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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1972

Page

9

Egypt and Libya plan unity with target date 1973

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Libyan Col. Muammar Kadafi announced a plan to unite their countries, setting September 1 1973 as the target. A joint communique spoke of a unified political leadership to work out a union, linked to the Federation of Arab Republics with Syria.

Associated Press Egypt Libya Cairo Benghazi Anwar Sadat Muammar Kadafi Revolutionary Command Council Syria Damascus Hafezel Assad Sadat Kadafi Assad Middle East Beirut Hayat U.S Soviet Union Israel Dov Yinon Washington

Eight Americans Killed in Vietnam Last Week

The U S Command reported eight American servicemen killed in action last week and 17 wounded. Three more Americans died nonhostile and one was missing in action. South Vietnamese and enemy casualties declined with 1,891 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, 587 government forces killed, 2,563 wounded and 235 missing.

Saigon U.S Saigon Command

Pastor Rides Through Decatur for Bible School Wagon

Pastor Leslie Wooten of Oak Grove Church of Nazarenes in Decatur uses a restored wagon and horses to gather neighborhood children for Bible School each evening. The wagon was a gift to the pastor, and the congregation helped restore it with aid from the church.

Leslie Wooten Oak Grove Church

House to House Fighting in Quang Tri as Siege Continues

Allied assaults on Quang Tri City face stubborn house to house fighting and heavy North Vietnamese artillery. U S jet strikes hit an outskirts ammunition depot as South Vietnamese Marines attempt to seize the Citadel amid shifting control and shelling of Da Nang and Fire Base Bastogne near Hue.

Saigon Quang Tri City Associated Press Holger Jensen Quang Tri

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