Contested Kontum under intense North Vietnamese barrage
North Vietnamese gunners unleashed hundreds of rockets and shells on Kontum in the day’s heaviest attack of the two month offensive. U.S. and Vietnamese reports conflict over sapper gains as North Vietnamese troops reportedly seized parts of the airstrip area while tolls show heavy civilian movement from An Loc and ongoing shelling of Quang Tri and Hue fronts.
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Saigon
Kontum
U.S
Quang Tri
An Lac
South Vietnam
My Chanh
Hue
Kontum Defense Harassed as North Vietnamese Attack Halts
Reports show two battalions likely attacked Kontum but later word suggested a smaller force. Pleiku sources said there was no major pressure on Kontum’s outer perimeter by midafternoon, implying a harassment campaign rather than a full assault. The offensive also hit Hue’s northern front and Da Nang as Saigon area battles continued into the ninth week.
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Kontum
Pleiku
Hue
da Nang
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri
An Loc
South Viet Namese Marines, North Vietnamese raid updates
South Vietnamese Marines pressed south toward My Chanh River linking with battalions and rangers amid heavy fighting near Quang Tri City and Que Son valley. Government reports tallied 295 enemy killed and 105 weapons captured, with 26 troops killed and 76 wounded. An Loc perimeter gains noted while a Cobra crew and two engineers were missing after a night helicopter downing. American air strikes hit major North Vietnamese power plants.
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My Chanh
Quang Tri City
My Chanh River
Que Son
da Nang
Saigon
An Loc
Highway 13
U.S
North Vietnam
Bomb threats at Holy Cross Hospital contaminate visit scene
Officials at Holy Cross Hospital report numerous bomb threats since Governor Wallace arrived after being shot. No bombs found despite daily calls and a standing bomb squad. Visitors screened at doors. only immediate families admitted. Governor Wallace shows pus accumulation from injury but remains stable overall. neurological condition unchanged.
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Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Tom Burke
Holy Cross
Wallace
Glass Pickup Ends As Sponsor Sought In Audrain County
Audrain County Betterment Association reports the county glass drive will end Saturday after six weeks of effort with no sustaining sponsor found. Glass can still be dropped at sites in Vandalia Ladonia Farber Martinsburg and in Mexico today through Saturday noon. ACB says profits run about 20 dollars per ton with barrels weighing 350 to 500 pounds. groups may contact Dr. Robert Peak to assume duties including transport storage sorting and taking profits.
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Audrain County Betterment Association
Columbia
Mexico
ACB
Vandalia
Laddonia
Farber
Martinsburg
West Plaza
South Trais
Robert Peak
New Life Job Start For Inmate From Local Prison
Mexico Joyees sponsor early release plan for Darrell Rush from Moberly Medium Security Prison. Rush will live and work locally under the New Life program as the Unique Jaycee Club hosts them at the Monterey Motel. The meeting approved sponsoring a Khoury League Midget division team this summer.
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Mexico Joyees
Mexico
Darrell Rush
Monterey Motel
Unique Jaycee
Charles Wayne O'Neal
Charles Peck
Mexico Schools Close For Summer Season Delights
Bells rang at 2 p m signaling the end of the term for Mexico youngsters. Hardin Junior High held a talent show and awards assembly this morning with McMillan elementary. Awards were given yesterday at Garfield and Eugene Field and Tuesday at Hawthorne.
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Mexico
Hardin Junior High
McMillan
Garfield
Eugene Field
Hawthorne
Mexico High
Centenarian wanderer Hails 100th Birthday Spree
Old Tom Yardley, a lifelong wanderer, turned 100 and fled the Manchester area. Authorities tracked him to a Salvation Army hostel in London after a 275 mile trip to see a movie he barely recalled. He later chose to leave the theater, calling it a poor spectacle, preferring freedom over a party and telegram from Queen Elizabeth II.
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London
Tom Yardley
Manchester
England
Tom
Social Services
Salvation Army
Queen Elizabeth II
Would-be Hijacker Holds Woman At Gunpoint In Dallas
Virgil Lee Fuqua of Dallas surrendered the pistol at police headquarters after holding a young woman hostage for hours. The incident began with a grocery store hold up in Waco and a demand for a fueled jet plane.
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Dallas
Tex
Love Field
Frank Dyson
Asst
Paul Townsend
Virgil Lee Fuqua
Waco
James Roberts
Nuclear Fears Rejected by State Department
Washington reports the Nixon administration dismisses conservative claims that the U S Soviet arms limit pact will give Moscow a nuclear edge. State Department spokesman Charles W Bray calls the deal mutually beneficial and in world interests. Rep John M Ashbrook argues the plan is one sided and could yield U S inferiority as the talks near a Moscow signing.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
State Department
Charles W. Bray
United States
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Moscow
Sea Pact Signed At Moscow Summit
President Nixon and Soviet leaders approved the fifth U.S. Soviet accord of the summit to prevent incidents between warships on the high seas. John Warner and Admiral Sergei Gorshkov signed as Nixon and top Soviet chiefs discussed European and Asian issues and broader arms limits.
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Moscow
Ats
Nixon
John Warner
U.S
Adm
Sergei Gorshkov
Washington- Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Vietnam
Dacha
Question of Trade Left To Last For Talks On Grain to Soviets
The article notes a future agreement to set up machinery to address U S Soviet trade and potential sizable grain sales. Nixon held a marathon session with Brezhnev Podgorny Kosygin and Andrei Aleksandrov alongside Kissinger and NSC staff. Nixon planned to visit Zelenograd but kept time free for further talks and the Nixons planned to attend a Bolshoi Ballet Swan Lake performance.
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U.S
Nixon
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei Aleksandrov
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
National Security Affairs
National Security Council
Southeast Asia
Zelenograd
Ziegler
Bolshoi Ballet
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