Heavy Fighting Reported Around Set Bo and Kompong Thom
AP reports intensified fighting near Set Bo village southeast of Phnom Penh and in Kompong Thom. Lomphat, capital of Ratanakiri, fell to Cambodian forces as Angkor's airport was closed and tourists evacuated. Siem Reap saw sporadic clashes near Angkor.
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Cambodia
Set Bo
Kompong Thom
Lomphat
Ratanakiri
Angkor
Siem Reap
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Guerrillas Form Supreme Military Command to Coordinate Operations
A dozen Palestinian guerrilla groups end six day Cairo meeting by creating a supreme military command with a 27 member central committee led by Yasser Arafat. The move unites groups, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command, under joint discipline and “joint combat units.”
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Associated Press
Supreme Military Command
Israel
Cairo
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
General Command
Unified Command
Arafat
Golda Meir
Soviet Union
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nixon backs Byrd amendment on Cambodian restrictions
President Nixon endorses a Senate Byrd amendment to modify or weaken the Church-Cooper Cambodian restriction proposal. In a letter to Senate Leader Hugh Scott he says the Byrd measure preserves presidential authority to protect U.S. forces while addressing major objections to the Cooper Church plan.
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Nixon
Washington
Senate
Frank Church
U.S
Cambodia
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Hugh Scott
United States
Scott
White House
Sens. Church
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Vietnam
Lon Nol
Guam
Church
D-Idaho
Cooper
Mike Mansfield
Governor Defends Police Action At Jackson State College
Gov. John Bell Williams released a state inquiry claiming police acted in self defense during the May 15 confrontation at Jackson State College. He said officers faced snipers and gunfire before firing 200 to 300 rounds, with blame on the "peacebreakers" not the peacekeepers.
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Jackson, Miss
John Bell Williams
Jackson State College
Charles Evers
Fayette
James Wood Class Of 319 Set For Graduation Night
319 James Wood seniors will receive diplomas tonight at 7 p.m. in James Wood Stadium with a rain plan to the Frederick County Junior High School gym. Gordon will present diplomas, Archie Manuel awards, Eyre Jr. valedictorian will speak, Prettyman will give the welcome, James Wood Concert Band will perform, and Rev. Matthews will give the invocation. Class officers Brumback Merica and Strickler lead the lineup.
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James Wood
James Wood Stadium
Frederick County Junior High School
James. Gordon
Archie Manuel
Kenneth K. Eyre, Jr
Stephen Earl Prettyman
Larry W. Matthews
Trinity
St. Paul Lutheran
Thomas B. Brumback, Jr
Deborah Ann Merica
Donna Sue Strickler
FBI Agents Storm TWA Jetliner
A man hijacked a TWA 727 with 51 passengers demanding 100 million dollars. After a tense cockpit gun battle, FBI agents stormed the plane at Dulles Airport. no passengers were hurt and hijacker Arthur Barkley was arrested. Captain Hope wounded. copilot Salmonson aided in subduing the gunman.
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Washington
Dulles International
Dale C. Hope
FBI
Arthur G. Barkley
Phoenix
Ariz
U.S. Supreme Court
Donald Salmonson
Overland Park
Kan
Barkley
Supreme Court
White House
Dan Mahaney
Mahaney
Well Known Fruit Industry Figure Carroll Miller Dies
Carroll Roberts Miller 68 of Martinsburg West Virginia a nationally prominent fruit industry figure died yesterday in Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg He was born June 28 1891 in Lincoln Nebraska and served in the Marines and French campaigns He directed the Martinsburg Journal news staff from 1925 to 1936 led the Eastern Panhandle Record in 1927 and held key roles with the West Virginia Horticulture Society Appalachian Apple Institute National Peach Council and National Fruit Institute He received multiple awards including the secretaries award in 1950 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Peach Council
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Carroll Roberts Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kings Daughters Hospital
Mr. Miller
Lincoln
Neb
William Hunter
Myrtle May Roberts Miller
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
U.S. Marines
West Indies
France
5Th Regiment
Miller
Martinsburg Journal
Eastern Panhandle Record
West Virginia Horticulture Society
Appalachian Apple Institute
Apple Growers Association
Mountaineer Grower
Middletown to Choose 6 for Town Council
Middletown voters will select six members from seven filed candidates for Town Council. Incumbents Alma Groff Howard G Wilbur Sr W E Edmonson and Fred C Wealthy join three newcomers in the at large race. Mayor Archie Manuel is unopposed.
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Middletown
Archie Manuel
Alma Groff
Howard G. Wilbur
Monroe College
W.E. Edmonson
Water Department
Fred C. Wealthy
Funds Approved for Vocational School Bid Openings Planned
Funds for the Dowell J. Howard Vocational School have been appropriated by the Federal government. The Joint Committee for Control calls for construction bids to be opened at 2 p.m. July 9 at the Frederick County School Board offices. The target opening date is Sept. 1, 1971, for a Winchester Frederick Clarke Counties project.
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Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Joint Committee For Control
Jacob L. Johnson
Joint Committee
Frederick County School Board
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Johnson
Howard Shockey and Sons
Vote Tuesday at City Council Ward Two Opens New Market
Public notices list local storefronts and farm stands. The Homestead Restaurant at 21 E Boscawen St invites patrons with strawberry picking and trimmed hours. McKeown's Folly in West Virginia opens Sunday 1 to 6 pm with free geraniums for early customers. We present prices on produce from Weber & Sons Nursery and Ole McDonald's Farm Market Route 11 South.
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McDonald’s Farm Market
Middle Road
Virginia Sees Warm Front Bring Scattered Showers
A warm front spanning Maryland to the Southern Appalachians moves northward across Virginia today bringing scattered showers to the state.
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Richmond
Maryland
Appalachians
Virginia
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National Peach Council
Council
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