Two New U S Drives Against Red Forces in Vietnam
The U S Command announced two offensives in northern South Vietnam aimed at capturing or destroying enemy forces and materiel. Operation Samar Plain began May 16 near Da Nang to relieve Tam Ky, while Operation Herkimer Mountain, launched May 9, involves about 1000 Marines near Khe Sanh. Civilian casualties and helicopter losses were reported, with 28 Americans killed and 134 wounded in the latest actions. Secretary Laird defended battlefield tactics, stressing maximum pressure with minimal casualties.
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Saigon
USS. Command
South Vietnam
U.S
Samar Plain
101St Airborne Division
da Nang
Tam Ky
3Rd Division
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Mayor Yorty challenger clings to poll lead in Los Angeles race
In Los Angeles Thomas Bradley a Negro councilman leading in independent polling one day before the mayoral election as turnout in the nonpartisan contest is expected to hit about one million. Tehran US officials report progress toward Arab Israeli peace talks. Cairo sees a racial disturbance with gunfire at the city police station. New York stock market shows cautious trading. Portland sees four youths held after firebombs damaged buildings. a Northeast Airlines jet with 20 aboard hijacked to Cuba.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Judges To Be Included In Financial Ethics Law
Senate leader Mansfield says federal judges should face the same financial disclosure rules as lawmakers and executives. Chief Justice Warren calls a June 10 Judicial Conference to discuss judges non judicial activities and possible disclosure rules. Mansfield rejects self policing and urges a broad law applying to anyone earning over 18 000 a year. The issue tests separation of powers as Supreme Court justices serve for life.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Executive Branch
Mansfield
Earl Warren
Judicial Conference
Congress
Judicial Council
Montana Democrat
Supreme Court
Fair and warmer weather forecast for Hocking Valley
The Hocking Valley is set for fair and warmer conditions on Tuesday. In Logan at 11 am the temperature stood at 58 degrees after a low of 45.
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Hocking Valley
Logan Area
Leftist Coup Overthrows Sudan Leader in Bloodless Takeover
A leftist civilian regime was toppled in Sudan by colonels who formed the National Revolutionary Council led by Col Jaafar Numairi. The council banned gatherings, closed banks, suspended newspapers, and dissolved the cabinet as Awadallah became premier and Numairi was named commander in chief and defense minister.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sudan
Ismail el Azhari
Mohammed A. Mahgoub
National Revolutionary Council
Col
Jaafar al Numairi
Constitutional Assembly
Numairi
Damascus
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Revolutionary Council
Babakar Awadallah
Hamadallah Deir el Nil
Haydenville Man In Critical Condition After Train Collision
Haydenville resident Richard Nihizer, 28, was listed in critical condition today at University Hospital Columbus after a motorcycle crash with a freight train in an Athens County train tunnel last Thursday. Companion Richard Spencer, 24, of Logan, on a second motorcycle, suffered minor injuries.
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Richard Nihizer
Haydenville
University Hospital
Columbus
Athens County
Nihizer
Clarence Nihizer
Richard Spencer
Logan
OEA Solons Discuss School Finances Across Ohio
About 2,500 teachers and 50 lawmakers met in 21 gatherings across Ohio to press for a mandatory statewide 1 percent income tax to fund schools. Key legislator talks in Cleveland and Columbus weighed local relief and state funding, amid post primary tax sentiment shifts and cautious optimism.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
Ohio General Assembly
Warren
OEA
OFA
Stayner F. Brighton
Brighton
Mark C. Shinnerer
Lakewood
John H. Weeks
Cleveland Area
Cincinnati
Michael Maloney
Max Pemberton
Pemberton
General Assembly
Two Fairfield Youths Charged in First Degree Murder
Two Marion youths, 17 and 15, were charged as delinquents in Fairfield County Juvenile Court with first degree murder after escaping Fairfield School for Boys and the fatal shooting of a school security guard during an all night chase in Blue Valley south of Lancaster. The case centers on a single .22 rifle used in the killing and a long pursuit by local and county law enforcement.
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Marion
Fairfield School For Boys
Blue Valley
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Roger D. Craft
Steve Patrick
Patrick
Craft
Charles Marion
Amanda
Charles Ziegler
Columbus
Rodney Robinson
Robinson
Joe Rockey
Fannie Kilbarger
Miller backs Rhodes for U S Senate in 1970 race
Rep. Clarence Miller R Ohio endorses Gov. James A Rhodes for the U S Senate as the 1970 campaign begins. Rhodes unavailable for comment while recovering from throat surgery at University Hospital after vocal cord nodule removal.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Clarence Miller
James A. Rhodes
U.S. Senate
Rhodes
Miller
Jim Rhodes
Columbus, Ohio
University Hospital
Tenth District Democrats Seek Probe of Rhodes
The 10th District Democrats in Lancaster voted to petition the U S attorney general for a federal investigation of Life magazine's charges against Ohio Governor James A Rhodes. William Lavelle of Athens said the district action club will move to gain signatures, with Delmar Canaday of Pomeroy responsible for collecting them.
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Lancaster
U.S
Life Magazine
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
William Lavelle
Athens
Democrat Action Club
Delmar Canaday
Pomeroy
Canaday
Lavelle
No Scandal Found In C5A Cost Hike
The House Armed Services Committee concluded there is no scandal or conflicts of interest in the C5A cost increase. The rise from 3.1 to 4.3 billion is blamed on Air Force and Lockheed misestimates and inflation, with officials arguing the aircraft remains a reasonable purchase.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
Lockheed
Congress
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Pike
Durward C. Crow
Locust Bloom Heavily Across Ohio This Year
Locust trees in the Hocking hills have shown a spectacular bloom, a phenomenon not remembered by most observers. The heavy locust bloom is widespread throughout Ohio with fruit prospects improved after years of variable flowering and late frosts at times reducing yields.
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Hocking Hills
Ohio
Congress and Mansfield Fault for Defense Spending Waste
Washington AP reports Senate leader Mike Mansfield and other lawmakers fault Congress for allowing wasteful military spending. Proxmire outlines upcoming hearings on procurement waste, while Hastings proposes automatic congressional review of cost overruns and late deliveries by defense contractors.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Defense Department
William Proxmire
Dwis
House
Proxmire
James F. Hastings
R-N.y
Apollo 10 Splashdown Ends Eight Day Moon Flight
Apollo 10 astronauts Col. Thomas P. Stafford and Navy Cmdrs. John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan returned to the sea aboard the Princeton after an eight day mission. The three landed about 400 miles east of Pago Pago in the South Pacific near the recovery ship, signaling a near flawless finale and paving the way for future moonwalks.
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USS
Princeton
Earth
South Pacific
America
Sixton
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Pago Pago
Stafford
Young
Cernan
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Middle East
New York
Donald Rumsfeld
Illinois
Portland
Ore
Miami
Northeast Airlines
Cuba
Caribbean
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Awadallah
Haydenville Man
Fairfield
Compressor Station Rd
Rockey
Sugar Grove
Fairfield County Sheriff's Department
Ohio Highway Patrol
Hocking County
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