DMZ artillery shelling reports reach DMZ zone
North Vietnamese gunners shelled allied outposts from within the DMZ four times on Monday and launched four rockets or mortars from inside the buffer zone. U S forces lost four helicopters, with four Americans killed and three wounded in a Monday night collision. Two South Vietnamese were killed and three Americans wounded in another crash. Despite shelling near Gio Linh and Con Thien, a spokesman said no casualties or damage occurred from the DMZ fire, while B 52s pounded Black Virgin Mountain to thwart an offensive aimed at Tay Ninh City.
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Danger Begins With Ignition Part II
An Ottawa editor's note surveys traffic accidents in Franklin County, urging defensive driving training. It cites failed vehicle components, roadway hazards, and driver behavior as causes, while praising engineering efforts and new breakaway light poles to reduce fatalities. The piece ends by asking how to eliminate crashes.
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Ralph Nader
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Viet Cong push in Paris peace talks steers war outlook
Paris AP dispatch reports Mrs. Nguyen Tri Binh says attacks in South Vietnam will intensify to force President Nixon to adjust policy and possibly extend the conflict for years. In Saigon, Ky hints at a walkout if Thieu’s election plan is rejected. Thieu expects more terrorism as he pushes for supervised elections.
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Viet Cong
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Phu Bai
National Liberation Front
No Change In Nixon ABM Stand
President Nixon remains firm on his safeguarded ABM proposal with no concession expected. GOP leaders Rep. Gerald Ford and Sen. Everett Dirksen reiterate there will be no compromise and anticipate Senate support, aided by Sen. Winston Prouty’s pivotal vote and Pentagon backing from Melvin Laird.
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Ottawa City Band Concert Tonight at City Park
Ottawa's City Band presents its weekly summer concert tonight at 8 in the bandstand at City Park. The program includes Song of Jupiter King Cotton March Joshua Concert Band Medley Bathsheba La Bella Roma Overture for Winds An Occasional Suite Gloria March This Is My Country God and Country Overture and Highlights from South Pacific.
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Country
South Pacific
Apollo 11 Prelaunch Day Shows Smooth Countdown
Cape Kennedy AP The Apollo 11 crew reviews the flight plan as servicing stays ahead of schedule for Wednesday's liftoff. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins prepare to enter the capsule while Saturn V looms, with Agnew and Johnson among expected spectators at the moonport.
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Moon
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Lyndon B. Johnson
County Forecast Partly cloudy and hot, humid
Partly cloudy and hot humid weather continues tonight and Wednesday with a few showers and thundershowers likely tonight. Southerly winds around 10 mph. Wednesday temperatures 95 to 102 with overnight low in the upper 70s and a 30 percent chance of precipitation.
Luna 15 Slows En Route to Moon on New Mission Hints
JO DRELL BANK England AP The Soviet moonship Luna 15 travels slower than usual and may be trying something new, possibly recovering moon rock. Sir Bernard Lovell said the trajectory differs from Luna 16 and landing fuel plans suggest a heavier craft carrying new equipment for a fresh mission.
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JO Drell Bank
England
Sir Bernard Lovell
Lovell
Demos Plan Amendments To Surtax
Washington AP reports more than a half dozen Democratic senators will offer a broad series of tax reform amendments to the income surtax extension bill. House action and a summer recess timeline shape Senate debate as Democrats push for major reform while Nixon calls for quick action. Whirlpool air conditioners listed by Crites Appliance at 419 S Main as an advertisement.
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