Soviet Union backs down on talks with Czechoslovakia
Moscow agreed to send its Communist party politburo to Czechoslovakia for a conference while pulling the last 18,500 Soviet troops from Presov. Western allies warned of planned maneuvers near the Czechoslovak border as Prague seeks liberal reforms.
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Prague
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
West Germany
Kremlin
Communist Party
Presnov
Warsaw
Poland
Sveral
Germany
Willy Brandt
United States
France
Pravda
Bonn
Czech
Oslovakia
Rhine
Washington
Dean Rusk
Anatoly Dobrynin
Rusk
U.S
General Worley Killed in Viet Plane Crash
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Worley deputy commander of the U S 7th Air Force was killed when his RF4C photo reconnaissance aircraft was shot down 65 miles northwest of Da Nang. The mission pilot was killed. the second crewman was rescued. Worley, 48, had directed bombing in Vietnam and was to become deputy chief of staff for operations at Pacific Air Forces Honolulu. Royal N. Baker will assume Worley’s post effective immediately. Worley survived by his widow and five children. his hometown is Palm Desert California.
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Saigon
Robert F. Worley
U.S
7Th Air Force
da Nang
Worley
North
South Vietnam
Pacific Air Forces
Honolulu
Worsley
Royal N. Baker
Baker
Vietnam
Bette Lorraine Fury
Palm Desert
Calif
U.S. Americas Division
Ettrick Man Orin Onsrud Dies in Wisconsin Crash
Ettrick resident Orrin H. Onsrud, 71, died when a car driven by his wife collided with another vehicle at a rural intersection near Brackett. His wife Alice was injured and hospitalized. Also reported, Mark Schmitz, 21, of Forestville died in a separate Door County crash. The fatalities push Wisconsin’s highway death toll to 622 for the day. Services for Onsrud will be announced by Jostad Funeral Home.
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Ettrick
Wis
Orrin H. Onsrud
Brackett
Eau Claire
Onsrud
Arcadia
Alice
Charles
Gerald
Kenosha
Ralph
West Salem
Grant
Bernice) Leibl
North Highland
Calif
Donald
Alice) Holt
Wautoma
Jostad Funeral Home
Wisconsin
Mark Schmitz
Forestville
Door County
Kewaunee
Algoma
Three Die In Farm Home Fire Near Cambridge
Cambridge area fire claims three lives when a two story frame home burns early today. Leonard Norgard 67 and his wife about 60 perished, as did Mrs Inga Hanson 57, sister to the Norgards. Mrs Otto Nasett, about 80, mother of the women, died later in shock at Edgerton hospital. Neighbor Richard Lund rescued Norgard but he died en route. Cause of the fire was not established.
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Cambridge
Dane County
Clyde Chamberlain
Leonard Norgard
Inga Hanson
Madison
Otto Nasett
Edgerton
Chamberlain
Richard Lund
Norgard
Nasett
Hanson
Des Moines
Iowa
Hijacking of El Al Jet Lands in Algiers
Armed Palestine refugees hijacked an El Al Boeing 707 from Rome to Tel Aviv with 48 aboard. The plane landed in Algiers after two to five hijackers forced the crew to steer toward the Algerian capital. All 38 passengers were detained, while the Israeli crew was held. Two Americans were among the passengers. The Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. Israel sought U.N. help, and Algeria declared a state of war with Israel.
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Mediterranean
el al Airlines
Algiers
Palestine
Rome
Tel Aviv
Israel
Front For the Liberation of Palestine
U.N
U Thant
New York
Thant
Tewfik Bouattoura
Bouattoura
el al
Rena Tsuriel
Brooklyn
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
Commando Group
Algeria
Maison Blanche
Holy Land
Defense Ministry
Home Loans Rates Jump to Historic 7 Percent Jun
June saw conventional home loan rates surge to 6.88 percent for new houses and 6.97 percent for existing homes as credit conditions tightened and state ceilings on interest charges rose. In 18 metro areas rates for new homes ranged from 6.18 in New York to 7.42 in Dallas with 10 areas over 7 percent.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
New York City
Dallas
Natiral Association of Home Builders
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Senate Urged To Act On Airport Congestion
Washington AP The Senate faced pressure to speed a congestion easing bill as delays and protests pushed action to today at the earliest. Senator John Stennis cited growing airport gridlock and urged quicker provision of more equipment and personnel.
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Senate
Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
Third Victim Dies In Pine Lake Cottage Fire
NEENAH AP report confirms Karen Ramlow 16 of Lake Bluff Illinois died Monday in a Neenah hospital after a fire last Friday at a summer cottage on Pine Lake near Wild Rose Waushara County Two of her sisters Denise 16 and Lisa 9 also perished Their mother suffered burns and was listed in satisfactory condition A 2 year old son Jeffrey escaped by being tossed from a window to safety.
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Neenah
Pine Lake
Wild Rose
Waushara
Karen Ramlow
Lake Bluff
Ill
Neenah Hospital
Denise
Lisa
Robert Ramlow
Ramlow
Mass murder shocks resort in northern Michigan
Police found six members of the Robison family dead in a Good Hart cottage at Blisswood Lake Michigan Resort. The bodies, identified as Richard Robison and family ranging from 7 to 42, appeared bullet riddled and had likely been dead for a month. The private plane and two cars were left at the scene.
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Petoskey
Mich
Detroit
Florida
Bliss
Cottage
Pellston Airport
Here
Robison
Lathrup Village
Impressario
Emmet
House Defeats Gun Licensing Amendment Vote
The House rejected a McClory amendment 179 to 84 that would require states under federal guidelines to license firearms. The defeat came after about two hours of floor debate as the body neared action on a bill to bar interstate mail order sales of rifles shotguns and ammunition. The measure would have set a Sept 1 1971 deadline for state licensing or federal licensing to regulate possession without a permit.
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Washington
Robert McClory
R-Ii
House
Pilot Of American Plane Hijacked To Cuba Released
Cuban authorities freed American pilot George Prellezo after three weeks in custody following a hijack of a Southeast Airlines DC3 from Miami to Key West. Prellezo and his wife Olga arrived in Mexico City and planned to return to Miami with their five children.
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Jorge Antonio Prellazo
Cuba
Olga
Mexico City
Prellazo
Stratford C. Jones
Fidel Castro
Miami
George Prellezo
Cubana Airlines
Prellezo
Southeast Airlines
Key West
United States
Aeropostal
U.S. State Department
State Department
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Brattislava
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Gen. Worley
Lee
Joseph R. Coyne
Summer Cottage
David Thomas
Federal Aviation Administration
Professional
Air Traffic Controllers Organization
Air Transport Association
Air Line Pilots Association
Mohawk Airlines
FAA
PATCO
Senate Appropriations Committee
Johnson
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