Enemy Losses Mount in Vietnam Offensives Across Saigon Area
American and South Vietnamese forces fought heavy battles north of Saigon and along the DMZ as U.S. B52s conducted major raids. Allied reports put Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths above 1,700 with dozens of U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties, plus significant Marine losses around Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Quan Loi-An- Loc-Loec Ninh
Tay Ninh
John A. Dowd
Woodbridge
Dowd
da Nang
Dmz
Rockpile
Country Ham 99 Cents at Va. Ham House
An advertisement offers country ham for 99 cents at Va. Ham House and promotes free fall catalogs from Penneys with a contact number 662-0869.
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Penneys
Nixon Hosts Apollo 11 Crew at Historic State Dinner
President Nixon honors Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins at a landmark Century Plaza banquet nine hours after New York and Chicago tributes. The astronauts receive the Medal of Freedom posthumously the event drew cabinet members Supreme Court leaders governors and aerospace figures amid peaceful antiwar protests.
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Nixon
Los Angeles
Col
Edwin
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Washington
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Aerospace Business
Century Plaza Hotel
Aldrin
Eagle
Columbia
Neil
Collins
President
Kennedy says he is privately at peace with himself
Senator Edward Kennedy tells the Boston Globe he is at peace with himself about the Chappaquiddick accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. He says he feels the tragedy but rejects whispers and falsehoods and notes 17 calls charged after the incident.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Robert
Massachusetts Democrat
Matthew V. Storin
Boston Globe
Washington
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Manchester
N.H
New England Telephone Co
Jack Anderson
China and Soviet Clash Alarms Amid Border Tensions
Tokyo AP reports China accuses Moscow of a border attack on the Sinkiang frontier near Lop Nor with helicopters tanks and artillery. Moscow cites no casualty figures while both sides vow alerts and a decisive rebuff. U.S. seeks to stay neutral and ease tensions with both powers.
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Tokyo
China
Central Asia
Moscow
Peking
U.S. State Department
United States
William P. Rogers
U.S
Soviet Union
Communist China
Lop Nor
Red China
Foreign Ministry
Sinkiang
Shalanashkol
Semipalatinsk
Kazakhstan
Tass
Hong Kong
Irish Troops Move to Border to Aid Northern Ireland
Southern Irish forces sent convoys to the Londonderry border to support field hospitals for Catholics fleeing clashes with Protestants. Five mobile hospitals were set up near Letterkenny with medical staff and security patrols to assist civilians, while political leaders urged restraint and explored UN peace options.
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Associated Press
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
North
Letterkenny
Londonsderry
Barside
Belfast
John Cardinal Conway
Londonderry
Dublin
U.N
Dalin
Bogside
Ireland
Congo
Cyprus
Dwlin
Col
T.M. Elliott
Southern Irish Medical Corps
Upturn in Fighting at Paris Peace Talks
At the Paris negotiations US envoy Henry Cabot Lodge warned the United States faces a resumed North Vietnamese push for military victory. He cited withdrawals of 15 to 25 thousand troops as staged and warned that both sides intend to intensify combat rather than seek a settlement.
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Paris
Ambhasesaior
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Lodge
United States
Viet Cong
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Xuai Thuy
Pham Dang Lam
Tear gas injures boy amid sectarian clashes in Northern Ireland
A policeman carries an unidentified boy to a first aid center in the Bogside area of Londonderry after he was overcome by tear gas. Another man was gassed as police tried to quell street battles between Catholics and Protestants across at least nine Northern Ireland cities and towns.
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Heer
Londonderry
Bogside
Northern Ireland
Found Guilty in Drug Case in Municipal Court
In Municipal Court Helen Lee Fox 35 of Rt 3 was found guilty on two drug abuse violations while James Lynn Greene Jr 18 of Stephens City was found innocent on both charges. Fox received a 25 dollar fine a 30 day suspended jail term and one year probation with authorities alleging a prescription was fraudulently created at Nichols Discount City Pharmacy on June 9.
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Helen Lee Fox
Rt. 3
James Lynn Greene, Jr
Stephens City
Nichols Discount City
John W. Rice
Weather Outlook Clouds Virginia Through Friday
An inverted trough of low pressure off the coast and an easterly flow of moisture laden air from the ocean will keep Virginia skies cloudy through Friday.
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Richmond
Ocean
Virginia
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Aldrin Jr
Mike Collins
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Houston
Avenue of the Stars
Spiro T. Agnew
Broadway
Sen. Kennedy
Russia
Neuyen van Tien
George Teel
Boyd’s Drug Store
James C. Gordon
H. E. Comstock
Amherst Street
Softee
Warren County Fair
Schaefer
Cornwell’s Grocery
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