Casualties Rise as Kontum Tank Attacks Continue
Allied forces halted a second tank assault on Kontum in two days while ground fighting persisted. Pleiku reports say government troops and U.S. gunships knocked out seven tanks overnight, lifting the two day toll to 19. Government tallies then listed 625 North Vietnamese and 89 South Vietnamese killed in the past 48 hours.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Kontum
Pleiku
U.S
Uuu
South Vietnam
My Chanh
Hue
Quang Tri Province
An Loc
Highway 13
Bridge Link Is Out In Saigon Air Strike
In Saigon AP reports that F4 Phantom jets hit the Lang Gia railroad bridge northeast of Hanoi with laser guided bombs destroying six of eleven spans. The raid aimed to cut Communist supply moves as North Vietnamese offensives pause near Hue and An Loc.
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Saigon
Hanoi
China
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Air Force
Lang Gia
Ohio Warm Sunny Stretch Continues Into Next Week
Forecaster says warm sunny weather persists in Ohio with highs near 80s and a low around 99 tonight. The pattern remains through Monday and Tuesday, with cooler showers possible by Wednesday as weather systems move into the state.
Five Northfield Hill pupils dead in Macedonia crash
A car and a dump truck collided near Nordonia High School in Macedonia, killing five Norman Northfield Village students and injuring one more. Fire crews freed victims from wreckage as police investigated driver identity and timing noted during Memorial Day period.
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Nordonia High School
Akron
Ohio
Macedonia
Summit County
Nordonia High
Mark Forter
Tom Jordan
Edward Matvers
Northfield Village
Dale Nowak
Larry Aiken
Sagamore Hills
Stanley Cook III
St. Thomas
Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Dayton
U.S. 35
Snyder Road
Vera Barnett
Richard Barnett
James Corcoran
Western Hills
Von Braun Leaves NASA for Fairchild Industries Role
Wernher von Braun, longtime NASA leader and head of the Marshall Space Flight Center, is retiring after 27 years and will become corporate vice president for engineering and development at Fairchild Industries in Germantown Maryland. His move follows his pivotal role in developing the Redstone Jupiter Saturn programs.
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Wernher von Braun
Germany
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
von Braun
America
Moon
U.S
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Admin
Istration
Fairchild Industries
Germantown
Fairchild
Earth
Adeloh Hitler
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nixon Brezhnev Pact Limits Missiles in Kremlin Accord
Nixon and Brezhnev signed a treaty and a five year executive agreement to curb defensive and offensive missiles. The accord limits ABM sites, sets launcher caps, and allows parity in overall nuclear punch while preserving flexibility in force mix. Verification relies on satellites with no on site inspections.
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Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Hiroshima
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Whch
Senate
U.S
United States
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