First major Cambodian counterattack shocks U.S. forces
In Cambodia North Vietnamese troops launched their first major assault on an American artillery base, as U.S. forces held the defense and reported 58 enemy deaths. The battle followed U.S. withdrawals, helicopter losses including Maj. Gen. A. B. Dillard, and recent Viet Cong and NVA attacks in Saigon and Phnom Penh amid a broader cross-border campaign.
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UPS
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Cambodia
Vietnam
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South Vietnam
Highlands
Dillard
Los Angeles
Nixon
Phnom Penh
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Fishhook
Louisiana U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Cholon
Mekong
Kompong Cham
Turmoil Swells on U S Campuses
National Guardsmen and police fought students at the University of South Carolina after a curfew. At Southern Illinois University 20 percent of students marched on the president’s home prompting a campus closure. Protests spread to Michigan and Ohio with multiple fires and curfews.
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University of South Carolina
Southern Illinois University
Robert McNair
Delyte Morris
Robert W. MacVicar
Michigan
William G. Milliken
Ypsilanti
OSU
National Guard
Nixon Tax Proposal Draws Cool Start in House
President Nixon’s plan to grant tax breaks worth about 600 million dollars to spur exports drew an initially cool response from House tax writers. Treasury urged delaying tax payments on export profits via a Domestic International Sales Corporation to boost foreign sales, with Mills and Vanik voicing skepticism and noting limited price impact.
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VPI
Nixon
House
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
International Sales Corporation
DISC
Paper Corporation
Mills
Paul Volcker
Volcker
Explosion Destroys Pacifica Transmitter
A blast destroyed KPFT FM transmitter near Missouri City Texas. Police ruled out accident but offered little on cause. Station staff described it as deliberate with threats persisting since stations began broadcasting March 1. Pacifica Foundation operates KPFT along with New York Los Angeles and San Francisco outlets.
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Tex
UPI
Houston
Pacifica
Linda Todd
Kpft-Fm
Arlo Guthrie
Larry Lee
Lee
Miss Todd
KPFT
United States
Pacifica Foundation, Inc
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Hijacked ferry siege ends with police killing youth
A 20 year old Nobushisa Kawafuji hijacked the Prince Maru in Hiroshima forcing a 17 hour inland sea voyage with 33 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Police sharpshooters fired from 160 feet, striking him in the chest as he waved rifles and a pistol. He died 1 hour 40 minutes later after a televised pursuit that drew 11 patrol vessels and a torpedo boat.
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Hiroshima
Japan
UPI
Nobushisa Kawajiji
Kawafuji
Shikoku
Shigeo Kawafuji
Yoko
Nobushisha
Bennington Banner.Subscription rates and contact details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont with United Press International for local news. Home delivery is available by carrier or motor, rates listed: 3 months 6.30 6 months 11.70 1 year 22.50 within 50 mile Vermont. elsewhere in U S 3 months 7.00 6 months 13.00 1 year 25.00.
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Main St
Bennington
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Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
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