West Germany and Soviet Union agree on nonaggression pact
After 11 days of talks in Moscow, West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko agreed on the text of a historic nonaggression treaty. The pact renounces force and accepts existing European borders including the Oder Neisse line, with final signature pending Bonn cabinet approval Saturday.
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West Germany
Soviet Union
Europe
Walter Scheel
Andrei Gromyko
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Nastern Europe
Oder-Neisse
Poland
Germany
Vietnamese Forces Claim Heavy Cambodian Battle Toll
Saigon says 99 Communist soldiers were killed in a Cambodian marsh battle described as the heaviest against Saigon troops since July 19. South Vietnamese sources report 13 killed and 13 wounded.Separately Communist mortars hit a central highlands air strip used to back an Allied operation along the Laotian border, forcing a temporary shutdown and nearly striking a U.S. C 123 with ammunition.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Kham Duce
President rejects bargain with Tupamaros over hostage crisis
Uruguay's President Jorge Pacheco Areco refuses to negotiate for the release of a Brazilian diplomat and a gravely wounded American security official, amid a guerrilla deadline to free about 150 political prisoners as ransom. Charles Adair urged Mitrione's hospital treatment after the abduction last Friday.
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Montevideo
Uruguyan
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Guerrila
Tupamaro National Liberation Movement
U.S
Charles Adair
Dan A. Mitrione
U.S. War Toll Rises After Ripcord Fight Fallout
The U.S. command reported 78 American deaths and 659 wounded in Indochina for the week ending Aug. 1. Spokesmen blamed a carryover from fighting near the Ripcord artillery base abandoned July 22 under fire.
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U.S
Saigon
Indochina
Ripcord
Paris Peace Talks Open With Moderation Plea From Bruce
Ambassador David K. E. Bruce urged genuine will and quiet resolve in Paris as negotiators met for the 78th weekly session. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates harshly denounced American actions and dismissed his call for restraint. The scene reflected stark Cold War tensions in the peace process.
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Bruce
Paris
David K. E. Bruce
Largest housing suit filed against Lefrak group in New York
The federal government sues Samuel Lefrak Life Realty Inc and associates in Brooklyn federal court for housing discrimination. The action targets 150 buildings with about 21 000 apartments, alleging deliberate channeling of Negro applicants to certain buildings.
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New York City
John Mitchell
Washington
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Samuel Lefrak
Queens
Life Realty Inc
Lefrak
Rheba Gelman
Life Realty
Anthony Cuccia
Nixon Granted Inflation Power by Conferees
Congress approved giving President Nixon authority to impose wage and price controls in the inflation fight. He stated he would not use the power, but the move authorizes such measures if needed.
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House
Senate
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Chet Huntley
Life Magazine
Tate Magazine
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Kennedy Shrivers Scolded in Marijuana Case
Robert F Kennedy Jr and Robert S Kennedy Jr charged with illegal marijuana possession and conspiracy. Judge Henry Murphy gave a strong talking to and continued the cases for one year for first offenders. Family members including Edward Kennedy observed during the closed hearing in Barnstable Massachusetts.
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Robert Sargent Shriver WU
Barnstable
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Shriver
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France
Henry Murphy
District Court
Marijana
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Egypt rejects self policing cease fire plan
Al Ahram reports Egypt has rejected a U S proposal for Egyptians and Israelis to police a Middle East cease fire from the air while U N observers monitor ground truce efforts. Egypt objected mainly to Israel reconnaissance flights over its positions.
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Steam powered bus aims to cut pollution in California
William Brobeck, 62, Berkeley engineer who helped build atom-smashers, starts a steam propulsion project funded by a 1.12 million federal grant to test a smog free transit coach. Ben Franklin and Herbert Hoover representatives attended Ventura zoning meeting as officials called it historic.
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Berkeley
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San Francisco Bay
California State Assembly
Brobeck
Assembly
Los Angeles
Ben Franklin
Herbert Hoover
Ventura Board of Zoning Adjustment
John Rush
Indian leader Richard Oakes enters hospital after brain surgery
Mohawk activist and Alcatraz occupier Richard Oakes, 28, seeks treatment for partial paralysis at University of California Medical Center after a June 11 barroom beating. He had spent eight weeks at San Francisco General. Norman Creamer, 29, set a ferris wheel endurance record of 15 days at Belmont Park, aiming for 16 days.
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University of California Medical Center
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Alcatraz Island
Yvonne
San Francisco General Hospital
Mission District
Norman Creamer
San Diego
Belmont Park
Judge dismisses Missoula parking violation over cigar
Lynn O'Brien of Pine Grove Montana paid a Mis oula parking ticket with a cigar while waiting in a Missoula hospital for his daughter Dacy Lynn to be born. He mailed the cigar wrapped ticket to Police Court with Darcy's weight and measurements. the judge dismissed the violation. The nation’s chief justices heard a proposal in St Louis that judges be barred from national investigative groups and war crimes trials.
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Pine Grove
Mont
Misoula
O'Brien
Missoula
Dacy Lynn
Darcy
St. Louis
Warren Commission
California
Roger Treynor
American Bar Association
James Stewart Calls Vietnam Losses a National Tragedy
In London actor James Stewart, 62, denounces the Vietnam war split in the United States after his son Ronald, a 23-year-old Marine, is killed in combat. He praises his son’s gallant conduct per his Silver Star citation, calling the event a national tragedy. A separate note mentions Columbia University receiving over 20 papers on John Jay from the class of 1925.
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London
Vietnam
U.S
Stewart
Ronald
John Jay
Columbia University
Jay
United States
Hudson River
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