Viet Cong Hit Dong Tam Base in Massive Ammo Blast
Viet Cong mortars struck the Dong Tam base, 40 miles south of Saigon, detonating hundreds of tons of ammunition and destroying buildings and three helicopters. Casualties included eight American air cavalrymen killed and 17 wounded, with over 60 wounded overall. A follow up infantry assault reached the barbed wire perimeter before being repulsed.
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Saigon
9Th Infantry Division
Dong Tam
Ira Hunt
McLean
9Th Division
Hunt
Max Nash
Israeli planes strike guerrilla base near Salt Jordan
Israeli warplanes attacked a guerrilla base near Salt in Jordan today at 2:30 PM, with all planes returning safely. Salt lies 10 miles east of the Jordan River cease fire line and about 15 miles west of Amman, amid ongoing regional clashes and past Israeli offensives in the area.
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Tel Aviv
Salt
Jordan River
Amman
Israel
Suez Canal
Big Powers Plan Roundtable on Middle East Peace
The Big Four at the United Nations prepare to meet next week to pursue a durable Middle East peace. President Nixon seeks Soviet help for a settlement aiding U.S. foreign policy, bolstering U Thant and the UN. The group agrees to use Gunnar Jarring as envoy while Israel and Arab states hold firm on their positions.
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Middle East
Nixon
U Thant
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Gunnar Jarring
Thant
Israel
Nixon Administration Seeks Health Facility Aid Overhaul
The Nixon administration urged Congress to end Hill Burton hospital grants and replace with a $500 million annual loan program to modernize existing hospitals and a $150 million yearly block grant to expand outpatient clinics nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities.
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Washington
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Hill-Burton
Finch
HEW UN
Army Plans Two Year Withdrawal From Vietnam
Army staff officers estimate a complete U.S. pullout from Vietnam may take as long as two years after an order is given. Planning aims to avoid waste and confusion seen in earlier withdrawals, covering 360,000 troops and billions in arms and equipment, plus repositioning to meet worldwide commitments. The effort follows Secretary Resor’s push for a deliberate timetable to minimize postwar disruption.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Stanley R. Resor
Senate Armed Services Committee
Korea
United States
Resor
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Ike's Condition Remains Critical Despite Treatments
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital reported former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's condition remains critical with ongoing congestive heart failure. A morning bulletin said he slept through much of the night and receives brief family visits. Officials cautioned that "critical" does not necessarily mean imminent death and longevity is uncertain given his overall health and lack of response to therapy.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John L. Bradley
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Snowy 39 Degrees in Hocking Valley Forecast
A snowy 39 degrees at 11 30 today followed an overnight low of 34. Mostly cloudy and cool weather is forecast for the Hocking Valley Thursday with snow flurries expected.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio Power Proposes Upgraded Logan Street Lighting Plan
Ohio Power Co presents Logan City Council two mercury vapor upgrades raising lights from 299 to 354 or to 473 with brighter levels. Major changes include 7000 lumen residential lights, 11000 lumen downtown lights, and a possible $1.43 monthly per light increase. Completion target is late 1970 with conversion to 12000 volt distribution.
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Ohio Power Co
C. W. Reed
Newark
Carl Goldsberry
Logan
Illuminating Engineers’ Society
American Standards Association
James Parkinson
Power Company
Market — St
Goldsberry
City gridlock over who enforces zoning rules in Fourth Ward
Heated council session pits Coffman Stair Co area concerns against city duties. Officials clash on who must enforce the zoning ordinance over smoke and sawdust while Edwin Johnston and James Parkinson outline duties and police involvement.
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Fourth Ward
Coffman Stair Co
Coffman
Schultz
Logan
Ed Dalton
Health Department
James Irvine
Edwin Johnston
Johnston
Parkinson
Roy Kelch
Kelch
Keleh
George Lohr
City approves resurfacing Old Rt 33 Main and Falls St areas
City Council approves a 6 550 project with the state to resurface 1.01 miles of old Rt 33 from west limits to Culver St and 0.11 mile of Rt 938 along Falls St near Rachelmacher Park. Costs include 4900 for manhole raises and two basins at 75 each.
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State Highway Department
Hunter and
Main Sts
Culver St
Corporation Limits
Falls St
Rachelmacher Park
Capital Improvements Fund
Columbus Law Firm
Carew
Earnhart Named Bridge Inspector in Hocking County
Howard Barnhart began duties Monday as county bridge inspector a new post created June 11 1968 by the Ohio legislature He reports to Hocking Engineer George Mara and will yearly inspect all 305 bridges measuring components compiling inventories writing two reports and drawing each bridge He earns 7020 dollars annually Mara said no bridge is slated for special action Some bridges date to 1880 and the newest is the Enterprise truss bridge built in 1905.
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Howard Barnhart
Logan Rt
Ohio
Harnhart
Hocking
George Mara
Hocking County
Mara
Enterprise
Mrs Clarence Johnston Dies at Mt Carmel Hospital
Mrs Clarence W Johnston of 516 N Spring St died unexpectedly this morning at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus after admission Monday She is survived by husband two sons William Johnston Logan and Robert Johnston Houston and twin daughters Mrs John Will Cincinnati and Mrs Jack McGuire Hastings Michigan Arrangements by Roberts Funeral Home to be announced later.
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Po Johnston
N. Spring St
Mt Carmel Hospital
Columbus
William I. Johnston
Logan
Robert I
Houston
Tex
John
Mary) Will
Cincinnati
Jack
Margaret) McGuire
Hastings
Mich
Roberts Funeral Home
Nixon urges Congress to extend tax surcharge for a year
President Nixon asks Congress for a one year extension of the 10 percent federal income tax surcharge and proposes significant spending cuts to combat inflation and a projected budget deficit. Senate leaders push for substantial reductions in defense overseas bases and related programs as a condition of approval.
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Nixon
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Southeast Asia
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Majority
Johnson
Mansfield
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Robert Po Mayo
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