Allies Renew Offensive In Southeast Asia Monsoon Battles
Allied and Vietnamese forces pressed maneuvers in eastern Cambodia and Laos as monsoon offensives targeted enemy supply lines. The U.S. reported a 10 mortar strike on a 196th Brigade unit near Da Nang with some injuries. Saigon forces claimed 79 enemy killed in two clashes near Phnom Penh Saigon highway, while 14 South Vietnamese were killed and 32 wounded.Weitere details describe heavy enemy fire near Highway 1, reinforcements flown in, and captures of weapons. Laotian troops advanced toward Pak Song on the Bolovens Plateau, with at least one stronghold reported captured amid muddy terrain and limited air support.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
da Nang
Phnom Penh--Saigon
Highway 1
Neak Luong
le Trung Kien
Hien
Bolovens
Pak Song
Ban Phakout
Local USD Sets Enrollment Dates
Unified District 290 announces enrollment and start dates for the new school year. Seventh graders and new students enroll Aug. 23 1:30 p.m. in the junior high auditorium, eighth and ninth graders Aug. 24, elementary enrollment Aug. 24 by last name, senior high Aug. 24 with period times. Kindergarten entry requires age five by Sept. 1 1971. Birth certificates and vaccinations required. Book fees listed by grade levels.
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Glen Ainsworth
Ottawa
Nixon Lounges In Muskieland
President Nixon rests on Muskie island Maine during a weekend retreat amid Democratic presidential primary chatter. In New Hampshire he meets supporters and aides deny political aims while figures like McCloskey McGovern Jackson and Bayh loom as potential rivals. Nixon sails Penobscot Bay and stays at Jack Dreyfus home as editor Loeb criticizes his China trip.
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Minot Island
Maine
Nixon
Edmund S. Muskie
New Hampshire
Rep
Paul McCloskey
California
Hollis
George McGovern
South Dakota
Henry Jackson
Washington
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Kenneth Curtis
Muskie
New England
Nashua
N.H
Penobscot Bay
New York
Jack Dreyfus
Manchester
William Loeb
Manchester Union
United States
China
Apollo 15 Returns Earth With Lunar Rock Specimens
Apollo 15 mission astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden reentered Earth’s atmosphere aboard Endeavour after a 12 day lunar voyage. They brought back a rock sample believed to be original lunar soil dating about 4.6 billion years and nearly two miles of moon surface film, as mission control prepared for a Pacific splashdown near Hawaii.
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Earth
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Mission Control Center
Joe Allen
Scott
Allen
Okinawa
Irwin
Falcon
Hadley Base
Apennine
The
Space Center
Worden
Hadley Mountain
Hadley Delta
Hadley
Hadley Rille
Weather outlook bleak with prolonged thundershowers in Kansas
The Weather Service warned thundershowers would linger through Sunday across Kansas with eastern areas seeing heavier rains in spots. Rain totals included Baldwin 1.50 inches and Lawrence 1.44 inches while most totals stayed under half an inch. Temperatures will run in the upper 70s to low 80s with nights in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Weather Service
East Central
Baldwin
Lawrence
Pittsburg
Beloit
Goodland
Hassan names new Moroccan government to tackle corruption
King Hassan II announced a reformist cabinet led by Mohamed Karaim Lamrani as premier replacing Ahmed Saraki. Gen. Mohamed Oufkir became defense minister and chief of staff. The restructuring follows a bloody coup attempt blamed on widespread corruption. 100 people died and six generals were executed.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Mohamed Oufkir
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