U S Cavalrymen Clash With Reds Near Saigon
American air cavalrymen clashed with North Vietnamese forces 35 miles northeast of Saigon and 18 miles north in the Mekong Delta. Reports say 145 enemy and 6 Americans plus 13 South Vietnamese killed, with hundreds wounded and missing. Marines, infantry and advisers suffered casualties amid ongoing operations in War Zone D and the A Shau valley.
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Diplomats Quash Nixon Saigon Talks Idea
Paris diplomats say a Nixon Saigon meeting during his visit next week is unlikely as it would annoy France and offer little educational value to Nixon. South Vietnam wants talks with Nixon but no plan is in place, and Friday’s peace talks session is not expected to yield new moves.
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Mrs Jensen to greet Johnson in Rochester
Mrs. Stella Jensen of Elkton will represent the Minnesota DFL to greet Former President Lyndon B. Johnson on his Rochester arrival Thursday. Appointed by state DFL chairman Warren Spannaus, she serves as acting DFL chairman for the First District.
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Six nations police guard Nixon on European trip
Police from Britain France Belgium Germany and Italy plan extensive security for President Nixon amid anticipated protests. American Secret Service coordinating with local authorities in major capitals as routes, vantage points and potential troublemakers are mapped. London Paris Brussels Bonn West Berlin and Rome will see armed security, rooftop watchers and rapid motorcade moves to deter disruptions.
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HUAC Renamed and Mandate Expanded as Internal Security Panel
Washington AP report notes the House voted 305 to 79 to rename the House Committee on Un-American Activities the House Committee on Internal Security. The panel’s mandate now covers Communist and other subversive activities affecting U.S. internal security, despite liberal opposition and the failed bid to amend.
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Israel Says It Can Break Up Arab Raids
TEL AVIV AP Israel warned Arab nations and airlines to take immediate measures to prevent further attacks on Israel air routes and said it has the moral right and ability to break up guerrilla raids anywhere. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel outlined the government stance before the Knesset after an Arab attack on an El Al jetliner in Zurich. He linked the Athens and Zurich incidents to Lebanon and urged Arab states and airlines to safeguard air safety to keep routes open.
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Plane vanishes with 35 aboard near California Nevada border
Ground crews search the snowy wilds around Dyer Nevada and Bishop California for a missing Hawthorne to Burbank Long Beach run. A DC3 carrying 32 passengers and 3 crew vanished near the border 200 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The airline Mineral County Airlines operates as Hawthorne Nevada Airlines and runs gambling flights.
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Maine labor commissioner calls for equal grasp of labor issues
Mrs. Marion Martin, 68, Maine's labor commissioner, sits with assistant Joseph W. Emerson of Augusta in a rare female leadership role nationwide. She asserts that being a woman can be an advantage since labor and management may not expect her to have all the answers, in a recent interview.
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Russian Woman Sentenced to Year in Labor Camp
Irina Belogorodskaya, 30, an engineer in a Moscow patent office, was convicted for possessing leaflets protesting the arrest and trial of a fellow dissident. She received credit for over six months already served and was denied acquittal. Her lawyer said her motive was to help another person in trouble.
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California Sues for 1.3 Billion Over Oil Slick
California sues four oil firms and the federal government for 1.3 billion dollars claiming negligence caused the giant Santa Barbara oil spill. The action, joined by Santa Barbara County and Carpinteria, seeks damages for wildlife, beaches, and tourism, as a 800 million claim targets Union Oil and others.
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Army Pie Returns Home After Seven Months in Viet Cong Prison
Akron native Donald Glen Smith, 21, a Vietnam War GI, is back home in Lancaster area weighing less after seven months imprisonment. He recalls holes overrun by rats and fear of the next hour as photos show him relaxing at home, in a field on Jan 1, and in a Saigon hospital two days later receiving treatment.
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Officials Warned on Flood Threat
Minne sota spring flood prospects are so grave that county and local Civil Defense directors must immediately prepare rapid response plans. Weather officials noted heavy fall rains and above average snowfall could yield serious flooding, with steps including alerting units, updating disaster plans, inventorying manpower and equipment, and starting a public information program on protecting homes livestock and property.
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Saw Signing of Clay Bertrand at Airport Witness Testimony
New Orleans AP report says prosecutor witness Jessie Parker testified she saw Clay Shaw sign a guest register as Clay Bertrand at the VIP Room of New Orleans International Airport on December 14, 1966. Parker, the state's first witness, described her hostess duties when the signing occurred.
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Budget Cuts or Surtax Likely to Continue Says Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury David M Kennedy told Congress that unless next year’s budget can be cut from the current 195.3 billion expenditure outlook there will be no choice but to extend the 10 percent surtax. He urged a budget surplus to curb inflation and warned that unchecked inflation could weaken the dollar at home and abroad. Kennedy noted no final decision on extending the surtax beyond June 30, 1970, and stressed possible spending cuts as the alternative.
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Nixon axes Head Start and Job Corps programs
President Nixon asked Congress to strip the Office of Economic Opportunity of the Head Start and Job Corps programs while promising to keep OEO as an incubator for antipoverty experiments. In a 90 minute White House session he discussed Europe trip and foreign policy with leaders and Secretary of State Rogers in attendance. Rooney accuses opponent of using a tax-exempt foundation for campaign spending and calls for a crackdown. Minnesota road toll reaches 47 after a Wayzata woman dies in a three car crash near Robbinsdale. Agriculture says by 1975 smoking may drop about 15 packs per year per smoker due to population growth leaving overall cigarette consumption steady.
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