South's losses more than double U.S. in seven months
Saigon reports seven month battlefield deaths far surpass U.S. losses with 11,450 South Vietnamese and 4,907 Americans killed. The span includes renewed Viet Cong activity in the Mekong Delta, rocket strikes on Saigon, and U.S. air and ground actions near Da Nang. Desertion rises in South Vietnamese forces to about 10 per 1,000,igniting concern amid Vietnamization efforts.
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Mekong
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Torrijos Restored In Panama
Panama's National Guard restored Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos as commander of the 6,000 man force and the country's strongman after two colonels who ousted him were arrested. Torrijos had been declared ousted the day before and his return creates uncertainty about the junta governing Panama since October 1968.
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Mexico City
San Salvador
el Salvador
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Reuters
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Armalfo Aria
Jose Pinilla
Bolivar Urrutia
Renault Workers To Share Profits
In Paris the National Assembly gave preliminary approval to a bill to grant Renaults 80,000 workers at Frances largest state factory a share in its capital and profits. Communists and Socialists opposed, arguing for immediate higher pay instead of stock to be sold years hence.
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Paris
National Assembly
Renault Auto
France
Kennedy Offers National Health Insurance Plan
Sen Edward Kennedy proposed a phased national health insurance starting with children in 1971 and extending to all Americans by 1975. Funded by progressive taxation, the plan would be financed from the general treasury and avoid Social Security payroll deductions, with doctors in a National Health Corps exempt from the draft. Kennedy argued for comprehensive coverage, free choice, and income-based cost sharing, saying the aim is to prevent a broken or government takeover of care.
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Commons Votes Abolition of Capital Punishment
The British House of Commons voted 343 to 185 to abolish the death penalty, moving toward permanent suspension though Lords debate looms. Home Secretary Callaghan led the measure, citing public opinion while warning Parliament to lead. Since 1963 a five year trial period has been in effect with mixed reactions from police and prison officers associations.
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West 3 Urge Soviets to Discuss Berlin Talks
West's Big Three pressed the Soviet Union to begin four power talks on improving Berlin and access to the divided city. The aides memorandums, prepared with Bonn, called for an early start and a mutually agreed venue and time. ASEAN foreign ministers closed a two day meeting approving 98 regional cooperation recommendations.
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Willy Brandt
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Gromyko
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Malaysia
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Bill seeks new Western Mass airport feasibility study
Boston AP reports Sen. John D. Barrus filed a bill to establish a commission to study the advisability and feasibility of a Western Massachusetts airport capable of handling international traffic. The measure notes current long trips to Bradley Logan and New York area airports and references potential use of federal facilities at Westover. A second bill would restrict Logan flights to between 11:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. Also, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ordered West Lynn Salvage Co. of Lynn to stop burning scrap wood and Back Bay Apartments in Boston for emitting excess smoke from a brick smokestack.
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R-Goshen
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New York City
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Lynn
Back Bay Apartments, Inc
St. Botolph Street
Laird Okays Using Germs to Make Toxins
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird stated the Army will be allowed to use germs to produce poisonous toxins for its chemical weapons arsenal. He said toxins are chemical agents and not prohibited by Nixon's ban on offensive biological weapons, clarifying there is no disagreement between the State Department and the Defense Department on this interpretation.
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Department of Defense
Italian police charge group in bombings
Milan and Rome police charged nine members of an anarchist band with setting bombs that killed 14 and injured more than 100 last weekend. The group included a 16 year old ballet dancer known as the cobra and a 41 year old railroad worker who died during questioning. A taxi driver identified suspect Pietro Valpreda as driving to the bank with a bag before the blast.
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Giuseppe Pinelli
Pietro Valpreda
Banca Nazionale del’ la Agricoltura
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