Concessions in Fischer Spassky Clash Signal Fraying
In Reykjavik, organizers yield on removing hidden cameras to appease Bobby Fischer while upholding his forfeit of the second game after he refused to appear. The dispute gnaws at finances and threatens to derail the world chess championship as Tokyo reports flood and landslide tolls.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Gudmundur_ Thorarinsson
Icelandic Chess Federation
U.S
Thorarinsson
Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Chess Federation
Ellsberg Trial Echoes Court Martial in Jury Fight
In Los Angeles AP reports the Pentagon Papers case opens with defense protests over juror military ties and security jobs. Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo face espionage conspiracy and theft charges for leaking Vietnam War documents. Jury seating stalls as half the panel is questioned and no verdict in sight.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Boudin
Boudin
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony Russo
Rand Corp
U.S
Einstein Theory Test Near Mars Opposition
Pasadena scientists plan a September experiment using Mariner 9 orbiting Mars to test Einstein relativity by tracking radio signals as the sun’s gravity bends electromagnetic waves. The setup uses Mars and Earth on opposite sides of the sun to observe potential signal distortion.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
The
Earth
Man pays back taxes in pennies to IRS in San Jose
Larry Hermone finally clears a $2,500 tax debt by delivering 250,000 pennies in a truck that weighs a ton to the IRS office in San Jose. An IRS agent mutters that he doesn’t find it funny as the coins are handed over.
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San Jose
Calif
Larry Hermone
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Two Navy pilots survive T-2 trainer crash near Newcastle
Hearh Smith and his wife heard the low roar as a Navy T-2 trainer crashed less than 150 yards from their farm home. Two Navy lieutenants from Meridian NAS ejected, uninjured, after the aircraft, en route from Tinker AFB to Buckley Field, exploded or burned. Wreckage stretched 55 feet long, with debris scattered 75 yards away. fire units from Newcastle Blanchard Oklahoma City and Tinker controlled scene while FAA and police tracked reports. An investigation by a Navy team from Mississippi was expected to determine the crash cause.
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Newcastle
Okla
Hearh Smith
Here
Meridian Naval Air Station
Mississippi
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Buckley Field
Denver
Colo
J.H. Adams
D.W. Lyon
Tinker’s Hospital
Smith
Blanchard
Tinker
Floyd Wilson
FAA
Centrol
Will Rogers World Airport
Bob Ferguson
Wilson
Ferguson
Canadian River
Oklahoma City Fire Department
Air Force
E.E. O'Brien
Navy
Farm Futures Hit Alltime Peak Driven by Soybeans and Cotton
U SDA data show farm futures value of 148 billion dollars for the year ended June 20, with 12.6 million trades on regulated markets. Soybeans led with 3.9 million trades and 19.8 billion bushels, while pork bellies and live hogs rose sharply. Cotton futures topped 41 million bales, and corn and wheat volumes declined from prior highs. Milk output in June rose 2 percent year over year, averaging 902 pounds per cow, with regional averages listed. Farm labor declined by about 161,500 from a year earlier as harvest slows and spring fieldwork winds down.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
California
Idaho
Wisconsin
Utah
US Soviet grain deal dominates week while industry jostles
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to a $750 million three year grain deal with quick delivery plans and $200 million to be bought in the first year. Separately Penn Central to cut 5700 train crew jobs by July 26 amid union slowdown fears.
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New York
Soviet Union
United States
Ficial
Penn Central Transportation Co
United Transportation Union
Commerce Department
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Rabies Shots For Many Kansans
Pratt AP with Kansas Health Department official says about 400 Kansans will need a 14 to 20 shot anti rabies series this year. Last year 112 rabies cases in animals were confirmed, the highest since 1965, including 101 skunks. Outdoorsmen warned to avoid handling wild animals, especially skunks, and to be cautious as even babies can spread the disease.
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Pratt
Kan
Donald E. Wilcox
Disease Control
Kansas Health Department
Wilcox
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Bomb Kills 200 South Vietnamese POWs in Kontum
Viet Cong broadcasts claim U S B52s hit Hill 616 near Loc Mai on July 5 and 6 with anti personnel bombs killing POWs moved there. Other Viet Cong statements say 300 of 700 captives in the An Loc battle volunteered for VC duty or were freed. Saigon reports no POW releases amid a siege with many missing soldiers.
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Hong. Kong
Kontum
Hill 616
Loc Mai
An Loc
Saigon
Binh Long
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Harry Smith
Ottawa
Federal Trade Commission
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