GOP Platform Sets Peace Talks in Vietnam and Crime Drive
GOP platform pledges Vietnam negotiations without surrender and home crime and social reform. Dirksen predicts little dissent as Javits and others push for a softer stance on Vietnam. Frelinghuysen revision gains approval ahead of Tuesday convention vote.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Vietnam
Dirksen
Peter Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
U.S.A
GOP
Johnson
Ohio delegation sticks with Rhodes as favorite son
The 58 vote Ohio delegation at the Republican convention moved to back Gov. James A. Rhodes on the first ballot, keeping Nixon from a likely initial win. Delegation chair John S. Andrews said most delegates would support Rhodes, with a caucus planned for Monday morning and another meeting with Reagan and Nixon pending. Rhodes remained uncommitted but pledged to nominate Rhodes on the first ballot if the group holds.
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America
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Miami Beach
Fla
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Richard M. Nixon
John S. Andrews
Rhodes
Aon
Andrews
Nixon
Rockefeller
Columbus
Harold Stassen
Paul W. Waler Jr
Shaker Heights
U.S. Troops Uncover Viet Cong Cache of Arms and Money
Allied forces uncovered multiple Viet Cong caches from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ, including six mortar tubes and machine guns in bunkers near Khe Sanh. A central coast cave held $150,000 in U S currency and 935,000 piasters, to be turned over to the U S Treasury.
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U.S
Viet Cong Money Board
Mekong Delta
Saigon
POWs Return Home After North Vietnam Captivity
Three U S pilots Maj James F Low Maj Fred N Thompson and Capt Joe V Carpenter returned to the United States after up to seven months as prisoners in North Vietnam The men stepped off an Air Force plane at Andrews Air Force Base and spoke of hope for more releases Carpenter said no psychological testing occurred and Thompson described prison food as different yet substantial Carriers families met them at the base and Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford arrived briefly before the landing
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Fred N. Thompson
Taylor, S. C
Joe V. Carpenter
Victorville
Air Force
Carpenter
Andrews Air Force Base
New York
Low
Thailand
Clark Clifford
Andrews
Texas
Airliner Lands Safely After Mid-Air Collision
A jet-prop airliner with wreckage and three young victims from a light plane embedded in its side landed safely near Milwaukee. Capt. Ted Baum and copilot injured, observers recount confusion after the collision. Officials said a Cessna 150 rammed North Central Flight 261, striking behind the copilot seat.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ted Baum
Skokie
Ill
Nancy Steffens
Two Rivers
Wilma Ross
Saginaw, Mich
North Central Airlines
Wisconsin
Crash of plane injures copilot and claims three lives
First Officer John Mazur, 30, of Wheaton Illinois, suffered multiple fractures and head injuries and remained in serious condition after the collision and forced landing. Victims identified as pilot Rick L. Stenoerg 19 Elk Grove Village Illinois Virginia Johnson 18 Prospect Illinois and her brother Richard 12. NTSB investigators led by Thomas Saunders arrived from Washington to probe the crash with no panic aboard the large plane.
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John Mazur
Wheaton
Milwaukee
Rick L. Stenoerg
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Virginia Johnson
Prospect
Richard
National Transportation Safety Board
Thomas Saunders
Washington
Israeli Arab Fire Flares Across Jordan River
Israeli and Arab forces traded fire for a second day across the Jordan River after an Israeli air strike said to hit guerrilla bases near Amman. An Israeli spokesman said Jordanian forces fired bazooka and mortar shells at three Beisan Valley settlements as Israeli jets carried out what officials called a substantial blow to guerrilla bases inside Jordan.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Amman
Beisan
Joran
Weather and Middle East clash figures in weekend briefing
Middletown area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with warm humid conditions and scattered showers through Tuesday. Rain over the weekend totaled 1.5 inches. August 1967 rainfall reached .97 inch. In Jordan Israel clash, 23 civilians and five soldiers killed, 82 wounded, one Skyhawk downed, both sides reporting diverging claims and UN notices, two guerrilla bases near Salt reportedly destroyed by Israeli air strike.
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Middletown
Jordan
Israel
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Salt
Jordan River
Haim Bar- Lev
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