American led spy units wiped out in Laos and Vietnam
Field reports say three MACSOG teams led by Americans were wiped out behind enemy lines in Laos and South Vietnam. Two Americans and 23 to 25 Montagnard allies died at Hickory on June 5 after two days of combat. American aircraft continued bombing near Fire Base Fuller as fighting eased around the DMZ.
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Laos
South Vietnam
Saigon
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Sanh
Putzel
Hickory
U.S. Command
Command and
Fuller
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized
Violent Storm Cancels Saratoga Harness Race
A brief thunder and hail storm hits Saratoga County causing uprooted trees blocked roads and downed power lines with no injuries reported. Routes 9 and 50 and the Adirondack Northway faced closures as the Saratoga Raceway harness program is canceled and a Mary T. Stevens John Denver show is postponed to September.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga County
Adirondack Northway
Sodus Site Of Rock Festival
Sodus New York AP report says about 4000 youths were expected at a rock festival in a field near Sodus on Lake Ontario. Organizers led by Danny Pray, president of Sun Child Formations Co., shifted plans from North Rose after sanctions cited water and insurance standards and local opposition.
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Sodus
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Danny Pray
Sun Child Pormations Co
North Rose
Here
Robert Wirts
Wirts
Rochester
Irish Sweepstakes Derby drama opens as Linden Tree stalls
Irish Ball wins the mile and a half Derby with a $149,688 first prize while Linden Tree stalls and is left behind. Lombardo finishes second and Guillemot third in a photo finish as winning tickets pay out $120,000 to holders, $48,000 to second, and $24,000 to third.
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Curragh
Ireland
Linden Tree
Lombardo
Guillemot
BOAC Cancels Options on Four Boeing 747 Jets
London AP reports British Overseas Airways Corp. is canceling options on four Boeing 747 jumbo jets as profits slump. Chairman Sir Keith Granville notes the move as a key part of an economy drive to tackle a surplus seats crisis affecting BOAC and the industry.
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Ration
BOAC
Zumwalt loses Navy son as transfer to Marines approved
Adm Elmo R Zumwalt Jr whose morale program included pockets on pants and beards on sailors has a family tragedy Ensign James G Zumwalt loses service branch change his transfer to the Marines accepted by Secretary of the Navy John it was announced Friday
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Washington
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Navy
Marine
James G. Zumwalt
Marines
Secretary of the Navy
John
Dinah Shore Sidelined After Eye Injury at Home
Hollywood AP reports singer Dinah Shore entered UCLA Medical Center after a tennis ball scratched her cornea. Shore blamed the accident on her own focus on the ball and said the injury occurred Friday during a home game when the ball deflected off her racket into her eye.
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Dinah Shore Hollywood
Dinah Shore
Ucla Medical Center
Miss Shore
Court Debate Over Pentagon Papers Publication
The government urged the Supreme Court to block the Pentagon study leaks, arguing the Times and Post threaten government function. The Post called the move to suppress a precedent shocking. the Court weighed temporary bans as other papers published portions. Ellsberg faced a separate investigation.
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Pentagon
New York Times
Washington Post
Post
High Court
Supreme Court
State Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Bboston
Ellsberg
Elisberg
Times
U.S
Indochina
Los Angeles Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Britain
What Good Is A Vacant House Editorial
The Farnham Hall crisis center, staffed by trained volunteers, has offered vital crisis guidance to hundreds of locals since late last year. The College Foundation plans eviction by June 30 and possible sale to the state, but no rapid alternative exists. The editorial urges a stay of eviction and a review meeting to preserve community services and avoid leaving a vacant building.
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Pier House
Farnham Hall
The
College Foundation, Inc
William Purvis
Farnham
World's Richest Girl Doris Duke Joins New Jersey Church
Doris Duke, famed as the world's richest girl, joins a Nutley New Jersey black church and sings in its senior choir on Sundays. A congregation member says she has been a choir member for over a year, while church leaders avoid comment. The pastor, Rev. Lawrence Roberts, deflects questions about Miss Duke amid hopes for harmony across races. Sarah Vaughn and other prominent black New Jersey figures attend services at the church.
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Doris Duke
Black Church
N. J
Nutley
N.J
First Baptist Church
Nual
Orange
Lawrence C. Roberts
Miss Duke
Somerville
Roberts
Melight
Pillar of Fire Theological Seminary
York
England
New Jersey
Sarah Vaughn
Pilot Crashes Plane in Fog Near Rochester
A Niagara County pilot, David Penn, 30, of Gosport, survived a crash in a field about 15 miles from Rochester after fog prevented a planned landing at Monroe County Airport. He told police he aimed for a rural road in Riga but wrecked the light plane, and was admitted to Strong Memorial Hospital in fair condition. The aircraft was demolished.
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Rochester
N. Y
Niagara County
David Penn
Gosport
Batavia
Monroe County-Rochester
Penn
Riga
Strong Memorial Hospital
Teen-ager killed in Route 80 crash near New Woodstock
A 19 year old David Schmidt of A A Fabius died in a Saturday morning car crash on Route 80 when his vehicle left the road and rolled three times. A passenger escaped with minor injuries.
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New Woodstock
N. Y
David Schmidt
Defense Dept Sets 18,000 July August Draft Quotas
The Defense Department announced a quota of 16,000 for July and August as Congress works on the draft law. Officials said the two-month call will be split evenly between July and August, with final action pending Congress and a possible troop withdrawal provision.
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Defense Dept
Washington
House
Senate
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Curtis W. Tarr
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon and Agnew Join U S Navy in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa AP Nixon and Agnew were sworn into the U S Navy Friday morning. Barry Douglas Nixon 18 Mount Sterling Iowa and Alice Maria Agnew 18 Hamilton Illinois enlisted at Keokuk Iowa and were brought to Des Moines for processing. Neither knows of any relation to the President or Vice President. Nixon will be stationed in San Diego California and Agnew in Bainbridge Maryland.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nixon
Agnew
U.S. Navy
Barry Douglas Nixon
Mount Sterling
Alice Maria Agnew
Hamilton
Ill
Keokuk
Young Nixon
San Diego
Calif
Miss Agnew
Bainbridge
Prohibition Party nominates Munn for president in 1972
Dr Farle H Munn 67 academic dean at Hillsdale College was nominated on the first ballot at the Prohibition Party national convention at the First Church of the Nazarene. Running mate is Marshall E Uncapher 47 a Hutchinson Kansas sales representative. Munn said he was not expecting to win.
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Wichita, Kan
Farle H. Munn
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale
Mich
Prohibition Party
Munn
Church of the Nazarens
Marshall E. Uncapher
Hutchinson
Kan
Rockefeller OKs Adirondack Park Agency Bill
Governor Rockefeller approves a bill creating the Adirondack Park Agency to protect the six million acre park. The agency gains broad land use powers, can delay projects over five acres, and must submit a master plan by January 1, 1973. The measure takes effect September 1, with local zoning changes allowed before then.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Adirondack Park Agency
Adirondack Park
Catskill Park
DeSapio Begins Two Year Federal Prison Term
Carmine G. DeSapio once head of New Yorks Tammany Hall started serving a two year federal sentence for bribery and conspiracy. A co defendant Antonio Corallo faced conviction. He is expected to go to Allenwood prison camp near Lewisburg after processing and becomes parole eligible February 24, 1972.
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Lewisburg
Carmine G. DeSapio
New York
Tammany Hall
DeSapio
Antonio
Tony Ducks
Corallo
James L. Marcus
New York City
Consolidated Edison Co
Mount Kisco
N.Y
U.S
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
Bureau of Prisons
Washington
Allenwood
Honeymoon at Camp David for Tricia and Ed Cox
Tricia Cox and her husband Ed have been at Camp David the entire time after their White House wedding. White House sources confirmed the couple greeted President Nixon on his arrival. Tricia has praised Camp David for privacy and sport friendly settings.
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Camp David
Tricia
Ed Cox
White House
Nixon
Nyquist Urges Veto On College Teaching Hours Bill
New York Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist urged Gov Rockefeller to veto a bill setting minimum weekly teaching hours for college faculty. He argued legislature should not regulate class hours and noted professors also spend time on committees and research. The measure covers all state aided higher education institutions under Bundy program.
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Nyquist
Rocky
Albany
N.Y
Ewald B. Nyquist
Gov
Rockefeller
Board of Regents
State University
Ernest L. Boyer
New York
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U.N. Truce Supervison Organization
Hollywood
Rudolf Friml
Frim
Hollywood Prebyterian Hospital
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
St. Louis
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Urban League
Vernon E. Jordan Jr
United Negro College Fund
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