Navy Planes Hit Big Ammo Depot in North Vietnam
U S Navy pilots destroyed a giant ammunition depot at Dong Ngan 13 miles northeast of Vinh. Oriskany fliers hit a major fuel depot west of Vinh and a storage area nearby, causing explosions and fires. Cam Pha fuel depot saw four supply buildings destroyed with a large blast. In South Vietnam Bien Hoa base was shelled with 15 dead and 51 wounded, eight aircraft damaged or destroyed. Casualties in Cambodia rose as relief columns incurred over 100 losses.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Kitty Hawk
Dong Ngan
Vinh
Oriskany
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Midway
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
U.S
Cambodia
Thailand
Quang Tri
Phnom Penh
U.S. Commmand
William Woods Honors Lowe With Honorary Doctorate
Wm. Woods College awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to William S. Lowe of Mexico, Missouri, at convocation opening the fall term. Lowe, U S Chamber of Commerce president since May 2 and William Woods board chair since 1954, praised the college facilities and faculty. Faculty gold medallions went to Grace Makissy, Kenneth Bell, Erbie Darnell, and Jack Dudley. Distinguished professor awards were given to Monroe Hopkins and Mary Jane Shipp.
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Fulton, Mo
William S. Lowe
Mexico, Mo
William Woods College
Lowe
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Grace Makissy
Kenneth Bell
Erbie Darnell
Jack Dudley
Monroe Hopkins
Mary Jane Shipp
Old Photos Found Of White House And Capitol
The Library of Congress identified two daguerreotypes from 1846 as the earliest known photos of the White House and the Capitol. Found in a San Francisco flea market, they are among six daguerreotypes acquired by the library. John Plumbe Jr. is believed to have taken them, and he once ran a Washington gallery before relocating to San Francisco. Michael Kessler, a Los Angeles collector, discovered the six pictures.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
Library of Congress
San Francisco
John Plumbe Jr
Plumbe
Michael Kessler
Los Angeles
Nixon meets Tanaka amid hopes for new trade pact
In Honolulu Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka discuss expanding U S trade with aims for an extra one billion dollars in orders for American goods and closer ties including China. Nixon hosts the two day talks at Hickam Air Force Base as regional diplomacy begins.
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Honolulu
Nixon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Kakuei Tanaka
Hickam Air Force Base
Tanaka
Japan
China
River Island Home Takes Shape on Kaw
Warren Freeman, a 50 year old home mechanic, is building a one room cabin on an island in the Kaw River downstream from the west Kansas Avenue bridge in Kansas City Kansas. He wants a peaceful place to live and uses boat transport. state officials question river bed ownership but see no law broken.
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Kansas City
Kaw
Warren Freeman
Kaw River
Imechanic
West Kansas Avenue
Kan
Freeman
W. E. Steps
Kansas Water Resources Board
Steps
Robert B. Cooke
Job Finding Plan Begins
In Saint Louis Missouri the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics launched a job finding program for unemployed aerospace defense and scientific workers with a $150 000 federal plant. Sponsors said technicians will be hired to help locate jobs for out of work colleagues and noted the program operates in other states with over 4000 workers placed.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
$75,000 Judgment For Orphaned Boy
A 4-year-old Affton boy whose parents were killed last December when struck by a car was awarded $75,000 in a circuit court settlement. The suit, filed for John L. Lamb Jr., sought $103,000 from Glen Morgan of Kirkwood, the driver involved. The parents died while they were refueling their stalled auto on a busy west St. Louis County thoroughfare.
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ST. Louis
John L. Lamb Jr
Glen . Morgan
Kirkwood
Crowds greet Eagleton on Missouri tour
Cape Girardeau Missouri AP Senator Thomas F Eagleton greeted by enthusiastic crowds while campaigning for Democrats in southeastern Missouri He proposed a system where vice presidential picks are chosen after the presidential nominee has ten thoughtful reflective days to decide He criticized rapid decisions and teased plans to reveal more in a forthcoming book He defended McGovern on war and domestic policy stating there will be no wholesale switch in positions and noting McGovern's primaries motivation was opposition to the war
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Cape Girardeau
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Eagleton
Missouri Democrat
George McGovern
McGovern
Breakthrough Raises Hopes On Leukemia
American scientists report a Soviet leukemia breakthrough may aid prevention and treatment. Soviet work claims leukemia in monkeys after human blood inoculation, suggesting a cancer virus. NCIs Moloney notes new hope for leukemia and similar diseases, with further study planned in Moscow to compare viral material and US samples.
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Washington
United States
John B. Moloney
National Cancer Institute
C. Gordon Zubrod
Moloney
Boris Lapin
Moscow
Man settles bomb threat suit for 750 dollars
A St Louis County man, Joseph Forman of Florissant, agreed to pay 750 dollars to settle a civil suit over a June bomb threat he allegedly made to an Ozark Airlines stewardess. The federal government had sued him for the threat, which could have carried up to a 1000 dollar fine, but Forman contends the remark was made in jest.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis County
Joseph Forman
Florissant
Forman
Ozark Airlines
Russia May Lose Bases In Egypt
Washington sources say the Soviet Union may be forced to give up its naval bases in Egypt as relations with Anwar Sadat deteriorate. Sadat reportedly told subordinates the navy would depart, though no formal confirmation exists. Loss would be a psychological blow but not as impactful as air-base losses, with Syria’s Latakia and Tartus cited as possible alternatives.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
United Arab Republic
Sadat
Moscow
Alexandria
Mersa Matruh
Gulf of Sollum
Libyan
U.S
Greece
Turkey
NATO
United States
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Syria
Latakia
Tartus
Trapped for Hours With Body In Wreck On Thruway
Kenneth Thomas survived 31 hours pinned under a station wagon with the body of his companion Matthew Buckley after a crash on the Cross Island Southern State parkway interchange in Queens. Passersby and a dog walker finally spotted the wreck in a weed choked gully. Buckley died. Thomas required hospital care for minor injuries.
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New York
Kenneth Thomas
City Parkway
Thomas
Matthew Buckley
Long Island
Buckley
Cross Island
Queens
Tom
Massapequa
Wastewater Pioneer Helms Transforms Mexico Plant
Mr. Heim led Mexico’s sewage facility from 1966, overseeing a $600,000 upgrade, new lift and trunk lines, and a plant praised as the top treatment facility in Missouri. He and a five-man crew operate a plant that handles 1.1 million gallons daily, with ongoing testing, strict health standards, and frequent state inspections.
Public works chief Haefm oversees Mexico pools sewer and lift stations
Mr. Heim and staff operate three city pools in Mexico Missouri plus the Country Club pool. They inspect the lift station daily and maintain 100 miles of sewer line and treatment facilities on a 15 to 20 acre site. Heim, a WWII veteran, joined after induction by a city superintendent and later earned Kansas sewage and water certifications. He and wife live at 1701 Pollock Rd with son Leo Jr. and two daughters.
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Mexico
Heim
Division of Health
Water Pollution Board of Missouri
Iift
Holton
Kansas Sewage and
Kansas University
Sewage Plant and
Helm
Pollock Rd
Leo R. Helm Jr
U.S. ‘Air Force
Vietnam
Stephen
Vickie Darlene) Rowe
Kirksville
Marsha
Audrain Medical Center
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Wm. Woods
Randall Cutlip
GOP
Robert J. Dole
General Accounting Office
Dole
Frank Mankiewicz
GAO
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Pham Dang Lym
Hanoi
Cai Lay
Mekong Delta
Florida
Glenn W. Taylor
Sanford
Fla
Orlando
Dare To Be Great
Russia
Gamble Paint&Glass
Promenade Ees
Leo Heim
Missouri Water and Sewage Conference
Macon
State Board of Health
Helms
Missouri Water Pollution Control Board
Water Pollution Control Association
City of
Highway 15
Coldwell Nursing Home
Bob Barnes
J.N. Fitzpatrick
al Travis
Rudolph Green
Irvin Cottrell
Terry Walters
Jim Munford
Gary Slaughter
Nancy Inlow
A.J. Crum
George Piper
KXEO
Lenora Coldwell
Wawa
Liberty
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