Borman lays wreaths in Moscow in goodwill gesture
Astronaut Frank Borman, on the fourth day of a goodwill visit, placed wreaths on Lenin's mausoleum and at the Kremlin wall for space pioneers Sergei Korolev Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov, then at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He stood at attention a minute in silence with his wife Susan.
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Frank Borman
Russia
U.S
Borman
Red Square
Vladimir Lenin
V.I. Lenin
Lenin
Susan
Kremlin
Sergei Korolev
Air Force
How Would He Know How Would He Know Paris AP
Hanoi's chief delegate Xuan Thuy returns to Paris after a month in Hanoi, Peking, and Moscow and accuses the United States of not negotiating in good faith. He meets Chou En-lai and Kosygin en route and says Nixon's eight points differ from the PRG's 10, with U.S. troop withdrawal aimed at soothing public opinion.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
Peking
Moscow
United States
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
Thuy
Chou En-lai
Alexei Kosygin
No Break In Grim Trend In Ann Arbor Shooting
University of Michigan coed Margaret Phillips 25 was shot in her Ann Arbor apartment and left critically wounded. Police noted no burglary and she was found fully clothed on a bed by a neighbor about 15 minutes after the shooting amid a string of six recent murders of young women in the area.
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University of Michigan
Rabies Policy Tightened by Franklin County Humane Society
The Franklin County Humane Society enacts stricter rabies vaccination enforcement for dogs. Owners must vaccinate and mail back a form within five days after pickup. if not, the dog is taken to a vet at the owner's expense. The shelter, near Ottawa, also reports June intake of 118 dogs and 65 cats, with adoption fees and a three day hold required by state law.
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Marla Babcock
Franklin County Humane Society
Alta Cruces
The
Humane Society
US Lags In Missile Race
VIENNA AP Nixon adviser Kissinger says Congress could approve antiballistic missile plans without triggering a major arms race with the Soviet Union. He notes the Soviets have close to 70 ABMs and that the United States will not deploy its first missile until 1973, late 1978.
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China
Beaches and nationwide Fourth of July celebration
A July Fourth report shows massive beach turnout from Coney Island to Los Angeles and large park visits in California. Highlights include President Nixon as grand marshal in Florida, a St. Louis air spectacle, Bardstown services for Vietnam casualties, and Tricia Nixon in London with antiwar demonstrators outside the American Embassy.
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Brooklyn
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California
Chicago
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Mary Kiibs
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
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Independence Hall
Walter R. Cunningham
St. Louis
Bound Brook
N.J
George Washington
Bardstown
Kentucky
Vietnam
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Wis
My Tho
West Berlin
U.S. Army
Tricia Nixon
London
US Activity In War Remains On Same Level
Saigon AP says despite fewer Viet Cong actions, U.S. troops maintain the same level of operations searching for enemy caches. About 12 battalion size operations run, with 2,828 helicopters lost since 1961. Rocket attacks limited. B52 raids along Cambodian border heavy for 10 weeks. Civilian and soldier casualties rise modestly.
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Phuoc Long
da Nang
Fireworks Fatality Across Nation Kills Child in Kansas City
Independence Day fireworks caused a 4 year old girl Shelley Adams to die in Kansas City Kansas. Several other children were seriously injured or burned in states including Washington Massachusetts Ohio Idaho New York Arkansas and Ohio. Police and witnesses report incidents of explosions and property damage with dozens of unspent fireworks found and a car fire caused by a lit firecracker.
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Kansas City
Kan
Shelley Adams
Tacoma
Wash
Chuck Crawford
Northwest Orient Airlines
Commencement Bay
Goodale Park
West Boylston
Mass
Gerard N. Gaudette Jr
Wickliffe
Ohio
Cleveland
John Coxwell
New York City
Lower Manhattan
Wallace
Idaho
Weather data for Thursday to Friday with temps and records
High Thursday 96 degrees and low Friday 79 plus high Friday 95 and low today 74. Year ago highs 92 lows 58. Record highs 109 in 1911 and record low 48 in 1915. Hourly temps ending 8 am today through 9 pm with numerous readings from 76 to 94 degrees. Barometer 29.86 inches.
Assassin Mboya targeted in Nairobi lunch hour murder
Kenya’s economic planning minister Tom Mboya was shot in a crowded Nairobi center at midday. Police sealed the area as witnesses were questioned. The Kenya News Agency later confirmed his death. Mboya, 38, helped lead Kenya to independence and attended the London conference that shaped the nation’s future. He was a Luo and a rising political figure allied with nonviolence and democratic ideals. His wife Pamela Odede, daughter of Walter Odede, had married him in January 1968.
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Kenya News Agency
London
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Freedom
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Kenya Federation of Labor
United States
Pamela Odede
Walter Odede
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Jomo Kenyatta
Kikuyu
Kenyatta
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