U S Phantom Jets Score Major Antiaircraft Kill
U S fighters destroyed four antiaircraft guns and damaged three near Mu Gia pass eight miles northwest of the DMZ in North Vietnam. The jets escaped unscathed, marking the largest reported kill since May 10. A second Phantom was shot at over Cambodia Saturday. pilots bailed out and were rescued uninjured.
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Saigon
Laos
North Vietnam
U.S
Mu Gia Pass
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Stung Treng
Cambodia
Tan Son Nhut
South Vietnam
Larsen Receives Medal and New Pacific Command
Lt. Gen. Stanley R. Larsen, 55, receives the Distinguished Service Medal at the Presidio and moves to deputy commander in chief, U.S. Army Pacific, transferring from 6th Army overseeing Southeast Asia troop processing. Surles will succeed Larsen in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Golden Gate
America the Beautiful
Larsen
Army
6Th Commader
Alexander D. Surles Jr
U.S. European Command
Stuttgart
Germany
Estes Leaves Federal Prison After 6 Years
Estes, 46, former Texas fertilizer financier Billie Sol Estes, left La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in El Paso at 12 03 a.m. with his wife Patsy and a daughter. He served over six years of a 15 year term for mail fraud tied to a nonexistent fertilizer tank empire. He planned to live in Abilene and work on a brother’s farm under parole restrictions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas Fertilizer
Billie Sol Estes
la Tuna Federal Correctional Institution
Estes
Federal
Patsy
Billie Sol Jr
University of Texas At
W. E. Zachem
Abilene
John Estes
U.S. Parole Board
Leavenworth
Kan
Sandstone
Minn
la Tuna
Spong Speaking Here Tonight at George Washington Hotel
U S Senator William B Spong Jr will discuss environmental legislation tonight at 8 in the George Washington Hotel ballroom in Winchester The appearance is sponsored by Ecology Action of Winchester and Powhatan School and urged for all area residents interested in current legislative efforts to save the environment to attend.
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U.S
William B. Spong, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Ecology Action of
Powhatan School
Coup attempt ends as Moroccan leaders executed
In Rabat the ringleaders of the coup against King Hassan II were executed by firing squad after a summary court-martial. Medbouh and three other generals were among those named as principal plotters, with further details on victims and rebels reported as the crackdown continued. The king indicated the Libyan inspired bid was smothered, while foreign calls and the Cairo embassy unrest hinted at broader involvement.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Hassan
Mohamed Medbouh
Mustapha
Bougrine
Hambou
Medbouh
Atlantic Ocean
Supreme Court
Marcel Duprat
Idris
Muammar Kadafi
Egypt
Cairo
Skhiraz
Interior Ministry
Thomas R. Shaw
King
Spiro T. Agnew
Big Hassan
CIA Report Warned of Viet Cong Coalition Government
A 1968 CIA assessment anticipated Viet Cong terms for a peace settlement in Paris. It forecast a coalition government under Communist dominance and a fixed withdrawal timetable for U.S. forces, warnings later disclosed in Pentagon papers.
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CIA
Washington
U.S
Paris
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pentagon
Sen
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Nixon hits new low in popularity in Gallup polls
Two Gallup polls show President Nixon at a new low with 48 percent approval. He trails prior leaders at similar points, while 18 to 21 year olds mirror older voters and the Pentagon papers controversy appears not to affect ratings. Party splits show 73 percent GOP support, Northern Democrats at 33 percent, and Southern Democrats evenly split.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Andon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Gallup
Local Driver Wins 2 Truck Roadeo Awards
Lawson S Triplett Jr of Allegheny Freight Lines, Winchester, won First Place Straight Truck Grand Championship and Rookie of the Year at the 1971 Virginia Truck Roadeo in Richmond. He will represent Virginia at the National Roadeo in Houston September 18 to 21. Other Winchester drivers earned third place in Three-Axle and Four-Axle classes, with Charles Wood and Earl Clark also competing. Triplett, a Mt Falls native with 15 years in trucking, is a James Wood High School 1953 graduate and lives with his wife Peggy Ann and daughter Tammy Lynn on Route 3.
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Lawson _S.Triplett,Jr
Allegheny Freight Lines, Inc
Winchester
Richmond
Virginia
Houston
Tex
Mr. Triplett
Triplett
Gerald Whitacre
Hemingway Transport
Wayne Godlove
Hemingway
Charles
Mt. Falls
James Wood High School
U.S. Air Force
Novick Trucking
Time Freight
Allegheny Freight
Peggy Ann
Tammy Lynn
Tripletts
Rt. 3
Ordinance to Curb Open Mining Urged in Frederick County
W D Atchley of Clearbrook asks the Frederick County Board of Supervisors to draft an ordinance banning open mining within a specified distance of homes schools and roads. He seeks stricter controls on Frey quarry operations in Clearbrook and the board plans to invite Frey of York Pa to discuss the issue with Atchley and two neighbors at the July 26 meeting.
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W.D. Atchley
Clearbrook
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Atchley
Frey
York
China Road Building in Laos Draws U.S. Watch
Washington reports indicate the northern Laos road project aims to bolster Chinese border defense and aid North Vietnam, not Thai or Burmese insurgents. About 20 000 Chinese workers and 2 000 air defense personnel, with increased antiaircraft guns and radar, help link Dien Bien Phu and deter U S allied moves near borders.
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Washington
Laos
Peking
Hanoi
Thailand
Burma
China
United States
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
North Vietnam
Mekong River
Mekong
Southeast Asia
Weather improves as cold front clears Virginia skies
A cold front moves through Virginia bringing clearer skies and lower temperatures and humidity. Penney’s promotes storewide summer clearance with extended evening hours into July and August. Margret L Hodgson Shop notes summer sale and late hours.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
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Margaret.l. Hodgson
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