Israel Says Guerrillas Flee To West Bank Amid Jordan Crisis
Jordan reports the army has crushed guerrilla bases with 2,300 captured over five days, some 3,000 estimated in Jordan. Scores fled to the Israeli occupied West Bank and surrendered to Israeli authorities as tensions rise with Syria and Iraq. U.S. diplomat Joseph Sisco trips to the region to push peace talks, while Israel faces calls for stronger support and actions against Jordan.
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United Press International
Jordan
Hussein
West Bank
Iraq
Baghdad
Syria
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
U.S
Joseph Sisco
Israel
Eban
Sisco
Suez Canal
Middle East
al Fatah
Hus‘sein
Assifa Radio Today
Arab League
Mathias Proposes Funds to Speed Declassification
Senator Charles C Mathias Jr urges a Senate amendment to provide 650000 for the State Justice and Commerce appropriations bill. Of that total 450000 would boost the State Departments declassification program and reading room indexing for public access while 200000 would accelerate publication of already declassified historical documents.
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Washington
UPI
Charles C. Mathias Jr
Rmd
State Department
Mathias
Senate
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Mills urges Connally to quit over economy woes
Rep. Wilbur Mills says Treasury Secretary John Connally should resign before Nixon is blamed for the bad economy. Mills hints he would advise Connally to step down if asked and adds a moderate Democrat could defeat Nixon next year on economic issues.
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Connally
Mills
Washington
UPI
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
South Vietnam renews call for reunification talks and elections
Saigon urged Hanoi to discuss reunification under general elections with international supervision and a total cease fire. The Foreign Ministry repeated the 1969 bid, inviting North Vietnam to end its hostile stance and begin serious negotiations for peace. U.S. spokesmen said there was nothing new in the offer.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Republic of Vietnam
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Kentucky mine death trap claim sparks safety critique
Dr. I E Buff of Charleston warned at a miners rally that Halmar Coal Co in Ashers Fork had a history of roof falls and unsafe conditions. He said workers quit last Sept because they called the mine a death trap and urged inspectors to improve oversight.
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Ashers Fork
Halmar Coal] Co
West Virginia
I. E. Buff
Charleston
W. Va
Buff
Halmar
Ernest Harris
Harris
Small Business Loans Highlight June in Region III
Three area loans were granted in June including a $4,000 Economic Opportunity Loan to Fitzpatrick Farms Inc. for camp site construction and dam work. The SBA noted total West Virginia loans in June of $2,081,200 with additional grants to American Transmission Co. and Park N Shop. The Clarksburg District Office led Region III in loan productivity.
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Fitzpatrick Farms Inc
Beckley
Brown Hugo Payne
State Small Business Administration
Payne
North Carolina
Small Business Association
West Virginia
SBA
American Transmission Co
Glen White
Park-N-Shop
Mount Hope
Clarksburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Washington
Nixon and Congress Discuss China Trip After White House Return
President Nixon met for an hour and a half with congressional leaders to discuss his planned visit to China. He then briefed his cabinet on the trip and Melvin Laird relayed insights from his Far East tour. Kissinger participated. leaders voiced cautious support with some risk noted.
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UPI
Nixon
China
White House
Peking
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Far East
House
Senate
Congress
Henry A. Kissinger
Chou En-lai
William P. Rogers
London
James C. H. Chen
Milton Young
R-S.d
GOP
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Young
Labor Strife Update With New Targeted Rail Strikes
The union plans to strike three more rail lines Chicago & North Western Southern Pacific and Norfolk & Western this Friday as Assistant Labor Secretary W J Usery Jr shuttles between rail and postal talks. Magma Copper Co in Tucson reaches tentative three year pact with seven unions yielding 92 cents per hour rise and unlimited cost of living increases. The Communications Workers of America continues talks with American Telephone and Telegraph to end a four day old telephone strike.
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Ase
Chicago & North Western
Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
W. J. Usery Jr
Labor Department
Shoreham Hotel
Magma Copper Co
Tucson
Communications Workers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Registration and public answers from county schools and veterans affairs
The document lists Q A items on kindergarten registration after school starts and how and when to announce dates in local newspapers. It covers dental care eligibility for veterans, West Virginia horse tracks with locations, rare white moles in wildlife, and registration for new students ahead of school opening.
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Mary Abbott
Veteran’s Administration
Jerry W. Lucas
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Beckley
Lucas
West Virginia
Waterford Park
Chester
Charles Town Turf Club
Shenandoah Downs
Charles Town
Wheeling Downs
Wheeling
China Ambassador Bound For Canada
Huang Hua the first PRC ambassador to Canada left Peking by air to assume his post in Ottawa. The veteran diplomat had met Dr. Henry Kissinger in Peking on July 9 11 for talks with the U S official.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Huang Hua
Engineers Resolve Apollo 15 Test Problem Before Launch
With one week until liftoff, Endeavour undergoes a final launch pad test to reproduce a power fluctuation seen in a previous countdown. Astronauts Scott Worden and Irwin remain aboard the moonship as engineers search for inverter fault causes amid final training and mission planning.
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API
Endeavour
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
Space Agency
Moon
Scott
Worden
Irwin
Patrick Air Force Base
Moonport
Jmoon
Communists Hit Phu Loi Base Near Saigon
Communist rockets struck the Phu Loi base 13 miles north of Saigon as Nixon’s troop withdrawal plan nears its halfway target. U S command reported 233 300 servicemen in Vietnam as of last Thursday with withdrawals averaging about 4 000 weekly until mid June when cut to 2 760.
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Saigon
UPS
Phu Loi
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Georgia Claims 200 Square Miles From Border Dispute
Georgia Rep. Larry Thomason says he found two border markers not on the 35th parallel, placing Ellicott's Rock in the Chattooga River and Commissioner's Rock in a roadside hole. He argues Georgia owns about 20 square miles including downtown Chattanooga, Copper Hill, and part of Lookout Mountain, while North Carolina and Tennessee joke about the issue.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Chattanooga
Larry Thomason
Chattooga River
Commissioner’s
Thomason
Tennessee and
North Carolina View
Chattanooga Business District
Copper Hill
Lookout Mountain
Peach State
Bob Scott
North Carolina-Georgia
Robert Walker
Ellis
Governors Air Farm Policy Plan At Midwest Conference
Three farm state governors led by Robert D. Ray James Exon and Richard Kneip were to present a plan to the Midwest Governors Conference. The proposal aims to give governors more voice in national farm policy with non partisan aims and broad support among 14 attending governors. Exon proposed a Federal Food and Fiber Board to control prices and production and urged keeping the agriculture secretary as a cabinet member. The conference opened amid mixed reactions to the Nixon revenue sharing plan.
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South Sioux City
Neb
UPI
Midwest Governors Conference
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
James Exon
Nebraska
Richard F. Kneip
South Dakota
Agriculture Committee
Exon
Kneip
Food and Fiber Board
Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Infant Tara Stewart to be laid to rest in Matheny
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny for Tara Krista Stewart infant daughter of Thomas and Karen Rollins Stewart of Huntington The Rev Boyd Sparks will officiate She died Saturday night after a Friday birth Survivors include twin sister Kara Kristin paternal grandparents Bill and Glen Stewart of Matheny maternal grandparents Thomas and Mary Rollins of Kopperston The body lies at Evans Funeral Home Oceana until services
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Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Tara Krista Stewart
Thomas
Karen Rollins Stewart
Huntington
Boyd Sparks
Kara Kristin
Bill Stewart
Thomas Rollins
Kopperston
Evans
Oceana
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Julius Powell
Julius Powell 59 of Lester was pronounced dead on arrival at 11 a.m. Sunday after a sudden illness. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting further arrangements.
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Julius Powell
Lester
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Final rites for Damon Ray Canterbury in Fayetteville
Final rites for Damon Ray Canterbury 21 of Hyattsville Md formerly of Beckwith will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville with Rev David Sneed. Burial in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. He was killed Sunday morning in a Hyattsville car crash. He was born July 6 1950 at Beckwith son of Edna Rose Hardin and the late Kenneth Earl Canterbury. He was a Vietnam veteran. Surviving: step father Gene Hardin brothers Walter and Michael sisters Sandra Copley Sylvia Biggs Sally Canterbury all of Hyattsville paternal grandmother Alla Canterbury Fayetteville maternal grandparents Walker and Rose Dorton Ky. Friends may call after 6 pm Tuesday.
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Damon Ray
Danny) Canterbury
Hyattsville
Beckwith
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
David Sneed
Huse Memorial Park
Edna Rose Hardin
Kenneth Earl Canterbury
Gene Hardin
Walter
Michael
Sandra Copley
Sylvia Biggs
Sally Canterbury
Stella Ellison
Oceanside
Calif
Alla Canterbury
Walker Rose
Dorton, Ky
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