Four more American aircraft losses reported in Vietnam and Laos
Saigon reports four additional U S aircraft downed in Vietnam and Laos, bringing two day total to 14 losses. Two Americans killed, nine wounded, one missing as six crashes are tallied, including an EC47 Gooney Bird recon plane that crashed near A Shau Valley after ground fire.
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Shau
Laos
Air Force
Thailand
Marine Corps
A Shau
da Nang
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Cambodia
U.S. Air Force
Dak Seang
Dak Pek
South Vietnam
Mekong
McGee Pushes Own Plan To Reform Postal System
Sen McGee vows to push his own postal reform bill while Blount presents the administration plan to the Senate Post Office Committee in Washington. The Nixon proposal would set rates by a nine member commission with cabinet veto limits, while McGee favors an independent rate panel and postmaster general control.
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Sen. McGee
Postal Service
Meany
Blount
House Committee
McGee
Nixon
Washington Window U S Population Explosion
UPI reports the U S birth rate fell to a historic low while deaths lag. Population grows about 1 percent yearly, with 3.2 children per family needing 2 to replace. Proposals include church moral urging, economic cost studies, and Senate tax incentives for smaller families.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
America
Michael Hamilton
Washington Cathedral
Institute of Life Insurance
Senate
Sen
Robert W. Packwood
Ore
GE Stockholders Meet Behind Locked Doors
General Electric held its annual stockholders meeting in Minneapolis under heavy security after about 400 protesters demonstrated against the defense contractor. Admittance was limited to shareholders or proxies, with police noting private property rights and potential arrests for trespass. Some dissidents with proxies spoke on war contracts, environment and women’s rights. motions to ban war work and redirect domestic production were rejected as out of order by GE Chairman Borch.
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Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
General Electric
New York
Minneapolis Auditorium
Minneapolis
William Tilton
Minnesota Student Association
University of Minnesota
GE Board
F.J. Borch
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Congress
Louis Cassels
ENITH
Stereos
Hoosick Falls
FBI
Vincent Canby
N.Y
Alfred Hitchcocks
TOPAZ
Guivensax Picture Technicovor
John Wayne
IM Hutton
Katharine Ross
Bogota
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Rojas Pinilla
Nichols
Brookvalley
Pairfield
Monsanto
North Bennington Road
Bennington
Vermont
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