South Viet Opens First Counterattack in Offensive
South Vietnamese paratroopers launched their first counterattack eight miles south of Kontum and 19 miles north of Pleiku to reopen Highway 14 through the Chu Pa pass. The move followed a 36 day North Vietnamese offensive as U S forces began a crash program to reverse defeats and replace losses.
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Saigon
United States
Central Highlands
Chu Pa
Kontum
Pleiku
Associated Press
David J. Paine
Rescuers Still Hope For Miners
Kellogg Idaho AP report says dwindling smoke in a Sunshine Mining Co shaft indicated fire may be nearly out as rescuers race to reach 58 miners missing three days after the blaze began. Air being forced into shafts offered hope while carbon monoxide remained high and smoke hampered efforts.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine Mining Co
Edward Adams
Sunshine
Silver Summit
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Elburt Osborn
The
New York Times
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Times
Stanley Jarrett
Jarrett
Police Department Is At Full Strength Mexico adds patrolman Harold Holtkamp
The Mexico Police Dept. reaches full strength with Harold H. Holtkamp joining as patrolman bringing total to 17 officers. Holtkamp, 38, a Navy veteran of 1950 1971, resides at 6055S Fairgrounds St and is married with three children. He began work Wednesday.
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Mexico
Harold H. Holtkamp
Fairgrounds St
Neil Nielsen
Holtkamp
U.S. Navy
Nielsen
Butz Says No Food Freeze At Kansas Lecture
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz opposed any federal food price freeze saying it would come “over my dead body.” He urged support for higher farm income and predicted income would rise to an all time high this year. He praised Kansas for a farm labor law banning strikes during harvest and called for bargaining rights for farmers.
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Manhattan
Kan
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Kansas State University
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
U.S
Buzz
Yellow-Dash Centerlines Adopted on Missouri Highways
The Missouri State Highway Department announced that white centerlines on two lane highways will be replaced by broken yellow lines to standardize markings nationwide. About 19 000 miles of roads will transition while white lines remain on lanes moving in the same direction on interstates. The change aims to standardize markings and signs, requiring 114 000 gallons of paint and completing striping within the year.
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The
Mexico Recreation Corporation
Bnd
Richard Vance
Missouri
State
Highway Department
Angela Davis Gun Purchase Tied to 1970 Courthouse Shootout
Salesmen testified Angela Davis bought a cheap shotgun two days before the Marin County Civic Center siege that left Judge Harold Haley and others dead. Blumenthal and Lifson identified the Aug. 5 1970 San Francisco pawnshop purchase and described the accompanying man, while prosecutors link Davis to aiding Jonathan Jackson and the abortive escape plan tied to George Jackson.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Frank M. Blumenthal
David B. Lifson
Marin County Civic Center
Jackson
Judge Haley
Miss Davis
George Jackson
San Quentin
San Francisco
Blumenthal
Fire at Missouri power plant plunges campus into blackout
A short circuit and fire at the University of Missouri campus power plant cut power for about five hours. Power was restored by linking with Columbia’s municipal system around 5 am. No injuries were reported.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Columbia Municipal System
James Lundsted
City Power and Light Co
MU Medical Center
University
R L Patrick Dies At 73 Rites Friday
Ritchie L. Patrick known as Dick, 73, of 403 W Hanley St died Wednesday after an extended illness. He spent over 40 years in the oil business. Born June 24, 1898 in Audrain County, he married Bessie J Scobee on February 3, 1920 in Mexico. Survived by a brother Glen Patrick and sister Mrs Gladys Terry. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Arnold Funeral Home. burial Elmwood Cemetery. Family viewing 7 9 p.m. this evening.
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Ritchie L
Dick) Patrick
W. Hanley St
Biggzers
Patrick
Audrain
Centralia
Joseph F
Florence FE. Tucker Patrick
Bessie J. Scobee
Mexico
Sie
Glen Patrick
Wellsville
Gladys Terry
Chicago
Arnold Funeral Home
John Blass
Elmwood Cemetery
More US Planes And Ships Headed For Indochina War
Washington AP The Pentagon said additional war planes will be sent to Southeast Asia as part of a U.S. buildup to halt a North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam. Sources indicate the reinforcement will raise total land based and carrier based strike planes in the theater to over 400, with more naval vessels en route.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Thailand
Guam
Friedheim
Southeast Asian
Senators Question Viet Ability in Debate on Cutoff
In Washington, Senate forecasts on South Vietnam's fighting power clashed with calls to halt U.S. funding. Senators Griffin and Stennis questioned South Vietnamese readiness but warned a cutoff would undermine the President and fail to end U.S. involvement. They pressed for quick votes on the Case Church amendment while others urged timely action.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Robert P. Griffin
Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
Griffin
Nixon
Michigan
House
Stennis
D-Miss
Quang Tri City
Hue
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Frank Church
Otdaho
State Department
Paris Talks End as Vietnam Peace Conference Suspended
United States and South Vietnam suspend the Vietnam peace talks after Porter reports ally side refuses to set a new date. North Vietnam criticizes the move calling it sabotage while Thuy questions U.S. claims of invasion and demands answers on bombing and Vietnamization.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
William J. Porter
Pham Dang Lam
Porter
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Viet Cong
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nixon
North
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Japan
Air Force
Marine
Demilitarized Zone
South
Plunkett Park Pool
Indiana Gunite Co
Angela
Rhodie
R. L. Patrick
Indochina War
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