Viets Move To Retake Quang Tri
South Vietnamese marines launched a counteroffensive in Quang Tri Province retaking Hai Lang district town near Quang Tri City. U.S. Marines airlifted 1000 South Vietnamese troops to Hai Lang while air strikes hindered North Vietnamese forces. one CH46 Sea Knight helicopter was destroyed by a ground mechanical failure.
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My Chanh
Hai Lang
Quang Tri
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Associated Press
Peter Amnett
Okinawa
Quang Tri City
Arnett
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Hawthorne School Honors Two Retirees
Hawthorne Elementary School hosts a 4 p.m. reception for retiring teachers Mrs. Margaret Merritt and Mrs. Rosa Sterrett. Merritt, a 16 year Hawthorne fourth grade veteran with 35 years total, taught across grades from first to ninth. Sterrett, five years at Hawthorne as a special reading teacher, has spent most of her career in Johnson and Franklin counties. Both plan ample time for hobbies, travel, and family after retirement.
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Hawthorne
Margaret Merritt
Rosa Sterrett
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Garfield
University of Kansas
Pileup Today Crash Kills Two in Ottawa Area
Two men died and a third person was injured in a three vehicle crash on US 59, three miles north of Ottawa at 9 30 a m. Louis James Leek Jr. 21 of Overland Park and James C Taylor 52 of 904 E 8th were killed. Brian Wilkinson 24 of Wichita, a tennis pro, was treated for head cuts and black eyes after his Porsche struck the panel truck driven by Taylor. The crash occurred when Taylor apparently veered off the road and back into the path of Leek.
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Louis James Leek Jr
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James C. Taylor
Brian Wilkinson
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Triumph
Wilkinson
Porsche
Anti-Mining Protests Extend Across Cities Ambush
Antiwar demonstrations continue on campuses and streets across San Francisco and Columbus. Protests against mining in North Vietnam and Ohio harbors sparked scattered displays of support for President Nixon's war policy with clashes reported in several cities as protests enter a fifth day.
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Ohio
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Ithaca
Ral- N.Y
Nixon
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Weekend Forecast Shifts to Pleasant Kansas Weather
The National Weather Service says rains have moved out of Kansas leaving high pressure and generally pleasant weekend weather. Highs will reach 70 to 75 on Sunday with lows from 40 to 50. Some brief isolated thunderstorms possible. Friday highs ranged 63 to 72 with lows 39 to 53. Precip totals over 24 hours varied, with Belleville and Marysville reporting notable amounts. Multiple unrelated antiwar protests occurred nationwide with arrests and confrontations in several cities including Fort Walton Beach, San Francisco, Columbus, Madison, Salt Lake City, New Haven, and New York.
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Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Belleville
Marysville
Beloit
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