Fires kill 26 in four blazes across nation
The Associated Press reports 26 died in four fires early Sunday including 14 deaths in a St. Paul fire and five in rural Gallia County Ohio. Victims include several children and a mix of households. causes cited include a careless smoker and matches.
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Associated Press
Stephen McPhearson
Ohio
Gallia County
Bert Yost
Bobby
Thelma
Jeff Dobbins
Paul Kent Jr
Yost
Yosts
Cecil
Quaker Protest Arrests Near White House Grip Capital
Police arrested 124 people Sunday near the White House as Quaker vigils and a large antiwar rally drew mass attention. Police say 500 000 attended the Capitol march while 200 000 is the official estimate.
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Nixon
Indochina
Camp David
Richard Hathaway
New Paltz
N.Y
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lafayette Park
Washington Monument
West Potomac Park
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Bill Jepsen
Capitol
Jepsen
Jerry V. Wilson
Washington Post
Vietnam officer ready for trial
Capt. Eugene M. Kotouc of Humboldt Nebraska 37 faces court martial on charges tied to interrogation after the My Lai massacre. He is accused of cutting the tip of a suspected Viet Cong finger and later the neck during questioning but Army says he did not take part in the My Lai attack. His civilian lawyer says he will admit to accidentally severing the fingertip.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Eugene M. Kotouc
Humboldt
Neb
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Army
Kotouc
Barker
Nebraska
Robert Crosby
Lincoln
Crosby
Israel reveals amphibious strike military display
Israel staged a fire power demonstration for reporters to show its amphibious strike capability. New equipment shown included the American M109 self propelled cannon the M113 armored personnel carrier and the Sikorsky CH53 helicopter. The display accompanied Israel's 23rd Independence Day celebration and included the acknowledgment of integrated captured Soviet built equipment and a Katyusha rocket.
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Suez Canal
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Teen-ager Isabel Benavente to Return Home After Surgery
Isabel Benavente the Nicaraguan teen-ager treated at Shreveport Shrine Hospital for crippling spine curvature will return home in days after a 342 hour operation and brace wear. Doctors call the procedure highly successful and she plans to return to nursing crippled children and resume schooling.
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Isabel Benavente
Shrine Hospital
Nixon
Nioe
American Society of Nicaragua
Isabel
McKay
Montana morticians elect officers at annual convention
The Montana State Funeral Directors Association begins its 1971 convention at the Ramada Inn with officer elections to be installed at tonight’s banquet by Al Lundberg of Oregon. Thomas H. Clark, legal counsel for the national association, speaks this afternoon as sessions continue through Tuesday. Current officers include President Thomas E. Geraghty, Malta Vice President Wilford Bell, and Secretary Treasurer G. L. Banks.
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Ramada Inn
al Lundberg
Oregon
National Association of Funeral Directors
Thomas H. Clark
National Association
Thomas E. Geraghty
Missoula
Wilford Bell
Malta
G. L. Banks
Chateau
Five Die As Air Force C-47 Crashes At Cheyenne Airport
An Air Force C-47 transport crashed and burned at Cheyenne Municipal Airport during a landing in light drizzle killing five aboard. The aircraft, en route from Grand Forks with stops at Peterson Field and Colorado Springs before Francis E. Warren AFB, narrowly missed a home as flames erupted. Victims’ names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne Municipal
Air Force
Grand Forks
N.C
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Academy
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Resor Visits Saigon to Assess Vietnamization Progress
Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor arrives in Saigon for a fresh assessment of Vietnamization and to address the serious issue of drug addiction within the U.S. Army.
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Saigon
U.S
Stanley R. Resor
Weather Outlook: Rain Snow Showers and Wind
Rain or snow showers likely with strong northerly winds. The day ahead in the forecast shows a high near 46 and a low around 30 as detailed on Weather Map Page 2.
Viet forces face two enemy assaults in northern South Vietnam
North Vietnamese troops attacked U.S. and South Vietnamese positions in the north with commando and mortar strikes. At Hoang Anh base 15 miles northwest of Quang Ngai area, part of the base fell. 22 South Vietnamese killed, 52 wounded among about 400 defenders, and 21 North Vietnamese reported killed. An 198th Americal Division position near Quang Ngai saw eight Americans wounded. enemy losses not disclosed.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Hoang Anh
Quang Nagai
Americal
Quang Ngai
Welk show to stay on air this fall
Hollywood AP reports Lawrence Welk will continue his weekly program via a 121 station videotape network after ABC cancels his show. Producer says it could draw more viewers. Hee Haw and Lassie also plan tape syndication or new programs as CBS ends their runs.
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Lwrence Welk
ABC
Welk
Hee Haw
CBS
Lassie
Squire
Square Music
Red Chinese commune living looks successful
In Tang Tan Commune near Canton a 70-year-old midwife Li Shao mei shows pride in delivering 44 babies last year with no losses. The piece notes land reclamation work, an 8 mile road, hydroelectric projects, and praises China's communes as thriving after earlier reverses.
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China
Li Shaomei
Tang Tan
Hills
Huang Ching-ying
Lo Cho-hsiung
Canton Fair
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