Flags honor service across Capitol steps on Flag Day
A joint Armed Forces Color Guard appears on the Capitol steps as the nation observes Flag Day. Streamers represent major battles for Army Navy Marine Corps Air Force and Coast Guard amid evolving U S defense heritage. Birds headlined by 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes.
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Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
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Capitol
Washington, D.C
U.S
Continental Congress
NEA
Fair to Good Apple Crop Seen Statewide
A meeting at Snowhill Orchard, home of H I Russell near Apple Pie Ridge, reported Maryland and West Virginia crops good with no bushel figures yet. Pennsylvania around 60 to 70 percent of normal, about eight million bushels. New York slightly over 22 million. Michigan estimates 16 to 17 million. 1969 crop was about 16 1/2 million. Washington State forecasts 34 million, down from 40 million last year. Dr Clarence H Hill praised area orchardists for limiting cicada damage, noting spraying remains essential over wide areas. Some growers reported three sprays since infestations began, aided by migrations from surrounding regions.
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H. I. Russell
Apple Pie Ridge
Williams
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York State
Michigan
Washington State
Clarence H. Hill
VPI
Hill
Handley High School Graduation Broadcast Tonight
TV Cable Channel 6 airs Handley High School graduation at 9 p.m. for a weekend special featuring German Chocolate Cake from Ward's Pastry Shop.
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Handley
TV Cable
Ward
GOP Convention Urged to Back Byrd's Independent Bid
Virginia state Sen. George Barnes urges the GOP convention to support former Democrat Harry Byrd Jr. for U S Senate as an independent. Barnes says put national interests above party and notes a Republicans for Byrd group in Richmond. Democratic rivals Milton Colvin and Clive DuVal campaign in Fairfax Falls Church and Washington.
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U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
George Barnes
Tazewell
Byrd
Barnes
Republican Party
Republicans For Byrd
Richmond
Warren French
GOP
French
U.S. Senate
Senate
Milton Colvin
del. Clive L. DuVal
Fairfax
Mt. Vernon
Army Enlistments Drop Sparks Draft-Reduction Debate
Washington AP report notes May Army enlistments at 7 629, about 3 500 below target, amid antiwar protests after Cambodia drive. Officials watch June. if trend continues, draft calls could fall toward 150,000, with July call set at 15 000, as Nixon administration weighs next steps.
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Pentagon
Army
U.S
Cambodia
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Nixon
Antiwar Forces Win Victory in Senate
The Senate defeated a Byrd backed amendment 52 to 47 as antiwar forces push to curb U S action in Cambodia. Supporters say the Cooper Church amendment will pass next week, while House and White House oppose the effort.
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Senate
U.S
Cambodia
White House
Cooper Church
John J. Williams
Rdel
Frank Church
D-Idaho
John Sherman Cooper
Williams
Israel
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Cooper- Church
House
Nixon
Cooper-Church
Church
Sen. Cooper
Byrd
William B.spong Jr
D-Va
Charles Percy
R-Ii
Saigon casualties peak as five week war toll rises
AP reports South Vietnamese forces suffer 3,326 KIA and 8,500 wounded in five weeks tied to Cambodian fighting, with U.S. losses at 811 killed and 4,970 wounded. Allies say 17,952 enemy were killed, though data methods are questioned. Tet 1968 remains the prior five week high for Vietnamese deaths.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Speu
Kompong Som
Sihanoukville
Concen
Mekong
Kompong Cham
Siem Reap
Angkor Temple
Lon Nol
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hostages Released in Amman Amid Jordan Crisis
Fifty eight Westerners reported freed from two Amman hotels as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claims release. The guardians of Maj. Robert P. Perry widow remain unverified with evacuation plans under way for about four hundred Americans in Jordan. Fighting subsided but artillery echoed near Amman as Al Fatah demanded a radical solution to end the conflict.
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Amman
Egypt
Middle East
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Robert P. Perry
Chicago
U.S
Perry
Palestine
Hussein
Jordan
Washington
White House
International Red Cross
Athens
al Fatah
Cairo
Israel
America
Tornadoes Strike In Dozen Towns Across Oklahoma and Arkansas
Heavy thunderstorms spawned tornadoes that hit more than a dozen towns in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Two people were killed, three more died in storm incidents in Oklahoma, with 25 injured in Arkansas and 12 in Oklahoma. Nineteen mobile homes were demolished in Alta Vista and Long Town, south of Tulsa, and a teenage girl died in Alta Vista. Springdale in northwest Arkansas was hardest hit as National Guardsmen conducted search operations amid 2 to 3 inch rain, while areas west of Wichita saw over 4 inches of rain.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Alta Vista
Long Town
Tulsa
Springdale
Little Rock
Nation
Kansas
Nebraska
Wichita
Front pushes clouds into Virginia with showers ahead
A cold front moving southward toward Virginia brings clouds and thundershowers. The report notes early closing at 3 p.m. for a local event, with plans for continued operations tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. at Echo Village Restaurant in Hagerstown.
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Virginia
Jin
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