Nixon Brezhnev summit pledges world peace effort
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev began a historic summit with joint pledges to work for lasting peace. They stressed hope for reduced arms and a stronger security framework as rain delayed travel plans and ceremonies on arrival at the White House.
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Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
White House
Oval Office
Moscow
Camp David
Maryland Mountains
Thurmont
Catoctin High School
Four Navy divers race to rescue men trapped in deep Atlantic sub
Four researchers in a midget submarine wedged in a World War II destroyer hull face dwindling air as Navy divers press a vented rescue. Two front crew remain conscious while two in the rear appear unconscious amid rising carbon dioxide and cold conditions.
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Fla
Atlantic
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Clayton Link
Edwin Link
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Albert Stover
Link
Stover
Archibald
Jock” Menzies
Scotland
Vero Beach
Robert Meek
West Palm Beach
Cmdr
William Smith
Smith
John Maurer
Key West Naval Station
Coast Guard
Fred T. Berry
Smithsonian Institution
Washington D.C
Peacekeeping Helicopters Hit and Cease-fire Violations Reported
Three peacekeeping helicopters came under fire in Vietnam over two days. One helicopter was hit and two forced down with no casualties. Cease-fire violations were reported at about 100 per day initially, then 77 in the latest 24 hour period. One chopper landed safely at Pleiku amid mixed Viet Cong and government presence. Two helicopters near An Loc also faced fire but landed safely. Canadian officials said Viet Cong guaranteed two helicopters would return to Bien Hoa.
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International Commission Control and Supervision
Pleiku
An Loc
Bien Hoa
Man attacked by buck deer in Clarke County
Paul Marlowe Sr. was attacked from behind while checking his cornfield by a 275 to 300 pound three point buck. He wrestled the deer hoof and used a stick on its nose as his dog fought the animal. He lay on the ground about half an hour and remained bruised and puzzled by the encounter. Red Cross Bloodmobiles announced in Winchester and Front Royal for blood donations with a 15 year old requiring open heart surgery.
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Berryville
Clarke County
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Front Royal
Winchester - Frederick County
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American Legion Post
Eighth St
Dean to testify in secret session before TV hearings
John W. Dean III appears before the Senate Watergate committee in a secret session as the panel prepares up to three days of televised hearings. The witnesses discuss executive privilege, attorney client rights, and possible evidence that Nixon knew of the coverup. Senate leaders expect a full, damaging account from Dean.
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Senate Watergate Committee
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Senate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
ABC
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Reelection Committee
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Magruder
Gordon Strachan
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Senate
Associated Press
Strachan
New York Times
Time Magazine
Egil Krogh
Daniel Ellsberg
Oval Office
Skylab Crew Sets New Record In Longest Space Flight
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz surpassed the Soviet Soyuz 11 mission time to become history's longest flying space travelers. They logged more than 23 days in space while conducting weighing and film retrieval work as they near splashdown in the Pacific. The crew plans a spacewalk to retrieve sun film before starting deactivation in preparation for Skylab 2 operations.
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Weitz
Henry
Honeysuckle
Australia
Conrad
Tom Stafford
Deke
Slayton
Stafford
Kerwin
Pacific Ocean
San Diego
Neil Hutchinson
Virginia GOP group ready to renounce candidate
The Richmond News Leader reports a Virginia Republicans faction led by former State GOP Chairman Horace E. Henderson plans to back Independent Henry Howell instead of the GOP gubernatorial nominee Mills E. Godwin Jr. The split group, in existence since last weekend, expects an official announcement this week.
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Richmond News Leader
Virginia
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