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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1971
Page
2
A bull, later killed by matador Curro Rivera, charged from the ring into the grandstand. Four spectators suffered minor injuries, saved from worse harm by a cable barrier that hurled the animal back into the ring. UPI Telephoto.
South Vietnam sent two more airborne battalions by helicopter to bolster relief efforts reaching embattled Fire Base 5 and ordered B52 strikes on attacking Communists. Heavy fighting reported near the DMZ with five allied outposts hit by rockets and mortars in months. In Cambodia a Communist rocket attack near Phnom Penh killed four soldiers and wounded 33 while Cambodian air strikes killed 15 North Vietnamese.
Mostly sunny and breezy with a high in the 70s today, cooler tonight, and similar Sunday conditions. Rain totals to date show Middletown, Monticello, and Newburgh all above last year. In Vietnam, Da Nang and Fire Base 5 remain under siege as relief efforts advance amid heavy fighting and supply drops.
New York City Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy accused political considerations of blocking a White House meeting on protecting officers. He said it was incredible he was not invited as officials discuss addressing a wave of police attacks.
Calcutta officials sought saline supplies to treat a cholera outbreak affecting over 8,000 East Pakistani refugees. The West Bengal government planned to relocate about 10,000 refugees who surged into the city, while health officials reported up to 2,000 possible deaths and 16 transfers to hospitals from the Dum Dum Camp near the airport.
In Yuba City California deputies recovered the 25th body from a mass murder site near the Feather River as flood waters hinder access. An infrared aerial photographer said information might aid Sheriff Roy Whiteaker’s hunt while one body was found a day earlier about 300 feet from the river inside Jack Sullivan Ranch. In Tel Aviv Israel announced the arrest on spy charges of a former Syrian Parliament member connected to a 10-man ring led from Majda Shams in the Golan Heights awaiting trial.
Thirteen sick and battle-crippled North Vietnamese soldiers were driven back into a POW camp near Da Nang after Hanoi refused to allow their repatriation. The group had been en route to North Vietnam by an American transport near the Ben Hai River in the DMZ when the plan was halted.
The United States has granted licenses to export over 85 million dollars in equipment for vehicle manufacturing to Russia, mainly for trucks. Officials say the move is not tied to Nixon's China trade plan and aligns with broader aims to expand trade with eastern Europe and ease Soviet relations.
Net Paid Circulation figures show April 1971 results for the Middletown News Record. Indexes list sections Children Sports Stocks Vel and rates for home delivery and newsstand copies, with postal class noted.
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