Senate action leaves Laos shadow war intact in Southeast Asia
Bangkok reports the Senate approved an 85.4 defense bill with a 78 to 11 vote to bar U S combat troops in Laos while allowing covert bombing and support ongoing. The Laos conflict, estimated costs exceed 1 billion dollars in the past year with flights and covert operations continuing.
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Thailand
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North Vietnam
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Green Berets
U.S. Senate
Torrijos Reclaims Panama After Brief Coup Unfolds
Panama City protests a rapid coup reversal as Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos returns to power. Loyalists celebrate at headquarters while authorities plan trials for Cols. Ramiro Silvera and Sanjur who led the attempted takeover. Torrijos vows cabinet restoration and removal of new ministers.
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Torrijos
Ramiro Silvera
Colomado Sanjur
Mexico City
Roberto Diaz Herrera
National Guard
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Mexico
San Salvador
A. S. Somoza
Nicaragua
Sanjur
Silvera
Arnulfo Arias
Nixon Silent On NLRB Vacancy Amid Delay
Washington UPI report shows the White House offering no information on a successor to Sam Zagoria on the NLRB as his term ends. Dem seats will pad the board to at least Aug 27. speculation swirls over future chairmanship and potential nominees Thomas Shroyer Harry Brown and Michael Bernstein.
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UPI
White House
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Sam Zagoria
Zagoria
Nixon
Frank W. McCulloch
McCulloch
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington Post
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate
Howard Jenkins Jr
Jenkins
Ziegler
Thomas C. Shroyer
Harry Brown
Credit Cards Authorized for Bail in San Diego Jail
San Diego county supervisors allowed the sheriff to accept credit cards as bail for prisoners. Proposed by Sheriff J. C. O'Conner the plan aims to speed up inmate releases, cut county costs, and improve jail public relations.
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San Diego
UPI
County Board of Supervisors
J. C. O’conner
Costly Error Over England Jets Eject In Falls
Four Royal Air Force jets raced across England when the rear pilot shouted you are on fire eject. Flight Lt. John Rust, 30, bailed from one plane and Flight Lt. Richard Duckett, 27, from another. Rust’s aircraft burned while Duckett’s did not. Both pilots landed uninjured and both planes, valued at $960,000 each, crashed.
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England
UPI
Royal Air Force
John Rust
Richard Ducket
Rust
Duckett
Nixon lights national Christmas tree amid peace chants
President Nixon attended the annual tree lighting beside the White House as a crowd cheered for peace while demonstrators shouted. Police arrested seven people for disorderly conduct before the ceremony, and Nixon urged strength for lasting peace as he activated the lights on the 75 foot tree and 57 surrounding evergreens.
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White House
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Reagan To Decide On Seale Extradition
Governor Ronald Reagan plans a Christmas decision on extraditing Black Panther Bobby Seale to Connecticut for murder and kidnapping charges. Seale’s attorney calls extradition baseless due to his absence from the crime scene, while Reagan weighs case law and potential court challenges.
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