Saigon Forces Build War Role Amid Deepening Losses
Saigon officials report seven months of battlefield deaths totaling 11 450 South Vietnamese and 4 907 Americans, signaling the rising share of the war effort. In Mekong Delta, a 500 man unit met mines and fire, 20 killed, 63 wounded. Viet Cong losses unclear. Marines near Da Nang claim 27 enemy killed, two helicopters shot down, five Americans wounded.
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Nguyen van Thieu
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U.S
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Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Metzenbaum Enters Senate Race In Ohio
Cleveland attorney Howard M. Metzenbaum announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate in Columbus. He will challenge former astronaut John H. Glenn for the nomination and seek to succeed 80 year old Sen. Stephen Young who is retiring due to age. Metzenbaum, 52, promised a campaign of promise not promises and cited a need for new priorities in the United States. He argued the campaign would focus on hard facts of life and criticized waste behind military and space program rhetoric.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Howard M., Metzenbaum
U.S. Senate
John H. Glenn
Sen
Stephen Young
United States
Metzenbaum
Sen. Young
Finch
Nixon
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
John Stennis
D-Miss
Holland
Senate
Six Die In Twin Engine Plane Crash Near Pike County
Bulletin from Waverly Ohio reports a twin engine Cessna crash on a hillside eight miles north of the Atomic Energy Commission plant in Pike County. At least six people were killed and the victims had not been identified due to post crash fire.
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Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike County
Ohio Supreme Court refuses Legion tax exemption in Columbus
In a 4 to 3 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court held the American Legion headquarters in Columbus is primarily fraternal not charitable, denying exemption. The decision upholds lower court views on the organization’s main purpose despite charitable activities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
American Legion
Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Classifieds and Entertainment Listings
A compact page fragment showing sections for Inside Classifieds, Entertainment, Theaters, and Obituaries plus listings for women and other notices. The readable bits suggest a mix of ads and notices across a local newspaper, with page markers and category headers.
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Conics
Isaevniavs
I Ca Xskeenens
SOONG
Dalena
Group urged six month extension of income surtax
Washington AP report notes the Committee for Economic Development urged Congress to extend the income surtax six months longer than planned. The program committee described inflation as still disturbingly rapid and said the surtax is a financial cornerstone of the budget surplus plan.
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Washington
Congress
Committee For Economic Development
CED urges Congress to extend income tax amid inflation
The CED’s 18 member program committee argues for a budget surplus of 6 to 9 billion, warns surpluses should be kept if needed to spur activity, and calls cuts in space, farm subsidies, and highway construction. It urges using any savings from military cuts to address urban poverty and race issues.
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CED
Vietnam
Nixon
Congress
State Surtax Revenue Losses Spark Tax Reform Critique
The statement warns that in the current inflationary climate the net impact of proposed tax reform should not produce significant tax reductions. It notes that House and Senate Finance Committee proposals, before Senate expansion, would incur very substantial net revenue losses.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Southern drive nears a senate clash over desegregation powers
In Washington a southern-inspired push to curb federal desegregation power advances as the Senate prepares to vote on an appropriations bill amendment barring federal funds from being used to close schools force busing or assign pupils against parental wishes. Senator Scott proposes a constitutional caveat. southern Democrats condemn it as weasel words while Holland and Stennis contest the administration's stance.
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Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Scott
Whitten amendment on desegregation faces Senate vote
Rep Jamie Whitten’s proposed amendment to the HEW Labor related appropriation bill wins Senate committee approval 14 to 6 as House earlier backed it. It would permit certain desegregation methods deemed unconstitutional by courts, sparking opposition from Finch and questions on administrative feasibility.
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HEW
Labor Department
House
Whitten
Rep
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
Scott
Military Judge Calls for My Lai News Probe
A federal judge overseeing Lt. William L. Calley Jr.'s court martial orders a Justice Department probe into discussions of the My Lai massacre by two former GIs and five media outlets. The order targets Herbert Carter Ronald Haeberle and outlets NBC Life Time Houston Chronicle and AP for possible violations of the ban on trial-related interviews. A Jan 20 hearing will hear motions. no trial date set.
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My Lai
Fort Benning, GA
William L. Calley Jr
Reid W. Kennedy
Justice Department
Calley
Kennedy
Herbert L. Carter
Ronald L. Haeberle
National Broadcasting Co
Life Magazine
Time Magazine
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