Ben Het Camp Under Siege In Vietnam Fighting
US Green Beret outpost at Ben Het in the Central Highlands withstood a siege as Communist forces shelled the compound. US B52s dropped over a million pounds of bombs in attempts to break the siege while tear gas and mortar rounds continued. Casualties were reported among mercenary troops and several civilian dependents, with limited American losses.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
Green Beret
Ben Het
U.S
Central Highlands
Vietnam
25Th Infantry Division
Gls
Mekong
Laos
Cambodia
Green Berets
Apollo 11 landing plan and funding grants
Flight director hopes Apollo 12 would count as success if Armstrong and Aldrin reach the moon and return. Charlesworth says landing is likely with Collins in lunar orbit. NASA prepares countdown rehearsals as engineers finish fueling. Westminster and Slippery Rock colleges receive $5,000 library grants, joined by Community College of Beaver County, Geneva College, and Penn State Beaver with varying amounts.
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Cape Kennedy
Neil 4. Armstrong
Edwin £. Aldrin
Clifford E. Charlesworth
Houston
Michael Collins
Oceanside
Cngineers
Charlesworth Strong
Akgal
Washington Westminster College
Slippery Rock State College
Frank M. Clark
Bessemer
U.S. Office of Education
Community College of
Beaver County
Geneva College
Beaver
Penn State
Detroit Couple Weds En Route to Tigers Doubleheader
Wilbur Page and Dorothea Williams planned a wedding at a rest area en route to a Detroit Tigers doubleheader against Washington. They rented two buses for 70 friends and a feast, were married by Rev. William Brown outdoors, then attended the games. The Tigers lost both games, dampening the honeymoon.
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Detroit Upi
Wilbur Page
Dorothea Williams
Detroit Tiger
Page
Washington
William Brown
Tigers
Senators urge firm on school desegregation deadlines
Six Republican senators led by Clifford P. Case and Edward W. Brooke express deep concern over reports that President Nixon may grant southern school districts extra time to desegregate without risking federal aid termination. The group includes Charles E. Goodell Jacob K. Javits Hugh Scott and Richard Schweiker.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Charles E. Goodell
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Hugh Scott
Richard §. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Youth shoots brother in Greensburg accident
Robert T. Murray, age 2, of Greensburg Pennsylvania, died after being accidentally shot by his brother Edward J. Murray, 46, while target shooting with .22 rifles. State police reported the incident occurred Saturday evening. Robert was struck in the forehead.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Robert T. Murray
Greensburg
Edward J
Robert
Magistrates convention opens in Meadville Pennsylvania
About 300 aldermen magistrates and justices of the peace from across the state gather in Meadville for the three day Pennsylvania Magistrates Association convention. Delegates discuss district judgeships or community court systems, with a preference shown for district judgeships. Speakers include PMA counsel Raymond Pearistine publisher George Scheid Eugene J Fox and Justice Samuel J Roberts.
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Meadville
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Magistrates Association
PMA
Raymond Pearistine
Norristown
State Supreme Court
George Scheid
Tarentum Valley
Eugene J. Fox
New York State
Samuel J. Roberts
Donald W. Lagner
Herbert Valentine. Lancaster
Dice raid nets multiple gambling arrests in Shenango Township
State police raided a dice game at picnic grounds near U S 422 in Shenango Township, arresting Lamen on gambling charges. Others pled innocent or guilty with bonds posted. hearings not set. Several individuals from Beaver Falls, New Brighton, and nearby towns faced gambling charges or fines totaling costs.
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Shenango Township
Lamen
John Anthony Apecefla Sr
Leasure Ave
Howard B. Hanna
Richard Allen Johnston
Ray St
Harold Edward Bean
Smithfield St
Harry Mooney Sr
New Butler Rd
U.S. 422
Walter Anna Gabriel
E.ds St
Mooney Deep
Cunningham George Jerome Jimm
E. Long Ave
Patsy DeVidio
Park Ave
NickieFeber
Washington St
Carman Louis Sheldone
Wilson Aves
Samuel Eugene Orricu
Harrison St
Joseph John Cappatt
Lith St
Pittsburg
William Bert Wilsey
Beaver Falls
Thomas Chastian Stickel
Beaver
DeWayne McDanel
New Brighton
Joseph Peter Fizone
Grange Readership School Opens at Gettysburg College
Grange and its member groups opened their 46th annual readership school at Gettysburg College in a three day meeting led by State Grange Master A Wayne Readinger. The program aims to boost grange growth and civil responsibilities with 634 subordinate and 56 pomana ranges and a 60000 member base.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Grange
Gettysburg College
A. Wayne Readinger
Investors shun Pennsylvania bond offerings impact soars
In Harrisburg, William Edenbarger reports state and local governments face tight financing as bond issues for highways, schools, and higher education struggle to attract bidders. With a July 22 sale in doubt, officials warn arid outcomes include delayed projects, higher debt service, and possible interim loans. The 6 percent cap may rise to 7 percent for school bonds and 7.4 percent for higher education bonds to attract buyers.
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William Edenbarger
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
State Highways Department
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Authority
Philadelphia
Pompidou names cabinet reshapes Gaullist core
President Pompidou forms a new cabinet led by Debre as defense minister with broad powers. Maurice Schumann becomes foreign minister and Valery Giscard d Estaing is named finance minister. The lineup signals continuity with Gaullist policy but space for new U S Europe relations. The cabinet's work begins as Chaban Delmas schedules meetings and parliament appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Libera
Paris
UPI
Georges Pompidou
France
de Gaulle
Michel Debre
Pompidou
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Marice Couve de Murville
Pierre Messmer
Andre Malraux
Edgar Faure
Jean Jeanneney
United States
United Europe
Debre
Maurice Schumann
National Assembly
Schumann
Atlantic
Europe
Valery Giscard W'Estaing
Giscard
Independent
Republican Party
Street Lighting and Building Plan Approved in Union Township
Union Township supervisors approved extending Scotland Lane lighting with Pennsylvania Power Co. and extend water line to the new municipal building site with New Castle Water Co. Drainage complaints on Scotland Lane were referred for site visit. Budget noted for the new municipal building at 185,244 dollars, with prior report error corrected. Speeding complaints on Grandview Ave prompted police investigation.
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Union Township
Scotland Lane
Burns St
James J. Fee
Pennsylvania Power Co
Fee
New Castle Water Co
James M. Hutton
RD 2
Ray
Lawrence Regional Planning Commission
Carol Bernstein
Union Township Planning Commission
James 4. Scarazzo
Grandview Ave
Andrews top spender in primary campaign
The successful Republican district attorney candidate was the top spender in the primary. W Thomas Andrews spent 6175 dollars with listed contributors including W Ralph Andrews 500, Errol Fullerton 500, Glenn McCracken Jr 500, and Walter Braham 100. Opponent Gordon C Post Jr spent 3657 dollars.
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W. Thomas Andrews
W. Ralph Andrews
Errol Fullerton
Glenn McCracken Jr
Walter Braham
Gordon C. Post Jr
M. Post
Howard Branna
Justice of the Peace
Man admits murder confessions were hoax
Nashville police said Ernest Paul Sims admitted late Sunday that his confessions to the Ann Arbor murder of two girls and the Oklahoma City taxi driver slaying were a hoax. After hours of questioning he recanted and signed a statement admitting he lied.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Ernest Paul Sims
Sims
Ann Arbor
Mich
Oklahoma City
Nashville
Michigan
Ken Reasonover
Reasonover
Eastern Michigan University
Organization splits Rudd elected president of true SDS
In Chicago, the true SDS elected a new national officer slate amid a split with a Maoist faction. The RYM faction retained control of HQ and funds, naming Mark Rudd as national secretary and Jeff Jones and Bill Ayers in top posts, while PLP members named their own leadership. The division followed clashes at the SDS convention, with protests planned around September demonstrations tied to Chicago events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Fuller
Chicago
UPI
SDS
Students For A Democratic Society
Near West Side
Chicago Coliseum
Progressive Labor Party
PLP
Revolutionary Youth Movement
RYM
Nation
Mark Rudd
Columbia University
Jeff Jones
New York
John Bennington
Boston, Mass., Area
Patricia Forman
San Francisco
Allan Specter
New England Rea
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Brian Sydney Twyman
Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
Blackpool
U.S.S
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
Subic Bay
Philippines
Evans
Upr
State Public Instruction Department
Highways
Robert G. Bartlett
Highways Program
Bartlett
General Assembly
House Appropriations Committee
Moor Hills
Newfoundland
Alabama
Carl A. Cialella Jr
Herbert Bintrim
Clyde E. Hutchison
Neshannock
Thomas J. Fee
New Castle
Union Township Supervisors
Robert A. Matthews
Charles A. Book
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Robert Fisher
Newell Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Harry Mack Jr
Richard E. Flannery
Grace R. Skoog
Register and Recorder
Phillip J. Wimner
Hilda DeCarlo
Bennie DeProspero
Margaret M. Ozres
George
Rudd
True
Bill Ayers
Theniversity of Michigan
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