Spassky Wins World Chess Crown in Moscow
Boris Spassky, aged 32, clinched the world chess championship by reaching 12.5 points after a fellow Soviet, Ti Fran Petrosyan, agreed to a draw in their 23rd game. Spassky won six of the matches in the April 14 series, while Petrosyan had four victories and other games ended in draws.
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Moscow
Boris Spassky
Tifran Petrosyan
Spassky
Gulurther
Petrosyan
Swithh
Leningrad
Soviet
Armenia
Mrs Nixon Tours Portland Giving Volunteer Focus
Mrs Nixon visited Portland meeting volunteers and viewing projects in black areas marked by prior unrest. She toured the Green Fligers land plots aiding 250 needy families and the Albina Arts Center, praising volunteer work. Her trip aims to highlight civic involvement and urging others to donate time.
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Portland
van den Heuvel
Green Fligers
Albina
Maddox Threatens Virginia for Governor If Program Fails
Atlanta UPI reports Governor Lester Maddox warned Monday that he may run his wife Virginia as candidate for governor in 1970 if the next general assembly session does not pass his legislative program. He said nothing would keep Virginia from running if the plan does not pass.
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Atlanta
Upi
Lester Maddox
Virginia
General Assembly
Shaw Valley See-saw Fights as Allies Hit Hill Near DMZ
U S forces launched a new operation named Montgomery Rendezvous in the Shaw Valley near Hamburger Hill two weeks after a prior capture and abandonment. Spokesmen said 106 Communists were killed with 2 percent killed and 130 wounded in a nearby barrage heavy fighting near Laos border.
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Saigon
U.S
Hamburger Hill
Laos
Milary
Central Highlands
Radar traps urged on busy city artery for morning traffic
A reader letter advocates radar enforcement between Roselawn Avenue and Thompson Place from 1 to 7 am to curb speeding by Kelly workers en route to base. They propose fines and quicker trips, noting the need to protect traffic along Austin Street and the impact on local drivers and pedestrians. The piece includes community input on highway maintenance, cross installations on Highway 8, and church Easter services with concerns about vandalism and lighting.
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Roselawn Agenue
Thompson Place
Kelly
James Despres
Ars
National Guard and Reserve units slated for Vietnam inactivation
About 12,000 Army National Guardsmen and reservists are serving in Vietnam. Pentagon said two National Guard units and 18 Reserve units will be inactivated when they reach the United States. The list includes Birmingham’s 30th Medical Detachment and Quincy Michigan’s 126th Supply and Service Co. Reserve units span Fort Smith Arkansas to New York and Washington Pennsylvania. Marine units on Okinawa face 6 to 10 weeks of rehab ahead of possible redeployment.
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National Guard
United States
Birmingham
Ala
126Th Supply and Service Company
Quincy
Fort Smith
Ark
Lexington
Washington
General Supply
Worthington
Wzard Quartermaster Company
Greenwood
Miss
Richmond
Wat
74Th Medical Hospital
New York
Sharonsville
Ohio
Army National
Vietnam
Nixon
Midway Island
Okinawa
Nixon to Honor Local Draft Board Members in San Antonio
Certificates of appreciation from President Nixon will be presented to three San Antonio area draft board members at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Federal Center offices. Raskin, Osborn, and Sherill will receive the awards for 20, 5, and 10 years of service respectively, with additional honors for Osborn and allied officials.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Building AA
Federal Center
Frank J. Baskin
Robert
Osborn Aid
J. H. Sherill
Chr
Morris S. Schwarly
State Selective Service
Raskin
Osborn
Sheril
Sherill
Texas
Preston Smith
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Otila V. Gonzales
Astro Daughter Plans Marriage at Stanford Chapel
Carolyn Ann Glenn, daughter of John Glenn, will wed John Michael Power of Houston on August 2 in a small Stanford Chapel ceremony. Power is a graduate student candidate and Ford Foundation fellow at Stanford University.
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Carolyn Ann Glenn
Stanford University
California
John II Glenn Jr
John Michael Power
Houston
Tex
Stanford
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