Troops Boarding Plane Begin Vietnam Troop Pullout
Soldiers from the 9th Division's 3d Battalion 60th Infantry wave and smile at Tan Son Nhut Airport as they board a plane bound for the United States. They carry leis and gifts from South Vietnam during the pullout announced by President Nixon, the first of 25 000 troops to depart.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Mem
Bers
Nixon
S, Vietnam
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Vy
South Vietnam
Pollard Stresses Experience as Virginia Gubernatorial Rally
Fred Pollard addressed 100 to 125 people at the Rotary Shelter in City Park urging use of 20 years of experience for Virginia’s next governor. He contrasted opponents Henry Howell and William Battle, touting industrial growth and budget knowhow while denouncing Battle’s record and Howell’s stance on right to work.
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Fred Pollard
Virginia
Commonwealth
Sen
Henry Howell
General Assembly
Howell
Battle
Bill Battle
Watt Abbitt
July Clearance Sale At Wilkins Shoe Center
Town Crier reports a cooler noon with a 60 degree high and 61 degree morning low. Forecast calls for upper 50s tonight and a warmer Thursday with a chance of showers. The notice adds a July clearance on summer stock shoes and shirt specials at Wilkins Shoe Center and Young Men Sports Shop operated by Qerner of Braddock & Boscawen.
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Wilkins Shoe Center, Inc
Young Men Sports Shop
Qerner of
Braddock & Boscawen
Final Reading Of Ordinance Tonight At City Council
Tonight the City Council will conduct the third and final reading of an ordinance to create a central purchasing office. A vote is expected. A special session at 11 a.m. Friday in Rouss City Hall will open bids for the Winchester Municipal Airport franchise. The ordinance was passed June 10. The council meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Rouss City Hall
Winchester Municipal
Ppasse
Council Chamber
First U S Troops Begin Vietnam Pullout From Vietnam War
The 814 members of the first 25 000 troop contingent leave Vietnam in nine jet transports from McChord Air Force Base Washington. President Nixon calls the moment historic amid ceremonies with Saigon officials including Thieu Ky and Vy. Abrams notes Vietnam replace US units with its own forces as parades and reunions unfold in a three day welcome event.
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Ft. Lewis
Seattle
Army
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Washington
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9Th Infantry Division
Tan Son Nhut
Nguyen van
Abrams
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Attacks Start as Vietnam Pullout Begins
Saigon reports 27 miles northwest shelling of a night camp of the 25th Infantry and two base camps near the DMZ as the first American troops pull out. Nine enemy shellings caused light casualties or damage. a Vanderegrift base hit wounded Marines but no fatalities.
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Vietnam
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
9Th Marine Regiment
Vanderegrift
Okinawa
Space monkey Benny dies after abort mission
Honolulu report says Benny the space monkey died suddenly at midnight after 130 orbits around Earth in a biosatellite mission. NASA officials described his condition as fragile before death and noted he was returned to Hawaii after splashdown off Kauai.
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Astros
Benny
Pacific Ocean
Earth
U.S. Space Agency
Brad Evans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kauai
Hawaii
America
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
NASA
Evans
Ceiling on Farm Payments Voted Down
The Senate rejected a proposed 20,000 ceiling on government farm subsidies for not planting crops by a 53 to 34 vote, while the House pushes to restore the limit. The $7.6 billion Agriculture Department appropriations bill cleared, 88 to 2, with a conference committee set to resolve House and Senate differences. Rep. Conte calls the action a mistake and vows to press for the limit in conference or on the House floor. The administration opposed the ceiling.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Silvio Conte
Massachusetts
Paul Findley
Illinois
Conte
Nixon seeks broader unemployment insurance coverage
President Nixon urged Congress to extend unemployment insurance to 4.8 million more workers and raise benefit ceilings. He noted 57 million currently covered and 17 million uncovered, with many in state and local government. Expanded coverage would reduce hardship, especially for minority workers, as existing programs provide about 26 weeks of benefits.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
Withdrawal: Marines Start Vietnam Pullout at Tan Son Nhut
Four years after the Da Nang landing the pullout began at Tan Son Nhut as Marines boarded aircraft. Veterans recalled relief and readiness for action while Vietnamese leaders Ky and Thi watched, Thi later exiled and Ky remaining in government.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Nang
Howard Johnson’s Luncheon Special and Market Clearance
The notice promotes a Tomorrow Luncheon Fish Fry for $1.19 at Howard Johnson’s and a Treasure Box Summer Clearance. It notes the establishment is closed July 12 to August 20, lists Home Grown Tomatoes at 10 cents a pound and 4 pounds for $1.00, and places the Country Farm Market three miles east on Route 1.
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Howard Johnson
Treasure
Soviet hold two pilots after urgent landing near Turkish border
The Soviet Union detained an American officer Lt. Col. George Patterson of Chamblee Georgia and a West German Dr Karl Sichelstiel after their plane violated Soviet air space during an air rally near the Turkish border. The U.S. Embassy said both are safe and uninjured. The Foreign Ministry is investigating the incident.
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Moscow
U.S
Foreign Ministry
George Patterson
Chamblee
3Rd Infantry Division
Wuerzburg
West Germany
Karl Sichelstiel
Virginia Weather Sees Cooler Temps With Front Moving South
Variable cloudiness and cooler temperatures are forecast across Virginia as a weak cold front sinks southward tonight into Wednesday. The front's movement brings a dip in highs and unsettled skies statewide.
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Richmond
Virginia
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