Israel Strikes Lebanon in Second Ceasefire Week Attack
Israeli warplanes bomb guerrilla strongholds on Mt Hermon slopes in reprisal for cross border shelling. The strikes mark the second combat mission since the cease fire took effect. two Palestinian groups withdraw support and vow to join the campaign against the truce. Frank Borman arrives in Moscow to pursue Soviet American cooperation and Vietnam war prisoner issues. He plans to renew old contacts from 1969 visit.
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Mt. Hermon
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moscow
U.S
Frank Borman
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Brandt seeks summit after non aggression pact with Soviets
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt asked for a summit with the United States Britain and France following a Soviet non aggression treaty. President Nixon reportedly received the request in a weekend letter with no immediate response stated. In a separate note police on the Isle of Wight reported over 40 canisters of ferric chloride washed ashore, a toxic chemical linked to a boiler cleaner and potentially lethal when mixed with water.
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Willy Brandt
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Britain
France
Soviet Union
White House
Nixon
Brandt
Isle of Wight
England
Royal Navy
Berk Chemicals
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Jorge Pacheco Areco
Mitrione
Dias Gomide
Uruguay
B52s Bomb North Vietnamese Positions Near Fire Base O'Reilly
U S B52 bombers dropped 600 tons on enemy bunkers and base camps near Fire base O'Reilly as part of a push against North Vietnamese forces massing for an attack. Fighter-bombers and helicopter gunships joined the assault through heavy anti aircraft fire on nearby positions.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
O'Reilly
Fire Wrages Henry Ford Museum and Village
Fire destroyed 50 000 square feet of Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Two thousand evacuated with four firefighters treated for smoke exposure. In New York, stocks opened lower as the Dow slipped to 710.77 with decliners ahead on the NYSE.
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Dearborn, Mich
Henry Ford Museum
Greenfield Village
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Three MLK associates dispute Time on 1964 Hoover meeting
In Atlanta Coretta King says Time magazine account of J. Edgar Hoover pressuring King with wiretaps is false. The three colleagues of Martin Luther King Jr. back the widow and challenge the magazine report as not matching what King reportedly told her.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Time Magazine
King
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Time
Hoover
Coretta S. King
Atlanta
Trains Carrying Nerve Gas Row Through Southern States
Army spokesman calls the nerve gas loads "no more dangerous than coal" as two trains travel from Kentucky and Alabama through Georgia and South Carolina toward the coast. Florida plans legal action against dumping the gas off Cape Kennedy or near Sunny Point. Anniston depot commander claims vaults are safer than coal trains.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Seacoast
Kentucky
Spartanburg
Clinton
S.C
Anniston
Ala
Calhoun Falls
East Georgia
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Army
Nathaniel P. Reed
Florida
Air and Water Pollution Control Board
Richmond
Sunny Point
N.C
Georgia Towns Follow Army Train Through State
Residents along the route from Anniston to Athens watched soldiers and crews handle Operation Chase. The Kentucky train passed Tallapoosa Griffin Macon and faced repairs near Macon while Spruce Pine prepared for possible slides as security teams and decontamination units accompanied the nerve gas vaults in open gondolas.
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Georgia
Anniston
C.S. Stephens
Tallapoosa
Griffin
Macon
Athens
Kentucky
North Carolina
Spruce Pine
N.C
Belleville Picnic Set for Aug 15-16
Belleville hosts the annual Community Picnic on Saturday August 15 and Sunday August 16 with a slow pitch double header featuring Belleville Area Jaycees vs New Glarus Jaycees and New Glarus Old Timers vs Belleville Old Timers. A Teen Dance, Chicken Barbecue, band entertainment, Home Talent League game Hollandale vs Belleville, Sky Diving Club jumps, aerial water fights, rides, and confessions are planned across the weekend with multiple community events.
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Belleville Area
Jaycees
Glarus Jaycees
Glarus
Revolutionary
Belleville High School
Firemen Readying for Celebration in Argyle
The 1970 Legion Firemen Celebration unfolds August 15 16 at Legion Community Park Argyle. Events include a 32 team Slow Pitch tournament starting August 13, water fights with four area departments, Open Horse Show, Chicken Fry, Tug of War between Monroe Blanchardville Mt Hoeb and Mt Vernon, and free admission with rides and stands on site.
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Argyle
Legion-Firemen
Legion
Firemen
Black Hawk Saddle Club
Lafayette
Brandt Heads To Moscow To Sign Soviet Treaty
Chancellor Willy Brandt flew to Moscow to sign a treaty with the Soviet Union after a bomb scare delayed his plane for two hours. Government spokesman said no bomb was found and Brandt argued the pact aims to preserve German interests and reduce Berlin tensions. The text commits both nations to peaceful dispute settlement and respecting Europe’s borders including the Oder Neisse line.
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Willy Brandt
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ruediger von Wechmar
Europe
Oder- Neisse Line
Peoples Republic of
Poland
Federal Republic of Germany
East German Democratic Republic
Cholera Epidemic Fears Mount in Soviet Union
reports from Moscow say fears grow of a wider cholera outbreak despite assurances that the outbreak is localized to Astrakhan. authorities imposed quarantines on 11 cities from Georgia to western Ukraine while WHO notes low risk to western Europe.
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Astrakhan
Trud
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Ukraine
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Geneva
World Health Organization
Western
Europe
Woman 53, Mother of 11, Earns University Diploma
Ruth Wemmer of Lancaster, mother of eleven, joined 250 graduates at Platteville State University summer commencement in Williams Fieldhouse. She earned a Bachelor of Science in elementary education in three and a half years on need-based scholarships, becoming five generations of teachers in her family. Her daughters Lucille and Lucinda are Platteville graduates.
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Victor
Ruth) Wemmer
Lancaster
William R. Heinzelman
Monroe
Platteville State University
Wemmer
Lucinda
Bryan Kustka
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mr. Wemmer
Graduate
Ada Allen
LaFarge
Philip Wemmer
Menomonie
Wis
Ralph Wemmer
Red Granite
Williams Fieldhouse
Lucille
Platteville State
Mayor Reasa Calls For Appointment Of City Administrators
Monroe Mayor Clifford Reasa urged the City Council to replace elected city clerk city assessor and city treasurer with appointment after a competitive examination. He proposed an ordinance for a Madison Bureau of Personnel exam and a six month probation for new appointees, with current officers exempt from testing.
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Monroe
Clifford Reasa
Lions Club of
Marco’s
Reasa
Bureau of Personnel
Madison
Red Cross Seeks Funds For Celia Disaster Relief
The Green County Chapter of the American Red Cross appeals for cash contributions for Hurricane Celia victims. Chapter chairman Terry Buening says relief will exceed six million dollars and aid over 15,000 families, noting standard disaster funds fall short in such extensive devastation.
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American National Red Cross
Terry Buening
11Th St
Monroe
Red Cross
Boening
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