North Vietnamese troops encamped near Angkor Wat ruins
Six escapees report 2000 to 3000 North Vietnamese soldiers settled around Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, using a busy military headquarters near Siem Reap. They describe heavy guards booby traps and about 2000 to 3000 local villagers confined on site. Khmer Rouge factions clash with Hanoi forces over temple control.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
United Nations
Angkor
Angkor Thom
Siem Reap
Social Committee
Khmer Rouge
Boeing turns surplus into cash for Boeing profits
Boeing Co uses surplus sleuths to convert obsolete or worn items into cash. From $5,000 daily sales to million-dollar auctions, the Seattle program redirects $14 million of canceled-program items to active projects while reducing payroll from 100,000 to 40,000. King Dunham leads the effort, stressing fast liquidation over waste and advising attics and households to auction or price-sell high-value items, with garage sales for mixed bags.
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Seattle, Wash
Boeing
Dunham
Air war escalates in Vietnam despite lighter fighting
Saigon reports a South Vietnamese unit killed 40 Viet Cong while breaking a siege in the Central Highlands. U.S. command notes two ambushes against American truck convoys, one injuring a GI, as the air campaign continues for a third day with reduced combat intensity.
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Saigon
API
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Nixon
Peking
An Bao
Highway 1
Tuy Hoa Air Base
South China Sea
U.S. Phu Bai Air Base
Hue
da Nang
Panhandle
UPI
Donald A. Davis
Pleiku
21St Regiment
Davis
Ex aide sues Hughes for 17 5 million
Former Hughes aide Robert Maheu sues Howard Hughes voice and Hughes Tool Co for 17.5 million alleging the telephone voice slandered him during a news conference. The suit cites a statement by a voice identifying as Hughes claiming Maheu was fired for theft and dishonesty. Maheu also seeks 50 million for breach of contract from Hughes.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert Maheu
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Voice
Howard R. Hughes
Maheu
Federal District Court
Hughes Tool Co
Carl
Las Vegas
Bahamas
Hughes-Maheu
Hannah
Buoi
Dems push tax hikes amid talk of higher taxes
Washington UPI says Democrats in Congress press for tax increases as Republicans resist. Nixon pledges no tax rise this year, while advisers fear political damage. Democrats highlight loopholes and consider value added tax as a tool to trim real estate taxes for schools.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
White House
Martha W. Griffiths
Dmich
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
Connally
Henry Reuss
IRA shifts bombings from cities to rural areas in Northern Ireland
A homemade mine exploded under a British Army Land Rover 50 miles south of Belfast killing two soldiers and wounding two others. Two soldiers were wounded earlier near Coalisland when an army vehicle hit a booby trap. An army spokesman called it the worst day for military casualties in months and noted the IRA strategy of striking rural targets to lure troops into danger.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Coalisland
Republic
Cullyhanna
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Catholic Lower Falls
Fantasia and Dirty Harry at local theatres
In Williamstown and nearby venues Fantasia plays for families though beyond home screens. Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood draws strong violence warnings with R rating as showtimes run 7 10 and 9 05 p.m.
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Clint Eastwood
Hollywood
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Aerospace “Junk” Yard
Seattle
King Dunham
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Hartetian Main St. Bennington
Clint
SAT
SUN
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
LA Choy
Dail
Paradise Restaurant
West Main St
Bennington, VI
Bycir and Associates
Agency
Richard Hannah
FBI
Hughes Empire of Land
Nevada
Quang Ngai
Dems
Kilkeel
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Williamstown
HARTE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
EAITH
Stereos
Bennington Lions Club
Armory
South ST
Bradford
Rsmona
Bucky Bradford
Bradford House
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
Slough
Heublein, Inc
Hartford, Conn
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