US ends infantry war role in Vietnam with last brigade
SAIGON AP United States deactivates its final infantry brigade in South Vietnam officially ending ground combat duties while maintaining a 100,000 strong air and naval force. Bombing continues near Hanoi as Podgorny visits. South Vietnamese commandos conduct a helicopter assault on Tan Canh, briefly capturing the town before retreating.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Dent Nikolai Podgorny
Tan Canh
Kontum City
Highlands
Wallace to undergo major surgery in Silver Spring
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace will have major surgery Sunday to remove a bullet from his spinal canal in Silver Spring Maryland. If recovery goes well, he is expected to attend the Democratic National Convention in Miami.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Miami
Billy Joe Camp
Wallace
Laurel
Weather forecast for Kansas weekend near record heat
Partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers in western and northern Kansas. Temperatures will reach the mid to upper 80s today with overnight lows in the 60s and near 90 on Sunday. Goodland reported 2.58 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.
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Kan
Kansas
Goodland
airline pilots plan 24hour work stoppage across 64 nations
New York AP United States Air Transport Association seeks federal court order to stop a 24hour strike called by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations. The protest, starting 2 am Monday EDT, could halt flights in 64 nations and affect up to a million passengers.
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Air Transport Association
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Ola Forsberg
Federation
U.S
Washington
U.S. District Court
George Hart
Airline Association
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Braniff International
Tokyo
Japan Airline Pilots Association
London
Britain
Swissair
International Pilots Federation
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Forsberg
U.N
Finland
Security Council
International Civil Aviation Organization
Kurt Waldheim
Lazar Mojsov
Council
Italy
International Federation of Transit Workers
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Pilots Point Well Taken
At least two dozen commercial airliners have been hijacked so far this year. Major incidents include a Jan 20 ransom flight from Las Vegas to Colorado, a Jan 27 Mohawk hijack in New York with a fatal FBI confrontation, a Feb 22 Lufthansa flight from New Delhi to Athens released after a $5 million paid by Bonn, and subsequent diversions.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Las Vegas
John Shane
Heinrich von George
Mohawk Airlines
Upstate New York
FBI
Pougkeepsie
N.Y
Lufthansa
Joseph Kennedy II
New Delhi
Athens
Aden
Bonn
Richard Floyd McCoy Jr
Provo
Utah
United Air Lines
Denver
McCoy
Salt Lake
Rapid City flood leaves 450 missing in wake of disaster
Rapid City South Dakota officials struggle to verify thousands of missing after a devastating flash flood. Pennington County official Charles Childs says the list has fluctuated around 450 missing as 214 dead with 13 unidentified. Cooperation from many states and foreign nationals aids the effort as searchers work to identify victims and separate panic reports from real missing persons.
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S.D
Pennington County
Charles Childs
Childs
New Zealand
North Dakota
Black Hills
Cheyenne River
Wasta
ORC Summer Programs Open In Ottawa In 1972
Ron Womb le reports the Ottawa Recreation Commission launches a busy summer season with up to 2,500 participants in swimming, baseball, tennis, tumbling, gymnastics, girls softball, and junior activities. Programs are mostly free, funded by a 1.5 mill property tax, with Friday story hours at the library and a Senior Club at the Youth Center. Public Works notes bond projects nearing completion at 80 percent, with final cleanup into next spring.
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Ottawa Library
Chautauqua Players
Kris Buick
Danny Meylan
Players
Memorial Auditorium
The
Library
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Harvey
Fantastiks
Ron Womble
Ottawa
Orris Cox
Commission
Cox
Steve Queen
Public Works
Robert Moore
Moore
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