Marines Mistakenly Shell Allies as Saigon Front Quiet
U S troops report 38 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed along the northern coast of South Vietnam. A U S Marines unit reportedly shelled friendly forces, killing two Allied troops and wounding five. In Cambodia, Maj Am Rong says the battlefields are unusually quiet except Baden near Phnom Penh where Viet Cong attacked Cambodian positions. Casualties in Cambodia are not known.
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South Vietnam
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da Nang
U.S. Marine Corps
Am _ Rong
Cambodia
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Baden
Phnom Penh
Berlin
Germany
UPI
Hans Huessy
Jericho
East Berlin
Marc
Huessy
United States
East Germany
Army owes GI honorable discharge after records lost
UPI Washington reports federal Judge Howard F. Corcoran ruled Pvt. Ricardo S. Caraco must receive an honorable discharge and immediate release despite 18 months absence while his records vanished in the Army. The court found no evidence orders were mailed and held the Army liable for detaining him and withholding pay.
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Vietnam
Billerica
Mass
Army
Corcoran
Vermont welfare reform eyed to curb fraud and boost aid
Governor Davis outlined a six point welfare regulation plan to shift funds toward eligible recipients and crack down on fraud. Vermont Legal Aid has challenged the plan, which raises regular benefits under AFDC while cutting many special grants and strengthens child support enforcement.
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Rutland
UPI
Davis
Vermont
Vermont Legal Aid
Columbus Day Visits Prompt Kids Reflections in Watervliet
In Watervliet Carolyn Tatanus, 7, and many other children visiting Colonie Center on Columbus Day shared what Columbus meant to them. The prompt asked kids to express their views while off from school for the holiday.
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Watervliet
America
Heaven
Carolyn Tatanus
Carolyn
Colonie Center
Albany Mall Towers housing project begins with ceremony
A state aided aging housing complex named South Mall Towers will start construction in Albany on Wednesday. Governor Rockefeller will attend. The two eight story buildings will rise on nearly two acres and provide about 300 middle and low income apartments at an estimated cost of 12 million dollars.
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Albany
South Mall Towers
Rockefeller
Supremes refuse review in Pittsfield Vixen case
The U S Supreme Court declined to review a Massachusetts exhibitor’s claim that authorities privately warned him to stop showing the film Vixen under threat of arrest. After the film's Sept 4 1969 screening in Pittsfield officials withdrew the movie and the exhibitor sued.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Matthew J. Ryan Jr
U.S. District Court
Boston
1St Circuit Court of Appeals
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