Pressure on Midway Meet Rockets Hit South Vietnam
Viet Cong rockets and mortars struck over 100 allied bases and towns as ground fighting left at least 464 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead. Incomplete reports say at least 40 Americans killed and more than 100 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties were light. The surge may aim to influence the Nixon Thieu conference at Midway Island.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Midway
U.S
Recon Plane Missing Over Western Aleutians
An Air Force reconnaissance plane with 19 aboard is missing in the Western Aleutian Islands. Elmendorf AFB reported a distress signal, last position about 250 miles from Shemya on a flight from Elmendorf to Eielson AFB. Pentagon officials said the plane was not shot down.
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Air Force
Aleutian Islands
Elmendorf
Fairbanks
Alaska
Shemya
Eielson Afb
Pentagon
Pilot killed in helicopter crash at Le Bourget Paris
An American built helicopter crashed at Le Bourget Airport Paris on Thursday. Test pilot T. S. MacDonald, employed by a British helicopter firm, was killed in the incident.
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le Bourget
Paris
T. S. MacDonald
Fairchild Hiller
Namath Quits Football Career
New York Jets star Joe Namath announced his retirement from football saying pressure from NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle influenced the decision. The departure ends his storied career with the Jets and future plans were not disclosed.
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Namath
NEW York
Joe Namath
New York Jets
Pete Rozelle
National Football League
Security To Be Tight For OSU Commencement
Ohio State University prepares for Army Chief Gen Westmoreland and Vice President Agnew visits amid campus unrest rumors. About 3 000 attend ROTC commissioning in Merion Auditorium while 40 000 expected at 9 a m graduation in Ohio Stadium possibly moved to St John Arena by rain. Guard troops on standby. Secret Service and state police coordinate security. details remain undisclosed.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Ohio Stadium
St. John Arena
15Th
High Streets
OSU
Ohio Highway Patrol
Westmoreland
Secret
Ohio Adj
Sylvester del Corso
Ohio National Guard
Agnew
del Corso
Melbourne Captain Says Ship Carried Out Standad Maneuvers
Carrier Melbourne under Captain John Phillip Stevenson confirmed he was in tactical control when Melbourne collided with the U S destroyer Frank E Evans in the South China Sea during a nighttime patrol. He noted a joint U S Australian inquiry will reveal details while describing a zigzag course and rescue efforts as American sailors were aided from the flight deck.
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Melbourne
U.S
Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
John Phillip Stevenson
Trol
Stevenson
Subiay
Philippines
Frank &. Evans
Ten Columbus Officers Relieved Amid Payoff Probe
In Columbus Ohio ten policemen tied to a gambling payoff case were relieved from duty with pay as a department inquiry unfolds. Eight defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges with organized gamblers, while two others labeled co conspirators were not indicted. Mayor Sensenbrenner and Police Chief Baus announced a cooperative internal probe to determine further action after the court ruling.
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Columbus, Ohio
Robert Baus
Baus
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Fred Simon
Division of Police
Normandy Rangers Remember Pointe du Hoc Assault
American Ranger Battalion veterans revisit Pointe du Hoc noting June 6 1944 Normandy invasion breach. Rangers faced 3 to 1 odds, scaled 200 foot cliffs under heavy fire, capturing the German position with 75 percent casualties. Only 250 Rangers entered the assault amid intense fire.
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Pointe du Hoc
Utah
Omaha
Old Soldiers Return to Normandy 25 Years After D Day
Sainte-Mere-Eglise France memorials mark 25 years since D Day landings. Veterans including Lt. Gen. James Gavin revisit the town as paratroopers and armored units pushed ashore on Omaha Utah Juno Sword and Gold beaches. Casualties listed and ceremonies held with British American and Canadian forces honored.
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Sainte - Mere-Eglise
France
Eisenhower
Ernest Dupuy
London
Hitler
Europe
U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
Sainte-Merc-Eglise
82Nd
James M. Gavin
Gavin
Omaha
Utah
Juno, Sword and Gold
William Sharp
Pennington
N.J
Omar Bradley
Richard Gale
Charles Ellsworth
Royal Air Force
Mecklenburg
Ludwigslust
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North Pacific Ocean
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Canada
Big Bien Hoa
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Singapore
Simon
Gard
Normandy
Normandy Beach
Free French Army
1St Army
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