U S Bombers Press Quang Tri City Front in Major Strikes
U S B52 bombers conducted extensive raids across South Vietnam near Quang Tri City drawing heavy fire as 150 North Vietnamese troops were reported killed on Friday. South Vietnamese troops pressed toward the citadel as 7th Fleet planes joined the battle.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Quang Tri Citadel
U.S. 7Th Fleet
America
Hue
Pentagon Papers Jury Not Complete
Los Angeles AP reports the Pentagon Papers trial stalled as jurors with military or security ties faced questioning. Defense sought automatic dismissal but the judge denied it. no jurors seated, while Ellsberg and Russo face espionage and theft charges.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Boudin
Boudin
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Rand Corp
U.S
General Tel Ordered to Divest Holdings in Antitrust Case
In Honolulu a federal judge ruled that General Telephone Co. violated antitrust laws and must relinquish control of Hawaiian Telephone Co. ITT had challenged GTE for restraining competition in the telephone equipment market and sought divestiture of all GTE acquisitions since 1950. Judge Pence will decide on remaining holdings after further study.
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Honolulu
General Telephone Co
U.S. District Court
Martin Pence
Hawaiian Telephone Co
Pence
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Trevino Wins British Open at Muirfield by One Stroke
Lee Trevino outpaced Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin to win the British Open by one stroke at Muirfield Scotland. Trevino finished six under par 277 after a final round 66 while Nicklaus and Jacklin finished one and two strokes behind respectively. Sanders Barnes and Nicklaus contended for podium positions as 64 players qualified for the final round.
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Bulletin
Muirfield
Scotland
Lee Trevino
Jack Nicklaus
Tony Jacklin
Jacklin
Nicklaus
Trevino
Golden Bear
Doug Sanders
Brian Barnes
Girl Is Slain At Wilberforce
Debby Gail Rubenfeld 17, a former Antioch College student from Brooklyn, N.Y., was found shot twice in the head near a sewage disposal plant at Wilberforce University. The Greene County sheriff's office investigates the murder, noting the body was discovered Friday night and the shooting occurred a few days earlier. She had dropped out of Antioch last December and lived in Yellow Springs.
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Xenia
Ohio
Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Antioch College
Brooklyn, N.Y
Debby Gail Rubenfeld
Wilberforce University
Robbery claims Zanesville shop co owner
Evonne Schneider 51 was shot during a robbery at a Zanesville sporting goods store. The co owner with husband John, her body found by son Fred. About 100 dollars taken from the cash register.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Evonne Schneider
Plea for Help Ignored as 11YearOld Targeted in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a 26 year old man was held after an 11 year old girl sought help from a woman in a Cumminsville home. The girl, after being offered a ride by a friend, ran to her home but was pursued. She sought aid at a porch but was dismissed and told to return to the street, then hurt in a nearby lot. She received hospital treatment and was released to her parents.
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Cincinnati
Cumminsville
Julie Eisenhower Falls Ill With Viral Pneumonia
Julie Eisenhower, 24, has viral pneumonia in the lower lung lobe. First Lady Pat Nixon flew to Jacksonville to be with her as doctors say hospitalization is not needed.
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San Clemente
Calif
Julie Eisenhower
White House
Pat Nixon
Jacksonville
Fla
Julie
Navy
David Eisenhower
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Gilligan Blameless On Welfare Says Col Ohio AP
An Ohio welfare official said Gov. John Gilligan bears no blame for rising welfare rolls. Richard Lightner cited HEW standards and court rulings as factors and noted counties administer ADC, not the state. He pointed to Miami County Republicans as responsible for local welfare levels.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Welfare Department
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Lightner
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
ACC
Netzley
Miami
Miami County
Power To Be Off In Main St Area
The Ohio Power Co announces a 30 second power shutdown at 9 a.m. Monday in the E Main St area from Inboden's Marathon to Farmers & Merchants Bank. The cut is to transfer a circuit from East Logan substation to Logan sub station. Three phase equipment should be shut off a few minutes early to avoid damage.
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Ohio Power Co
E. Main St
Inboden
Marathon
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Ohioan Named National School Boards Region Chairman
Robert Boatman, president of the Ohio School Boards Association and Beaver Creek Board of Education member, was elected Friday as chairman of the National School Boards Association Central Region during the region’s summer seminar in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Boatman
Ohio School Boards Association
National School Boards Association
Boatman
Beaver Creek Board of Education
Greene County
New Democratic Coalition Chooses McGovern Aide Leaders
The Democratic National Committee will be led by Jean Westwood with Basil Paterson as vice chairman after Lawrence O'Brien resigned. McGovern faces gaps with big labor and southern Democrats as he seeks broad voter registration and a large campaign apparatus.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Democratic Party
George McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
Pacific Coast
McGovern
Democratic National Committee
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
Afl-Cio
Executive Council
United Auto Workers
Electrical Workers
South
Dixie States
Lawrence F. O’brien
Jean Westwood
West Jordan
Utah
Democratic
Unions Win Challenge Of Wage Controls
In Washington a federal judge halted COLC wage limits as beyond authority in a suit by unions including AFL-CIO. The ruling blocks $1.90 wage exemptions and cites a $3.35 figure from a BLS study as the basis for adequate family income, affecting about 14 million workers.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
William B. Jones
Cost of Living Council
COLC
Afl-Cio
Jones
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Connally Plans Nixon Rally Push for Democrats
Former Treasury secretary John B. Connally a Democrat and ally of President Nixon, vows to rally Democrats for Nixon and attack Senator George McGovern. He criticizes McGovern's pledge to pull all troops and prisoners from Southeast Asia within 90 days and says he does not want the vice presidency. Connally spoke at the Western White House during a 35 day world trip at Nixon’s request.
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San Clemente
Calif
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
White House
George McGovern
Connally
McGovern
Southeast Asia
United States
Paris
Spiro T. Agnew
Firm Fined For Price Fix
National Gypsum Co. was found guilty of criminal contempt for a conspiracy to obstruct justice in a gypsum industry price fixing probe. U.S. District Judge Rabe Marsh fined the firm $5,000 after a seven day trial. The company resisted turning over daily appointment books and calendars dating to 1960, which DOJ argued were business records presented earlier in another case.
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Pittsburgh
National Gypsum Co
U.S
Rabe Marsh
National
Marsh
John C. Fricano
U.S. Dept. of Justice
California
Fricano
Juvenile Court Cases Continue To Increase In Hocking County
In 1971 Hocking County Juvenile Court heard 437 official cases, up 63.7 percent from 1970 and 332.7 percent from 1969. Judge Rhea Bangert Brown notes 101 official cases in 1969 and 267 in 1970, with 71 unofficial cases also handled in 1971.
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Hocking County
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Corrections
Severe Midwestern Storms Kill One and Cause Major Damage
A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept the Midwest from Missouri Valley to Lower Michigan, killing one driver in Des Plaines Illinois and causing extensive property damage. The system toppled trees ripped roofs from homes and damaged barns west of Milwaukee with additional funnel clouds across Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas and Michigan.
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Midwest
Missouri Valley
Michigan
Chicago
Des Plaines
Ill
Milwaukee
Aurora
Kansas City
Davenport
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Moline
National Weather Service
Madison
Wis
Rockford
Meridian
Miss
California
Red Bluff
Calif
Sacramento Valley
Stockton
Needles
Daggett
Lewiston
Mont
Ton Of Pennies Pays Tax Bill
Larry Hermone settled a $2,500 tax bill in pennies after months of wrangling. A truck carrying 250,000 pennies, about a ton, delivered the coins to an IRS office in San Jose California. An IRS agent remarked that he did not find the scene amusing.
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San Jose
Calif
Larry Hermone
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
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