Saigon Enclaved as Lines Cut on Three Sides
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces cut major highways on three sides of Saigon. South Vietnamese troops moved to reopen the routes as the city faced strategic road closures in the ongoing conflict.
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Saigon
Trang Bom
Mekong Dela
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Lai Khe
Sai Kon
Kompong Trabek
Phnom Penh
Khai Damret
Khai Damrei
Missile Pact OKd By House
The House approved a five year U S Soviet missile freeze 329 to 7 before adjournment for the Republican National Convention and Labor Day. Some members feared the pact may let the USSR gain nuclear dominance while Senate action stalls on an equality in weapons numbers in any lasting treaty.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Safeguard Defenses Scrapped and War News Updates
Congressional conferees scrapped the Safeguard antiballistic missile plan for defending the capital and postponed a $20 million warhead study. The defense bill remains under negotiation as other amendments, retiree pension tweaks, and site issues are debated amid Viet Nam and Cambodia fighting reports.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
House
Senate
Man Shot Dead at York Cafe in Newport Kentucky
A man was killed and three others wounded by a gunman who opened fire on two men on the sidewalk in front of the York Cafe and then fired inside the bar. Police withheld the victim’s identity.
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Newport
York
Hijacked jetliner ends in FBI gunfire in Seattle
A 43 year old war protester, Frank Markoe Sibley of Nevada, hijacked a United Air Lines Boeing 727 from Reno to Vancouver and back to Seattle. After a 12 hour, 800 mile odyssey, FBI agents in disguise confronted the hijacker as he held a carbine. two agents then fired about five shots, wounding Sibley and ending the siege.
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Reno
Nev
Vancouver
B.C
Seattle US
Stan Pitkin
Frank Markoe Sibley
Stateline
Pitkin
Sibley
United Air Line
Seattle
Sky Pate
Canada
C.J. Lenahan
Denver
United Air Lines
Ijacker
San Francisco
Lou Moon
United
CJOR
Vietnam
Seattle Tacoma International
Boeing Field
Landslides, Floods Hit Gilbert Area in West Virginia
Heavy rain drenched a 15 mile area around Gilbert in Mingo County causing widespread damage. National Guard aided evacuations as two sections were cut off by slides and washed out roads. No deaths reported though injuries and displacement rose with river levels threatening Logan County.
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Gilbert
W. Va
Mingo County
West Virginia
Here
Man
Storms Bisect Ohio with Funnel Clouds and Floods
A band of thunderstorms crossed central Ohio on Friday with half a dozen funnel clouds sighted but no ground touchdowns reported. Winds rain and hail affected a 2 mile wide swath from the northwest to the Ohio River. Columbus recorded 3.32 inches in 24 hours amid flooded streets and power outages. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for 10 northwestern and north central counties while southwestern Ohio stayed hot and humid and the northeast stayed mild.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Orie River
Columbus
National Weather Service
Northwestern
North Central
North East
Heatwave Persists as Humidity Stays High This Weekend
Forecasters expect hot and humid conditions to continue through the weekend with lows in the 70s and highs in the 90s. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
Democrats Welcomed By GOP In Message To Elect Nixon
In a five page preamble at the Miami Beach convention venue the Republican platform invites Democrats to join a coalition for progress. It urges voters to reject the New Left and choose “strength” over “weakness” for the country.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard Nixon
Democratic Party
Coalition For Progress
Nixon
Shrivers Dispute Bugging Claim Amid FBI Inquiry
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sargent Shriver says his law offices were bugged and FBI agents swept the office. Patricia Roberts Harris denies any bugging device was found in her office and says she was not informed of such an discovery.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Patricia Roberts Harris
FBI
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R-Mass
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Logan
U.S. 52
Stafford Branch
GOP
Shriver
Partner
Philadelphia
Donald McClure
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