Bombing Intensifies as U.S. Losses Reported in Vietnam
U S forces unleash their heaviest bombardment on the Hanoi Haiphong area amid reports of three more B52s and two fighter bombers shot down. US claims 15 fliers missing. Polish sailors reportedly killed on a Haiphong cargo ship. In Quang Tri, Vietnamese Marines and US air support claim 154 enemy dead with eight allied deaths.
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Hanoi- Haiphong
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Public positions on stalled Vietnam peace talks drift
The Associated Press reports Kissinger and Hanoi's Xuan Thuy presenting contrasting views on a cease fire and South Vietnam's sovereignty. Thuy denounces U S demands as violating Vietnam's rights, while Kissinger stresses preexisting accepted points and calls for a monitoring force and mutual peace.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Apollo 17 Returns From Moon Mission To Navy Carrier
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt docked aboard the USS Ticonderoga after a flawless 13 day mission. The crew received a celebratory welcome from Navy officials and congress members before preparing to depart for Pago Pago and Ellington Air Force Base. Recovery teams unloaded 259 pounds of moon rocks and nearly 3,000 lunar surface photos from the command ship America.
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America
Charles K. LaPinta
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China calls on U S to halt Vietnam war raids
Beijing demands Washington stop bombing, mining, blockades and other acts of war in North Vietnam and urges rapid signing of the peace agreement. China vows to support Hanoi if the U S ignores Vietnamese wishes as U S aircraft resume large scale raids on Hanoi Haiphong and other areas.
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Parole Rally Planned for Berrigan in Danbury
Hundreds of friends plan to greet Rev. Philip Berrigan as he leaves Danbury Federal Correctional Institution on parole after about three years of a six year sentence for the Catonsville draft raid and related offenses. He shares a prison past with his brother Rev. Daniel Berrigan who was released earlier.
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Haig Heads to Laos Talks After Vietnam Meetings
Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. flew to Vientiane to confer with Laotian leaders on Indochina peace, completing a four nation tour after meetings with South Vietnam's President Thieu in Saigon. He planned to move on to Bangkok for talks with Thai officials.
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le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Haig
Thieu
Vientiane
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Newsman jailed in Watergate case vows First Amendment test
John F. Lawrence of the Los Angeles Times was jailed for two hours after refusing to surrender tapes. He faces a federal appeals court with Otis Chandler backing the challenge to press freedom. The tapes relate to Baldwin interviews tied to the DNC bugging at Watergate.
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Lawrence
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Los Angeles
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Alfred C. Baldwin III
Democratic National Committee
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DNC
Watergate
Committee For
Jack Nelson
Ronald J. Ostrow
Ment
Sirica
Former Justice Goldberg Opposes New Court Setup
Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg opposes creating a National Court of Appeals and doubts its constitutionality. He argues the Constitution envisions a single Supreme Court and that existing mechanisms can filter frivolous petitions. The plan would funnel most appeals away from the Supreme Court to a new court, reducing the annual 3,500 plus cases.
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Truman Remains Serious as Kidney Failure Persists
Former President Harry S. Truman stays semiconscious in very serious condition at Research Hospital. Doctors report kidneys performing at less than 10 percent efficiency, with ongoing deterioration despite slight improvement. His daughter Margaret Truman Daniel has returned to New York.
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Harry S. Truman
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Research Hospital and Medical Center
John Dreves
Margaret Truman Daniel
New York
Skyjack attempt at Kennedy Airport injures two U S agents
US Sky Marshal Gerald T. McCarthy and Customs agent Anthony Petrucci Jr. were wounded in an apparent aborted skyjacking at Kennedy Airport. Police reported a bomb scare at the Pan American World Airways Building as officers inspected an attache case. Both men were in satisfactory condition at Peninsula General Hospital.
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N.Y
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Bloomfield, N.J
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