Red Chinese Troops Attack Soviets Again
Moscow reports a second series of bloody clashes with Red China on the Damansky Island area near the Ussuri River. Tass says Chinese forces invaded the Soviet frontier post and a later large detachment attacked guards. casualties are unspecified. The exchanges follow prior March confrontations that Moscow says left Soviet dead.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Far East
Moscow Radio
Tass
Peking
Damansky Island
Ussuri
Manchurian
Vladivostok
Provocateurs
Nixon Confident Senate Approves Sentinel Missile System
President Nixon pushes a Sentinel missile shield with a $6 to $7 billion price tag to deter ICBMs and bombers. Senate leaders show votes may be there though critics warn Congress can still block the plan. Initial sites include Grand Forks and Great Falls with 12 locations planned and 10 more missiles.
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Nixon
Democratic Congress
Mike Mans
Field
Senate
U.S
Congress
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
White House
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Everett M. Dirksen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Johnson
China
Russia
Defense
David Packard
Grand Forks
S. D
Great Falls
Mont
Minuteman
Two New Miami youths drown after car plunges into Great Miami River
A car driven by 18 year old Ralph W. Evans left Augspurger Road near New Miami late Friday night and rolled down a steep embankment into the Great Miami River. Kenneth Robinson 16 and David Johnson 18 died in the crash. Evans survived with injuries and helped search for the victims. Funeral arrangements for Robinson are pending. Johnson had recently graduated from New Miami High School.
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Augspurger Road
Miami River
Kenneth
Mendal Robinson
Hu Twa
David Johnson
Wichita Drive
Ralph W. Evans
Eaton Road
Evans
Mercy Hospital
Augspurger
Butler County
Robinson
Brown-Dawson
Johson
Franklin
New Miami High School
Clarence Johnson
Richard
Fairborn
Donald
Scott
Peggy Madden
Cincinnati
Mildred Johnson
Springboro
Eaton Funeral Home
Bob Kidwell
Springboro Cemetery
Nixon Signals One Warning Vietnam Policy Tightrope
President Nixon outlined a one warning policy toward Vietnam, saying no troop withdrawals for now and that retaliation would be considered if casualties rise. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield warned the stance risks a Johnson era dilemma between hawks and doves as Paris peace talks loom.
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Vietnam
Nixon
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Paris
Mansfield
Johnson
Congress
U.S
Apollo 9 Crew Faces 10 Days of Debriefing in Houston
After returning to Houston from the Moon mission the Apollo 9 crew James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart were greeted by cheering families and fans. They prepare for a 10 day series of detailed debriefings to cover every flight detail and risk.
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Washington
White House
Ellington Air Base
Viet Cong Increase Mortar and Rocket Attacks Reported
Viet Cong mortars and rockets struck over 70 allied bases and towns as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces repelled two ground assaults northwest of Saigon. Fourteen enemy were killed, four captured, and 28 weapons taken, with one U.S. and one allied death reported. An Air Force fighter was shot down near Dak To, the 348th warplane lost. Stockpiles uncovered near Saigon and Da Nang suggest impending shellings on major cities. The action follows President Nixon warning of retaliation if enemy attacks continue.
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Saigon
U.S
Highlands
Dak To
Hue
Mekong
da Nang
South Vietnam
Israeli School Grenade Attack Injures 17 Students
A hand grenade exploded in the Gaza boys school quadrangle injuring 17 pupils. The FEI Hashimiya School students were rushed to Ashita Hospital after an anti Israel demonstration preceding the blast. Police reported arrests and shop closures amid protests. Jordanian and Israeli forces clashed in the Jordan Valley with exchanges at Adasiyeh village and at Shuneh.
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Associated Press
Gaza
FEI Hashimiya
Ashita Hospital
Amman
Jordan Valley
Adasiyeh
Shuneh
West Weather Forecast Slight Miami Valley Change
Little change in the Miami Valley weather is expected for the next two days. A low near 25 tonight and a Sunday high around 40 under fair skies.
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Miami Valley
Yugoslav Communists Reaffirm Independence at Congress
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia’s Communist party ends a five day congress while reaffirming independence and condemning Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. The body rejects Moscow’s limited sovereignty doctrine and backs centralized leadership with a 15 member executive bureau.
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Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Tito
Congress Ase
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