U S Expands Air Strikes Into Laos Amid Withdrawals
Saigon reports the United States confirming air strikes into Laos with Navy and Air Force losses, including three planes. Detachments continue Ho Chi Minh Trail interdiction as 722 U.S. troops depart home, lowering Vietnam war strength to 460,000. Guerrilla fire damages bases. 11 U.S. servicemen wounded.
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Saigon
API
United States
Laos
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Panhandle
Vietnam
16Th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Nixon
Gis
Tan Son Nhut
Misawa
Japan
Plan of Union Adopted for Nine Denominations
A nine denomination plan aims to unite 25 million Protestants under one church government to remove racial divisions. Six white and three Negro denominations participate. The assembly elected Beazley as chair and Spivey as first vice chair, with Stair as second vice chair. The plan moves to denomination study this year ahead of a 1972 1973 plenary to finalize the document.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Charles S. Spivey Jr
New York
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Ralph M. Stair
Waukesha
Wis
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Mail Ban Sought On Unsolicited Credit Cards
Senator Thomas J. McIntyre urges swift action on a bill to ban mailing unsolicited credit cards to nonrequesting individuals. He cites FTC moves to regulate card issuance and criticizes gaps that leave banks and carriers unregulated, warning of unauthorized charges and credit damage if cards are mishandled.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N
Congress
McIntyre
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Airlines
McIintyre
New Hampshire
Idaho Farmers Burn Spuds To Force a Price Increase
Idaho potato growers in American Falls staged a public burn of 10 million pounds of spuds to press for higher prices. NFO officials say the protests have raised prices by about 50 cents per hundredweight while aiming to bypass brokers and ship directly to stores. The action drew mixed reactions from residents and relief groups who questioned the use of food for protest.
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Idaho
Boise
UPI
American Falls
National Farmers Organization
NFO
del Ray Holm
Holm
NFC
Butte
Mont
United States
Oscar Ellsworth
Lewisville
Laos Outflanking Move Seen To Pressure Nixon
UPI reports Hanoi uses Laos to press Nixon on dual fronts in Vietnam. Pathet Lao gains and a Laos peace proposal signal one strategy to force U.S. withdrawal with terms that could mean broader communist control. Soviets reject international talks as Laos pressures mount.
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Washington
UPI
Laos
Hanoi
Nixon
United States
Southeast Asia
Pathet Lao
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Souvanna Phouma
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ho Chi Minh Trail
CIA
Green Beret
Da Nang Crash Kills 22 on Navy Spy Plane
A U.S. Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew aboard crashed while landing at Da Nang air base killing 22. Nine crewmen and two U.S. Air Force personnel were injured. The aircraft, a Constellation conversion, carried no weapons and the cause cited was mechanical failure.
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da Nang
Navy
Vietnam
UPI
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
South Vietnam
An Khe
Saigon
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
Brooke Urges Freeze On MIRV Deployment
Senator Edward Brooke urges a U S Soviet freeze on MIRV missiles citing an administration study that U S forces remain sufficient even if the Soviets deploy MIRVs. Fulbright backs action to push arms talks at Vienna and hearings begin on a Brooke led resolution seeking moratorium on MIRV testing by both sides.
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Washington
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
United States
Soviet Union
Brooke
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Air Force
Congress
Foreign Relations Disarmament
Executive Branch
Fulbright
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George G. Beazley Jr
Indianapolis
Ind
Council On Christian Unity of the Christian Church
Diciples of Christ
Dr. Beazley
Javery
South Street
Remington, Vermont
Cail
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Richard Charnock
North Vietnam
Rades-In-Arms
Lee Ata
Ealed
Bieta T
Lada
Main ST. Sennington
Bank Americard & Master Charge
Interbank
Main Street
Kennington
Vermont
Freeman
Burt Bros
Nichols
Fresno
Ravon
Avisco
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