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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1969
Page
2
Viet Cong and South Vietnamese forces clash west of Saigon while a U S Navy patrol boat convoy is ambushed. Government outposts suffer heavy shelling as fighting widens in the delta and near the Cambodian border.
Henry Cabot Lodge, 67, exits the Vietnam talks in Paris saying he resigns not retires after four presidents sent him on diplomacy. He leaves amid 10 months with little progress, hinting the war may fade without a formal end. His aide Philip C. Habib will take over, and Lodge may seek the U.S. Senate.
Saigon reports the Viet Cong will observe three day cease-fires at Christmas and New Year instead of the allied one day stand downs. The announcement notes humanitarian reasons and aligns with Ho Chi Minh memorial observances. The government says its 24 hour halt begins Christmas eve at 6 p.m. and New Year eve after 6 p.m. local time.
Premier Eisaku Sato celebrated the 1972 Okinawa return agreement with the United States as the dawn of a new Pacific order. He dissolved Parliament and set elections for December 27 while domestic opposition debated nuclear arms and ties with Red China amid protests and international reaction.
Washington reports that the Army delayed retirement applications for Sgt. Maj. William C. Wooldridge and others named in the Senate probe of enlisted men’s clubs. Gen. Carl C. Turner and Wooldridge face possible charges as Army investigations continue. No charges have yet been filed.
Marine Maj. Charles Robb repudiated charges that his unit killed civilians in Vietnam near Da Nang, saying their policy and actions avoided such acts. He dismissed the accusations as unsubstantiated, noting he did not witness or learn of any wrongdoing during his reconnaissance of the region.
Israel said warplanes attacked Egyptian positions along the Suez Canal for the sixth day this week and returned safely after about 20 minutes. Cairo dismissed the raids as propaganda and noted heavy Egyptian ground fire reducing bomb impact. Al Ahram linked rising tensions to an inevitable new Middle East war in a column by editor Mohammed Hassanein Heikal.
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