Viet Cong defector claims brother manipulated by Reds
Mai Van So, twin of Hanoi diplomat Mai Van Bo, says he was exploited by the Communist leadership and deceived by lies and schemes. He describes defecting to South Vietnam in Dec 1969 after long Viet Cong service and a period in Saigon. So asserts North Vietnamese strength waned as peasant support faltered and U.S. bombing disrupted supply lines.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Mai van So
Mai van Bo
Hanoi
Paris
U.S
Tured
Open Arms Ministry
Nguyen Huu Thien
Mekong
An Giang
South
Communist Party
South Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Mariner 9 Cruising Smoothly Toward Mars Orbit
Pasadena based AP reports Mariner 9 moves toward Mars as scientists weigh another gentle course correction. A 5.1 second rocket burst lined up the craft for Mars rendezvous, with JPL officials checking trajectory to ensure orbit insertion. The mission includes two tele vision cameras and life detection gear, aiming for Mars on November 13 within 750 miles of the surface for a three month mapping survey. By Sunday the craft was 1.3 million miles from Earth and 12.1 million into its 247 million mile path, with two Russian probes also on the way and possible surface landing speculation.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mariner
Red
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Van Heflin Stricken Sunday in Pool Incident
Hollywood AP veteran actor Van Heflin aged 60 was critically stricken by a heart attack during his daily pool exercise Sunday. A gardener found him clinging to a ladder. he was not breathing and had no pulse during the 12 minute ambulance ride to Hollywood Emergency Hospital. He remained unconscious after transfer to Cedars of Lebanon, with hospital authorities stating he was still alive. Heflin, known for Airport and Johnny Eager, is described by a supervisor as swimming 20 laps each morning, a routine he maintained for years.
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Hollywood
van Heflin
Heflin
Hollywood Emergency Hospital
Dennis Pinho
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
J. W. Parks
Tor
Johnny Eager
Emmit Evan Heflin
Walters
Okla
Long Beach
Tragic Drowning of Erie Girl in Lake Erie
AP reports Lucinda Marie Oleski 11 of Erie drowned Saturday while swimming in Lake Erie. Police said the incident occurred during recreational activity on the lake shore, and authorities are handling the investigation as a lake accident.
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Erie, Pa
Lucinda
Marie Oleski
Erie
Lake Erie
Brookville Man Killed In Crash
Brookville, Pa. police report a Jefferson County man,Donald Lee Battaglia, 20, was killed Saturday when his car on U.S. 219 north of Lantz's Corners veered off a embankment after apparently losing control.
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Brookville
Jefferson County
U.S. 219
Lantz’s Corners
Donald Lee Battaglia
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