House Starts Probe of Pueblo's Mission
A House Armed Services subcommittee opens a full inquiry into North Korea's seizure of the Pueblo. Adm. Thomas Moorer testifies as top witness, while Rep. Otis Pike leads a panel seeking to gauge security risks and wartime readiness. Pueblo captain Lloyd Bucher and crew may testify later.
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House
Armed Services
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
North Korea
Pueblo
Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
U.S
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Marine Corps
Pike
Lloyd M. Bucher
Joseph McDevitt
Navy
Coronado
Calif
Rivers
Bucher
Nixon Plans Reorganization of Cabinet Departments
Nixon plans to reorganize at least half of the 12 Cabinet departments to simplify and tighten White House control. Some programs, including the Job Corps, may be eliminated under a pending presidential reorganization bill. A White House official cited aims to review program merit and efficiency and to ensure money is well spent.
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HUD
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Interior
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Labor Department
Garrison Charges Shaw With Perjury After Acquittal
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison filed perjury charges against Clay Shaw following Shaw’s acquittal on a Kennedy assassination conspiracy claim. The case cites Shaw’s testimony denying ever meeting Oswald or Ferrie, amid prior witness testimony linking Shaw to the conspirators.
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UPI
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Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Kennedy
Garrison
Clay
Oswald
Ferrie
Irvin Dymond
Mr. Shaw
Dymond
Perry Raymond Russo
Sino-Soviet Friendship: Not Everlasting or Inalienable
Charles R. Smith notes Mao Zedong once praised enduring Sino Soviet friendship during a Moscow visit in 1949 50, including a mutual defense pact and a 300 million dollar loan. He traces the unraveling of ties through Khrushchev era tensions to a recent Sino Soviet clash on a disputed border river island.
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Josef Stalin
Chou En-lai
Mao
China
Stalin
Nikita, Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Foe's Tank Attack Repulsed Near Cambodian Border
U.S. warplanes repelled a column of at least 10 Communist tanks advancing toward a Green Beret camp near the Cambodian border. Two American soldiers were killed as tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed by air strikes, with nine B52 raids near Saigon and ongoing shelling of towns and bases across the region.
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TPS
U.S
Long Weil
Ben Het
Central Highlands
Newport Bridge
Ben Het Green Beret
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