Battles Force Near Saigon Amid Anticipated Push
Clashes flare around Saigon and in the northwest as Marines report heavy fighting and enemy losses near Khe Sanh and along northern frontiers. U S. and allied forces defend the capital region with air strikes and river patrols amid ongoing bombardment and shelling.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
101St Airborne Division
Saigon
U.S. 9Th Division
U.S. Navy
Dong Nai
Ottawa district ends federal funding for summer camp at Mears Park
The Ottawa Unified School District 290 will drop Title I funding for the six week Mears Park summer camp for fifth to eighth graders. Allen Unruh, camp director, says the program will continue with fees and partial low income provisions, while most other Title I activities remain funded. About 28 percent of Ottawa students come from low income families. 175 children can attend weekly at capacity, with 30 to 40 percent from low income.
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Ottawa
Mears Park
Marvin Forker
Unified School District
Forker
Allen Unruh
Franklin County Social Welfare Office
Unruh
Nixon Banking On Primaries To Lead Nomination
Former Vice President Richard Nixon declares confidence his primary wins will secure the Republican nomination despite polls favoring Nelson Rockefeller. He says polls involve about 3000 people nationwide and will not sway delegates. Reagan dismisses Rockefeller ticket talk as unnecessary while Humphrey promotes youth education and welfare at a Washington clinic event.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Springfield
N.J
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Reagan
Sacramento
San Francisco
New York
Humphrey
Washington
Band Concert Tonight in City Park
A band concert is set for City Park at 8 tonight weather permitting. Program includes Die Meistersinger Firework Music Handel selections from Carnival Rustacon Overture Joshua School Room Dixie and other marches. Trumpet solo Evening Breeze will be performed by Ronnie Matthews.
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City Park
Handel
Ronnie Matthews
Weather County Forecast Warm and humid through Wednesday
Partly cloudy warm and humid through Wednesday with a high of 85 to 90 and a tonight low in the upper 60s. Monday high 94 and today’s low 68, compared with last year’s 93 and 76. Record highs 107 in 1901 and record lows 32 in 1947. Trace precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. and hourly temps ending at 8 a.m. Midnight barometer 29.95.
Clark Stands Firm On Gun Control Registration
Washington AP Ramsey Clark reasserted support for federal gun registration despite House setback. Sen Strom Thurmond pressed for national registration at a Senate hearing, Clark argued it aids law enforcement. House Rules Committee pledge to block attaching registration to a broader bill, while Celler seeks a rule to advance a long gun bill. Johnson proposed extending pistol registration to rifles and shotguns and licensing owners. McCulloch joined opposition, fearing registration could jeopardize the crime bill.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Johnson
Shurmond
Clark
House Rules Committee
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Celler
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Showalter Charged In Ottawa Fatal One-Vehicle Crash
Barry L. Showalter aged 20 of 516 S. Cedar faces charges of driving while intoxicated and negligent homicide in connection with a July 5 one car crash south of Ottawa near the state roadside park. Priscilla Jane Carey, 20, of 945 S. Mulberry, died after the 1962 Austin Healey went off the road and overturned trapping her. Showalter was injured with facial cuts. County Attorney Myron S. Steere filed the charges July 8 in County Court.
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Barry L. Showalter
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Priscilla Jane Carey
S. Mulberry
Highway Patrol
Showalter
Harold Bennett
Austin Healey
Miss Carey
Myron S. Steere
Johnson Urges Senate to Ratify Nuclear Treaty
President Johnson formally urged Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty calling it a triumph of sanity. He said the agreement limits nuclear arms and shares peaceful knowledge, noting it requires signatories to avoid transferring weapons or aiding manufacture. France and Communist China have said they will not sign.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Senate
Central America
Washington
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Texas
White House
France
China
Ray Appeal Set for Extradition Hearing in London
James Earl Ray will appeal extr a dition to the United States in the British High Court on July 29 for the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr The hearing is expected to last at least two days Ray appeared for one minute in Bow Street Magistrate's Court today indicating the start of proceedings
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London
James Earl Ray
United States
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Bow Street
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