14 Year Old Wartime Ambassador Heads to Vietnam
A 14 year old Columbus boy Jeffrey Ward sails for South Vietnam as one of America's youngest goodwill ambassadors. He will visit Saigon meet President Thieu and Ky and tour high schools and colleges while avoiding combat zones. Ward says he may change views after the trip and opposes Nixon's troop withdrawal.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
South Vietnam
America
Jeffrey P. Ward
Tran Khoa Hoc
Washington
Terest
Vietnam
Jeffrey
Savage
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran
Ward
Ministry of Information
Nixon
Heat Wave Drought Ravages Southern Crops Across States
AP reports extreme heat and drought hitting Kentucky and the Deep South with 100 plus degree days. Crop losses loom in multiple states, with Mississippi rice, cotton and soybeans suffering, Arkansas and Alabama forecast heavy losses, and fears of a crisis next week.
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Associated Press
United States
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Mississippi
Georgia
Tommy Irvin
Richard Beard
Alabama
Beard
Louisiana
Arkansas
Federal State Market News Service
G.J. Green
St. Francis County
Apollo 11 crew trims pace to rest before moon trip
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins ease training to avoid fatigue ahead of launch. Dr. Charles Berry reports the crew is rested and progressing well with simulator sessions and flight proficiency, while Collins sharpens flying skills in a T38 jet. Earlier, Armstrong and Aldrin planned lunar landing practice. the crew will take Sunday off.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles A. Berry
Berry
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin &. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Mamie Eisenhower Recovering From Bronchitis Abroad
Mrs Eisenhower is getting along fine and recovering from acute bronchitis at a U S Air Force hospital in England. A hospital spokesman said she was brought in July 5 after illness during a European vacation and that recovery remains excellent with no bulletin issued on her condition.
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Lakenheath
England
Mamie Eisenhower
U.S. Air Force Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Battalion To Leave Vietnam
The pullback plan under President Nixon aims to cut U.S. troop strength in Vietnam by 25 000 by late August with the first unit the 9th Infantry's 3rd Battalion 60th Infantry arriving at Fort Lewis Washington. The 4th Battalion 47th Infantry departs Sunday while Marine units move toward Okinawa amid a slow tempo of fighting and new bombardment at Black Virgin Mountain in Tay Ninh Province.
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Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
9Th Infantry
60Th Infantry
Ft. Lewis
Wash
47Th Infantry
Okinawa
Mekong
Saigon
9Th Marines
North
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Black Virgin Mountain
Tornadoes Dip in Eastern U.S. Amid Hot Influx
Across the eastern United States after daytime highs near 90 in the north and 100 plus in the south, temperatures stayed in the 70s and 80s overnight. Thunderstorms with hail strong winds and heavy rain erupted in scattered areas late Friday as tornado activity dipped.
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Rockies
Heat and storms hit multiple states with flooding risk
Hot weather continues in the Miami Valley with highs near 90 and continued sun. Severe storms lash Traverse City with wind gusts to 60 mph. Albany and central Ohio face violent thunder storms, while Missouri and Illinois suffer flood damage worth millions as levee protection protects thousands of acres near St Louis.
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Raleigh
Durham
N.C
Nashville
Tenn
Traverse City
Mich
Albany
N.Y
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
St. Louis
Illinois
Evansville Siren Night After Slaying Spurs Curfew
In Evansville Indiana four Black residents were wounded by sniper fire and firebombs as unrest followed the fatal shooting of a 14 year old boy Jeffrey Taylor. Police say Ben Westbrook was shot in the abdomen and is hospitalized. A city curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. was imposed. A $2555 reward was raised for the slayer's arrest.
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Evansville
Ind
Ben Westbrook
Jeffrey Taylor
James Lane
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Guard at Wittenberg
In Springfield Ohio Raymond C Lobach files second degree manslaughter charges against former Wittenberg University security guard Chester D Phillips who shot and killed John C Lobach a senior from Camp Hill Pennsylvania on May 10 Phillips was cleared by authorities but bound over to the Clark County Grand Jury and released on 5000 dollars bond.
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Springfield
Ohio
Wittenberg University
Chester D. Phillips
John C. Lobach
Camp Hill
Wittenberg
Phillips
Clark County Grand Jury
Lobach
Phillip
Fellowship Confronts Lutherans in Ecumenical Debate
About 1,000 delegates debate the idea of interchurch fellowship linking the Missouri Synod Lutherans and the American Lutheran Church. The 1847-founded Missouri Synod, conservative and separatist, faces opposition as ecumenical outreach grows among younger members.
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Missouri Synod
St. Louis
Ohio
United States
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
National Council of Churches
World Council of Churches
Four Yachts Abandoned Deepens Atlantic Mystery
British yachtsman Donald Crowhurst is presumed lost after his trimaran Teignmouth Electron was found abandoned, part of a spate of unmanned vessels reported in the same Atlantic region within days. Lloyd's notes no weather cause, while search ends and prize goes to Crowhurst's wife.
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London
Donald Crowhurst
U.S. Air Force
Teign
Azores
London Sunday Times
Crowhurst
Clare
Trimeran
Globe
Lloyd’s Shipping Exchange
Peter Wallin
Sweden
Golar Frost
Wallin
Helisoma
Maplebank
North
Africa
Lloyd's
London Weather Center
Atlantic
Picardy
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Jeffrey Ward
Kentucky
Owensboro
Apollo
Oakes
North Carolina
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Strategic Air Command
Tay Ninh City
Miami Valley
Raymond
C. Lobach
Tor
Fellowship
American Lutheran Church
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