Prospective Ellsberg juror admits reading Pentagon Papers
In Los Angeles a prospective juror for the Ellsberg Russo trial says he read the Pentagon Papers after reviewing multiple New York Times copies. Carl Travers, a Hollywood marketing researcher, told the court he would struggle to be fair and was excused by US District Judge Matt Byrne.
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Ellsberg
Pentagon
Los Angeles
UPD
Carl Travers
Matt Bryne
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Russo
Travers
Ad. Travers
New York Times
Vietnamese fight to hold Highway 1 in Quang Tri clashes
South Vietnamese troops backed by artillery and napalm dropping air power strive to prevent North Vietnamese forces from severing Highway 1 linking Hue and 20,000 government troops. Approximately 1,900 Communist attackers reportedly outflanked and momentarily cut the two lane road as fighting continues along the frontline in Quang Tri province.
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Arthur Higbee
North Vietnam
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
USAF Names Kyle to Captain at Mather AFB
Captain Ronald H. Kyle has been promoted to captain while stationed at Mather Air Force Base California where he serves as an instructor in the navigation school. He is the son of Mrs Bonnie Kyle of Beckley and Jack Kyle of Naoma and is a 1965 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate who earned a degree from Davis and Filkins College through ROTC. He captained both his high school and college basketball teams and was named most valuable player on the Mather basketball squad. His wife is Barbara Poplin of Great Falls Montana. He has also served at Pope AFB North Carolina and completed a 14 month tour of Taiwan.
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Ronald H. Kyle
Mather Air Force Base
Calif
Bonnie
Kyle
Hendricks St. Beckley
Jack Kyle
Naoma
Woodrow Wilson High School
Davis and Filkins College
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Mather
Capt
Barbara Poplin
Great Falls
Mont
Pope Afb
N. C
Taiwan
Pass Prater Given September Trial Date
Washington pa United Press Dispatch. Trial date set for two United Mine Workers officials William Jack Prater and Albert Pass charged with murder in the 1969 slayings of Joseph A Yablonski his wife and daughter. If separate trials are requested a second date October 16.
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Washington
UPD
United Mine Workers
UMW
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Charles G. Sweet
Washington County Court
William Jack Prater
LaFollette
Tenn
Albert Pass
Middleboro
Sweet
Prater
Pass
Tennessee
Kentucky
Yablonski
West Virginia Democrats clash with delegate selection process
West Virginia Democratic Chairman William Watson called the delegate picking system intolerable and urged reforms. He said the state party will study new methods and possibly propose legislation while defending the Miami 1968 delegation as aligned with presidential candidate support.
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Watson
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
William Watson
West Virginia
State Party
Miami
McGovern Commission
Nixon asks GOP to curb spending to fight inflation
President Nixon urged Republican congressional leaders and cabinet members to oppose Democratic efforts for higher spending, warning of tax increases or more inflation. Ford and Griffin signaled little chance for major administration bills, with revenue sharing the likely exception.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Ford
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Irving to publish untold Hughes autobiography account
Clifford Irving says Grove Press will publish his truth telling book about the Hughes hoax after pleading guilty to defrauding McGraw-Hill of 750000 dollars. He faces a 24 year sentence starting August 28 and notes fear of perjury charges if the book conflicts with grand jury testimony.
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New York
UPI
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
National Guard Enlists First Woman In West Virginia
West Virginia Army National Guard sworn in PV2 Mary M. Reel of Buckhannon as the first woman member. Adjutant Gen. Jack W. Blair presided at the oath ceremony. Reel, 34, mother of three, will serve as a clerk typist at the state headquarters detachment.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPD
West Virginia Army National Guard
Jack W. Blair
Mary M. Reel
Buckhannon
Reel
Blair
U.S
Fire Bombs in Mekong Delta Defoliation Report
Air Force Lt. Col. Arthur F. McConnell Jr. discusses fire storm attempts tied to Vietnam defoliation missions in the Mekong Terrace region described as a central plains area with luxury timbers like mahogany and rosewood and containing many sawmills.
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Air Force
Arthur F. ‘McConnell Jr
Vietnam
Mekong Terrace
South Vietnam
Fiery explosion damages Lago Lianquihue in Jacksonville visit
A Chilean freighter Lago Lianquihue burned in Jacksonville injuring none. Firemen labored nearly four hours to quell the blaze with damage estimated at least 1 million dollars by shipyard officials. The incident closed downtown views.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Key Hormone In Pregnancy Broken Down
Buffalo NY Professor claims to isolate and analyze human chorionic gonadotropin HCG from a pregnant woman urine He reports separating the two subunits and recombining them in the laboratory He envisions using the work to suppress ovulation and prevent pregnancy The five year study marks HCG as the first hormone of its complexity broken down
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPD
Om Bahl
State University of New York At Buffalo
Bahl
Final rites and obituaries fill West Virginia notices
Deaths and funerals listed for Howard Johnson Miller Basil Campbell James Ernest Mann Arthur Bowles and Laura Belle Goode with service times locations and burial details. Surviving relatives and call times included. arrangements handled by local funeral homes in Union Crab Orchard Hinton Oak Hill and Fayettesville.
James E Roberts Rites for 86 of Sophia Held at Williams Chapel
Funeral services for James Elva Roberts 86 of Sophia formerly of Tams will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with Revs R W Clagg and O O White officiating Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park He died at 12 20 p m Thursday in a Beard hospital after a long illness He was born June 22 1886 in Christiansburg Va A Church of God member in Sophia he was a mine foreman at Gulf Smokeless Coal Co at Tams for 40 years He is survived by his wife Mary Sutphin Roberts three sons Robert Bowie Md Bruce New Boston Mich Clifford Richmond Va one daughter Bertha Lytton Crab Orchard one brother Ted Roberts and one sister Myrtle Turner both of Christiansburg 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral home from 6 p m to 9 p m Friday Pallbearers listed
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Laura Belle Goode
Route 2
Fayettteville
Tyree
Oak Hill
High Lawn Memorial Park
St Albans
Winston Church of God
Winston
Owen
Annie Kincaid Darlington
Mae
East Bank
Leroy
Chelyan
Paul
Montgomery
Ethel Saye
Eva Robertson
Ora Aliff
Quinwood
Myrtle Bailey
Scarbro
James Elva Roberts
Sophia
Tams
Williams Funeral Home
R. W. Clagg
O. O. White
Sunset Memorial Park
Beard
Christiansburg
Church of God
Gulf Smokeless Coal Co
Mary Sutphin Roberts
Robert
Bowie
Bruce
New Boston
Mich
Clifford
Richmond
Earl
Bertha) Lytton
Crab Orchard
Ted Roberts
Myrtle Turner
Fiberal
James H
Howard Walker
James Helmandollar
Coy Barr
Duane Billings
Phillip B. Graham
Final rites for Charles Cloud in Baltimore
Charles E Cloud 26 of 2817 West Landvale Street Baltimore formerly Beckley will have funeral services at 2 p m Sunday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with Rev Ray Washington officiating Burial will be Greenwood Memorial Park Baltimore authorities say Cloud died from gunshot wounds to the left shoulder neck back and chest A Howard County police spokesman noted the incident occurred between 2 a m and 8 a m Tuesday on Interstate 70 near Ellicott City No motive has been established and investigation continues Family will receive friends 7 p m to 9 p m Saturday at the funeral parlor
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Charles Edward Cloud
West Landvale St
Baltimore
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson
Ray Washington
Greenwood Memorial Park
Cloud
Spoesman
Howard County Police Department
Ellicott City
Hendricks Named To Thousandaire Club at Aflac Columbus Office
James G. Hendricks, district manager for American Family Life Assurance Co, was named a top producer for May and joined the Thousandaire Club for 1000 or more Cancer Care units in a calendar month. He joined the company in October 1971 and serves Mabscott Independent Christian Church as teen Sunday School teacher. The firm markets Cancer Care Life and health insurance in 43 states plus DC and markets internationally in Argentina Great Britain Puerto Rico and Jamaica W I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Hendricks, MacArthur
American Family Life Assurance Co
Thousandaire Club
Columbus, Ga
O'Brien Works to Unite Democrats for Nixon Bid
O'Brien said uniting Democrats behind McGovern remains difficult but possible. Connally, Nixon’s former Treasury secretary, would spearhead efforts to win disenchanted Democrats over to Nixon’s re election. He urged labor leaders and others who withheld support to join those who have supported Nixon from the start.
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Connally
Nixon
Treasury
McGovern
O’brien
Final rites for Charles E. Christian in Greenstown
Charles E. Christian 39 of Cleveland Ohio formerly of Derrydale dies from gunshot wounds after a domestic quarrel at his home. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown with Rev John D Gray officiating. Burial in Roses Hill Cemetery. Survivors include son Charles E Jr brothers Aaron Jerry Frank sister Mrs Rebecca Rogers. Burial details follow.
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Charles E. Christian
Cleveland
Ohio
Derrydale
Ritchie and
David
Savannah Christian
Charles E. Jr
Aaron
Jerry
Frank
Rebecca Rogers
Three Newsmen Die In Vietnam
In Vietnam near Hue and Quang Tri City, three newsmen were killed while filming a battlefield battle. ABC cameraman Terence Khoo 35 and Sam Kai Faye 48, both veteran reporters, died on their last day in the field. Tran Van Nghia a South Vietnamese cameraman also died. Recovery was hindered by North Vietnamese artillery and air attacks.
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Saigon
UPD
American Broadcasting Co
Vietnam
Hue
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Highway 1
Terence Khoo
ABC
Bonn
Germany
Sam Kai Faye
Tran van Nghia
South Vietnam
Political Warfare Department
Ford Seeks $92 Average Hike On 1973 Cars
Ford Motor Co asks the Federal Price Commission for a $92 average price boost on 1973 model cars to cover costs of mandated safety and antipollution equipment. Similar requests had already been filed by General Motors and Chrysler.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Federal Price Commission
General Motors Corp
Chrysier Corp
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Prince
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Opha Honaker
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Dry Creek
Dry Creek Presbyterian Church
Robert Butzier
Saxon
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Raleigh County
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Georgene) DuBois
Oliver
Patty Jo) Wall
Titusville
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Mildred) Brown
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Mary Ann) Brooks
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