Father's Search Ends in Tragic Death of 5-Year-Old Chad
Floyd Woodiwiss spent weeks searching for Chad after the boy disappeared from a Memorial Day weekend picnic near Ellensburg Washington. Chad drowned in a rain swollen creek and was found 50 days later. Woodiwiss described the slow recovery, including efforts to locate the body and the final discovery tangled in brush beneath the water.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Floyd Woodiwiss
Chad
Washington
Woodiwiss
Beaver Dams
West European bloc forms as six nations sign junior pact
In Brussels six nations Austria Iceland Portugal Sweden Switzerland and Liechtenstein sign a treaty creating a 16 nation West European trading bloc to dismantle tariffs on factory goods from Jan 1. Finland to sign later while Britain and three others joined earlier. The bloc aims to rival the United States and Japan with lighter trade barriers but will not seek full membership now.
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Stein
Austria
Iceland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Finland
Helsinki
United States
Japan
Egmont Palace
Britain
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
NASA tightens Apollo 17 rules over moon souvenirs
NASA moves to bar personal preference kits for astronauts on Apollo 17 and may drop souvenir items. The policy shift follows cases where lunar belongings gain high value after return, such as the Van Hoeydonck sculpture later sold at high prices.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Regian Scuplor
Paul van Hoeydonck
New York
van Hoeydonck
NASA
Steubenville Air Pollution Eases But Caution Remains
Steubenville area air quality improved Friday night as health officials reported a drop in pollutants from 906 to 546 micrograms per cubic meter in the last 24 hours. Despite the decline, authorities warned temps and humidity could worsen the situation. light winds may help clear the air while dust and sulfur dioxide remain high.
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Ohio River Valley
National Weather Service
Steubenville Air Control
Ira Whitman
State Health Department
Whitman
Whiteman
Belfast raids escalate as 18 die in two days of violence
British troops swept Catholic areas under heavy sniper fire in Belfast as three waves of fighting raised the casualty toll to at least 18 over two days. Bombings Friday killed 11 and wounded more than 130, with seven more deaths in ensuing gun battles. Officials revised death counts as hospital authorities pieced together remains in a city brutalized by bombings at stations, shops and public buildings.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Lower Falls
Andersonstown
William Whitelaw
Coffee Prices Rising After Brazilian Frost Hit Supplies
New York AP reports a severe frost in Parana Brazil on July 8 9 triggered General Foods to raise wholesale prices for Maxwell House Sanka Yuban and Maxim. Growth coffee up seven cents per pound and instant and freeze dried products up one cent per ounce. Green coffee bean prices rose over eight cents per pound, first such increase by an American roaster since the frost. Wholesale hikes anticipated to ripple into supermarket prices with unknown operator plans.
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New York
Parana
Brazil
General Foods Corp
Maxwell House
Sanka
Yuban
Maxim
General Foods
South Vietnam Unit In Danger From North Vietnamese Pressure
North Vietnamese forces slowed vital supply movement to South Vietnam on the northern front amid fears a 20,000 man government task force could be cut off. U S military forces attacked North Vietnamese transshipment points with destroyers and Marine helicopters 75 miles offshore to enforce a mine blockade. Two American advisers were killed when their truck hit a mine near Kontum City. a third adviser was wounded by a booby trap. In Bong Son area Saigon forces reportedly killed a Communist regiment commander. Heavy fighting continued on the northern front near Hue with 1,200 shells landing on a South Vietnamese position 12 miles southwest of Hue. casualties included wounded soldiers, no fatalities reported.
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Saigon
Wee Terr
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Denver
Kontum City
Central Highlands
Sa’gon
Bong Son
Hue
Hot Ohio Stifles: 95 Degree Day Expected Tomorrow
Forecasters warn no relief soon for Ohio heat and humidity as another 95 degree day approaches. Overnight lows may hover near 75 with a 20 percent rain chance tonight and 30 percent tomorrow.
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Ohio
Soviet Venus 8 Jraft Reaches Venus Atmosphere
At Jodrell Bank England an unmanned Soviet spacecraft Venus 8 reached the area of Venus and began descending through its atmosphere according to observatory director Sir Bernard Lovell. The March 27 launch aimed for another soft landing on the planet.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Venus
Bernard Lovell
Economy improves boosting Nixon reelection prospects
The Nixon administration braces for a revised forecast after a strong June to June quarter. GNP rose 8.9 percent with inflation at 2.1 percent and purchasing power jumping, signaling potential wage price controls relief. Officials call the six year high growth rate encouraging though unsustainable, while inflation stays under 3 percent for the first time in years. Meat prices rise but overall nonfood costs level, CPI shows gradual gains.
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Washington
Nixon
Harold C. Passer
Herbert Stein
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