Boy and mother reunite after 10 day wilderness ordeal
Kevin Dye, a 9 year old with aphasia and hyperactivity, survived 10 days in Wyoming high country on water from mountain streams. He evaded searchers for most of three days before being found near a cabin stream, then treated in Casper hospital.
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Philip Dye
Kevin
Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Kevin Dye
Robert Fowler
Air Force
National Guard
Thiokol executives discuss projections at Roswell Inn
Thiokol Chemical Corp executives met at the Roswell Inn to review Economic Development Operations plans and projections. Spokesman Dr. Robert Marquardt listed participants from Ogden Utah to Los Angeles California and Washington DC as the firm outlines expansion into foreign markets.
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Thiokol Chemical Corp
Roswell Inn
Robert Marquardt
Thiokol
Ogden
Utah
Bernie Diamond
E.D.O
Rod Starkey
Roswell
C.J. Moxley
Clearfield
W. L. Schwaar
Chicago
B. J. Argento
Washington, D.C
E. D. Hawkins
Atlanta
Georgia
E. Holt
Los Angeles
Thiokol’s Chemical Corp
United States
Hiding Laos war is harder
The Laos conflict, long denied by U S administrations, is revealed to involve Thai mercenaries, CIA trained Cambodian troops, and U S air operations. Officials acknowledge hundreds of American lives, CIA and Air America activity, and billions spent since 1961 amid Geneva accords and evolving Laos policy.
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Laos
Pentagon
U.S
Congress
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Bolovens
United States
CIA
State Department
Agency For International Development
Air America
Continental Air Services International
John F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Kennedy
Souvanna Phouma
Geneva
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Roger Hillsman
Johnson
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Urban League Blasts Nixon Admin During Conference
Vernon Jordan Jr., new National Urban League director, criticizes the Nixon administration’s minority policy as ambivalent. He warns against token leadership and calls for bold measures to fight poverty and racism and outlines new programs including voter registration and drug education. Jordan notes black Americans still seek integration despite racism and describes Black Power as needing constructive political focus.
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Detroit
National Urban League
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Vernon Jordan Jr
Jordan
Whitney Young Jr
Agnew
Africa
Ethiopia
Kenya
Congo
Urban League
United Negro College Fund
Spy flights over China suspended by U S officials
United States officials suspend all manned and unmanned reconnaissance flights over China to avoid incidents before President Nixon’s planned Peking visit. The move echoes the 1960 Khrushchev summit cancellation after the Powers U2 incident. SR71s and Ryan Firebee drones are affected.
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New York
United States
China
Nixon
Peking
New York Times
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
the Times
Times
New Mexico Delegate Mrs Gwen Robbins Heads Aging Conference Wing
Mrs Robbins named one of fourteen delegates to the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in Washington D C. She will speak on employment and retirement and helps pilot Retirement Planning as part of NMMI evening school set to begin August 27. The roster includes C R Blocker and Artesia businesswoman and others from Albuquerque Las Cruces Santa Fe Mora Truth or Consequences Gallup Las Vegas and Roswell.
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Gwen Robbins
NMMI
New Mexico Military Institute
Bruce King
White House
Washington, D.C
New Mexico
C. R. Blocker
Artesia
David B. Hamilton
University of New Mexico
Lewis W. McClelland
Albuquerque
Clarence Snyder
Truth Or Consequences
Roger H. Sandoval
Gallup
John M. Hobert
Las Vegas
Albert Vallejos
Mora
Ann Horton
Melrose
R. R. Gardner
Alamogordo
Henry Trujillo
Santa Fe
Edythe Franks
William L. Boyle
Doris Mawson
Las Cruces
Robbins
New Mexico White House
Gordon Ward
South Vietnamese rise in Cambodia clears path to Highway 1
South Vietnamese forces report heavy combat north of Highway 1 near Svay Rieng in Cambodia. Sixty-seven enemy fighters are killed, including 42 confirmed by ground and air support. The operation marks a cross border push to keep Highway 1 open ahead of Vietnamese elections, with U.S. helicopter crews to depart Tay Ninh.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh- Saigon
Svay Rieng
Highway 1
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
Higher farm prices push up consumer food costs in June
The Agriculture Department found June food costs rose 0.7 percent driven by higher farm prices for beef pork frying chickens and fruit. Farmers gained 481 of the 1251 market basket while middlemen took 770. The report notes farm share at 38 cents per dollar, same as May, with middlemen up 3 percent year over year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Rail talks set again as UTU strike idle four railways
The White House resumes negotiations between United Transportation Union and carriers to seek a voluntary settlement. UTU President Charles Luna met in Cleveland with W J Usery but no progress was reported. Officials stressed voluntary solutions with no emergency legislation unless economic impact worsens. The union adds three more lines to its shutdown list.
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Washington
White House
United Transportation Union
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon Administration
W. J. Usery
Cleveland
UTU
Charles Luna
Secretary of Labor
James D. Hodgson
Congress
Ziegler
Union
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Roswell Altrusa Club
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Phil Owen
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Steve Marshall
Ernest J. Parent
Nancy Hartman
Burns Realty
Fred Healy
AARP
Jewel Limacher
Chaves County
Minor Huffman
RCDC
Henry Pruett
State Employment Service
Bud Baehl
Wendell Ott
Margaret Ford
Sunny Acres
Paul Cadwell
Paul Sneed
Ray Carpenter
Ballard Funeral Home
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First Methodist Church
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