Ex planner accuses U S policy of rank paternalism in Vietnam
Leslie H. Gelb former Pentagon policy chief says four core failures underlie U S Vietnam policy based on paternalistic concealment and half truths. He cites Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson and Nixon eras and blames deliberate rhetoric and loaded choices that avoided honest debate with Congress and the public.
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New York
UPI
America
Vietnam
Pentagon
Leslie H. Gelb
Defense Department
Life Magazine
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Khrushchev Buried In Simple Moscow Funeral
Nikita S. Khrushchev was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in a modest rite attended by family and a small crowd. Sergei Khrushchev delivered a personal eulogy as Nina Petrovna wept, while a Kremlin wreath and a lone brass band closed the ceremony amid light rain and a bare grave.
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UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Novodevichy
Sergei
Nina Petrovna
Pravda
Nikita Sergeyevich
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Nikita
Israel protests Syrian jet over Golan Heights
Israeli gunners fired at a Syrian MIG17 over the Golan Heights amid a third overflight since the August 1970 cease-fire. Israel lodged a protest with the U N Truce Supervisory Commission in Jerusalem. Egypt said its downing of a Sukhoi 7 near the Suez Canal was an isolated incident and warned Israel would fire again if intrusions continued. Diplomatic sources in Cairo called the incident isolated. Prime Minister Fawzi in Egypt began cabinet reshuffle talks after a referendum approved a new constitution.
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Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud Fawzi
Fawzi
Anwar Sadat
Nine Die In Bus Crash On Monarch Pass
A Gunnison High School junior varsity bus carrying players to a game failed brakes on Monarch Pass. The bus sped down a winding mountain road and crashed into a Garfield parking lot, killing eight players and a coach and injuring 39. Driver Royce Mustain survived, with 19 remaining hospitalized, three in critical condition. Airlifted victims included Mustain.
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Colo
UPI
Gunnison High
Bob Ragatz
Gunnison High School
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Mustain
Denver
Gravel predicts Nixon will cancel Amchitka test
Massachusetts senator Mike Gravel told MASS PAX delegates in Cambridge that President Nixon is expected to cancel the underground October test in Alaska during a later Alaska trip. Gravel said Nixon will announce on September 26 during his visit to Alaska to greet Emperor Hirohito, framing the trip as a PR gesture and pledging no danger to Japan from the test.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Nixon
Alaska
Mike Gravel
Massachusetts Peace Action Coalition
Masspax
Gravel
Richard Nixon
Amchitka Island
Hirohito
Japan
Energy crisis avoided in U S this coming winter experts say
UPI reports most energy experts government industry and consumers believe the United States will not face an energy crisis this winter. Coal production is up and railroad car shortages eased, reducing risk of blackouts or brownouts.
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U.S
Drew von Bergen
Washington
UPI
Robert B. Boyd
Federal Power Commission
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Carl Bagge
National Coal Association
NCA
Bagge
FPC
South Vietnamese force destroys Laos border supply cache
In a sweeping operation near the Laotian border, South Vietnamese Black Panther forces uncovered and destroyed a Communist supply cache and captured three 122mm long range North Vietnamese guns. The action marks the first major success for a 13,000 soldier task force entering its second week across 625 square miles of rugged terrain.
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Saigon
UPS
Black Panther
Toda
Double trouble at downtown St Louis factory parking lot
Cruden Martin Manufacturing Co. employees Bill Sanner and Ray Kuehne lock and chain their blue and yellow Volkswagens each morning after a spate of car thefts in the lot below the Demilitarized Zone area. Meanwhile Vietnamese reports say a 220-man Black Panther unit near Khe Sanh withstood a shell barrage and destroyed enemy vehicles, while U S air and naval forces resumed raids in the DMZ.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Bill Sanner
Ray Kuehne
Volkswagen
Cruden Martin Manufacturing Co
St. Louis
Sanner
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Laos
At the Movies Harte Reviews Two Local Films
Harte covers Little Big Man at Harte Theatre through Tuesday with Dustin Hoffman starring while Chief Dan George steals scenes. Manchester Cinema shows Love Story with Ryan O Neal Ali McGraw John Marley Ray Milland. Williamstown College Cinema replays The Foursome following a prior run. Showtimes: Harte 7 10 and 9 25 Manchester 8 Williamstown 7 30 and 9 15.
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