Death of Four Gls In Laos Reported
SAIGON reports four Americans were killed in the downing of a Marine helicopter in Laos. The UH1 Huey was hit by ground fire and exploded in flight over the lower Laotian panhandle. The tally raises U.S. aircraft losses to 11 since March 10.
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Saigon
UPS
USS
Laos
United States
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
da Nang
Meko Delta
9Th Infantry
Kien Thien
U Minh Forest
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Tan An
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Cambodia removes Sihanouk signs as party forms republic
Phnom Penh marks Sihanouk holiday while reports say new leadership will declare Cambodia a republic. Two assemblymen say the move follows removal of Sihanouk and Queen Mother Kossamak imagery. Exiled Sihanouk in Peking. Sangkum party once guided neutrality and peaceful coexistence.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Kossamak
Peking
Popular Socialist Community of
Sangkum
Cheng Heng
Sihanoukville
Lon Nol
East Germany
Princess Monique
Massachusetts House Defeats Abortion Legalization Bill
The Massachusetts House voted 184 to 32 to defeat a bill that would repeal a 125 year old abortion ban. Lawmakers debated morality and personal choice with quotes from several representatives. A substitute commission study was rejected by 127 to 94. Five related birth control and abortion reform bills were also defeated.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts House
House
Joel S. Greenburg
Pittsfield
William A. Carey
Carey
Robert C. Aronson
Irving Fishman
D-Newton
John J. Desmond
Lowell
Joint Social Welfare Committee
Two Admit Shooting Vietnamese Prisoner
Two soldiers testified at a general court martial for Army Lt. James B. Duffy on murder charges after admitting they fired 15 to 17 bullets into a Vietnamese prisoner named De Van Minh. Spec.4 Walstad and Spec.4 Wilson described Lanasa firing first and Duffy allegedly ordering the execution, with Minh tied to a stake overnight before being killed. Capt. Turner corroborated radio reports about the prisoner’s age wounds and Viet Cong status.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
UPI
Army
James B. Duffy
Claremont
Calif
David Walstad
Royal Oak
Mich
Curtis Wilson
Roanoke
Ala
de van Minh
Duffy
John R. Lanasa
Baton Rouge
Walsted
Lanasa
Minh
Howard D. Turner
Coldwater
Off Shore Oil Drilling Protested in New Orleans
Conservationists called for an indefinite offshore drilling shutdown after viewing the remains of the largest oil slick. Phillip Berry urged halting new land leasing on the outer Continental Shelf until fail safe methods are proven. A protest outside Chevron’s New Orleans office drew forty demonstrators from the STOP coalition. Two Gulf wells continued spewing oil as a new valve was designed after a standard valve failed to cap one well. Crust colored slime drifted toward the Gulf coast with no immediate land threat.
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New Orleans
OPI
Phillip Berry
Iry
San Francisco
Erra Club
Chevron
Louisiana Citizens Committee
Gulf Oil
Gulf
Pub plan near Jodrell Bank tees with space signals
Don Winkle, owner of a public house in Swettenham England, faced court scrutiny over plans to add a steak and chips bar. Officials at the nearby Jodrell Bank telescope complained the pub’s electrical equipment could interfere with or obliterate space signals from U.S. space tracking missions.
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Swettenham
England
UPD
Don Winkle
Winkle
Jodrell Bank
U.S
Telescope
War Concerns Rise Over Drug Use by GIs in Viet Nam
Senate subcommittee hears claims of widespread marijuana use among U S soldiers in Vietnam linked to violent incidents like My Lai. Senator Dodd cites Vietnamese marijuana as stronger than U S varieties and warns that drugs may cause temporary insanity and dangerous behavior in combat.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
My Lai
Charles West
Chicago
Vietnam
U.S
Dodd
United States
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Manchester Center
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New England Bankcard Association
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