Allied Warplanes Strike Back At Enemy Gunners in Cambodia
North Vietnamese gunners in Cambodia fired 68 rounds into the Bu Prang Green Beret camp as Allied jets and artillery returned fire. The clash, the 21st day of cross border bombardment, left light casualties though reports say 40 Green Berets and 90 tribesmen have died or been wounded overall. Col Vo Van Canh ordered further retaliatory strikes while noting they could continue as long as fire persisted from Cambodia.
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Saigon
API
Cambodia
Bu Prang
UPI
Nat Gibson
U.S
Bu Prant
Gibson
Allie
Duc Lap
Green Beret
Vo van Canh
South Vietnam
Conrad Aiken Wins 1969 National Medal for Literature
The 80 year old Conrad Aiken received the 1969 National Medal for Literature at his Brewster home, earning $5,000 and a bronze medal. The ceremony cited his poetry and prose illuminating the human condition, noting his long career with more than 40 books and prior awards including a Pulitzer and a National Book Award. Previous honorees include Wilder, Wilson, Auden and Moore.
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Brewster, Mass
UPI
Conrad Aiken
Cape Cod
Aiken
Thornton Wilder
Edmund Wilson
W. H. Auden
Marianne Moore
Army Probes Civilians Executed by GIs at My Lai No 4
UPI reports U S Army investigators examine claims from Son My villagers that a 100 man unit killed up to 700 civilians in March 1968 near Quang Ngai. Lt William Calley faced a murder case for 109 deaths as seven officers questioned residents amid the probe.
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Quang Ngai
Vietnam
UPI
U.S. Army
U.S
Son My
Saigon
Qaung Ngai City
My Lai No. 4
William Calley
Miami, Fla
Ft. Benning, Ga
Apollo 12 Readies Moon Orbit This Evening
Houston reports Apollo 12 crew Conrad Bean Gordon will lose radio contact with Earth for a half hour as they pass behind the moon. After contact is reestablished they plan to fire the main engine to enter lunar orbit with the astronauts alone above an alien world far from home.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Earth
Charles
Pete”’ Conrad
Alan L. Bean
Richard F. Gordon
America
Moon
Gerald D. Griffin
Conrad
Bean
Gordon
Navy
Paul Weitz
Loi Qunar
Pacific Ocean
Israeli Papers Urge Retaliatory Raids in Egypt
Israeli newspapers pressed for retaliation against Egypt after the Eilat raid, while premier Golda Meir convened a caretaker cabinet to discuss responses. Israeli jets already attacked across the Jordan border in a 15 minute operation with no casualties reported.
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United Press International
Jordan
Egypt
Eilat
Golda Meir
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Ha’aretz
Ilat
Gulf of Aqaba
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Youth Voting Age Debate Fails to Rally States
Washington window notes unrest among youths as voters reject 18 to 19 year age reductions in New Jersey and Ohio. Comparisons show many states keep minimum voting ages with Alaska at 19 and Hawaii at 20. The piece surveys past votes, party platforms, and proposed 1970 and 1972 ballot actions across multiple states.
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Washington
UPI
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
New Jersey
Ohio
Nebraska
North Dakota
Tennessee
Michigan
Council of State Governments
Maine
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Montana
Oregon
Wyoming
Connecticut
Delaware
Nevada
GOP
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By Raymond Lahr
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Frome
Joseph A. Nadeau Inc
Bennington, VI
Bi Eet
New England Bankcard Association
Turkey
Complete Home Entertainment
New York City
Better TV Inc
South Street
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