Hussein Reassures Allies Over Improving Jordan Crisis
Beirut dispatch reports King Hussein telling Nasser and Khadafy that Amman is returning to normal after four days of fighting with Palestinian guerrillas. Casualties were high as Jordanian forces clashed with groups demanding raids into Israel and protests against the cabinet and assembly.
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Egypt
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Libya
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Jordanian
National Assembly
Middle East
U.S. Attache Killed by Guerrillas in Amman Jordan
Maj. Robert P. Perry, 34, U.S. Army attache in Amman, was shot dead by Arab guerrillas as he pleaded in Arabic for safety of his wife and two children. Perry, Chicago native, had served in Jordan since 1967 and was killed when attackers fired through his home door amid embattled Amman violence. King Hussein appealed for restraint as regional figures pledged support for the Palestinian resistance.
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UPI
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McIntyre Sees Dim Prospects for Vietnam Peace Talks
Senator Thomas J. McIntyre after touring Southeast Asia says Cambodian invasion shows military gains but dims hopes for negotiated peace. He notes disrupted enemy supply lines and growing South Vietnamese confidence while failing to secure a clear case for accelerating U.S. troop withdrawals.
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UPI
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Southeast Asia
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Vietnam
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U.S
South Vietnam
Ambassador Bunker
Abramson
Efficiency Praised for Cosmos Collective Aboard Soyuz 9
Soviet Tass commentators praise the cosmos collective aboard Soyuz 9 for high efficiency on day ten of orbital flight. Cosmonauts Andrian Nikolaev and Vitaly Sevastianov withstand long spaceflight and conduct weather to medicine experiments. Medical telemetry shows strong work efficiency and excellent survival so far as the crew studies plants and bacteria in orbit.
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UPI
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Tass
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America
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Viet Cong seize part of Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops seized part of Angkor Wat and attacked Siem Reap airport as Cambodian and U.S. forces reported ongoing fighting. Cambodian authorities warned of a remaining Vietnamese division massed in the Siem Reap Kompong Thom area amid broader clashes near Da Nang and along the coast.
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UPI
Angkor Wat
Siem Reap
South Vietnam
U.S
Ba Ren
da Nang
Kompong Thom
Cambodia
Thailand
Viheat Suor
Japan Ready To Renew Security Pact With U.S.
In Tokyo the conservative government signals renewal of the 1960 security treaty with the United States for an indefinite period. The pact renews automatically on June 23 unless canceled, with U.S. forces in Japan totaling about 39,200 and Japan keeping a small self defense force. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato aims to avoid confrontation with opponents including Communists, Socialists, political Buddhists, student groups, and many labor unions.
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Western Pacific
Asia
Soviet Siberia
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Northeast Asia
Soviet Union
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Sato
Welfare Bill Changes Fail To Impress Senate Critics
Washington UPI reports President Nixon’s revised family assistance plan faces Senate doubt. Critics say the $1,600 per year per four person family is too low and offers weak work incentives. Liberals condemn the program as insufficient, while conservatives attack cost and scope amid objections to incentives. Elliot Richardson heads HEW confirmation hearing as debate continues.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
Senate Finance Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Committee
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Gun Collector Shot Slain Wife Held in Slaying
William E Thoresen III, 32, a California gun collector and heir to a $70 million fortune, was found shot to death in an upstairs bedroom of a $35,000 house. His wife Louise, 33, was jailed on suspicion of murder after reportedly telling a neighbor I shot Bill.
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Calif
UPI
William E. Thoresen III
Louise
Thoresen
Great Western Steel Co
San Francisco Bay Area
Bill
Mark
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