Total Death Toll Passes 700000 In Vietnam War
Saigon reports that U.S. casualty figures show dead surpassing 700 thousand as fighting along the Cambodian border and near the DMZ continued. The 3rd Marine Division, the first American unit to arrive in Vietnam, was dispatched to the area.
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Vietnam War
Saigon
Okinawa
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
4Th Marine Regiment
Tripoli
Nixon
da Nang
3Rd Division
Vietnam
Con Thien
Khe Sanh
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Hijack of Polish airliner at Vienna by two youths
Two youths armed with a toy pistol and fake bombs hijacked a LOT airliner en route from Warsaw to Wroclaw and forced it to land at Vienna Schwechat Airport. The incident marks the second LOT hijacking in a month and follows other Eastern Europe hijackings during the period.
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Vienna
UPI
Interior Ministry
Austria
Warsaw
Wroclaw
Poland
Schwechat
LOT
Europe
Sofia
Bulgaria
Istanbul
Turkey
Tegel
West Berlin
Brussels
East Berlin
Minor Quake Rattles Eight States Across Southeast
A 4.75 magnitude tremor struck the eastern U S with its epicenter 60 miles west of Roanoke Virginia near the West Virginia line. No injuries or major damage reported as windows and plaster shook in Ohio Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia and Tennessee. Some residents blamed Apollo 12 moon mission for the event.
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Raleigh
N.C
UPS
United States
Ohio
Georgia
Roanoke
West Virginia
National Earthquake Center
Rockville
Galax
Alaska
San Francisco
Virginia
North Carolina
Cincinnati
Dayton
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Egghornsville
Betty Mills
Judge Hoffman Denies Mistrial in Chicago Seven Trial
In Chicago, Judge Julius J. Hoffman rejected the defense’s bid for a mistrial in the Chicago Seven case. The eight week trial saw heated exchanges as Kunstler and Weinglass argued with prosecutors over lectern conduct and cross-examination about alleged firebomb plots at Grant Park.
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Chicago Seven
Chicago
UPID
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
Weinglass
Irwin Bock
Man seeks help after storms wreck Edsel Hudsons homes
A Mississippi Employment Service client in Biloxi reported repeated losses from storms starting with Hurricane Betsy in the early 1960s. He said his family moved to Minnesota, then faced a tornado that destroyed their home, followed by Hurricane Camille in August that wiped out a third home.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Manpower Magazine
Biloxi, Miss
Mississippi Employment Service
Minnesota
Camille
Edsel Hudson
Tran Thien Khiem Moves Toward New Saigon Government
UPI reports Lt. Gen. Tran Thien Khiem, premier in Saigon, backs a move toward a truly representative government while rival Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh plots from exile. The piece traces Khiem’s rise, Thieu’s mentorship, and tensions with Ky, amid Paris talks with Viet Cong signals.
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Tran Thien Khiem
Saigon
United States
Duong van Minh
Big Minh
Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Washington
Taiwan
Khiem
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Paris
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Ho Chi Minh
James Wood
Ashland
David Lamb
U.S. Command
3Rd Marine Division
Zenith
Southeastern States
Charles Sears
Virginia Tech
Fulbright
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Rogers
Hanoi
Grant Park
Harte Theatre
Via
Wirgot Sjoman
William Wolf
Cue Magazine
Grove Press
Lena Nyman
Sandrews
Ichoels
Corning
Centura Corning
White Sale
UC Pel
Ads
Phil Newsom
Margate
England
Safari Park Zoo
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
Shea Agency
Shea Agency Inc
Shea
Agency
Interbank
New England
Catamount National Bank
Brattleboro
North Bennington
Manchester Center
Brattleboro, North
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