Cambodian forces face largest Communist offensive of war
Cambodian spokesman Maj Am Rong said the situation was deteriorating as 7 000 to 10 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops attacked a 16 battalion Cambodian force around Tang Kauk 52 miles north of Phnom Penh. UPI reports Western allies counted 38 US deaths last week with 666 wounded while other Cambodian targets near Prakham and Kompong Chhnang also came under attack.
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Sadat vows to follow Nasser policies in Egypt plebiscite
Anwar Sadat emerged as interim president and pledged to pursue Gamal Abdel Nasser policies ahead of the October 15 national plebiscite, likely winning a six year rule. He outlined a six point program aligned with Nasser on foreign and domestic fronts.
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Nixon peace plan seen as start of exploration
Washington officials call President Nixon’s cease-fire plan the beginning of a broader process toward an Indochina settlement. They say it may take time to bear fruit, with aims including a cease-fire in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia, a Geneva type peace conference, a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal, and unconditional release of all POWs. Congress reaction was favorable and guardedly hopeful.
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Torres to name Bolivian cabinet as turmoil spreads
President Juan Jose Torres conferred with backers and labor leaders to form a cabinet after seizing power from the rightist junta. In Oruro troops clashed with workers leaving seven dead. in La Paz students seized the U S Cultural Center and U S Information Service office. The Bolivian Workers Center issued a 20 point mandate calling for suspending Gulf Oil payments and an independent foreign policy. Labor groups rallied for a socialist government as a military regime collapsed.
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U.S. Information Service
Torres
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Rogelio Miranda
Alfredo Ovando
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Nixon briefs Northeast newsmen on foreign policy
President Nixon will brief newsmen from the Northeast in Hartford on Monday after visiting Key Biscayne. He will attend the dedication of a new Italian community center in Stamford on Columbus Day before flying to Savannah to dedicate an ocean research center. Noting the trip, White House spokesman Ziegler outlined the sequence and timing. Four New Englanders were among 37 passengers aboard a missing USAF C130 with no survivors confirmed.
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Key Biscayne
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Taiwan
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Hanoi
Clive Jenkins
The
Association of Scientific
Guardian
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Paris
World lauds Nixon cease fire plan amid mixed Vietnam views
Nations across Asia Pacific praise President Nixon for an immediate cease fire proposal to end the Indochina war. South Vietnam voices backing after talks with the United States, while some officials remain doubtful. South Korea Australia and New Zealand endorse the five points, with Japan welcoming the move and urging peaceful action.
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Keith J. Holyoake
Japan
Shigeru Hori
U.S
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