South Vietnamese Offensives Reported In Vietnam and Cambodia
South Vietnamese troops killed 36 Viet Cong 15 miles from Saigon as Marines and Rangers launch a new offensive in southeastern Cambodia. About 2,500 forces engage near Parrot's Beak, with 15 enemy soldiers killed, three Vietnamese dead and seven wounded. Cambodian and Saigon updates follow.
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Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
U Minh Forest
Two Deer Kills Reported In Kansas This Forenoon
Two deer kills were reported at the Country Corner check station west of Lawrence. Biologist Jerry Horak said the 1970 deer season runs December 5 to 13 in eastern Kansas and December 5 to 9 in the west. Both kills were bucks. C E Gilkison harvested a 1 year old buck weighing 171 pounds and S Grandstaff a 3 2 year old buck weighing 170 pounds. Gilkison cited Jefferson County. Grandstaff cited Douglas County. Reports are voluntary this year.
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Lawrence
Jerry Horak
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
Horak
C. E. Gilkison
S. Grandstaff
Gilkison
Field
Grandstaff
Buck Field
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Douglas
Navy oil slick off Florida coastline begins to break up
Still offshore Jacksonville Florida a Navy created oil slick continued to break up today after threatening for three days to blacken northeast Florida beaches. The slick once covered 1000 square miles of ocean and was concentrated in a 15 square mile area moving away from shore on a west wind, the State Marine Patrol reported.
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Florida
State Marine Patrol
Mild weekend ahead with sun and brief cool nights
The National Weather Service in Topeka forecasts partly cloudy skies with a high near 50 today. Tonight will be cold with lows in the 20s. Sunday should bring a warming trend with temperatures at or above 50 and little to no rain expected.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Topeka
An Ideal Gift Subscription to the Journal World
An advertisement pitches a Journal-World subscription as a perfect gift for friends relatives or service members. The ad invites readers to call 843-1000 for inquiries or to place an order.
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Journal-World,&Call
Ady
Copters Pluck Two Survivors From Vietnam Crash Site
In fogbound mountains near Cam Ranh Bay rescue helicopters saved two badly injured U S Air Force sergeants six days after a C123 crash that killed 42 others. Sgt Gary Lee Aldredge Navarro and Sgt Vincent Fairbrother were flown to hospital with leg and knee injuries.
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U.S. Air Force
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Vincent Fairbrother
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Seven Seized During Raid Near Dublin
Dublin AP detectives seized seven individuals in a raid on a house near Dublin Airport shortly after government invoked emergency powers to combat a secret armed conspiracy. Prime Minister Lynch announced the 1940 act suspension enabling internment without trial as authorities warned of planned kidnappings and bank robberies with possible murders. The move drew political and IRA reactions across the island.
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Dublin
Jack Lynch
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Independent
Cross pays tribute as Laporte death ends Canadian captivity
British Trade Commissioner James R. Cross spoke in French at a Montreal airport news conference as he bade farewell to Canada after 60 days in captivity. He honored Pierre Laporte killed after a weeklong hold, said his sacrifice was not in vain, and prepared to fly to London to reunite with his wife. Cross described extensive talks with captors early on and said he learned of Laporte's death late, choosing not to press on with coded notes.
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Montreal
James R. Cross
Goodby
Canada
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Cross
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
James Cross
London
Susan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sona Cross
Rat Decathlon Raises Scholarships at American River College
Dozens of laboratory rats compete in a rodent Olympics style decathlon at American River College near Sacramento to raise about $10,000 for scholarships. Teams from Vietnam, Utah and five California colleges race in events such as maze dash and long jump as Gov. Reagan lights the torch.
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Sacramento
Calif
Janet Reynolds
Vietnam
Utah
California
Capitol
Ronald Reagan
Officials reject drug control proposal in county action
City and county officials declined a proposal on drug control. The report is part of the Journal-World drug series and appears on page 9.
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Journal-World’s
No Green Men Living on Mars
Mountain View California AP reports NASA Ames researchers expect life on Mars though not humanoid beings. Dr Harold P Klein heads life detection work for the Viking mission to Mars in 1975 and cites amino acids found in a meteorite as supporting chemical evolution.
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Mountain View
Calif
Mars
Harold P. Klein
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
NASA
Viking
Ames
Klein
Nixon Drives Against Fuel and Building Costs
President Nixon launches a sweeping anti inflation push targeting oil price hikes and rising construction wages. He urges labor and management to reform wage settlements on federal projects and warns against inflationary expectations while denying a general price control program.
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Washington
Nixon
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
British Bandits Hit Truck in London Robbery
Three masked robbers seized $254000 in gold bullion and diamonds from a KLM airline truck during rush hour in central London. They used two vehicles to block the truck, bound the driver and guard, and fled with the van as Scotland Yard launched a citywide hunt.
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Scotland Yard
KLM
Piccadilly Highway
Hyde Park Corner
Buckingham Palace
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