Phnom Penh Target Of Pincer Action
Vietnamese Communists surround Kompong Speu and shell the town 25 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. Nine wounded there as Cambodian forces pull back from Prek Tameak. A large North Vietnamese force massed east for possible attacks toward Prey Veng and Phnom Penh. In Laos, Communists overran positions near Saravane and seized a navigation beacon. In Hue, two paratroopers were killed as clashes continued.
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Cambodia
UPI
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Prek Tameak
Prey Veng
South Vietnam
Laos
Saravane
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietiane
U.S
Saigon
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Hue
Quang Tri
1St Air Cavalry Division
Air Force
Agnew downplays Tonkin Gulf Resolution significance
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was not of any great significance and its repeal would not affect President Nixon’s handling of the Indochina war. In Denver he also spoke on drugs policy and urged swift action to end the nation’s “collective national trip.”
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Gulf of Tonkin
Nixon
Indochina
Agnew
Colorado
Republican Party
Hot Springs
Ark
National Sheriff’s Association
Corrigan Exhibition Hall
Sen
Robert Dole
Tonkin Gulf
Cosmonauts Struggle Readjusting After Long Space Flight
Tass reports from Moscow say Soyuz 9 cosmonauts face readaptation difficulties after 18 days in weightlessness. Weight loss, muscle decline, instability, and sleep problems appear though health remains noncritical. Doctors restrict activities as readaptation continues.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Earth
Andrian Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastianov
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Nikolayev
Sevastianov
Star City
Bank manager rescues fishermen then opens bank on time
James Oostyke, manager of Union Bank in Supercitizen ADA Michigan, dives into Thornapple River to save two fishermen Eugene Cox and Sam Bontius from an overturned boat. After pulling them to safety he returns to open the bank at 9:30 a.m. and later changes clothes.
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Ada, Mich
UPI
James Oostyke
Union Bank
Thornapple River
Oostdyke
Eugene Cox
Sam Bontius
Grand Rapids
Indiana Marine Cleared in Son Thang Massacre Case
A one man military court found Pfc. Thomas R. Boyd of Evansville innocent of all charges in the alleged Son Thang massacre near Da Nang Vietnam. The verdict ended a case that charged unpremeditated murder for the Feb 19 patrol that reportedly killed 5 women and 11 children. Boyd cried as he embraced his attorney and expressed remorse for the deaths.
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Vietnam
UPI
Indiana
Pfc
Thomas R. Boyd
Evansville
Paul St. Amour
Bedford
Mass
Howard P. Trackman
Boyd
Que Son Valley
Fiveman
Leathernecks
Son Thang
Saigon
Trockman
Separation of powers clash over draft conscientious objection
Washington window notes a clash between branches after the Supreme Court rewrote the law to include moral as well as religious grounds for CO status. Selective Service Director Tarr added that objection must stem from rigorous training, risking discrimination against the uneducated.
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UPI
U.S
Legislative
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
National Selective Service Headquarters
Congress
Legislative Branch
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
McMillan Renominated Amid Backlash From Civil Rights Group
In Columbia South Carolina Rep John L McMillan swept to a 17th term renomination over Dr Claude Stephens amid claims the race was influenced by the SCLC and biased TV coverage McMillan said CBS and NBC crucified him Unofficial results showed 45770 votes for McMillan 18615 for Stephens The vote split reflected lower black turnout and higher white support SCLC sent workers to mobilize black voters
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S.C
UPI
John L. McMillan
District of Columbia
McMillan
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Claude Stephens
CBS
NBC
McMilan
Stephens
America
South
Washington, D.C
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