Kontum defense holds as sappers linked with tanks are repelled
North Vietnamese sappers backed by tanks attacked Kontum but by dusk troops were killed or driven back, though U S sources said some air strip areas remained under sapper control. In other fronts My Chanh and Hue faced repulsed assaults as casualties mounted and civilians fled An Loc. U S air raids hit Hanoi Haiphong plants and a bridge, while U S forces reported American fatalities and missing in Indochina.
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Saigon
Kontum
U.S
South Vietnam
My Chanh
Hue
An Loc
Tau O
Hanoi-Haiphong
Msgr
Paul Seitz
Kapang
Pleiku
da Nang
Quang Tri
Pleasant nationwide weather with scattered showers and coolfront
Pleasant temperatures and clear skies dominated most areas as the nation enjoyed calm conditions. Light rain crept in from the eastern Gulf Coast to Minnesota, as a cold front eased in leaving cooler air in its wake.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Weather Outlook For Hocking Valley And Northwest Regions
A high of 87 was reached at 3 p m Wednesday in the Hocking Valley. It was 78 at 11 a m today after an overnight low of 48. Expect sunny warm weather with highs in the 80s Friday. Ohio outlook calls for mostly fair warm conditions Saturday through Monday with highs upper 70s to low 80s and overnight lows in the 50s and 60s.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio
Ruling Could Halt Attack On Risk Pollution
Government indicators point to a sharply expanding economy with April up 1.4 percent and March revised to 1.9 percent. Prices and labor costs edged down, other indicators rose, while market basket food costs fell slightly for April. New York trading showed slight gains with the Dow up and advances leading declines.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Suit Seeks To Block State Air Pollution Plans
Four environment groups filed suit in Washington asking a court to block EPA approval of state air pollution control plans. Judge John H. Pratt delayed ruling and set next hearings as the deadline loomed for Ruckelshaus to act. Names in court: Sierra Club, Metropolitan Washington Coalition for Clean Air, New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air and Water, Inc., Clean Air Council of San Diego County.
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Washington
Environment Groups
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William D. Ruckelshaus
U.S. District Court
John H. Pratt
Ruckelshaus
Pratt
Bruce J. Terris
The
Sierra Club
Metropolitan Washington Coalition For Clean Air
New Mexico Citizens For Clean Air and Water, Inc
Clean Air Council
San Diego County
Ohio Tire Firms Across Ohio Face FTC Advertising Inquiry
Eighteen tire manufacturers and distributors including four Akron based firms are ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to document advertising claims for 75 brands. Firestone defends its ads and praises the commission for clarifying that it questions none of the advertising.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
General Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire Rubber Co
B.F. Goodrich Co
Firestone
Graduation Exercises Set Sunday for 252 Logan Seniors
Logan High School will hold commencement for 252 graduates at 8 p.m. Sunday after a 3 p.m. baccalaureate service led by Rev. Jack Beverly of First United Presbyterian Church. Dr. Floyd Faust will give the commencement address at Broad Street Christian Church in Columbus, with introductions by George M. Sarbalas.
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Logan High School
Jack Beverly
First United Presbyterian Church
Logan
Charles J. Moore
LHS
Orville Lueck
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Grayson Ferguson
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Denise Denny
Floyd Faust
Broad Street Christian Church
Columbus
George M. Sarbalas
Jean Ann Knox
Alice Marie Pavlik
Moore
Donald G. Young
Susan Lynn Baird
George Meade Shaw
Ralph W. Faulkner
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ammunition plant blast in Mississippi kills five women
Five women were killed in a series of explosions at Ingram Industries near Kiln Mississippi. The plant employs about 145 people mainly women, and a survivor called the event a nightmare Fourth of July as fires and blasts spread through storage sheds and bunkers. Authorities opened an investigation into the cause amid warnings the death toll could rise.
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Kiln
Miss
West German hunt for Baader-Meinhoff linked Heidelberg blast
An intensive search in Heidelberg targets terrorists after a bombing at the U S Army Europe HQ killing three Americans and wounding five. Investigators have no clues, while Interior Minister Hans Genscher cites the Baader Meinhoff Gang as the focus. In Ohio the Senate committee advances a boiler bill described as one third of the original, requiring owners to notify the Department of Industrial Relations of boiler modification plans.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Hans Genscher
Columbus
Ohio
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Department of Industrial Relations
Harbor Fire Kills Sixty Six in Jakarta Port Area
A large harbor fire in Jakarta on Wednesday killed 66 people and destroyed 32 ships. Police reported two of the lost vessels belonged to an American oil firm, Indonesian American Petroleum.
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Jakarta
Polce
Indonesian-American Petroleum
Ohio Eyes Tougher Rules for Memorial Day Weekend Traffic
State Highway Safety Director Pete O Grady cautioned that Ohio could see up to 35 traffic fatalities over the three day Memorial Day weekend. He noted a record 42 deaths during the 1970 holiday and asked Highway Patrol Supt Col Robert M Chiaramonte to adopt a tougher policy on speeding and drinking drivers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pete O’grady
O’grady
Highway Patrol
Robert M. Chiaramonte
Ohio Republicans Back Higher Education Bill Passage
Senate approval of the compromise $21.3 billion higher education bill moved with 63 votes in favor and 15 against. Senators William Saxbe and Robert Taft Jr. joined the majority in support.
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Washington
Ohio
William Saxbe
Robert Taft Jr
Senate
Ohio Senate to vote on reducing legal maturity to eighteen
The Ohio Senate schedules a Tuesday vote on a bill to lower the legal age of maturity from 21 to 18 years. If passed, adults are eligible for rights and duties previously restricted to older ages. The measure targets changes in civil and contractual capacity within the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Hocking Hills Dining Lodge to Open for Seasonal Service
The Hocking Hills Lodge dining room opens at 5 30 p m Friday for dinner and will operate all day from Saturday with breakfast 7 30 to 11 a m lunch 11 30 to 2 30 p m and dinner 5 30 to 8 30 p m Reservations are not required but may be made by calling 385 6495 Pools at the lodge and Old Man's Cave camping area open Saturday for Memorial Day weekend visitors Rex E Wood District 4 manager will inspect nearby state facilities for summer readiness.
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Hocking Hills Lodge
Old Man’s Cave
Rex E. Wood
Ohio Division of Recreation & Parks
Hocking Hills State Park
Lake Logan State Park
Hocking State Forest
Nixon and Brezhnev Hold Five Hour Summit Dinner
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev met at a Moscow dacha for a five hour dinner and discussion amid talks on long range European and Asian issues. A fifth accord on rules to prevent ship confrontations on the high seas was prepared for announcement. A two part pact on strategic weapons deployment could be signed Friday. Trade questions remain for last.
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Moscow
Nixon
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
International Space Rescue Setup Approved
The U S Soviet agreement signed in Moscow by Premier Kosygin and President Nixon creates an international rendezvous and docking mission in 1975. A Soviet Soyuz with two cosmonauts will dock with an American Apollo craft to test rescue techniques and pave the way for joint future space operations.
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Washington
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Nixon
U.S. Aerospace Industry
North American
Rockwell Space Division
Downey
Calif
James C. Fletcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fletcher
Apollo
Pioneer 10 Aims For Jupiter On Bold Space Run
The bowl shaped Pioneer 10 leaves Earth after March 2 launch bound for Jupiter, first to breach Mars orbit and enter the outer solar system. It faces the asteroid belt, then aims to study Jupiter and continue onward, possibly leaving the solar system. A plaque on board depicts a man and woman and aims to tell other worlds about its origin.
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Los Angeles
Jupiter
Mars
Solar System
Asteroid
Charles F. Hall
Pioneer 10
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Calif
Nixon
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pioneer
Milky Way
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Vietnam
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
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Ohio Tire
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Thomas McMahon
Advent Christian Church
Rockbridge
Mark Weedy
Kevin Berry
Chris Weedy
Craig Davidson
Walter Newton
Karen Mojzer
Sheree Spradlin
John Angle
Randall Matheny
Gerry Phillips
Gregory Smith
Mississippi
Ingram Industries
John J. Gilligan
State Department of Industrial Relations
Dallas, Tex
Dallas
Love Field
Paul Townsend
Hocking Hills
International Space Rescue Setup
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