Booby Trap Kills 5 GIs Near Da Nang in Viet War
Saigon reports a 250 pound Viet Cong booby trap killed five American troops and wounded two near Da Nang. A civilian bus explosion south of Da Nang killed 20 South Vietnamese and wounded 16. U S B52s flew four missions in Quang Tri with over 400 tons of explosives. A U S armored carrier from Americal Division’s 196th Brigade was destroyed by a makeshift mine, the heaviest U S death toll in a single incident since May. A South Vietnamese infantry battalion faced heavy mortars near the DMZ with very light casualties. A U S helicopter was downed in the Mekong Delta, wounding two crewmen, and a U S Air Force pilot was killed over Laos.
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Laos
Matak to visit Nixon as Lon Nol remains ill
Acting Premier Sirik Matak left Phnom Penh for a two week trip to the United States to meet President Nixon. The journey was originally planned for Premier Lon Nol who has not recovered from a February stroke.
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Cambodia
Sisowath Sirik Matak
United States
Nixon
S.S
Lon Nol
Dick Gregory Runs Five Miles During Peace Fast
Dick Gregory, fasting since April 24 to protest the Vietnam War, trotted five miles at UCLA as a health demonstration. He says he runs five miles daily and has lived on fruit juice and water, losing 54 pounds to weigh 104 pounds. He calls the fast a testimonial for peace and says war proves nothing.
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Dick Gregory
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Worden Completes 18 Minute Deep Space Walk From Apollo 15
The Apollo 15 crew held a televised briefing at 3 54 p m EDT answering questions on lunar rocks dating to the solar system, Hadley Rille layering, the moon buggy, and lava flow observations. Worden’s 18 minute space walk featured retrieval of film canisters and inspection of the $17 million science instrument array.
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Jerry Griffin
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Health Costs Predicted In Survey
Washington AP report says total 1974 medical expenditures will reach 105.4 billion dollars, with federal health reform plans adding modest amounts. Nixon plan adds 1.8 billion, Kennedy labor plan 8.4 billion, AMAs tax credit proposal about 4.1 billion in costs with 6.3 billion in taxes.
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Reward Offered for Drowning Victim Recovery
A $1,000 reward was posted by Denny Davis of Rockport for the body of Carroll Davis, 28, who drowned when a canoe capsized on Sugar Creek near Crawfordsville on June 12. Officials have not recovered the body despite search efforts.
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Alligator Must Leave Golf Lake Florida case draws outsize battle
In Marco Island Florida Albert the 10 foot alligator famed for eating a poodle faces eviction from a golf course lake after court orders and appeals. Collier County Circuit Judge Harold Smith ordered removal on July 12, with the state attorney general's office and Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission involved amid accusations of prejudice and gator baiting.
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Collier County
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Save Our Alligator Society
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2Nd District Court of Appeal
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Alligator Albert to be relocated by game officials
Game commission officers reluctantly agreed that alligators fed by golfers might swallow a hand or arm. They said Albert the alligator will be moved to a new home, but first they must catch him and secure him safely.
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Damages Sought in Vigo County Suits Total 250000
Local court complaints filed seek 250000 in total damages for an auto collision and a fairground mishap two years ago. Robert E Overton Jr and Karen L Overton ask 100000 each from Ronald Barnhart and Waterford Excavating Co for injuries in the Aug 5 1969 crash at State Roads 42 and 46. Attorney John A Kesler represents the plaintiffs. In Vigo Superior Court No 2, Stanley W Koscial is noted.
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Robert E. Overton Jr
Karen L. Overton
Ronald Barnhart
RR 25
Waterford Excavating Co
State Roads
John A. Kesler
Vigo Superior Court No
Stanley W. Koscial
City seeks damages in two counts over August 1969 injury
City of City, Indiana seeks 25000 in count one and 25000 in count two for injuries from a steel stairway collapse at a Vigo County Fair auto race on August 10 1969. Defendants are Wabash Valley Fair Association in count one and Frank L Johnson Development Co Inc and Frank L Johnson in count two. Attorney Robert J McPeak represents the plaintiff. The article notes the first publicly financed employment office was established in New York in 1834 per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Frank L. Johnson
Robert J. McPeak
New York
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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