Arabs tighten Soviet navy threat amid Middle East tensions
In Cairo a Soviet naval buildup looms as Jordan and Egypt form a defense pact to encircle Israel. Syria denounces King Hussein while skipping the pact and reports mutiny claims in Jordanian forces. Ankara says the Soviet Union plans ten warships through Turkish straits toward the Mediterranean before June 7.
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Ill Go Get Him Corpsman Dies In Battle On Hill 174
Marine corpsman Walter V. Marvin of El Dorado Arkansas rushed through heavy fire to reach a wounded Leatherneck on Hill 174 near the DMZ. He carried the man to cover and treated his shoulder before collapse of the firefight.
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Watts Ham Jams Calls Aboard Sanctuary Off Vietnam
Off Vietnam the hospital ship Sanctuary treats wounded Marines as amateur radio operators in Los Angeles and Seattle run long distance calls to families. A Watts radio operator reportedly jams lines, hindering communications as U S forces push in hill battles and Western navies eye Red Sea actions amid Egypt and Israel tensions.
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Variable temperatures with light rain through weekend
The forecast calls for cloudy cool days with occasional light rain through Thursday. Tonight’s low will be in the 80s and tomorrow’s high in the low 60s. Unseasonably cool weather is expected through the weekend and into Monday with highs in the 60s to low 70s and lows in the 50s. Yesterday’s high reached 62 and overnight low 54. Middletown recorded .02 inch of rain and the 11 am temperature today was 61.
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Barge Unjammed At Markland Dam After Night Effort
Army officials reported the barge freed at 3:45 a.m. after a Friday incident left the Ohio River pool between Markland Indiana and Chile Ohio low enough to halt traffic. The gate could not close, water fell below 15 feet, and the dam held up towboats and pleasure boats until the vessel was lashed to a floating barge and pulled free.
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Navy bombs dumps near Haiphong in daylight raid
US Navy jets from the carrier Hancock bombed two fuel dumps within four miles of Haiphong center on a daylight strike across the Kua Kam River. The Haiphong attack was the closest to Hanoi or Haiphong in over a week, as Washington reports paused raids on the city outskirts to focus on less defended targets.
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Ohio Memorial Day traffic toll tops 35 deaths
Ohio’s Memorial Day weekend saw one of the nation’s highest road death counts with 36 fatalities reported. The holiday proved the deadliest day of the four and a half day period, including 16 deaths on Tuesday and four teen victims in a train car wreck near Ashtabula.
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Record Memorial Day traffic toll hits 601 lives
Across the nation Memorial Day weekend traffic accidents claimed 601 lives, the highest total for a 102 hour period but below earlier forecasts and past holiday peaks. Weather reduced travel and officials cited efforts against drunken driving and safety campaigns as factors.
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