Viet casualties drop as U S Command reports fewest in years
U S forces announce 52 Americans killed and 333 wounded last week the lowest war toll in 4% years. South Vietnamese casualties also fall with 195 government troops killed and 464 wounded the lowest in nearly three years. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses run 1 217 killed the lowest in four weeks. A raid near Fire Base O Reilly costs 24 enemy lives with no American deaths. Anita mortar incident injures two Americans. In Cambodia and Laos the Mekong Bassac river operation claims 200 enemy killed while Capt John W Newhouse parachutes to safety after bailing out near Hue.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
Vietnam
South Vietnam
O'Reilly
Cambodia
Phnom
Vepco Power Still Limited by Heat and Equipment
Virginia Electric and Power Co. reports generating capability about 13 percent below optimum due to equipment problems and heat, with peak load around 4.8 million kilowatts last night. The utility maintains voltage reductions and urges nonessential loads off 1 pm to 9 pm as it receives assistance from nearby utilities.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Vepco
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
United States to Withdraw B52 Bombers from Okinawa
The United States informed Japan it will remove B52 bombers from Okinawa soon. An embassy spokesman said officials discussed the matter with the Japanese Foreign Ministry but declined to comment on future operations in Asia or provide a withdrawal timeline.
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Tokyo
United States
Okinawa
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Asia
Luna 16 Moon Soil Recovered by Soviet Probe
Tass reports Luna 16 carried the first unmanned moon soil samples back to Earth. Capsule landed in Soviet Kazakhstan near Dzhezkazgan after a 1 26 a.m. EDT touchdown. Soil from the Sea of Fertility will be analyzed by the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Soviet
Kazakhstan
Dzhezkazgan
Earth
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Sea of Fertility
U.S
Potomac Electric Power Co Urges Curtailment After Emergency
Potomac Electric Power Co issued an urgent message to customers in Washington D C and parts of Virginia and Maryland and reduced voltage by five percent. The company said an emergency exists again and urged all customers to curtail electricity use where possible.
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Potomac Electric Power Co
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Maryland
Potomac
Jordanian Army Claims Surrender of 5000 Guerrillas Amid Amman Fighting
In Amman and Irbid fierce battles flare as Jordanian forces push Gaza-based guerrillas toward retreat. Radio reports claim 5000 Palestinian fighters surrendered while a chartered Middle East Airlines plane prepared to evacuate 100 Americans and others.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Amman
Middle East Airlines
Syria
Palestine
Irbid
Deraa
6Th Royal Artillery Battalion
Rescued Trooper Battled Kidnapper in West Virginia
In Petersburg area a West Virginia State Trooper Cpl. Jack Baker was held hostage for about 12 hours before a midnight rescue. The kidnapper Russel Van Meter and his wife were captured. Baker sustained only scratches and bruises. Van Meter faces felonious assault and kidnapping charges. his wife is in custody.
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Petersburg
W. VA
West Virginia
Here
Jack Baker
Grant Memorial Hospital
Russel David van Meter
Linda
Threatened Railroad Strike Postponed Two Weeks
The threatened nationwide rail strike over firemen job eliminations has been postponed two weeks to allow further bargaining between the railroads and the United Transportation Union UTU. Negotiations continued past the strike deadline with no settlement reached on the fireman brakeman classification and safety staffing. Federal action would require a new law if a strike occurs.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
James D. Hodgson
Congress
Union
Nixon
Serra
UTU
US rejects Viet Cong peace bid with no Viet Nam withdrawal pledge
VC PARIS AP report notes Washington will not impose a government on South Vietnam. Ambassador Bruce says the United States favors withdrawal of all outside forces and rejects a unilateral June 30 pullout. The Viet Cong demanded both the withdrawal and Saigon leadership changes in exchange for a cease-fire and POW talks.
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Paris
United States
Washington
South Vietnam
David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Saigon
Weather Forecast Virginia Hot and Fair Next Two Days
AP reports a stationary high pressure over the southeast with southerly flow bringing hot and fair weather to Virginia for the next two days. Echo Village ad appears on page 19.
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Richmond
Virginia
Echo Village Ad
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Hussein
Jaafar el Numairi
Middle East
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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U.S. 220
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Mill Creek
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