Wisconsin highway toll rises with weekend deaths
The weekend traffic toll climbs to 593 in Wisconsin for 1972, up from 540 a year earlier. Included are William Wachtel 24 of Galena Illinois killed in Lafayette County and Deborah Dopkins 2 fatally injured in a driveway accident near Janesville.
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Viets advance on two fronts amid heavy fighting in Vietnam
South Vietnamese troops push toward Quang Tri Citadel as paratroops breach walls amid heavy NVA fire. Tam Quan district town retaken by over 1,000 rangers while Da Nang area faces renewed assaults. base Bastogne and Hue positions hit. 11 dead 22 wounded 61 missing. Air war targets Hanoi battery plant as bombing resumes.
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Syrian pressure over expelling Soviet advisers tests Baath unity
The Syria government faces pressure from Nasserite groups to expel Soviet advisers as solidarity with Egypt grows. the Syria Communist party warns it may quit the government if expulsions occur, per Al Hayat. In Washington, Tanaka to meet Nixon in Hawaii August 31 and September 1 for talks on U S Japan relations including trade. London sees a mass strike as longshoremen protest jailings of five dock workers with sympathy strikes from miners painters and drivers. Heath to meet with TUC leaders to resolve the crisis.
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Hope dims for missing miners in West Virginia mine
Rescue teams faced delays drilling a five inch bore into Blacksville No. 1 where nine miners have been trapped since Saturday night. Bit jams and a pre dawn equipment breakdown pushed the drill past 624 feet toward a 730 foot target while officials said survival prospects were quite dim.
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Gunbattles Erupt in Londonderry and Belfast Violence
In Londonderry night gun battles left one dead and at least four wounded as three firefights occurred in the city between British troops and guerrillas. In Belfast Protestant militants pressed Britain to strike back at the IRA as 18 died over a weekend of violence.
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Great Masterworks Theme for Monroe Symphony Concert
The third annual Symphony of the Hills concert in Monroe July 27 at the Twining Park Band Shell features Great Masterworks with the Monroe City Band joining for a Sousa march. Allan F. Barnard directs, with Tchaikovsky and Sousa pieces, and rain backup at Monroe High School Gym.
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Naomi) Barnard
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