Windfall mixup leads to big cash haul and debts
A Denver man—Prentiss Sykes, 60—cashed a $27,054.49 government check after a clerical error mis billed a Kansas City firm. He used the funds to pay debts, save, and take his family on a trip, with $7,910.57 still unrecovered. The Secret Service plans repayment terms. Also covered are Margot Fonteyn denying retirement rumors, Nureyev, a Seattle high school blood drive for ailing teacher Charles Fletcher, and Dr. Benjamin Spock urging nonviolent change.
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Prentiss Sykes
Denver
Sykes
Mnaca
Wyoming
U S Replies to Viet Cong Peace Plan Rejects Imposing Rule
The United States said it will not impose any government on South Vietnam and favors withdrawal of outside forces. Ambassador Bruce urged clarity on Viet Cong positions while stressing U S withdrawal timing remains an objective. He noted talks should include safe repatriation of prisoners and treatment of the sick and wounded.
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America
United States
Paris
Washington
South Vietnam
David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Vietnam
Republic of
Bruce
Bink
Nixon
Saigon
Cambodian Forces Fight to Encircle Tang Kauk Stronghold
Cambodian para troops reported gaining positions on both sides of Tang Kauk as heavy shelling by 68 Shadow gun ships pounded Communist defenses. Observers noted no American air strikes supported the assault and reported 30 Communist bodies found.
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Phnom Penh
UPS
Tang Kauk
South Vietnam
U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Rangoon
Tang Kanh
Carter Declared Georgia Democratic Governor Nominee
Jimmy Carter, a Plains peanut farmer, won Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial nomination after a decisive runoff victory over ex Gov. Carl Sanders. With 59.1 percent of precincts reporting, Carter led 985, exactly 59.1 percent to Sanders 40.9 percent, setting up a November race against Republican Hal Suit.
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Jimmy Carter
Rosalyn
Atlanta
Carter
Carl Sanders
Hal Suit
Georgia
Sanders
Tiny Plains
South Georgia
Andrew Young
Wyman C. Lowe
Dawson Mathis
Albany
Harry Wingate
Young
Martin Luther King Jr
Fletcher Thompson
Mathis
Power Cutbacks Hit East as Heatwave Persists
Hot humid weather forced power cutbacks across the Middle Atlantic states for a third day. Utilities from New Jersey to Washington reduced voltages to conserve electricity as demand surged with 93-degree heat in New York, 85 in Philadelphia, and 9 in Washington. Agencies urged voluntary conservation and many businesses dimmed lights and shut down nonessential equipment.
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Middle Atlantic
New York City
Consolidated Edison Co
New Jersey
Philadelphia Electric Co
Potomac Electric Power Co
Washington, D.C
Virginna
Maryland
Potomac
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Midwest
United Nations
Rockefeller Center
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
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Paul Rundle
Secret Service
General Service Administration
Kansas City
Margot
Margot Fonteyn
London
Dame Margot
Rudolf Nureyev
Natalia Makarova
Leningrad
Kirov Ballet
Nureyev
Dame Margol
Miss Makarova
Charles Fletcher
Seattle
Ballard High School
Fletcher
Ballard
Georges Guy
Dr. Spock
Benjamin Spock
Vietnam Star
Spock
University of Hartford
Park Ridge
Ill
Roman Catholc Union of America
Joseph L. Osajda
Sherman House
Chicago
John Mach
Hammond
Ind
Casmir Kania
Detroit
Walter Pidgeon
Hollywood
Neuyen Thi Binh
Cambodia
Skoun
Press-Telegram
NBA
Farmer
Brel
Portage
SHOP
Bullock's Lake
Uakeam
New England
Carolinas
la Pasada
Elaine Reese
Takewood
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