U S Forces in Vietnam Hit Lowest Level Since 1967
U S military command reports troop levels in South Vietnam have fallen to 413,900, the lowest since February 1967, with plan underway to cut by 150,000 more by spring 1971. Officers frame withdrawals and impacts on combat strength amid Cambodian and Laos border actions.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Honolulu
Cambodia
Mekong
Gyan
Egypt Downs Israeli Jet Along Suez
The Israeli air force continued bombardment of Egypt missile sites along the Suez Canal. Egypt claimed two Israeli Phantoms downed with pilots captured, while Israel denied a second plane loss.
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Egypt
Suez
Suez Canal
Cairo
Canal
Israel
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Canal Zone
Will Left by Jacques Belanger on DC8 Crash
Jacques Belanger a 16 year old Air Canada mechanic aboard the DC8 bound for Los Angeles left a will detailing gifts for relatives and friends. The document was given to his cousin Daniel Mallette before the flight. Also among the victims were his mother sister and younger brother and 108 people in total per the crash near Toronto.
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Montreal
UPI
Jean
Benoit Mallette
Los Angeles
Disneyland
Jacques
Marcel Bognier
la Ronde Amusement Park
Danielle Mallette
Marcel
Rosanne
Toronto
Belanger
Air Canada
Daniel Mallette
Daniel
Elyria Executive Dies in Westover Plane Wreckage
The body of Elyria business executive Charles G. Mackie was recovered from a single engine Piper Cherokee wrecked in a wooded swamp near Westover Air Force Base. Mackie of 300 Washington Ave. was Stanadyne Inc. director of product development en route to visit his daughter at Block Island. He aimed for visual landings at Bridgeport or Windsor Locks but ended at Westover.
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Pelham
Mass
Elyria
Charles G. Mackie
Westover Air Force Base
Here
Civil Air Patrol
Mackie
Washington
Joan
Ohio University
Block Island
Long Island, N.Y
Bridgeport
Windsor Locks
Conn
Westover
CTS strike may drag into long, hot Cleveland summer
Transit workers strike against CTS threatens traffic for 280000 commuters and 34 extra officers man key intersections daily. Parking rules relaxed downtown while union and CTS leadership trade ultimatums amid ongoing negotiations. Police brace for congestion as talks stall and court action looms.
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Cleveland
Chester Kluzik
Weeks not seeking reelection in Ohio Senate race
State Sen. John H. Weeks of Lakewood announces he will not seek reelection this year due to poor health after a heart attack last spring. He was nominated for a third term in the May primary, representing Lorain and parts of Cuyahoga County. The Republican Central Committee may appoint another candidate to oppose Democrat John E. Corrigan in November.
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Columbus
John H. Weeks
A-25
Lakewood
Weeks
Senate
Lorain County
Lorain
Avon Lake
Cuyahoga County
Republican Central Committee
John E. Carrigan
Weather Update Sunny and Warmer Across Local Area
Forecast calls for sunny skies and a rise in temperatures with highs in the upper 70s today and low to mid 80s tomorrow. Tonight will be fair with lows in the upper 50s and minimal precipitation chances. Winds shift from light and variable tonight to southwest at 8 to 15 mph tomorrow. Sunset today is 9 04 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 a m. High at 3 p m yesterday was 70 degrees and low at 5 a m today was 53.
Ohio family wagon trek runs into hard times in Wyoming
Russell Oliver of Norwalk Ohio says after 1700 miles in 81 days in a home built 14 foot wagon the family is tired broke and may quit. He laments hostile receptions in Wyoming and loss of dignity as they sought work and water for horses near Pine Bluffs and Cheyenne.
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Ohio
Cheyenne
Wyo
UPI
Russell Oliver
Wyoming
Charlotte
Norwalk
Oregon
Olivers
Wyoming Line
Stanley Hathaway
Oliver
Pine Bluffs
Billboard
Fourth of July Holiday Traffic Toll Falls Short Of Projections
UPI reports 540 traffic deaths during the Fourth of July weekend, from 6 p.m. Thursday to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, with California leading at 50 fatalities and several states reporting zero deaths. Total deaths across all categories reached 818, while the National Safety Council had forecast 560 traffic fatalities.
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United Press’ International
National Safety Council
UPI
California
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Georgia
Tennessee
Alaska
Delaware
Utah
Washington, D.C
Nixon Leaves San Clemente Buoyant for Washington
President Nixon departs the western White House with his family at 6 p.m. EDT ending a 12 day foreign affairs focused stay in California. He plans a breakfast with congressional leaders and notes progress on Cambodia troop withdrawals and the Paris talks. Julie Eisenhower returns from Japan with David as they mark her 22nd birthday.
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Tricia Nixon
Jullie Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Japan
President Nixon
David Eisenhower
UPI
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Washington
White House
David K. E. Bruce
U. S
Paris
Middle East
Indochina
Mediterranean
Pat
Peru
Julie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
David
Okinawa
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The
Associated Press
Bognier
Jacques Belanger
Elyria Executive
By Doug Kramer
Lee
Diane) Rice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass
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Bruce P. Foster
Amalgamated Transit Union Division 268
CTS
Robert T. Pollock
Chester H. Kluzik
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