Desperate Battle For Hamburger Hill In Saigon
UPI reported paratroopers climbed Hamburger Hill amid heavy North Vietnamese machine gun fire. In the week, U.S. combat deaths nearly doubled to about 340 as North Vietnamese losses were tallied. battles raged near the Laotian border with 125 Communists killed and 12 Americans.
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David Lamb
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Kate Webb
Britain weighs repeal of Magna Carta provisions in new bill
London peers study the Statute Repeals Bill to erase eight of the remaining ten articles the Magna Carta has long stood for. It would also drop the 300 year old act seeking Charles I murderers and cancel two dozen other relics dating from medieval to early modern times. The plan preserves only liberties tied to city privileges and limits royal debtors and customs. Charles I murder clause would close that historic file, though some insist the murder never occurred.
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Oliver Cromwell
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Congress Debates Extending Tax Surcharge Amid Spending Fight
Congress moves to extend the 10 percent income tax surcharge through year end with Nixon backing coverage for all 1968 earnings. Mills ties extension to tax relief for the poor while Mansfield urges a stricter spending limit. Budget Director Mayo notes little room for cuts, and a $3.8 billion bill with a new spending cap is also debated. Findley proposes limiting lawmakers pay raises though chances are slim.
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Congress
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Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
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Mills
U.S. News and World Report
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Robert P. Mayo
Ways and Means
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Findley
Russia and U S Probe Haddocks Spawning Habits
Woods Hole Massachusetts residents report a fishery crisis as haddock fail to spawn for five years near Maine. A two year joint Russia United States program aboard Albatross 4 and PrognoZ launches a 10 day mission to identify causes and resume spawning. Fishermen seek $15 million five year federal aid to diversify equipment and fishery.
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Woods Hole
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UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Maine
Massachus
New England
Robert Edwards
Bureau of Fisheries Laboratory
Gloucester
Atlantic Fishermen’s Union
Rogers Says Peace Depends on Hanoi In Vietnam
UPI reports U S Secretary of State William P Rogers arrived in Bangkok to attend SEATO ministerial talks and Vietnam Allies meetings He stated at the airport that the Hanoi regime must decide if Vietnam will have peace or continued conflict He expressed hope collective military action can be eliminated.
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UPI
U.S
William P. Rogers
Hanoi
Vietnam
Young Driver Promised to Stay With Bike After Chase
In Muscatine Iowa a seven year old named Tom Hershberger drove a car from a used car lot prompting a police chase. He was soon persuaded to abandon the car and return to riding his bicycle.
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Haitian Dictator Reported To Be Seriously Ill
UPI reports informed Haitian sources say at least one foreign medical specialist has been flown in to attend President Francois Duvalier who is seriously ill with heart trouble diabetes and possibly cancer. Ambassadors and officials deny death rumors while noting doctors ordered rest. Duvalier turned 62 last April and has ruled since 1957.
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UPI
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Arthur Bonhomme
Marie Denise
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