South Viets and U S Wipe Out Two Cambodian Villages
South Vietnamese fighter bombers and US helicopters struck two enemy held villages in eastern Cambodia in a day long battle. Rangers suffered two killed eight wounded as the villages burned from napalm. By dusk one village was seized and fleeing enemy forces were reported under heavy air and gunship fire.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Associated Press
Huyen Cong Ut
Parrot’s Beak
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Sisco pushes Israelis to pull back from Suez
Assistant Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco urged Israeli leaders to accept a substantial pullback from the Suez Canal with a token Egyptian force on the canal east bank. Israel seeks a partial withdrawal and a limited Egyptian force while rejecting freedom of movement for the Egyptian army in Sinai. Egypt rejects restricting its forces east of the canal. Sisco met Prime Minister Meir and other leaders and was briefed by Israeli generals.
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Ypt
Israel
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Sisco
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Yigal Allon
Abba Eban
Astronauts Grow More Agile on the Moon During Apollo 15
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin show improved agility on the lunar surface. Doctors note their movement shifts to ankle use and toe bound steps, with less energy spent and longer oxygen supply as they adapt to the moon’s gravity.
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Moon
Charles Berry
Lunar
Scott
Irwin
Earth
Berry
Allen
Six Hurt In Three Accidents Near Lebanon and Middletown
A Lebanon man, Donald R. Bolser, 19, was seriously injured in a one car crash on Ohio 123 near I-71 and moved to Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hospital in fair condition. His driver Paul E. Scott, 21, and passenger Candy Hall, 15, were treated at Middletown Hospital. Viola Combs, 39, in a separate crash on Ohio 123 south of Red Lion, suffered facial lacerations and abrasions and was listed in good condition. In a third incident on Ohio 4 near Todhunter Road, Peter Fisher, 46, and Roger L. Craft, 24, sustained minor injuries after a rear collision in fog.
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Lebanon
Ohio 123
Middletown Hospital
Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hospital
Donald R. Bolser
W. Silver St
Bolser
Paul E. Scott
W. Main St
Scott
Candy Hall
Oregonia Rt. 1
Dayton
Red Lion
Viola Combs
Middletown
Ohio 4
Todhunter Road
Peter Fisher
Todhunter
Roger L.craft
Hawkins Road
Craft
Fisher
Civilians Branded and Tortured in Vietnam Testimony
Two men claiming US intelligence service during 1967 69 testified before a House subcommittee that Americans participated in murder and torture of Vietnamese civilians labeled Viet Cong. K Barton Osborn 26 described undercover service and said several alleged Viet Nam civilians died during interrogations. Mike Uhl 27 asserted Phoenix program misapplied as a dragnet rather than targeted action.
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Washington
K. Barton Osborn
House
Osborn
Vietnam
Mike Ulil
New York City
South Vietnam
Phoenix
Uhl
Local Man Indicted In Double Fatality
A Middletown man, Jerry Redkey, 21, was indicted by the Butler County Grand Jury on two counts of first degree homicide by motor vehicle after a July 16 crash on Ohio 744 that killed Grayson Lawson and his wife Billie. The grand jury returned 14 indictments in a one day session, with 71 witnesses.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County
Grand Jury
Jacksonburg
Jerry Redkey
Young Sr
Ohio
Grayson Lawson
Paulin
Billie Lawson
Redkey
Robert L. Marrs
Common Pleas
David Lunsford
Gary Pigman
Ralph Pigman
William F. Stringer
Harrison Baker
Richard Mooney
American ballerina stabbed to death in Switzerland
Stephanie Constance Puerto a 90 year old American ballerina from Cambridge Massachusetts was found stabbed 21 times in her St Gallen apartment shortly before a rehearsal. Police described the killer as a possible psychopath and noted the weapon was missing.
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ST. Gallen
Switzerland
Stephanie Constance Puerto
Cambridge
Mass
Max Putz
Cantonal Police
Puerto
Desperate Cry We Need Beer Amid BC Brewing Strike
British Columbia faces a two week strike lockout by Labatt's and Molson's workers driving beer shortages. With 60 percent of province supply at stake, some parlors closed while others run at full capacity unsatisfied. The Liquor Board issued all you can supply orders to Olympia Washington and to O Keffe's in Calgary and Edmonton.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Labatt’s
Molson’s
British Columbia Liquor Board
Olympia
Wash
O’keffe’s
Calgary
Edmonton
Gilligan names OU trustee Charles Holzer to board
Gov. John Gilligan appoints Dr. Charles Holzer of Gallipolis to Ohio University board of trustees. Holzer, 54, serves as Holzer Medical Center chief of staff and regents for Rio Grande College. term runs until May 13, 1980. He has ties to University of Cincinnati Hospital and regional medical programs.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Charles Holzer
Gallipolis
Ohio University
Holzer
Holzer Medical Center
Rio Grande College
Committee of
University of Cincinnati Hospital
Dump Truck Drops Through Covington Bridge Collapse
A dump truck fell 50 feet through a wooden bridge in Covington causing a 57 year old structure segment to collapse and block railroad tracks. The driver Thomas Hollern 52 of Covington was hospitalized resting comfortably at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
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Covington, Ky
Thomas Hollern
Covington
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Obituary for Carl C. Bowman Middletown resident
Carl C. Bowman 87 of 2022 Arlington Ave died 1 25 pm Monday at Middletown Hospital after a stay since May 17. Born in Booneville Kentucky he lived in Middletown 60 years retired in 1951 from Armco Steel. Survived by two daughters Ruby Baskette and Otto Hackney three grandchildren seven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Services 2 pm Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev J Herschel Caudill officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 3 5 and 7 9 pm with IOOF service 7 30 pm.
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Carl C. Bowman
Arlington Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Bowman
Booneville
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
The
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ruby Baskette
Otto Hackney
McCoy- Leffler
J. Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Death of Mrs Irene Verady in Cincinnati Home
Mrs Irene Verady 75 formerly of Middletown found dead Monday at her Race Street residence in Cincinnati after years of illness. Daughter of Tom and Mrs Lafayette of Middletown she was predeceased by husband James in 1951. Survived by brothers Gilbert Sr Gordon and Tom Jr Lafayette. Arrangements pending at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Irene Verady
Middletown
Race Street
Cincinnati
Verady
Tom Lafayette
James
Gilbert Lafayette Sr
Gordon Lafayette
Tom Lafayette Jr
Hallendale
Fla
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Obituaries: Vincent Federle and Amon Shell
Vincent Federle age 74 of 1251 Harmon Ave. mass of the resurrection at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St Veronica's Church. Amon Shell age 83 of 2688 Estill Ave. services at 2 p.m. Wednesday Brown Daw son funeral home.
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Vincent Federle
Harmon Ave
St Veronica’s
Amon Shell
Estill
Brown-Dawson
Jobless Youth to Run for Mayor in Toledo
An 18 year old unemployed Toledo resident Tom Andrews says he will run as a write in nonparty candidate to challenge the system and see how locals react. He admits his chances are a zilch due to not securing summer work.
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Toledo, Ohio
Tom Andrews
Toledo
Gilligan Critiques Ohio Tax Effort at Convention
Governor John J. Gilligan told the International Moulders and Allied Workers Union opening session in Cincinnati that Ohio, though wealthy, ranks 50th in tax effort. He argued the state could better use its wealth to fund services for its people.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
International Moulders and Allied Workers Union
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