Proxmire Accuses Saigon Regime of Arms Selloff
Senator William Proxmire charges South Vietnam is selling U.S. supplied arms on the open market. He cites a Vietnamese flyer listing over 5000 M16 rifles and other weapons and asks the Pentagon and State Department for urgent answers on dealers, sales counts, and safeguards against Viet Cong or U.S. misuse.
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Defense Lawyer Asks Where Is The Body In Vietnam Case
UPI Boston F Lee Bailey, famed defense attorney, says the Army must prove a killing in the Vietnam double agent case and questions CIA honesty. He notes secrecy and wartime powers raise how much oversight exists, and whether the case will reveal who controls the CIA.
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Fire on Civilians Mistaken for Viet Cong in Saigon
In Saigon a helicopter gunship attack killed 14 civilians and wounded seven, including two women, as civilians and South Vietnamese soldiers fled 340 miles northeast of Saigon. Officials said pilots mistook fleeing South Vietnamese for Viet Cong. no American shots were fired. An investigation was started with dates noting Nixon’s troop withdrawal and the first units set to depart.
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Pope Paul VI Turns 72 Amid Church Upheaval
Pope Paul VI, age 72, marks his birthday as the Roman Catholic Church faces global controversy over birth control and priestly celibacy. He continues planning the World Synod of Bishops opening Oct. 11 and manages ongoing church reforms amid criticism. Since taking office in 1963, he has engaged in travels and leadership during a difficult era for the church.
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White Workers Rally In Chicago Discrimination Hearing Riot
In Chicago police and crowds clashed as white construction workers attacked Black protesters at a federal hearing on job discrimination. Five injured, nine arrested, four Black men beaten, Picasso statue climbed, and later confrontations near the Federal Building with protesters from both sides.
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Army Seizes Control in Bolivia
PAZ Bolivia. The Bolivian military announced a bloodless coup naming Gen Alfredo Ovando as new president. Constitutional President Luis Adolfo Siles whereabouts unknown. Troops held the presidential palace congress city hall and patrolled La Paz. Mayor Armando Escobar arrested. Siles was finishing Barrientos term after a previous helicopter crash death last spring.
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