U S Bombing Escalates as Casualties Mount in Vietnam
U S air strikes batter Hanoi and Haiphong with no sign of pause as American losses surge to 43 airmen missing and eight B52s and four fighter-bombers reported down. Hanoi claims enemy losses and notes POW camp damage amid protests from China and other nations.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Ers
Radio
Vietnam
Hanoi Hilton
Joan Baez
Telford Taylor
China
Sing
Ransom Paid for Kidnapped Dallas News Chief’s Daughterinlaw
Joe M. Dealey, president of the Dallas Morning News, paid 250000 dollars in ransom for his kidnapped daughter in law Amanda Mayhew Dealey 22. She was found badly taped and unharmed after two and a half days. Felix R. McKnight disclosed details saying the payment was left at a designated spot after two calls. The incident tied the Dealey family to the Galveston News lineage and involved warnings to avoid FBI interference.
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Dallas
Dallas Morning News
Joe M. Dealey
Amanda Mayhew Dealey
Felix R. McKnight
Dallas Times Herald
Dealey
Joe M. Dealey Jr
Dallas Morning
Galveston News
McKnight
Dealey Jr
University Park
Pentagon accuses Hanoi of war crimes over POW camp near raids
The Pentagon charged North Vietnam with violating Geneva conventions by placing a bomb damaged POW camp near areas hit by air raids. Radio Hanoi reported injuries at Hanoi Hilton and said walls and courtyards were damaged. Officials warned the claims lack proof.
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Pentagon
Hanoi
Associated Press
Washington
Radio Hanoi
Hanoi Hilton
Radio
Jerry W. Friedheim
U S Apologizes To Egypt After Embassy Damage
In Cairo the senior American diplomat, Joseph N. Greene, conveyed official and personal regrets over damage to the Egyptian Embassy in Hanoi from a U S bombing raid. The roof was demolished and doors and windows smashed with no injuries reported. Greene met Ismail Fahmy after Foreign Minister Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat announced U S responsibility.
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U. S
Egypt
Cairo
America
Hanoi
U.S
Joseph N. Greene
Foreign Ministry
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
United States
Greene
Ismail Fahmy
Hanoi Haiphong Defended in Historic North Vietnam Raids
Pentagon figures show U S B52s and other warplanes facing more than 850 missile launchers and antiaircraft guns in the Hanoi Haiphong area. The Air Force lost eight B52s in the first four days of raids as a senior officer noted the expected severity.
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Hanoi-Haiphong
Washington
U. S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Nixon wins by largest vote total but not highest percentage
Official results show President Nixon defeating George McGovern by 17,971,294 votes, far surpassing his 1968 margin. His 60.7 percent falls short of Lyndon Johnson’s 61.1 percent in 1964, narrowly missing a record share.
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Washington
Nixon
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Nixon suspends 1973 meat import quotas
President Nixon halts 1973 meat import quotas to curb rising supermarket prices. Treasury Secretary Shultz warns consumers should not expect immediate price declines while noting imports may rise to eight percent and domestic production will largely drive a three percent supply increase.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
America
Shultz
Quotas Suspended in Meat Import Policy Review
The policy aims to relieve a short term shortage not caused by American farmers. Growth in 1973 employment and income may raise meat demand and prices. Quotas likely to stay through 1973 with possible reinstatement if conditions change. Agriculture secretary to review quarterly. Australia and New Zealand supply about 70 percent of shipments. Through October imports reached 1.14 billion pounds and may near 1.3 billion for 1973.
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Nixon
Shultz
Australia
Sion
Secretary of Agriculture
New
Zealand
U.S
Nixon Holds Strategy Talks With Kissinger and Haig
President Nixon convened a Florida Bayside strategy session with Kissinger and Haig after Haig carried Thieu’s reply to Paris peace talks. Haig briefed Nixon on Thieu’s stance amid reported ultimatums and a threatened cutoff of U.S. aid. Ziegler declined to discuss contents while the White House pursues channels for peace negotiations.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Bayside
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
President
Haig
Southeast Asia
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida White House
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Paris
North Vietnam
U.S
United States
Kissinger
Florida
Five gunmen surrender after supermarket siege ends
Five men who robbed a Chattanooga store fled to Georgia with hostages and surrendered near Atlanta after their car was stopped and towed. They released the captives including a 4 year old girl and an ambulance driver offered as a hostage. The suspects face federal kidnapping charges. all had Atlanta addresses.
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Jim Pierson
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Chattanooga
Tenn
Felix Bernard Lundy
U. S. 41
Atlanta
Fulton County
Oliver Peterson
Paul Wesley Berry
Willie Louis Combs
Homer Lee Barnes
William Beardsley
Georgia Department of Investigation
Clarence Turner
Sinetra
Vance Dobbins Jr
Truman Reacts Favorably To Kidney Treatments
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, showed slow improvement in his kidney treatment at Research Hospital and Medical Center in Kansas City. Doctors described his strength as remarkable though he remained in very serious, semiconscious condition with lung and heart complications and ongoing fluid issues.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallace Graham
Graham
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