Difficult Political Marriage in Saigon Victory
South Viet Nam's military ticket led by Thieu and Ky won the presidential race amid questions over majorities as civilian rivals failed to unite. Turnout reached about 4.8 million of 5.8 million registered voters, with 2 million in areas under Viet Cong influence unable to vote. International observers noted a generally organized process despite delayed results and ongoing conflict.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Hanoi
Johnson
Back to War as Vietnam Vote Winds Down
American and South Vietnamese forces resume operations after guarding presidential election across South Vietnam. Air war against North Vietnam continues with 127 missions Saturday and 139 Sunday. two U S combat planes lost, pilots missing. Terrorist attacks decline after the vote. 38 killed, 135 wounded, 300 abducted. Massive security deployed for polling. 700000 troops to protect voting sites.
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South Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Army Aids Firefighters Across Northwest Forest Blaze
The U S Army and Forest Service crews build a 429 foot pontoon bridge across the Kootenai River to aid firefighting along a 78 000 acre blaze stretching 38 miles north of the border. About 1 900 firefighters were redirected to Idaho with 300 soldiers aiding supply and logistics as 4 250 federal timberland firefighters battled multiple fires across Oregon Washington Montana and British Columbia.
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Kootenai River
Idaho
Canadian
Bonners Ferry
Ft. Collins
Colo
Coeur D'Alene
Porthill
Idaho Panhandle
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Sandpoint
British Columbia
Shuswap Lake
Northwest
North Idaho
Sundance Mountain
Trapper Peak
Priest Lake
Idaho-Canada
Montana
Glacier National Park
Selway- Bitterroot
Darby
Monta
Oregon
Willamette Forest
Salem
Eagle Rock
Devils Ridge
Southeast Ohio forecast calls for sun
The forecast for Southeast Ohio calls for mostly sunny conditions today and Tuesday. Temperatures will be fair and cool with highs in the upper 70s and nights dipping to 46 to 52 degrees.
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Ohio
Actor James Dunn Dies After Illness
Hollywood reports the death of actor James Dunn at 61 after a long illness. Dunn won the 1946 Academy Award for best supporting actor for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where he played a drunken father. His career spanned vaudeville to 30 films in five years with 20th Century Fox before his later decline.
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James Dunn
Dunn
Brooklyn
Darry Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
Peggy Ann Garner
Betty Smith
Federal Mediator Joins UAW Talks Amid Strike Deadlock
A federal mediator, William Simkin of the U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service, sits in on UAW Ford contract talks with 160,000 workers. Walter Reuther says government involvement is not intervention, as both sides fear a Wednesday midnight strike deadline and Ford jobs face disruption while GM and Chrysler may run.
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Ford
Walter Reuther
William Simkin
U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Reuther
Union
Simkin
Sinkin
Malcolm Denise
General Motors
Chrysler
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