Saigon renews cease-fire push amid peace moves
The Saigon government renews its call for a cease-fire and reunification elections with North Vietnam, echoing proposals from 1969 and July 8, amid Viet Cong peace package at Paris talks and Nixon's China trip, with U S comment saying no new elements detected.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
China
Roy W. Johnson
United States
Johnson
State Department
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Indochina
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Peking
Red China
Weather and Vietnam War notes in mixed coverage
Showers and coolness expected tonight with a few showers in the evening and a low in the mid to upper 50s. Tomorrow stays mostly sunny and mild with highs in the 70s. Earlier today overnight storm activity cited. sunrise 6 09 a m sunset 8 57 p m. Yesterday high 81 today low 67. In a Paris peace note context, Saigon and Hanoi stakes are pressed toward reunification elections under international supervision with cease fire and talks — amid shifting U S troop levels and leadership views.
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North
South
Vietnam
Iraq and Sudan sever ties with Jordan in Arab crisis
Iraq and Sudan break diplomatic relations with Jordan amid Jordanian army operations against Palestinian guerrillas. Libyan diplomats recalled earlier. Jordan claims heavy losses for guerrillas and 800 prisoners. about 1,000 flee to Syria. Hussein demotes Cairo mediation and rejects the September pact.
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Jordan
Hussein
Sudan
Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Libya
Amman
Israel
Sur
Jordan River
Syria
Fire trucks respond to backyard luau cooking in Los Angeles
In the pre-dawn hours of a Los Angeles neighborhood a 20-foot pit was used to cook a 220-pound pig with 180 pounds of yams and pork chunks for 400 guests. James Jiminez, Filipino and chairman of the Polynesian-American Unity Day luau, had a permit for the fire in his yard and neighbors permitted leaf removal from a banana tree for the wrapping. The fire department arrived after neighbors called, discovering it was a cooking event rather than an uncontrolled blaze.
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Los Angeles
James Jiminez
Jiminez
Amherst boy Randy Meyers wins Lorain County Soap Box Derby
Eleven year old Randy Meyers of Amherst roared to first place in the Lorain County Derby racing a low long maroon car down the 975.4 foot Rt. 58 track in 3.05 seconds earning a trip to Akron for the All American Derby and a $500 savings bond plus multiple trophies. His brother Kim previously won the local derby and Matt Gard placed second.
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Randy Meyers
Lorain County
Kim
Randy
Richard Meyers
Rt. 113
Akron
U.S
Matt Gard
Harry D. Gard
Furnace St
Elyria
Seventh Heaven
Matt
David
Chevrolet
General Motors
David W. Gard
Lorain
Harry Gard
Dave
Runner-up Matt Gard’s brakes fail in Lorain County Derby
Matt Gard of Elyria finishes second in the fifth Lorain County Soap Box Derby after his brakes fail during semifinals. He vows to return next year with a new car, aided by a family legacy in the event and a rivalry with Randy Meyers in the finals.
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Milad
Amherst
Ben Lupe
Avon Lake
Bob Beck
Jaycees
C-T
Lorain
Prout
Elyria
Matt
Randy
Break-in at Lorain County Building Hits 1000 Auto Titles
Intruders entered the Lorain County Administration Building via a roof skylight and stole about 1000 automobile titles. The theft was discovered at 5 45 am by the custodian. desks and safes showed no disturbance and law enforcement investigated with no other losses reported.
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Broad St
Charles V. Neeson
Lorain County Clerk of Courts
Neeson
Lorain County
Elyria
Strikes Stall On Several Fronts as Talks Continue
Negotiations show slow progress with 750,000 postal workers near a contract while four rail lines and Bell Telephone faces stalled talks. Magma Copper and seven unions report a tentative copper pact, ending an 18 day strike that idled 35,000 workers.
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US S. Postal Service
Magma Copper Co
Bell Telephone System
Magma
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Oakwood Ave
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