Navy Sinks Two Torpedo Boats Near Haiphong Raid
Two American navy torpedo boats were sunk off Haiphong during a raid by cruisers Newport News Providence and destroyers Rowan Robison with help from a navy plane. The strike targeted coastal installations and a fuel depot as part of ongoing operations along North Vietnam's coast. A7 Corsair aircraft finished off one boat. Rowan fire and a direct hit from Newport News destroyed the second.
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Saigon
Haiphong
U.S
Newport News
Providence
Rowan
Robison
Adm
J. L. Holloway Tit
7Th Fleet
Navy
North Vietnam
Air Force
North
Cora
South Vietnam
Ang Tri
Que Son
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Boulder Hill
Mass Murder Trial Set for Juan Corona in Fairfield
A Solano County judge refused delays for the September 5 mass murder trial of Juan Corona. District Attorney Dave Teja argued handwriting samples were unavailable and sought contempt sanctions against defense attorney Richard Hawk. Corona is charged with the murders of 25 itinerant workers whose bodies were found along the Feather River last year.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Solano County
Feather River
Birth of Jodi Leigh White in Audrain Medical Center
Jodi Leigh White is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack White born at 6 47 p.m. Saturday weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. She joins siblings Jeffrey 5 Jackielyn 4 and Jason 3. Grandparents include Marion Allison of Mexico Berkly Wright of Memphis Fount White of Madison and Joe Freeman of Des Moines. Great grandmother Gertrude Wright of Wellsville.
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Jack White
Audrain Medical Center
Jodi Leigh
Jeffrey
Jackielyn
Jason
White
Kable Dairy
Marion Allison
Mexico
Berkly D. Wright
Memphis
Tenn
Fount White
Madison
Joe Freeman
Des Moines
Iowa
Gertrude Wright
Wellsville
Nixon orders Viet Nam troop cap cut to thirtynine thousand
President Nixon announced a lower Viet Nam troop ceiling likely to 39,000 on Friday, with Saigon saying Americans in the country total 37,700. McGovern prepares a second welfare reform plan aimed at middle incomes, to win Wall Street investors and blunt campaign criticism. U.S. Navy ships shell Southeast Haiphong fuel depot as pilot ace Capt Steve Ritchie earns his fifth MIG kill. Arab terrorists mapped a new tactic to use travelers as time-bomb carriers after an Israeli jet bomb case. A U.N. committee on colonialism recognizes Puerto Rico’s right to self determination and independence, requesting study on extending UN decolonization provisions.
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Saigon
Quezon
Neeld
U.S
Air Force
Steve Ritchie
Reidsville
N.C
da Nang
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
New York
George McGovern
South Dakota
Wall Street
New York Society of Security
Geneva
International Airlines
International Air Transport Association
Rome
Group seeks sunshine bill for special Missouri session
Jefferson City Missouri AP The Citizens Lobby of Missouri chair Carl Wilson says he asked Gov Warren Hearnes to add an open meetings bill to the special session agenda. Wilson met with legal aide Paul Williams who said the request would be considered. Legislators meet Sept 6 at 2 p.m. unless the bill gains approval, the session may stay under closed doors until January.
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Jefferson City
Citizens Lobby of Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Carl Wilson
Paul Williams
Wilson
University of Missouri
Candidates Grapple With War And Welfare Issues
Washington AP report on Nixon and McGovern outlining separate vulnerable issues. McGovern to unveil a second welfare and tax reform plan while Nixon previews a troop withdrawal speech from Vietnam. Meany criticizes McGovern while COPE funds key races. GAO investigations loom over campaign finance. Nixon and McGovern face internal party tensions and public scrutiny of war and welfare stances.
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Washington
Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
New York Society of Security
Nixon Sched
Vietnam
South Dakota
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Southeast Asia
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Chicago
Federation
George Meany
U.S
Meany
COPE
General Accounting Office
GAO
Maurice Stans
First abolitionist newspaper Phi lanthropist in Ohio
In 1817 the Phi lanthropist became the first abolition newspaper in the United States, published in Mount Pleasant Ohio, marking an early milestone in the abolitionist press era.
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U.S
Philanthropist
Mount Pleasant
Ohio
UN group backs Puerto Rico independence voting 12 to 0
A UN committee on decolonization voted 12 0 recognizing the inalienable right of Puerto Rico to self determination and independence abstentions from ten nations. Puerto Rican leaders hailed the move while a US spokesman warned the wording was ambiguous and that no report is sought until 1973.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Puerto Rico
United States
U.S
Special Committee On
Ricardo Alarcon
Caribbean
Juan Mari-Bras
Mari-Bras
U.S. Congress
Washington
State Department
Judge Upholds Berrigan and Sister McAlister Convictions
A federal judge in Harrisburg upholds the convictions of Rev. Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister for smuggling letters in and out of prison. U.S. District Judge R Dixon Herman sets sentencing for Sept 5 and notes an appeal is expected. The pair were the only defendants convicted in the Harrisburg antiwar conspiracy trial. the jury had not reached verdicts on charges involving Kissinger and related plots.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
U.S
R. Dixon Herman
Father Berrigan
Elizabeth
Harrisburg
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington, D.C
Father Berrigan Convicted for Draft File Destruction
The 1976 letter smuggling occurred while Father Berrigan was in Lewisburg Pennsylvania federal penitentiary serving a sentence for destroying draft files at Catonsville Maryland. He remains imprisoned for that conviction.
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Father Berrigan
Lewisburg
Catonsville
Skinner Couple Welcome Baby Stephen Carl
Stephen Carl Skinner Marine St and Mrs Paul Dv Skinner of Kailua Hawaii are the parents of a child born Sunday. The baby weighs pounds 4 ounces and is named Stephen Carl. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs R C Olson of 728 Woodlawn St and Mr and Mrs C Allen of Palos Verdes Peninsula California.
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Marine St
Paul Dv" Skinner
Kailua
Hawaii
Stephen Carl
R.C. Olson
Woodlawn St
C. Allen
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Calif
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Washington Post
Justice Department
Kennedy
Jean Westwood
John V. Lindsay
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Intos Angeles
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Rcalif
Manhattan
Tales Thor Rom
Alfred
Norma McLain
Jack Lemmon
Barbara Harris
Jason Robards
Showtime
Hells
Panama
Michael Sarrazin
Jacqueline Bissel
UN Group For
Independence
China
Soviet Union
Chang Yung-kwan
United Nations
Alarcon
General Assembly
Rrigan
Stephen Carl Skinner
Wee Pel Sale
Armaoat
American Express
Fadarak
Silvertown
B.F. Goodrich
Bankamericard
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