A Pan American jumbo jet with 153 aboard was hijacked to Hanoi after a Vietnameses student hostage demanded diversion. The hijacker Nguyen Thai Binh was killed by an armed passenger after the pilot landed at Saigon. Police noted homemade grenades in a package. the 135 other passengers evacuated safely via emergency chutes. The shooter reportedly carried a .357 Magnum but surrendered it before confronting the hijacker. The hijacking began in Manila on the final leg from San Francisco to Saigon.
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Saigon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
University of Washington
Seattle
U.S
Nguyen Thai Binh
Manila
San Francisco
Arkansas papers win sweepstakes at APA convention
Two Arkansas newspapers, Stuttgart Daily Leader and Baxter Bulletins at Mountain Home, were named sweepstakes winners in their divisions Saturday at the 9th annual Arkansas Press Association convention in Hot Springs.
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Arkansas
Stuttgart Daily Leader
Baxter Bulletins
Mountain Home
Arkansas Press Association
Hot Springs
Seven killed in Belfast violence shadows cease-fire
Seven men died in Belfast over a violent weekend raising fears of renewed sectarian bloodshed. Victims included Protestants and Catholics with at least two Catholics among the dead. Some bound and hooded, relate to IRA tactics, while Protestant extremists blamed for killings. Augustus Spence, jailed Protestant figure, was kidnapped after two-day parole and return to prison. UDA withdrew many Protestant barricades amid protests over British army actions.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
England
North
Ern Ireland
Ulster Defense Association
IRA
Augustus “Gusty
Spence
UDA
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