Making It Big and Down To Earth Parodies
A satirical roundup contrasts a Wall Street magnate with a US S R figure and astronauts Lovell Swigert with a critique of the New Yorker play Hair. It also mocks editors over women’s portrayal in news and fiction, noting reactions to gender descriptors and satire.
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Wall Street Journal
George Podobed
Us.s.r
U.S
Dallas
Tex
Morning
James Lovell
Jack Swigert
New Yorker
New York
Columbia
S.C
Heavy U S and South Vietnamese Fight North Vietnamese
In the central highlands near Pleiku City U S and South Vietnamese forces killed 56 North Vietnamese troops in the heaviest clashes in a month. Two American helicopters were shot down, three crewmen wounded, and ground casualties included two South Vietnamese killed and two wounded. American air and ground units reported 44 NVA killed, while another 12 were killed in a separate engagement 20 miles north of Pleiku. Four American helicopters were shot down in total as U S command noted six more American deaths and 42 wounded across mine, booby trap, and rocket attacks. Intelligence also signaled increased NVA activity along the Cambodian border west of Pleiku.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Pleiku City
Cambodia
U.S. Command
da Nang
U S Envoy Kidnapped in Uruguay Amid Alarming Raid
An unidentified left wing group seized U S Embassy official Dan A Mitrione and tried to grab other diplomats in Montevideo. Police reported Aloisi Comitti, Brazilian consul, kidnapped by a separate faction. Mitrione was found wounded later, embassy says it has no confirmation. Floyd Young Jr sworn in as city director amid municipal business and housing plans.
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Floyd Young, Jr
Montevideo
Uruguay
U.S
Aloisi Comitti
Tupanisis Gue 7
L. Wilson
Hope City Board of Directors
Things we'd be better off without says Hal Boyle
New York AP column lists a string of social annoyances and foibles from daylong regrets to loud motorcycles and ineffectual dreams. It ridicules late TV, go now pay later vacations, stock market dips, and empty bragging by ads while lampooning the pretensions of modern life and the cynicism of success.
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
New York
Las Vegas
U S Renews Attack on Cereals
In Washington FDA moves to restrict breakfast cereal fortification to restore natural nutrient levels. Proposed rules would allow limited additions of niacin thiamine riboflavin and iron with required daily percentages. Industry backed plan seeks 3 to 100 percent of adult daily requirements.
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David Wallace
Washington
Robert B. Choate
Senate
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Robert N. Anderson
Anderson
American Medical Association
Three More Watches Returned to Police After Keith's Heist
Chief Alvin Willis reports that three additional watches stolen from Keith's Jewelry Store were recovered and returned to the police. The incident updates a prior theft case at the shop with more recovered items.
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Alvin Willis
Keith
Soviet Space Bomb Bucks ABM System
Soviet space bomb tests as the USSR's answer to US anti ballistic missiles raise concerns about defense gaps. Pentagon notes no defense against FOBS and says the weapon may already be deployed. Analysis views FOBS as a future risk from the south with 3 megaton warheads, while radar and satellite surveillance could limit its effectiveness. The Soviets have conducted 14 FOBS tests, with half failing.
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John Lengel
Associated Press
Washington
Globe
Soviet Union
America
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S
Tyuratam
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Red China
Japan
Boy Killed in Belfast Rioting
Belfast authorities report a teenage boy died after Roman Catholic youths attacked British troops with rocks bottles and gasoline bombs. An armored car was set ablaze and soldiers fired three shots after warnings to halt the fire bombing. Daniel O'Hagan, 19, died en route to hospital as the unrest spread on New Lodge Road.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Army
James O'Kane
Daniel O'Hagan
New Lodge Road
Israel Accepts U S Cease Fire Offer Is Binding 3 Months
SIMMONS LITTLE ROCK AP Why won't political candidates fully report campaign expenditures, including money spent by groups in coordination with a candidate and independent of campaign staff? Marion Burton, Rockefeller campaign director, says large sums are poured into campaigns beyond direct funds and donations.
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Israel
U.S
Y Oil
Simmons Associated Press
Little Rock
Marion Burton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Burton
Orval E. Faubus
Blacks Rise Against Own Extremists On Chicago’s South Side
Black leaders on Chicago’s South Side urge adults to purge the Black P Stone Nation gangs amid terror and arson claims. Three ministers vow to curb the KBLI K street gang after a church fire caused $25,000 damage, with pastor Curtis Burrell Jr. alleging gang involvement. The Black Stone Nation, led by the Blackstone Rangers, claims it runs the neighborhoods, while members debate the P meaning.
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Chicago
South Side
P Stone Nation
KBLI@K
Woodlawn Mennonite
Curtis E. Burrell Jr
Black Stone Nation
Blackstone Rangers
Blackstone Avenue
Peace move in Mideast gains Israeli acceptance
Israel accepts the U S peace proposal and agrees to a three month cease fire with Egypt while Egypt and Jordan already back the plan. Palestinian groups split on the accord with some factions pledging to continue fighting. Israeli planes raid Jordanian positions after guerrilla attacks as Nasser warns Arabs against division.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United States
Middle East
U.N. Middle Eastern
Gunnar Jarring
Swen
Egypt
Jordan
U.S
Golda Meir
East
Suez Canal
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
Manson's Side Grills Star Witness
In Los Angeles AP reports defense cross examining Linda Kasabian to cast doubt on the star witness in the Sharon Tate murder case. Paul Fitzgerald questions her use of LSD and participation in group sex with Charles Manson and his followers. Kasabian says she took hallucinogens about 50 times for God realization and recounts Manson ordering further killings, including a planned throat-slitting she avoided by misdirecting the intruder.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Linda Kasabian
Paul Fitzgerald
Charles Manson
Fitzgerald
Patricia Krenwinkel
Venice
All Around Town Highlights Local Election Bid and Volunteers
Bob Jackson announces candidacy for City Board of Directors Position No 5. Dr. Lester Sitzes will not seek re election. Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation seeks high school or college girls to volunteer at its relocated headquarters for restoration work and hosting duties. The piece also notes the death of Big Arky the alligator at Little Rock Zoo and regional manager appointment Olen Moses of Tandy Leather Co. plus details on the Foreman Gun Club skeet shoot event scheduled for August 12 and 13.
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Bob Jackson
the Star
City Board of Directors
Lester Sitzes
Charles A. Haynes
Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation
Marjorie Royston
Olen Moses
Hope
Tandy Leather Co
Tandy Corporation
Moses
Hope High School
American Institute
Joliet
Mosey
88Th Avenue
Denver
Radiothon on KXAR Aug. 8 for Jimmy Whitten
A radiothon on KXAR will air Saturday August 3 at 1 30 PM to aid Jimmy Whitten a University of Arkansas Medical Center patient in Little Rock He suffers from a rare blood ailment destroying corpuscles and his illness has burdened the family financially The radio event will discuss Jimmy s condition and the Texarkana community s support efforts
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KXAR
Jimmy Whitten
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Little Rock
Aining Union
Texarkana
Jimmy
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Mideast
Manson
Star Witness
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B.N. Holt
Red Lake
Little Rock Zoo
Morning Mail
Foreman Gun Club
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