Me Kong Delta Battle Halts Major North Vietnamese Push
South Vietnamese commanders report a major North Vietnamese drive into the Me Kong Delta disrupted. 207 enemy killed in the Plain of Reeds since last Friday, with 17 South Vietnamese dead and 24 wounded in earlier fighting near Moc Hoa.
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Associated Press
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Hue
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Taft Rhodes Debate Spat Flares In Ohio Senate Race
Republican contenders Taft and Rhodes traded sharp charges over a face to face debate as Taft accused Rhodes of avoiding topics and backing out. Metzenbaum dismissed Nixon’s consumer protection plan as a charade while Rhodes praised government economy and potential savings. Brown urged wider wiretap authority for public interest cases.
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Protesters Halted From Ohio House Gallery Over Abortion Law
About a dozen women and two children from Dayton and Cincinnati were denied access to the Ohio House gallery for protesting the 1841 abortion laws. They refused to discard signs and distributed leaflets in the rotunda, pledging to press for repeal of all abortion laws and broader access for consenting women.
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Calley Defense Drops Testimony From Ex Commander
Defense for William L. Calley Jr announced it will not call Col. Lon D. Marlowe Jr to testify on command influence in the My Lai case. Latimer seeks pretrial action to dismiss charges citing possible influence from Nixon and the DoD, while Marlowe’s statements earlier raised questions about presidential pressure.
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Foreign Bank Accounts Biggest Tax Loophole
Robert Morgenthau tells the House Banking Committee that secret foreign bank accounts represent the largest loophole in tax evasion. He cites Switzerland as a tax haven and notes use by U S citizens and foreign leaders. He faults the administration for pulling support from a regulatory bill seen as essential for enforcement.
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House Banking Committee
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New York
Nixon
Administration
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Fire safety questioned after Ohio nursing home blaze
congressional hearings in Washington scrutinized Medicare fire safety rules and Hill Burton hospital standards amid the Harmar House fire in Marietta Ohio that killed 32, with carpeting and room cigarettes cited as factors. Experts argued federal funding and lax standards endanger elderly residents in state and federal programs.
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Rogers Sets Conference With Tito
Secretary of State William P. Rogers flew from Tunisia to Addis Ababa for talks with Emperor Haile Selassie and Yugoslav President Tito. He planned a major policy address to the Organization of African Unity focusing on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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William P. Rogers
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Haile Selassie
Tito
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Rogers
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Snow tire demand drives sales drive by Athens resident
Greta V. Freund of 5 Ann Street Athens notes high demand for snow tires and adds she could have sold multiple tires beyond those advertised. The enthusiastic response suggests strong market interest in secondhand winter tires.
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Greta V. Freund
Ann St
Athens
Four power talks eyed on Berlin future
Diplomatic observers say the Soviet Union agreed to hold four power talks on Berlin after Western initiatives. Moscow appears to want to discuss only West Berlin, with no broader settlement proposed for the city.
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Berlin
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West Berlin
Munich Grenade Attack Hits Passengers At Airport
Four Arabs were questioned after a grenade attack on an Israeli airliner at Munich airport. Three assailants were wounded. one was arrested while police searched for accomplices. Officials weighed a possible target, actor Assaf Dayan, son of Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan.
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Hermann Schreiber
Assaf Dayan
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