Hard-Hitting M16 Rifles to Guardsmen for Riot Quell
National Guard and Army Reserve units will receive lightweight M16 rifles to replace M1 and M14 weapons. The distribution, unannounced, aims to equip guardsmen for combat and crowd control. Ohio Adj. Gen. Sylvester Del Corso disclosed the plan at Kent State University during a presidential commission hearing on campus disorders. Four Kent State students were killed last spring during a confrontation with Guardsmen.
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Washington
National Guard
Adj
Sylvester del Corso
Ohio National Guard
Kent State University
Kent State
Bridge demolition draws crowd at Cincinnati riverfront
Boaters crowd near the Ohio River as a section of the C and O Bridge at Cincinnati begins to topple. The span falls into the river after six seconds. Two remaining sections are set to be detonated in coming weeks per AP report.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Bank
C&O Bridge Falls Into Ohio River in Cincinnati
Crowds of 10,000 plus watched as hydraulic jacks toppled a 600 foot, 1,400 ton span from the C and O Bridge into the river 70 feet below. Coast Guard sealed lake traffic while workers cut the debris for barges and planned final spans removal later in September. Replacement three lane bridge slated for 1972 funding by federal, Kentucky and Ohio sources.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio River
Kentucky Highway Department
Point Pleasant
W.va
Kanauga
Federal
Nixon Allows Broad US Air Strikes in Cambodia
President Nixon reportedly set no geographic limits on US Air Force strikes inside Cambodia against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, with potential action near Phnom Penh if needed. Most bombing targeted northeast areas along routes from Laos, while Cambodian troops began northeast of the capital. Viet Cong battalions, possibly over a thousand troops, reportedly slipped away.
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Nixon
Cambodia
Angkor Temple
Phnom Penh
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Mekong River
Laos
Associated Press
T. Jeff Williams
Ohio Weather Outlook Sees Cool Front Sunday Thundershowers
A cool front moves into Ohio bringing the threat of thundershowers Sunday and cooler air. Tonight’s low may dip into the 60s with possible showers. Tomorrow’s high near 80 and Monday’s outlook is fair and cool.
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Ohio
Corn Loss Fears Deemed Exaggerated By Seed Industry
A seed industry spokesman contests predictions that leaf fungus blight will cut the U.S. corn crop by 2 to 7 percent. Others warn losses could reach 25 to 50 percent in Illinois, with potential price impacts, while experts note uncertainty and varying regional impact.
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Thomas H. Roberts Jr
DeKalb AgResearch Inc
DeKalb, Ill
Washington
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
del D. Walker
American Seed Trade Association
Funk Brothers Seed Co
Bloomington
Ill
University of Georgia
Deep South
Midwest Corn Belt
Allen J. Ellensdal
Q-ba
Versity Agriculture
Illinois
Gist
Charles A. Hines
Michigan Crop Reporting Service
W. S. Farris
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Chicago Board of Trade
Israel accuses Egypt of cease-fire violations near Suez Canal
Israel says new evidence shows Egypt moving SAM missiles and building missile batteries within 20 miles of the Suez Canal, violating a cease-fire ban on deployments within 30 miles. Cairo denies charges while Washington dismisses Egyptian protest over U2 surveillance as unfounded.
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Associated Press
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Suez Canal
The
Wat
Washington
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Tropical Storm Dorothy Lashes Martinique With 12 Dead
Dorothy moved west across the Caribbean toward the Dominican Republic after flooding rains caused 12 drownings on Martinique. The storm tracked at 75 mph, centered about 180 miles south of the Dominican coast, with 12.32 inches of rain reported in nine hours and warnings of rough seas and flooding along Barahona Peninsula.
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Miami
Martinique
Dorothy
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Weather Bureau
National Hurricane Center
Beulah
Texas
Typhoon Anita Dwindles to Storm in Sea of Japan
Typhoon Anita weakened to a tropical storm as it moved northward in the Sea of Japan for a second landward approach. Police reported 20 dead, 10 missing, and 360 injured as the storm struck western Japan. Nearly 600 houses were destroyed, 2,500 damaged, and 55,000 flooded across Shikoku.
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Tokyo
Anita
Sea of Japan
Japan
Shikoku
Pentagon trims B52 raids in Vietnam war effort
Washington AP reports the Pentagon will cut B52 sorties from 1,200 to 1,000 per month, with prior cuts to 1,600. The move aims to save money as Air Force operates about 45 B52s at Guam and Thailand bases for Indochina bombing, costing about 56 thousand dollars per load.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Air Force
Guam
Thailand
Indochina
Japan Storm Moves Up Honshu Coast
The weather bureau said the storm was headed north at 22 miles per hour and still passed winds of 67 mph, affecting the southern part of Honshu's main island.
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Honshu
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