Hue offensive fears rise as enemy presses Hue area
North Vietnamese forces push near Hue, Checkmate outpost 12 miles southwest shelled by artillery and feared to outflank. Paratroopers and tanks reportedly moved toward the city as Saigon reports a major push. Allied units defend the inundated Quang Tri region amid heavy shelling and reconnaissance activity.
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Hue
Okd
Newby
Bastogne
Faree
Quang
Associated Press
Rnt
Dennis Neel
Viel
Hope City
Quang ‘Tri
Airborras
Marinesk Lore Costugs
Ievitalle
Moppine
Quang Tr
Demilitarized Zone
Ore
Nori Vietnames
Riant Tikelyaves
Aue
Jimeleep
Sincw
Presbyterian editor to speak at New Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian editor De Oh Aiket Taylor, editor of The Presbyterian Journal and member of the controversial Steering Committee, will be guest speaker at the New Presbyterian Church service. He will share current Far East information. Taylor, born to Presbyterian missionary parents in Recife, Brazil, holds degrees from Presbyterian College of South Carolina, Columbia Theological Seminary, and Duke University. He has pastored Smyrna Georgia and Burlington and Alexandria, and authored A Sober Faith and St Luke's Life of Jesus.
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de Oh Aiket Taylor
The
Presbyterian Journal
Ton Clothicing
Presbyterian Church
New 2 Presbyterian Church Sun
Tr. Taylor
Tatar Fis
Reclefe
Brazil
Presbyterian Collzze
South Carolina
Degrea Marne Cmt
Lauderam
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Duke Univer
Smyrna
Burlington
Alexandria
Jesus
Obituary notices from Shelby and Clover area deaths
Multiple obituary notices list Mrs Ellis Proctor Putnam of Shelby, a former teacher and Lincoln County native, with services at Watu Baptist Church and burial at Capesnaum Cemetery. Other notices include Mary Jo Dockery infant death and burial at Wood Cemetery, and Natlie Gilmore Douglas of Clover dying in York County with services at Gold Hill Baptist Church.
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Ellis B. Putnam
Waco
Ellis Proctor Putnam
Shelby
Lincoln County
Davport College
Julius Marvin Putnam
Spencer Page Proctor
Wilson's Mills
Watu Baptist Church
J. W. Harmuy
Capesna
Mary Jo Dockery
Daveller
Johnny L
Barbara McClyre Dockery
Hedgewood Circle
Mattie G. Douglas
Clover
Natlie Gilmare Douglas
Jenny Has
Wall
Dubuy Douglas
Daushler
Ethel Douglass
Ole
Ethel Blake
York
California
Cirela
Paris
Britons Held by IRA Guerrillas in No-Go Belfast Area
In Londonderry and Belfast, two British army captains were abducted by IRA guerrillas in a no-go enclave and released hours later after militants warned the cease-fire could be jeopardized. The officers H. Willan and J.C. Cornwell, in civilian clothes, were taken inside the Creggan estate and later freed after talks. local priests helped calm crowds as the soldiers were questioned and given tea.
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Guerrllas
Kewanmn
IRA
Provisional
Capls H. Willan
J.C. Cornwell
TRA
Repurblican
Wits Dave
Londonderry
Treland
Garelie Pubishing Company
Secone Evis
Gasfonta
North Carolina
Major Lengtty
Matl Aviaceiphions
Nac
RPM
Hlinnl
Shannen Cuinoa
Creggan
Shiek
Dvetand
Southern Delegates Face Divided Bloc Support in 1972 Convention
Southern states tilt toward McGovern in Georgia Virginia and Louisiana while Alabama Tennessee and South Carolina show varied loyalties. Delegations mix blacks women and younger voters, with shifts in Wallace and Chisholm backing amid reform rules and challenges to representation.
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Atlanta
APV
Miami Beach
Dixie
Alabmna
Genye Vale Tave
Tennexsen
Florida
North Carolina
George McGovern
South Daklia
Georgia
Louisiana
Virginia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Associated Press
Walkwee
McGneern
McGovern
Chisholm
Uumphrey
Muskio Ont
Terry Sanford
Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Wallace
Alabama
Cop Talks Hijacker Into Giving Up.
In Oakland California a PSA jet hijacking ended after police captain Lloyd Turner persuaded Francis Goorell, 21, of Manassas Virginia, to surrender. The hijacker had demanded 450000 and steered the plane 1000 miles up and down California before surrendering. he faced air piracy charges after being apprehended. The nine hour standoff involved no shots after Turner described sniper scopes and FBI presence in the darkness.
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Francis Goorell
Manassas
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Calora
Goodell
Turner
FBI
Army
Sacramento
Youth Chorus Embarks on European Tropean Tour
The 22 member Gastonia Wesleyan Youth Chorus leaves New York by plane on July 4 for a European tour. They will perform at the International Youth Music Festival in Graz July 13 to 15 and sing in Brussels Flore1 and Vienna. They hope to sing for Pope Paul VI in Rome and tour southern Europe. Betsy Morris notes the group is short of funds and needs up to 3050 dollars, donations welcomed at First Wesleyan Church.
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Gastonia Wesleyan Youth Chorus
New York
Graz
Brussels
Belgium
Flore
Vienna
Rome
Europe
Dhes
Betsy Morris
First Wesleyan Church
Weekend Weather Forecast From Li Weather Bureau
A pleasant weekend is forecast with daytime highs in the 30s and 90s mentioned oddly as a forecast. Unseasonably cool conditions expect mid 30s in the early morning with Saturday into Sunday seeing near zero chances of rain, temperatures rising from Saturday night into Sunday.
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Li. $. Weather Bureau
Buddies
Vuslumuy
Suany Ant Warner
Celina
Cain
Antiheroin Drug to Be Sought
The White House announced a new 2 million dollar drive to perfect safe long lasting narcotic antagonists to curb heroin addiction. Government scientists cite promising results and aim for a weekly dose blocking chemical effects, potentially resembling a vaccine to prevent heroin addiction.
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Washington
White House
Thousands homeless as Pennsylvania flood toll mounts
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. thousands remain homeless two weeks after the Tropical Storm Agnes flood. Gov. Mil lott Jr. Shapp estimates nationwide damage at 3 billion dollars. Electric and telecommunication outages persist, 58 known dead in Pa., 100-plus nationwide. Officials, volunteers, and aid crews mobilize as $150 million in mood aid and $200 million in grants move through Congress.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Tap
Pennsylvania
Carole
Hoy
George
Schuylkill River
Cials
Nairni Aire
Congress Earliey
Taillion
Wiaeh ix
Pestleeyivanit
Small Business Administration
High
Ston
Ernest. Kline
Hue Ganda
First ballot win elusive for Democrats in 20 years
A historical overview notes Democrats might use more than one ballot for presidential nomination for the first time since 1924 if the party fails to agree on a nominee during the opening calls. It recalls past multi ballot races and long odds in both parties.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Adlai Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Dotngon
Hubert H. Humphrey
James M. Cox
Ohio
San Francis
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Serylch Wean
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