South Vietnamese deny rout amid Laos firefight
UPI reports U.S. helicopters airlifted nearly 2,000 South Vietnamese troops from a Laotian jungle near the abandoned Fire Base Lolo. A South Vietnamese unit was surrounded after suffering over 100 dead and wounded, while Saigon dismissed rumors of a border pullback as untrue.
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UPI
U.S
Lolo
South Vietnam
Brown
Hoang Xuan Lam
Laos
Lam
Sepone
Khe Sanh
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Schlesinger backs McGovern amid Vietnam war duel
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., former Kennedy aide, endorsed George McGovern for the Democratic nomination while rating Muskie and Humphrey as frontrunners. He predicted McGovern’s strength in Nebraska and California primaries and linked Nixon’s fate to Vietnam policy and inflation. He urged congressional action on Hatfield’s defense cut proposal to end the war.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
George McGovern
South Dakota
Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
Schlesinger
Nixon
Vietnam
Nebraska
California
Congressional
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Nixon pushes immediate Social Security tax hike
President Nixon urged Congress to raise Social Security taxes now to fund a 10 percent increase in old age benefits, warning delaying the tax rise could worsen inflation. The plan would lift the tax bite to about 468 dollars from 405 for earners of 9000 and up, totaling 3.6 billion annually.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Women claim publicity stunt as two workers are fired
Cleveland report states two women hired by a construction executive to showcase women’s liberationists were fired a day before union enrollment. Mrs Josephine Denk, 37, and Mrs Verna Miller, 48, say foreman claimed they could not do the job as well as men despite completing all tasks.
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Cleveland
UPI
Josephine Denk
Verna Miller
Insana Construction Co
Building Laborers Union
Washington Window lament on urban life and power limits
The piece reflects a 20th century urban malaise as residents confront delays, outages, and unreliable services. It contrasts commuting woes with household repairs and power failures, highlighting helplessness in modern city life and the lack of accountability from providers. The tone laments daily frictions that erode patience and community order.
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Louis Cassels
UPI
Washington
D.C
Maryland
Marcos urges advance notice of American Asia policy change
Philippine President Ferdinand E Marcos urged the United States to inform non Communist Asian leaders well in advance of any basic changes in its Asia policy. He spoke in an interview with UPI about Asian leaders’ worries over Vietnam withdrawal and troop reductions abroad.
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Mims Thomason
Manila
UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
United States
Asia
America
Marcos
Vietnam
United
Tora Tora Tora at the Harte and Hollywood take
The review notes the film Tora Tora Tora depicts Pearl Harbor’s lead up and the attack, calling the cost of the battle sequence massive. It also mentions other films Take A Girl Like You and The Threesome at local cinemas with separate ratings and showtimes. The piece shifts to U.S. policy remarks on no fault auto insurance and Nixon doctrine discussions.
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Power Company
Homos Urbanus
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Cordell Hull
Hull
U.S
Harte Theatre
Hayley Mills
Manchester
Oliver Reed
Williamstown
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