Allies Repulse Heavy Attack From Enemy Bases in Cambodia
Six hundred fresh North Vietnamese troops attacked an Allied outpost in Cambodia but failed to overrun it. South Vietnamese defenders with U.S. air and artillery support killed 108 attackers and captured six machine guns, while suffering six dead and 27 wounded. One captured attacker identified as the 308th North Vietnamese Battalion. The battle near the Plain of Reeds began at 3:50 a.m. and ended around 8 a.m. with the North Vietnamese retreating toward Cambodia. Across the border, Bu Prang and Duc Lap outposts endured multiple probing assaults amid heavy B52 strikes, with no reported casualties for their sides in some actions. U.S. losses included one killed and 16 wounded, and American units faced several shellings and mortar salvos across multiple targets in the Mekong Delta region.
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Israel strikes Arab base in Lebanon near Mount Hermon
Israeli helicopter troops backed by planes and artillery hit a large Arab guerrilla base on Mount Hermon slopes in Lebanon, killing 12 and wounding many while destroying supplies. The attack, the third raid in three months, followed an Arab ambush in the Golan Heights and threatened civil war in Lebanon.
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Water pollution fund push targets Nixon support
Democratic sponsors back an $800 million federal water pollution cleanup fund aiming to compel President Nixon to back the plan. Muskie says full buildout could cost $10 billion. current proposals come from an $800 million omnibus. Ellender plans bipartisan lobbying to lawmakers and governors to press the administration.
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Airliner Hijacked On Cross US Flight
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 on a San Francisco to Philadelphia flight was hijacked to Cuba by a knife wielding man identified only as B Hamilton. The jet landed in Philadelphia at 5:30 a.m. with 27 aboard after a Miami customs stop. FBI questioned crew and passengers. captain praised. The incident followed a separate Florida jet fighter crash and precedes a Rome hijacking earlier in the year.
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Mrs O Hair Loses Suit To Ban Prayers in Space
A federal judge dismissed Madalyn Murray O Hair s bid to bar Space prayers by astronauts. The court ruled the First Amendment requires neutrality toward religion, not hostility, and found no civil rights infringement from Bible readings aboard Apollo 8 and 11. The panel included Homer Thornberry and Adrian Spears.
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Burch Seeks Balance as FCC Chief Poised for TV Industry
Washington United Press International reports Dean Burch, Nixon's FCC choice, has drawn mixed reaction from television. In his first press appearance since Oct 31, he says industry will praise and pillory him, supports license renewal guidelines, and urges stability amid appetite to curb obscenity. He questions joint newspaper TV ownership and defends firm, fast decisions.
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