South Vietnamese push to hold Que Son Valley near Da Nang
Three thousand South Vietnamese troops launched a drive to block a North Vietnamese division from pushing out of the Que Son Valley toward Da Nang. U S Air Force reported North Vietnamese 130mm guns and tanks in the area. Phantoms knocked out several weapons. United States B52s continued bombing as refugees fled coastal areas and casualties mounted. Premier Son Ngoc Thanh survived an assassination attempt in Phnom Penh with bodyguards wounded.
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Que Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
Quang Tri
Highway 1
Baldy
Ross
South China Sea
Hiep Duc
Saigon Command
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
Phnom Penh
Son Ngoc Thanh
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk Khmer Serei
Free Khmer
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Khmer Rouge
Lon Nol
Cambodia
VFW Convention Opens With Memorial for Fallen Veterans
At the 73rd annual VFW national convention in Minneapolis, a memorial service honored deceased veterans with the Bluejacket Choir performing favorites. Veterans stressed unity across generations as resolutions on draft resisters amnesty and POW treatment rise for debate.
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Minneapolis
Minh
Cleveland
Ohio
VFW
A. Purnell Bailey
Ladies Auxiliary
Bluejacket Choir
U.S. Navy Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
America the Beautiful
Dr. Bailey
United Methodist Commission On Chaplains
Washington, D.C
North
Vietnam
Joseph L. Whites
VFWA
Malcolm R. Lovell Jr
Veterans Service Committee
Lovell
Demonstrators Clash as GOP Gala Draws Protests in Miami
Protesters and police faced off near the Fontainebleau Hotel on the eve of the Republican convention as 350 SDS members disrupted arrivals for a $500-a-plate Nixon gala. Police held the line, no arrests, while nightstick lines and egged jackets marked the confrontational scene.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
National Guard
Army
Amerika
Nazi Party
Students For A Democratic Society
Fontainebleau
Nixon
Rocky Pomerance
Rules floor fight faces convention
The 1976 GOP battle over convention delegate allocation pits small conservative states against large moderate ones as National Chairman Dole pushes for a plan that could boost Nixon supporters. A convention floor showdown looms with a Rules Committee skirmish today to present Tuesday.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Republican Party
GOP
National Party
Robert Dole
Convention Rules Committee
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Residents seek end to security hospital program
About 900 residents petition Gov. Anderson to end the Residents Assistants Program at Minnesota Security Hospital in St Peter. Controversy grew after an inmate escape, a rape charge, and a barroom brawl linked to RAP members. Hospital officials defend the program saying it helps reintegrate inmates.
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ST. Peter, Minn
St. Peter
Minnesota Security
Lewis Lemert
Wendell Anderson
Lemert
Tom Lindbom
Lindbom
Security Hospital
Rap Lindbom
Nicollet County
George Witty
le Sueur County
Lemerts
McGovern attack on Nixon elder policy cited in swing
Sen George McGovern accuses the Nixon administration of neglecting the elderly except for electioneering and labels its policies camouflage. He unveils a white paper detailing seven areas of neglect as he campaigns across the country with visits to Northeastern Pennsylvania Texas and Chicago meeting with LBJ and Mayor Daley.
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Department of Labor
Nixon
John B. Connally
Washington
George S. McGovern
McGovern
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
LBJ
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Daley
Congress
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Dean Schnell
Harold Baggenstoss
Harold Johnson
Jim Hensel
George Bubar
Chet Oman
Joe Martin
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Miami Gay Activist Alliance
Equal Rights For
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Markham Hotel
Louise Olsen
John O’rear
Hearing Aid Center
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State Hospital
Sheriff Witty
Robert Redford
George Segal
Hot Rock
Vatac Tim
Ron Leibman
Paul Sand
Moses Guy
William Ret
Zero Mostel
Abe Greenberg
Mal Landers
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