Jets back Cambodian support and Mekong convoy reach Phnom Penh
U S jets attacked near Phnom Penh and escorted a 10 ship Mekong convoy toward the South Vietnamese border. A DC3 with nine passengers and two crew crashed after takeoff from Svay Rieng, fate of aboard unknown.
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Phnom Penh
UPC
Mekong
Svay Rieng
Tram Khwar
Tram Khaar
U.S
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Cambodia Air Commercial
Soviet Backing Cited In Lebanon Palestinian Truce
Beirut papers say Soviet pledges of military and economic aid helped end the Lebanese Palestinian dispute. Premier Amin Hafez, who resigned during the fighting, withdrew his resignation at President Suleiman Franjieh’s request after talks. He vowed to restore stability and cooperate with Palestinian comrades against Israel.
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Beirut
CPI
Amin Hafez
Suleiman Franjieh
Hafez
Franjieh
Israel
Bodies of U S Servicemen To Be Recovered by North
In Saigon a North Vietnamese delegate said graves of U S servicemen are scattered across North Vietnam and will be recovered if there is goodwill. He cited cooperation of local authorities as essential to locate and relocate the remains.
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North
Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Tan Uyen
Son Tinh
Nguyen Phu Binh
Joint Military Team
JMT
Tan Son
Nhut
U.S
Teens Beat Man to Death With Bat in Cleveland
David Hicks, 34, was killed when a carload of teens attacked him with a baseball bat while he and his stepson and two friends worked on Fiore’s car in an alley. Hicks’s stepson, 13 year old David Wingar, and friends Frank Fiore, 21, and Edward Fowler were treated for injuries. Three youths were arrested and 15 others were being sought.
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Cleveland
UPI
David Hicks
Hicks
David Wingar
Frank Fiore
Edward Fowler
Fowler
Fiore
Dave
Pug Pearson Wins Poker World Series Title in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas Nevada Walter Pug Pearson of Nashville Tennessee won a $120000 pot and the World Series of Poker championship. The final round began Thursday with 13 players and ended with Pearson prevailing over Jack Straus and John Moss as the field dwindled through two sessions.
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LAS Vhgas
Nev
UPL
Walter Pug
Pearson
Nashville
Tenn
Jack
Tree Tops
Straus
Houston
Tex
John Camp
Moss
Odessa
Preston
Death Toll in Northern Ireland Climbs as Violence Intensifies
Belfast reports a shooting victim dies in Royal Victoria Hospital raising the four year toll beyond 800. IRA claims responsibility for Omagh bombing as security forces counter the militant campaign with warnings that prevented casualties in Portadown and Belfast.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Antrim Street
Royal Victoria’ Hospital
Robert McIntyre
Ulster Defense Regiment
UDR
Portadown
Victoria Street
TRA
Omagh
Brezhnev Signs 10 Year Economic Pact Amid Bonn Protests
In Bonn Brezhnev and Brandt signed a long term economic cooperation pact as thousands protested Soviet policies. Dortmund saw 4000 police clear about 2000 Maoist demonstrators while 20000 pro Soviet marchers gathered for a welcome rally.
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Bonn
UPI
Dortmund
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ruhr
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Brezhnev
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Leonid Zamyatin
V.I. Lenin
Hofgarten
Rhine
Brandt
Gustav Heinemann
Dalton Named to Head Eglin Wing in Change of Command
Col James E Dalton, a West Point graduate and current vice commander at McGuire AFB, is named commander of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing at Eglin. He will replace Brig Gen Lawrence N Gordon who moves to Patrick AFB.
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James E. Dalton
U.S. Military Academy
438Th Military Airlift Wing
MAC
McGuire Afb
N.J
39Th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing
Eglin
Lawrence N. Gordon
39Th Wing
Gordon
Patrick Afb
1035Th Technical Operations Group
Hq. Command
USAF
Air Force Technical Applications Center
Dalton
University of Michigan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Strategic Missile Division
Headquarters Usaf
Air Command and Staff College
Maxwell Afb
Ala
Industrial College of the Armed Forced
Fort McNair
D.C
Betty Irwin
Irwin
Daltons
Christopher
Stephanie
Todd
Richards-Gebaur Afb
Belin
General Gordon
Department of Defense
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hemisphere
Headquarters, Military Airlift Command
Scott Afb
West Point
Air Force Institute of Technology
University of Connecticut
Air War College
Madison
Ind
Mary Ann Balder
Xenia
Ohio
Community notices and events in Okaloosa Digest area
May 21 25 Okaloosa County school lunch menu lists hamburgers chicken salad and more. St Marys School Cafeteria hosts spaghetti dinner proceeds for cafeteria equipment repair. Pryor JHS Spring Concert No 2 features multiple choruses and ensembles. Shalimar Methodist Music Festival invites public. Northwest Florida Kart Club races at Pensacola Airport with multiple classes. Helen H Dingus piano recital at Shalimar Presbyterian Church. 20th Surveillance Squadron Wives Club meets Mrs Elaine Hlavicks home. Parents Without Partners hosts fish fry and meeting Fort Walton Beach area.
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Okaloosa County
Pryor Jhs
Pryor Junior High School
Cheetawhatchee High School
Pryorettes
Pryortones
Shalimar Methodist Church
Shalimar
Boy Scout Hall
Hurlburt Officers Club
Helen H. Dingus
Shalimar Presbyterian Church
20Th Surveilance Squadron
20Th Surveilance Squadron Wives Club
Elaine Hlavick
Officers Club
Ben's Lake
Fort Wallon
Playground Area
Meigs Dr
U.S.O
West German gift to Brezhnev sparks security note
The West German government presented Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev with a $20,000 silver-gray Mercedes and Brezhnev immediately tested it. Spokesman Ruediger von Wechmar noted Brezhnev has received gift cars from other countries, including Rolls Royce Citroen Maserati and Cadillac.
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Bonn
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ruediger von Wechmar
Brezhnev
West Germany
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