South opens new Cambodian operation amid heavy fighting
Saigon command reports 136 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed with 20 Saigon troops killed and 37 wounded across nine battles as U S and South Vietnamese forces push into Cambodia near Saigon. An additional clash near Svay Rieng leaves 16 South Vietnamese dead or wounded. Air and artillery support steady the assault as U S air Cavalry units claim several enemy losses and more air strikes target the Ho Chi Minh trail area in Laos.
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Police siege ends in deaths after eight hour assault on mountain villa
Japanese police killed two militants and wounded 15 during a siege of a mountain villa where five leftist youths had held the caretaker’s wife hostage for nine days. One youth used the woman as a shield. two officers died and a TV crew member was injured.
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