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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1972
Page
9
U S analysts report sizable gains for Hanoi with heavy losses and expect several more months of fighting in the South. The assessment contrasts with earlier hopes of a quick outcome and notes Hanoi did not seek total victory in 1972. Kissinger said the offensive may run its course by July 1.
U.S. air support helps South Vietnamese troops defend Hue and An Loc and advance toward Quang Tri. Analysts say enemy supplies exist at battlefield sites or in North Vietnam to sustain fighting for several months more.
South Vietnamese troops launch a new operation in the Parrot's Beak region of Cambodia to strike jungle routes into the Plain of Reeds and the Mekong Delta. About 2,000 soldiers push toward North Vietnamese bases near Kompong Trabek, with reported enemy losses and ongoing high casualties on both sides.
A judge sentenced Alton A. Fain, 47, of Hayward to 20 years for an April bomb threat that stole $250000 from United Air Lines. Fain's coconspirator Judith Wikstron, 27, received five years pending a psychiatric evaluation.
The Supreme Court unanimously rejects a government bid for a summer session and delays the Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo trial in Los Angeles, likely until October, awaiting a ruling on a wiretap dispute after agents overheard an unnamed defense associate. The jury had been seated when the delay was ordered.
At Tyndall Air Force Base, M. Sgt. Walter Perkins pleaded in no contest to attempted espionage arguing acute alcoholism caused temporary insanity. His civilian attorney asserted the motive was political, not monetary, and noted Perkins faced U S involvement in Southeast Asia and the fate of pilots in North Vietnamese camps. Perkins, 37, stationed in Vietnam 1964–66, had top secret clearance and access to classified data, with two Mexico City trips and a planned third when arrested at Panama City Airport.
A unit of twelve Kentucky State Police officers will join Newport police in an all-out effort to curb vice after a surge in prostitution and three homicides in two weeks. Mayor Roland Vories invited the troopers, who will operate from a downtown motel, as police expect strain on city resources amid 110 liquor establishments and ongoing crime concerns.
Nixon campaign cuts radio and TV budget by 3.5 million to boost precinct organizing. Clark MacGregor says over 300 000 volunteers recruited toward a goal of one million by Labor Day as Republicans seek a more tractable Congress.
A compiled list of meetings for Monday and Tuesday across Monroe area groups. Events include Grange, Weight Watchers, fish and youth clubs, legions, SPEBSQSA, Rotary Civitan Safety Council Kiwanis, Knights, Planned Parenthood, City Commission, YAB, band boosters, teachers association, FOE Eagles BPOE lodges, VFW post, and AA meetings at various halls and schools.
Monterey County health officer Walter Wong ordered a survey of Salinas sewers after residents complained rats were coming out of their toilets in the city of about 60 000. The investigation aims to identify contamination sources and improve sanitation.
Overseas National Airways plans to move its maintenance facilities to an industrial park in Wilmington Ohio within three weeks. About 75 workers will be involved, with around 40 percent transferred from Norfolk. The Clinton County park is developed by Community Improvement Corp. ONA operates 23 cargo and charter aircraft and will run a 9,000 foot runway.
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