Red Forces Attack Da Nang And Space News In One Day
In Saigon fronts, South Vietnamese troops repel a third North Vietnamese assault near the DMZ with U S B52 backing. Casualties reported on both sides as 58 enemy troops fall to ground fire and air strikes near Khe Sanh while Lam Son 810 proceeds with 3 000 Marines in northwestern South Vietnam. In a separate report, Soyuz 11 completes launch with three cosmonauts aboard and targets long term joint research with Salute orbital station.
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Dobrovolsky
Navy
Black Sen
Patsayev
Volkov
Soviet Union
Tass
Orbital Scientific
Earth
Views
Alexei Yelitseyev
Soyuz 10
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Jungied Mountains
Dmz
da Nang
U.S
Sampans
Mekong Delta
Richard Gardner
de Viet
Khe Sanh
Camp Sarge
I Marine
Lam Son
South Vietnam
Ho Chi
Fatal Crash Claims Sweatt Seed Farms Leader
Houston H Sweatt owner of Sweatt Seed Farms and partner at Levi Gin Co and Farm Center Gin and Elevators dies. A WWII veteran and Emmanuel Baptist Church member he leaves wife Geneva and three sons along with extended family. In citywide crashes eighty injured in six accidents including youths on 53rd Street and 5th Street and a two car crash at Loop 289.
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Sweatt Seed Farms
Levi Gin Co
Farm Center
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sweatt
Geneva
Joe
Mike
Robert
Wolfforth
L. C. Sweatt
Munday
Wichita Falls
Pete Samac
Denver
Colo
Tom Brogan
Fort Worth
Methodist Hospital
Clifton Lee Davis
W. S. Rhodius
San Antonio
Nick Catalani Jr
Pamela Pendergrast
5Th St
Forrest
Ray Pennington
Davis’ Auto
36Th Street
Rhodius
U.S. 87
Municipal Drive
Catalani
Miss Pendergrast
Brownfield Road
Quaker’ Avenue
Penningtoni
H Auto
Nashville
Lola Pohl
Matador
Texas Hospital
Loop 289
University Avenue
Arthur Guajardo
John Esquibel
Littlefield
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
19Th Street
Avenue H
Eighteen Inmates Escape Manila Prison
AP dispatch reports eighteen prisoners fled the National Penitentiary near Manila, including two condemned men. One suspect was shot and wounded. the rest crossed two barred fences and a steel matting fence. A large-scale manhunt is underway.
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Manila
National Penitentiary
Tower Supports Sharing Plan For Revenue Sharing
Senator John G. Tower of Texas gave blanket support this week to President Nixon's revenue sharing plan. He stated it would not raise taxes or increase federal supervision, would use a federal income tax base, and would split 6 billion dollars between state and local governments to fund growing public services.
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Washington
UPI
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Nixon
Tower
Air Collision Sparks Nighttime Firefighting Efforts
At about 8 20 p m CST two aircraft collided at altitude near 29 000 feet. Fire officials airlifted search rescue crews into the area but thick fog hampered the effort. A spokesman said no body removal would begin until daybreak as fiery debris started three small brush fires that county firefighters quickly extinguished.
Racial Violence Breaks Out in Yokosuka Bar Area
Three American servicemen were injured in Yokosuka Japan when racial violence erupted in a bar district. The Navy said the wounded were white sailors and a Marine with minor cuts and bruises after trouble began in a bar popular with black servicemen and spread to nearby bars. The three hour disturbance prompted Navy statements.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Oregon Ratifies 18-Year Voting Amendment
The Oregon Legislature ratified the 18-year-old voting amendment on Friday. The Senate approved the House measure 16 to 14, making Oregon the 32nd state to ratify. Ratification by six more states would put the amendment into effect.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
U.S
Senate
House
Six Die In Show Race Crashes Across Three Locations
Weekend of tragedy for air racing with six pilots dead in separate crashes. At Wildwood New Jersey four World War II training planes collided during the National Air Races, killing the four pilots. In Quonset Point Rhode Island a stunt pilot died during a Navy Blue Angels salute to J W Fornoff. At Plainville Connecticut Gilbert Gillette of New Haven died in an inverted spin crash amid a local air show.
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Gilbert Gillett
New Haven
Conn
Plainville
Avalanche-Journal News Services
Wildwood
N.J
R.J
Gilbert Gillette
Gillette
Cape May
Richard Minges
Fayetteville
N.C
Pappy Weaver
Caden, Jrr
Quonset Point
Navy
Blue Angels
J. W. Fornoff
Houma
Corky
Indian protesters seize Mt Rushmore summit in protest
Twenty Native Americans including women and youths were arrested atop Mt Rushmore after responding to a 2 pm deadline set by park officials. They demanded treaty fulfillment and park concessions for Indians, while guards redirected visitors amid slippery, risky climbing conditions.
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MT. Rushmore, S.D
UPI
Mt. Rushmore Memorial
Crazy Horse Mountain Movement
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Wallace McCaw
South Dakota
Missouri River
Badland
Verna Gannon
Rapid City
Mt. Rushmore
United Sioux
U.S
Camp Rapid
State Lions Crown Palacios Queen at Convention
Corpus Christi special report says Linda Stuhrenberg 17 of Palacios was crowned queen at the Lions Clubs of Texas State Convention. She will represent the state at the Lions International Convention in Las Vegas Nevada later this month.
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Corpus Christi
Linda Stuhrenberg
F Palacios
Lions Clubs ‘of Texas
Tornado Funnel Clouds Spare Major Damage Across Midwest
Severe weather sparked by a midwest storm produced funnel clouds over parts of Michigan Illinois and Ohio with scattered touchdowns causing damaged trees and power lines. In Chicago area over 10 000 apartments and homes lost power for hours while warnings extended to Lake Huron and Lake Erie shores and even Key West Florida reported funnel activity.
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Gage
Olka
Emporia
Kan
Midwest
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Chicago
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lower Michigan
Rockford
Mich
Grand
J Rapids
Lansing
Toledo
Cleveland
Sandusky
Key West
West Palm Beach
Fla
Explosion Reported Near Semipalatinsk Complex
An underground blast was detected in the Semipalatinsk area reported by the Soviet colony. The seismological institute under Uppsala University registered the event on Sunday, noting an underground explosion near Stockholm APY.
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Stockholm
Weather Expert Warns of Hurricane Dangers and Evacuation Failures
The storm expert cautions radar can mislead viewers about the eye position and path. He notes 24 hour coastline predictions have about 100 nautical miles error, warns of complacency and delayed evacuation, and proposes buffer strips and clearer warnings to avert massive loss of life.
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Simpson
National Weather Service
Brownfield Church Leader Dies in Brownfield
The Brownfield district lay leader and First United Methodist Church official, M L Gillham, died leaving his wife Ruth Upton and three daughters Mrs Tipps, Mrs Powell Jr and Mrs Craig. Survivors include his mother Mrs Etta Gilham, two sisters and two brothers with five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed include Tipps, Powell III and Craig Jr. Honorary pallbearers are board members of local banks and a savings association.
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Brownfield
United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church of
Rownfield
Ruth Upton
San Angelo
Robert N. Tipps
Denver City
J.C. Powell Jr
Roswell
Robert Lee Craig
Etta Gilham
Lubbock
Tracy Cary
Gene Nixon
M. L. Gillham
Wayside
W. N. Gillham
Irving
Stephen Tipps
James Powell III
Robert Lee Craig Jr
Robert L. Upton
T. Glen Cary
Kenneth Cary
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co
Yoakum County State Bank and Trust Co
Brownfield Savings and Loan Association
Fire West of Fenton Lake Promptly Battled By Air and Ground Crews
Ground crews aided by five airplanes dropping fire retardant and helicopters dumping water from Fenton Lake fought a blaze spotted Saturday southeast of Fenton Lake in the Jemez Mountains. The forest service deployed 250 men overnight and began evacuations in the Horseshoe Springs area to avoid complications later.
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Fenton Lake
Jemez Mountains
Forest Service
Horseshoe Springs
Rogers Arrives For Paris Meet
U S Secretary of State William P Rogers arrives in Paris for two days of talks on the Middle East Western economics and Japan U S relations. He chairs the OECD ministerial meeting of 22 nations in Paris as Australia joins making 23 members. Rogers came from Lisbon after NATO talks.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
United States
Canada
Japan
Europe
Australia
U.S. State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lisbon
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Space Lab
Soyuzul
Baikonur
Mand
Katumbodian
Cambodia
Yacht Club
Exmouth
England
Houston
H. Sweatt
Bar
State Lions
Palacios Queen
Cella
Texas
Camille
Mississippi
Gold Coast
Florida
J. O. Gillham
Brownfield, Area Bank
New Mexico
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