Honduras and El Salvador End Three Day War Cease Fire
After three days of fighting both nations halted hostilities at 5 a m local time. OAS mediators in Tegucigalpa aimed to broker a permanent cease fire with observers and a commitment to return to pre war borders. Both sides reported limited advances and said heavy fighting continued elsewhere.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
el Salvador
Organization of American States
OAS
Poleros
Nacaeme
Poloros
Nacaome
Washington
Hon
War lull expands as U S studies policy on withdrawals
In Saigon the Vietnam War lull widens as U S officials weigh the slowdown and possible further troop withdrawals. The week saw the lowest American combat deaths since early in the year and reduced enemy losses, while U S and allied casualties remained in the hundreds. Generals Wheeler Abrams and McCain briefed at Ton Son Nhut on the lull and potential pullouts beyond Nixon’s 25 000 cap.
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Saigon
U.S
Ton Son Nhut
Wheeler
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
John S. McCain Jr
Pacific
Nixon
Cleaver Calls Apollo 11 Circus as Algiers Visit Opens
Eldridge Cleaver, ex Panther leader now in Algiers for the Pan African Cultural Festival, denounces the Apollo 11 moon shot as a distraction. He says he plans to return to the United States, while awaiting legal avenues to travel and visits his wife’s expected baby.
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Algiers
Algeria
Eldridge Cleaver
United States
Cuba
Cleaver
FBI
U.S.A
San Francisco
Panthers
Oakland
Calif
Havana
Marc Stone
Ramparts
Singout Weekend Proclaimed in Lecompton by Mayor
Lecompton mayor William J. Smith is urged to proclaim Friday and Saturday as Sing out Weekend. A community sing will be held on Lecompton main street Saturday at 7 30 p.m. with a musical program chaired by Mrs Geraldine Anderson.
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Lecompton
Jefferson County
William J. Smith
Lecompton Main Street
Geraldine Anderson
Governors and Cities Prep Moon Landing Holiday React
Governors and mayors nationwide follow President Nixon by declaring a Monday holiday for lunar mission observance. Some states grant official time off for state workers while others stay open. major cities plan public viewings and closures vary by agency.
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Nixon
Armstrong Family Wives Guarded Amid Return From Space
The article notes the cautious approach to astronaut wives including Mrs Armstrong as the battered mission returns from a perilous three year mission after the spinning peril of the capsule and Agena. Families of Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin watched from Nassau Bay as the launch aired on television. Miss Mary Campbell brought a mission candle for Joan Aldrin, to burn for eight days until their husbands return.
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Agena
Armstrong
Space Agency
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Top Officials Set to Speak at Jehovah's Witnesses Kansas City Meet
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's top three leaders will headline a major gathering in Kansas City from July 18 to 25 as about 40,000 Jehovah's Witnesses attend the Municipal Stadium convention. Nathan M. Knoor will lead, with Fred W. Franz and Grant Sutter also presenting. The event is one of 25 similar conventions worldwide in cities including London Manila Paris Rome Hong Kong and Honolulu.
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Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kansas City
Municipal Stadium
Nathan M. Knoor
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Fred W. Franz
Grant Sutter
London
Manila
Paris
Rome
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Space Medicine Pioneer Eyes Apollo Era Flight
Space center profile of Dr. Herbertus Strughold 71 once called the father of space medicine. He began flight physiology research in 1927 in Germany and later joined the U S in 1947 at Randolph Field. Strughold retired from Brooks AFB after 21 civilian years and helped lead early weightlessness simulations.
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Space Center
Houston
Herbertus Strughold
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Germany
Strughold
Brooks Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Wuerzburg
United States
School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph Field
Fire devastates Glynn's IGA in Frankfort downtown
A five hour blaze in Glynn's IGA, Frankfort, Kansas, destroyed the downtown grocery. Firefighters from nearby communities aided local crews. Origin tracked to a rear compressor room. no injuries reported and damage total undetermined.
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Frankfort
Kan
Glynn
IGA
Wilkins to give Kansas University summer organ recital
Lawrence residents will hear Heard in Lawrence William D. Wilkins a Fort Hays Kansas State College organ professor and graduate studies head as guest recitalist in KU summer organ series at 8 tonight in Swarthout Recital Hall. He also serves as organist at First Presbyterian Church in Hays.
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William D. Wilkins
Fort Hays
Kansas State College
Hays
Kansas University
Swarthout
Professor Wilkins
First Presbyterian Church
Five Migrant Family Killed in Route 81 Crash Near Belleville
A southbound car carrying five Mexican migrant workers from Laredo Texas collided with a semi-trailer in heavy rain on U S 81 five miles south of Belleville Kansas. Four members of the Cantu family died and Esther Cantu 11 was hospitalized in critical condition. The driver Robert D Catlin Beloit Kansas was uninjured. A second pickup carrying other workers was not involved.
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Belleville
Kan
U.S. 81
Emeterio Cantu
Guadalupe Cantu
Mary E. Cantu
Norma E. Guadalupe
Laredo
Tex
Esther Cantu
Amarillo
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