U S hands over final DMZ base to South Vietnam
U S Army turned over Fire Base Charlie 2 the last American position in the DMZ defensive network. B52s bomb North Vietnamese units on a nearby hill as 750 U S troops and 150 armor and support vehicles pull out after a noon ceremony. Charlie 2 suffered 32 American deaths from a May 22 rocket strike.
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Saigon
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
South Vietnam
Charlie 2
Stewart Kellerman
Cleveland Cops Plan Mass Walk to Welfare Office
About 100 officers furloughed in Cleveland planned a march from the downtown mall to the Cuyahoga County Welfare Department to file relief claims. Most of the 193 laid off officers would participate with wives and children, wearing uniforms but no badges or firearms.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County Welfare Department
Welfare Office
Giap Says U S Trapped in Vietnam War Tunnel
Gen Vo Nguyen Giap, Hanoi defense minister and North Vietnam strategist, tells a Hanoi interview that the United States faces two choices stop the war or change strategy and asserts Nixon's Vietnamization will fail leading to total bankruptcy of the program. UPITN distributed the interview via East German TV.
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London
UPI
Vo Nguyen Giap
United States
Vietnam
Giap
America
UPITN
Hanoi
UPSTN
FDA weighs action against Bon Vivant Soups over botulism soup
Commissioner Charles Edwards of the FDA said the government may pursue legal action against Bon Vivant Soups, Inc. for a botulism contaminated batch of vichyssoise. One death has been attributed to the soup, with the contamination blamed on human error in processing and inadequate heating after sealing.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Edwards
The
Food and Drug Administration
Bon Vivant Soups, Inc
Edwards
National Women's Political Caucus forms to influence 1960s elections
Washington reports Liz Carpenter notes women are shifting from supporting roles to decision making. The National Women's Political Caucus brings together Betty Friedan and Lucy Wilson Benson among others to impact next year's elections and engage women in politics.
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Washington
UPI
Liz Carpenter
Carpenter
Lyndon B. Joynson
Johnson
Betty Friedan
Lucy Wilson Benson
League of Womens Voters
National
Women’s Political Caucus
Chile Quake Kills Dozens After Central Valley Ground Shake
A minute long quake in Chile's Central Valley killed at least 65 people and injured over 100. Power and communications were knocked out across a score of cities as aftershocks followed into dawn. Some deaths resulted from panic and collapsing structures.
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Santiago
UPI
Chile
Dynamite Found On Flatbed Triggers Hamilton Evacuation
In Hamilton Ohio a flatbed truck carrying dynamite caused a several hour evacuation after the load fused in extreme heat. A Lockbourne Air Force Base demolition team removed the explosives. Owner Elmer Steele 45 was arrested on intoxication and illegal possession charges.
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Hamilton
Ohio
UPI
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Elmer Steele
Weather And Local Notices From Norwalk Area
Variable cloudiness and not quite as warm today with a chance of a shower or thundershower this morning. High 80 to 85 near Lake Erie. Partly cloudy tonight with Low 60 to 65. Saturday partly cloudy and a chance of a thundershower. High in the 80s. Marriage license applications Michael A. Loyer and Pamela S. Kirk. Births Richard Gerber boy. Deaths Lillie Mae Pridemore, 76, Willard.
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Lake Erie
Norwalk
Michael A. Loyer
Collins
Pamela S. Kirk
Tribe Found Living In Stone Age In Philippines
Manila reports the Tasadays on Mindanao live as hunter gatherers with stone tools and bamboo knives. They have no salt sugar tobacco or cultivated crops, and have reportedly remained isolated for over 500 years. Fox, a Philippine official, calls the find scientifically significant for human cultural development.
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Manila
UPI
Philipine
Mindanao
Fox
Galveston
Tex
Philippines
Possible relocation studied for U.S. 250 linking Norwalk and Ashland
Ohio State Highway Department researchers examine moving U.S. 250 from Norwalk southern edge to connect with U.S. 30 near Ashland. A traffic survey assesses need and best tie-in, with results due next week.
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Norwalk
Ashland
Ohio State Highway Department
Highway Department
Jack Hartman
Public Information Department
State Highway Department
F.J. Murray
Bureau of Planning and Survey
Department
Murray
Rock Singer Jim Morrison Dies At 27
Paris reports confirm Jim Morrison of The Doors died at 27 from an apparent heart attack. Burial held in Pere Lachaise after a private ceremony attended by close friends. Morrison had faced obscenity charges in Miami and earlier stage controversies. His manager said news was kept quiet to avoid a circus-like response.
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Paris
UPI
Jim Morrison
The
Doors
Morrison
Pere Lachaise
Bill Siddons
Los Angeles
Janis Joplin
Jim Hendrix
Siddons
U.S
Miami
Melbourne
Fla
George S. Morrison
Jim
Norwalk Guardsmen Set for Two Weeks of In-State Training
About 125 men of Norwalk Ohio National Guard's Company C 612 Engineers Battalion will depart at 4 30 Saturday for two weeks of summer training at the Fallsville Wildlife Area near Hillsboro Ohio in Highland County. They will work with an equal number from A Company Toledo to build a bridge and lay roughly 1000 feet of road under Sgt Ed Riedy. Captain Gary P Leibenthal commands Company C.
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Norwalk
Ohio National Guard
Fallsville Wildlife Area
Hillsboro
Highland County
Ohio
612 Engineers Battalion
Toledo
Ed Riedy
Camp Grayling
Michigan
Gary P. Leibenthal
Space Head Seeks Joint U.S.-Soviet Spaceflight
Space Agency chief Dr. James C. Fletcher expressed strong optimism that the United States and Russia can pursue a joint manned spaceflight project later this decade. He noted both sides are examining docking challenges between an Apollo craft and a Salyut or successor station.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Space Agency
United States
Russia
James C. Fletcher
Car Goes Wrong Way Kills Four in I 480 Crash
Four young people including three Kent State University students die when a car traveling the wrong way on Interstate 480 south of Twinsburg injuries. Victims are Neil Turner 23 Akron Gail Dickson 21 South Norwalk Conn Beverly Rucker 20 Cleveland and Thomas Duns 33 Willoughby Injured Ruth Price 20 Presto Pa and Louis Davies Cleveland were in hospital in critical or poor condition Price reported hearing a scream before the crash.
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Twinsburg
Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Here
Summit County
Neil Turner
Akron
Gail Dickson
South Norwalk
Conn
Beverly Rucker
Cleveland
Thomas Duns
Willoughby
Ruth Price
Presto
Louis Davies
Miss Price
Davis
Miss Rucker
Man Injures Hand Demonstrating Gun
William R. Jensen 26 of Ashland lost his little finger and injured others on his right hand when a Navy flare gun he was demoing exploded along U S 250 southeast of Fitchville after noon Thursday. Sgt. James Robertson said doctors feared amputation of the next two fingers. Jensen was in fair condition at Mansfield General Hospital after emergency care at New London Hospital. He was with girlfriend Darlene Bishop and Ronald Miller when he stopped near Exchange Road to demonstrate the flare gun. He had recently been living in Ashland with his parents. The deputy noted the flare gun is used by the Navy for signaling positions.
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William R. Jensen
Ashland
U.S. 250
Fitchville
James Robertson
Sheriff's Department
Jensen
Mansfield General Hospital
New London Hospital
Darlene Bishop
Bellevue
Ronald Miller
Exchange Road
Robertson
Norwalk Seeks New Water Tank To Ease Plant Strain
Norwalk faces peak daytime water shortages as the filtration plant nears capacity. Limited storage forces reliance on an elevated tank and a partial storage well, while algae growth and heated return water worsen taste and push filters offline during high demand.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
West Elm Street
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Willard
Robert B. Fox
Presidential Assistance For National Minorities
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New Guinea
Louis Armstrong
Seventh Regiment -Armory
New York
Armstrong
Rock
Norwalk Guardsmen
Space Head
His
Navy
Memorial Lake
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