Destruction of North Vietnam Steel Mills Reported by U S
U S jets used laser 2000 pound bombs on the Thai Nguyen steel complex 30 miles north of Hanoi destroying open hearth furnaces and crippling North Vietnam's entire steel production capacity. F4 Phantoms also hit rail bridges and storage areas across the northwest front in more than 270 strikes on Saturday. B52 raids continued across South Vietnam's northern front with nearly 100 strikes.
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Saigon
U.S
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
China
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
North
Vietnam
Air Force
Army desertions fall after seven-year high
The Army reports a drop in worldwide desertion rate for the first time in seven years, with 40,927 desertions in the first three quarters of fiscal 1972, down from 63,000 in the prior year. Officials credit Vietnam withdrawal and expect the trend to continue.
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Washington
Army
United States
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Two Armed Youths Rob Ponti ac Church in broad daylight
In Pontiac Michigan two youths entered the Christ in Christian Union Church during a Sunday service and robbed the collection, the pastor Reverend James Nesselroad and congregants of more than 400 dollars. A gunman forced wallets from attendees and later prayed with the frightened crowd before fleeing.
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Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac
James Nesselroad
Christ In Christian Union Church
Nesselroad
Bandit
Belfast clashes threaten IRA cease fire as truce nears
British troops say they hit 10 guerrillas in Belfast gun battles 36 hours before a planned truce with the Irish Republican Army. The fighting, with no reported British casualties, followed IRA attacks on two military posts in Lenadoon and Horn Walk as 700 rounds were fired. A bomb in Strabane caused damage but no injuries. The cease-fire is due to start at midnight Monday.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Lenadoon
Andersontown
Horn Walk
Suffolk
Strabane
Londonderry
New Jersey
Ohio
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Skydiver helps search for hijacker in Indiana
FBI called in expert skydiver to aid in locating a hijacker who fled by parachute from an American Airlines 727 after taking $502,000. About 170 volunteers, including Diamond X Horse Club members, searched a 28 square mile wooded area near Mississinewa Reservoir as officers pursued leads and road patrols. The incident began Friday night in St. Louis when the bandit, armed with a submachine gun and grenade, hijacked the plane en route to Tulsa and other cities.
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Peru
Ind
FBI
Mississinewa Reservoir
American Airlines
Jim Martin
Indiana
St. Louis
Martin
Diamond X Horse Club
Bear kills illegal camper near Old Faithful in Yellowstone
Park officials report Harry Eugene Walker of Alabama was killed by a bear while returning to a prohibited campsite near Old Faithful. Park rangers found the body hours later as they hunted for the unknown bear and considered tranquilizing any nearby animal.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Harry Eugene Walker
Anniston
Ala
Park
Vern Hennesay
Walker
Old Faithful
Phillip Howard Bradberry
Oxford
Hennesay
Bradberry
Old Faithful Inn
Park Rangers
Yellowstone
Thompson Falls boy dies after chest injury in baseball game
Ronald Edward Laws 12 a Thompson Falls Little Leaguer died late Friday about one hour after being struck in the chest by a pitched ball in a game between Thompson Falls and Plains. He ran 20 feet after the impact then collapsed. A doctor at Clark Fork Valley Hospital said heart massage and mouth to mouth resuscitation were attempted without success. The pitcher was not identified.
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Thompson Falls
Ronald Edward Laws
Laws
Plains
Sanders County Sheriff’s Office
Clark Fork Valley Hospital
Butte Leads Nation With Coldest Overnight Low
The National Weather Service named Butte Montana the coldest overnight spot in the 48 states with a low of 36 degrees Sunday morning. Elko Nevada and Alamosa Colorado posted 38 degree readings as other noted lows. Mineral Wells Texas registered the hottest spot Saturday at 106 degrees.
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Chicago
National Weather Service
Butte
Mont
United States
Elko
Nev
Alamosa
Colo
Mineral Wells
Tex
Flood recedes as vast cleanup and rebuilding begin
Flood waters fell across the devastated East as governors seek federal aid. About 108 people died and property losses exceed 1 billion dollars in Pennsylvania alone. Tens of thousands evacuated, water and sewer service restored in Virginia, and highway routes reopened.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
New York
Virginia
Ohio
Harrisburg
Wilkes
Susquehanna
Richmond
H. John Heinz III
Rpa
National Weather Service
Southwest drought persists despite national water abundance
The Southwest remains dry with drought conditions in parts of Arizona and Texas threatening grazing lands, while the nation overall enjoys adequate water supplies. Relief arrives as storms from the Agnes aftermath bring rainfall to areas including Phoenix, reducing earlier water shortage fears.
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Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
George Whetstone
Arkansas
Texas
Whetstone
Rapid City
S.D
Phoenix
Democratic Convention Credentials Committee Faces Massive Challenge
The Democratic Credentials Committee opens a two week review of about 70 seating challenges from 26 states, including the hot Daley case with 58 Chicago delegates. The 150 member panel sets hearings hours daily to reform representation of women and minorities and alter convention makeup ahead of November.
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Washington
Nixon
Richard Daley
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
White House
Butte Explosion Loss Topped 3 Million Dollars
Four months after the Feb 28 uptown fire at J C Penney and nine other stores investigators report ongoing checks with no arrests. State Fire Marshal Bill Pentula cites fire insurance losses at 436000 and replacement costs at 2931250 totaling 328...
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J. C. Penney Co
Penney’s
Bill Pentula
Helena
Penney
Butte
Pentula
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Julie
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Ore
Paul Jacoby
NWS
Agnes
Florida
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Cen
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Island
Ir Pew
William J. Clark
Standard
Jack McCarthy
Jack Cavanaugh
McCarthy
San Francisco
Pentila
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