North Vietnamese unit offers full surrender at Kontum
North Vietnamese soldiers in Kontum reportedly offered to surrender en masse to South Vietnamese troops after heavy battles that left about 3,000 Communist and 1,000 South Vietnamese casualties. US air strikes on Vinh intensified as battles continued on three fronts. John Paul Vann noted the surrender offer may be first of its kind.
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Saigon
Cups
Kontum
U.S
Vinh
North Vietnam
John Paul Vann
North Vietnamese Army
NVA
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Yhieu
Young Florida Girl Speaks Against Child Targeted Ads
Dawn Ann Kurth, 11, a Meadow Lane Elementary pupil in Melbourne, Florida, told a Senate consumer subcommittee that most kiddie commercials are worthless junk and urged banning ads aimed at children. She described her research for a gifted program and urged easier production of good commercials.
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Dawn Ann Kurth
Melbourne
Fla
Senate Consumer Subcommittee
Washington
UPI
Congress
Florida
Dawn
Meadowlane Elementary School
Senate
Okaloosa Digest notices brief local events
Fort Walton Beach Jaycees meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Elks Lodge. Lifeguards on duty daily 8 a m to 6 p m at Municipal Beach and Garniers Beach through Labor Day. Bowlegs Surfing Festival adds a women division with five award categories. entries from Seadreams Surf Shop. Rummage sale Friday 9 30 a m at Piggly Wiggly Niceville proceeds to First Baptist Church Niceville Little League.
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FWB Jaycees
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa Island
Seadreams Surf Shop
Miracle Strip Parkway
John Sims
Niceville
First Baptist Church
Police Gunshot Wounds Young Officer In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a 22 year old patrolman Thomas Parsons was shot in the mouth during a routine stop. He was treated at Nazareth Hospital after surgery and provided a written description of his attackers. Two suspects were detained shortly after.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Thomas Parsons
Nazareth Hospital
Parsons
General Education Debate Highlights Vocational Value
Georgia Education Commissioner Jack P. Nix urged replacing general education with relevant training saying the current system leaves students unprepared for the modern world. He cites the overemphasis on college prep and calls for changing attitudes toward job training and the antiquated academic mill.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Georgia
Jack P. Nix
Nix
U. S
Sve
FBI Homing Device Fails 2 Extortionists
Eugene Oregon police and FBI agents arrested Charles Bobkiewicz and Betty Lou Bobkiewicz after they retrieved a $250 000 ransom at a highway site south of Eugene. A helicopter with a beeper tracker located the couple as they were collected by a policewoman in nun attire. They faced federal charges of interfering with interstate commerce and potential penalties up to 20 years in prison. Bail was set at 50 000 dollars for each.
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Eugene
Ore
UPI
FBI
Sacred Heart Hospital
Charles
Bobkiewicz
Cottage Grove
Betty Lou
Here
U.S
Frank Lacey
Portland
Insurance Chief Charges Linkletter with Deceptive Ads
Florida Insurance Commissioner Tom O Malley charged National Home Life Assurance Co. and TV personality Art Linkletter with deceptive advertising and unlicensed insurance activity. A license revocation hearing was set for July 5 to determine possible license revoke and cease and desist orders.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Tom O’maley
National Home Life Assurance Co
Art Linkletter
O'Malley
Linkletter
Missouri
EPA endorses state air plans to curb urban pollution
EPA approves full plans from nine states plus Guam Puerto Rico and American Samoa to cut urban air pollution affecting 40 million Americans by 1975 with a two year delay for downtown traffic controls. Forty one states DC and Virgin Islands sent back for revision, with EPA prepared to impose rules on recalcitrant states.
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Washington
APD
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Guam
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
District of Columbia
Virgin Islands
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Humphrey Attacks McGovern at Watts Rally Over Schemes
In Watts a black rally, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey charged Senator George McGovern with aggressive, costly schemes and warned blue collar workers away from McGovern. He urged blacks to reject unfinanced plans and defended party reform, while McGovern claimed he had not overspent in California.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
George
McGovern
Watts
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic Party
California
Catholics Begond To Strife in Ulster Violence Plea
In Belfast and Londonderry Catholics signed petitions and peace hooks in 12 churches urging end to sectarian violence while bombs hit a bank and a pub. A British soldier was killed, another wounded, with 337 deaths since 1969 cited by revised army figures. The peace effort drew large turnout, Rev Thomas Cunningham calling it overwhelming against violence.
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Belfast
UPS
Ulster
Londonderry
Hurricane Season Officially Arrives in 1972
The Weather Service warns 1972 may be a dangerous year as satellites radar and aircraft monitor tropical storms from May through November. Nine WC130 Hercules planes from Ramey PR plus four WP3A Orions and NOAA assets will track storms, with forecasters aiming to pinpoint centers and improve predictions amid memories of Camille.
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Washington
UPS
U.S. Weather Service
National Weather Service
Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Jacksonville
Fla
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The
Weather Service
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