South Vietnamese abandon Lolo base in Laos in retreat
More than 1,000 South Vietnamese troops fled through Laotian jungle with the wounded after abandoning artillery base Lolo. U S helicopter pilots reported rescues, blockades by North Vietnamese forces, and a subsequent withdrawal toward bases Brown and A Loui amid continued fighting and air strikes. Saigon said 1,100 Communists were killed in the Laos campaign, with 16 killed and 190 wounded among South Vietnamese.
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Laos
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Brown
A Loui
W. O. Fred Few
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fred Scholfield
Gainesville
Fla
Scholfield
Khe Sanh
Tricia Nixon Engagement Official at White House Party
Washington United Press International reports Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox became officially engaged at a White House celebration that also marked Pat Nixon’s birthday and a pre St Patrick’s Day event. The engagement was announced by President Nixon in the East Room before about 300 guests.
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Washington
UPI
Tricia Nixon
New York
Edward Finch Cox
White House
Fred McMurray
Dennis Day
Tricia
Cox
Harvard Law School
Pat Nixon
Nixon
Edward Cox
Ireland
John Lynch
Rothery Pool Fence Plan Sparks Bikini Ban Debate
In Basilcon England town planners approve a swimming pool for business man Harry Rothery but require a fence to curb bikini distraction of nearby motorists. The scene includes expectations from the bride to be Tricia Nixon Cox and guests in the Blue Room.
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Basilcon
England
UPI
Harry Rothery
Mohawk Airlines Posts 1970 Net Loss of 11.9 Million
Mohawk Airlines reports a net loss of 11.9 million for the 1970 calendar year due to a pilots strike that began November 12. The figure compares with a 4.8 million deficit in 1969, despite 6.4 percent higher passenger mile revenues in October 1970 and an 18 percent rise in cargo mileage for the first ten months.
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Mohawk
Utica
N.Y
UPI
Mohawk Airlines
Russell V. Stephenson
Stephenson
Air Express
Indira Gandhi wins vast mandate amid Indian poverty
Indira Gandhi declared a socialist program to aid the poor as her party claimed a sweeping victory. She faces a polarized nation with industrialists and rival parties opposing her plans including potential constitutional changes and tax reforms. The landslide comes amid rising prices and social tensions marked by fatal violence in West Bengal.
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Indira Gandhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
New Congress Party
Congress Party
Gandhi
Crum Denies Story Told Senate Probe on CBS TV
William J Crum the Vietnam money king denied illicit business with the military and said he would answer Senate investigators questions in the Orient Doctors say he is ill with muscular dystrophy and cirrhosis Crum disputes Bybee a former employee who claimed payments to Brig Gen Earl Cole Crum contends Bybee lied about Crums boasts and connections Wallace notes Goldwaters denial and Ribicoff subcommittee responses follow up cross examination centered on Crums lack of oath confirmation and corroboration by transcripts and exhibits
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New York
UPI
William J. Crum
Vietnam
Senate
Hong Kong
Mike Wallace
CBS
Sixty Minutes
Crum
Washington
Orient
Jack Bybee
Earl Cole
Cole
Bybee
Barry Goldwater
Wallace
Goldwater
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
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