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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1970
Page
1
AP reports that after the U S pullout two months ago, Lon Nol’s government loses ground to Communists despite $49 million in aid and limited air support. The strategy to abandon large areas to protect the capital fails to halt the deteriorating war and political situation.
AP reports up to 10 Communist divisions in Cambodia or moving through Laos on orders from Hanoi to attack across the border into South Vietnam. U.S. warplanes have flown about 2,000 sorties in Laos and Cambodia to blunt the buildup, with officials noting past campaigns and possible cross-border actions.
Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus sets up at Pinta Avenue and Verity Parkway with tents rising by 1 p.m. and a 2 p.m. show after early-morning activity. Workers, elephants, and many boys help. a second show is at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7. Crews prepare to move to Cincinnati afterward. Meanwhile Cambodian front lines show heavy government casualties and strategic highway closures around Siem Reap and Phnom Penh as fighting disrupts travel and supplies.
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam accepted an invitation to speak at a Washington rally on October 3. Organizers and antiwar activists reacted with disbelief and debate, noting Ky’s involvement could shift public mood and provoke counter demonstrations. State Department cautioned the trip is unofficial.
Tonight will be cool and cloudy with a good chance of scattered showers and a high in the upper sixties. Saturday will reach the upper eighties with cloudy skies and a low around sixty after night. Sunday stays cloudy and cool with a similar pattern. Yesterday’s high reached 84 and the morning low was 68 with only five inches of rain reported in the area overnight.
AFL CIO President George Meany says workers will mark Labor Day angry over inflation and recession and will seek large wage gains in bargaining. He argues a bigger share of the pie for workers is the aim, while criticizing Nixon policies that raise costs and lower purchasing power amid 6 percent inflation, 5 percent unemployment, and stagnant real wages.
President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico spoke at a gala state dinner hosted by President Richard Nixon in Coronado California, signaling diplomatic cordiality amid ongoing bilateral talks and regional concerns.
Limits Alarm Latins of Mexico warned that U S restrictions on international trade may imperil Latin America's economy. At a border gala in Coronado Diaz Ordaz cautioned that protectionism in the United States could deal a heavy blow to the continent, while Nixon led a star-studded reception.
Miami federal judge William Mehrtens assigned to a major narcotics case says he is prepared to shoot if threatened. He carried a .38 pistol, trained in the Navy, and warned a spectator and a man loitering near his home that anyone on his land would be shot like a dog.
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