Inside the DMZ 1500 to 3000 N Vietnam troops reported
Saigon AP dispatch notes U.S. intelligence estimates 1500 to 3000 North Vietnamese troops in the six mile wide DMZ strip across 40 miles of Vietnam. Abrams questions threat level while Hanoi stalls on demilitarized zone status and bodies of 200 North Vietnamese are found near Pleiku. An American helicopter is shot down in the Mekong Delta with no casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
Paris
Creighton W. Abrams
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
42Nd
Pleiku City
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
da Nang
LeVander Pushes Immediate Release Of Pollution Report
In St Paul Governor Harold LeVander urged the immediate public release of a controversial Minnesota radioactive pollution report. He sent a memo to Robert Tuveson chairing the state pollution control agency requesting the consultant's report and all supporting data be made public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Harold LeVander
Minnesota
LeVander
Robert Tuveson
Albert Lea
Pollution Control Agency
Counterfeit bills haul tops national seizures at 1.5 million
Secret Service agents in Columbus report one of historys largest counterfeiting cases with over 1.5 million in fake currency. two men arrested. The haul ranks below 4 million seized in New York in 1967.
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Columbus
Ohio
Secret Service
Robert Mampel
New York City
Nixon Sets Decisions on Mideast
President Nixon met with the National Security Council and said some decisions on Middle East policy will be made soon. A response to French proposals for a four power meeting is expected this week. Ziegler said the exact choices will become apparent shortly. Nixon spoke by phone to Lyndon Johnson and plans weekly foreign policy briefings for Johnson and Eisenhower. The president nominated Martin Hillenbrand to be assistant secretary of state for European affairs.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
National Security Council
White House
Middle East
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Foreign Service
Youngstown
Ohio
HEW approves grant to Minnesota Cerebral Palsy group
Washington AP reports the Health Education and Welfare Department approved a 140,870 grant to United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Minneapolis, Inc. to expand a workshop program and provide 50 new workshops in Minneapolis.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
United Cerebral Palsy of
Greater Minneapolis
Israelis Clamp Curfew in Arab Demonstration
Arab school girls in Nablus march shouting death to the Jews prompting an Israeli curfew. Shops padlocked by Arab businessmen protest Israeli handling as Gaza unrest grows. Dayan tours the area with top officials. Arafat named head of the PLO in Cairo. Iraqi soldier confesses to murder of a leftist officer amid Baath faction feuds.
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Nablus
Casbah
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Cairo
al Ahram
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Yahia Hammouda
Israel
Syria
Abdul Karim Mustafah Nasrat
Baghdad
Baath Socialist Party
Baath
Fire destroys Hayfield Elementary School in blaze
Hayfield Minnesota firemen battled a fast moving blaze that gutted Hayfield Elementary, starting in the boiler room. Buildings, records, and books were destroyed, with 400 students affected as utilities cut electricity and officials assessed insurance losses.
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Hayfield
Darrel Koehler
Herald Area
Minn
Russell Conrad
Jan
Itor
Dodge County
Elmentary
Blooming Prairie
Dodge Center
Waltham
Sargeant
Brownsdale
Hayfield High School
Long-Range Plan for Electric Power Supply Sought
Denver news report on the Missouri Basin Systems Group meeting with 125 consumer owned electric systems across nine Midwest states. Delegates from rural electric, municipal, and public power systems and the Interior Department discussed a long-range power supply plan. Participants hail from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Denver
Colo
Midwest
Missouri Basin Systems Group
Rural Electric, Municipal and Public Power Systems
Interior Department
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
Rioters clash with police at Kadena base Okinawa
Radical students throw rocks and gasoline bombs at the Kadena air base as riot police force them back. Over 10 students and officers hospitalized after a four hour rain sogged protest against U S B52 bombers. About 6 000 protesters gathered nearby as unions call the rally amid labor concerns and a canceled general strike.
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Associated Press
Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Kadena
Air Force
Chobyo Yara
Yara
Testify Bankers Doing Good Job
Spokesmen for Minnesota's two major banking associations testified before a house committee that bankers are meeting community needs. Rep. Ron Everson pressed banks two weeks earlier about complacency under government regulation. the industry pledged self improvement and research for future growth.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
House
Ron Everson
Wadena
Everson
Kenneth Wales
Minnesota Banker's Association
Suburban Executive Killed in Arkansas Plane Crash
A 45 year old Minneapolis businessman is among four killed when their light plane crashed and burned in a pecan grove near Scott Arkansas. Lawrence Schultz of Minnetonka was superintendent of a construction firm involved in Arkansas River development.
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Scott
Ark
Minneapolis
Arkansas
Lawrence Schultz
Minnetonka
Navy recovering Pueblo debated at court of inquiry
Rear Adm. George L. Cassell testified that a destroyer was ordered to position off Wonsan Harbor and air cover provided to recover or tow the Pueblo if needed. He said no actual rescue attempt occurred and emphasized authority from CINCPAC before any action.
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Richard E. Meyer
Coronado
Calif
Navy
George L. Cassell
North Korea
Cassell
Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
U.S
Adm
John) Hyland
Seventh Fleet
Wonsan
Hyland
Naval
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Pueblo
Lloyd Bucher
Stephen Harris
Harris
William Newsome
Council For the Court
Cincpac
Commander In Chief of Pacific Forces
Newsome
Harold G. Bowen Jr
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
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South
Snow Joe
Dmz
Atlanta, Ga
Ralph Emerson McGill
Atlanta Constitution
McGill
Tennessee
Groppi
Madison, Wis
James E. Groppi
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Laird
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Roger T. Kelley
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria, Ill
Secretary of Defense
U.N
New York
United Nations
Mideast
Moshe Dayan
Miles
Darrell Koehler
Herald Farm
U.S. Navy
Red Harbor
Richard H. Krupicka
Austin Municipal Air
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