Tet cease fire ends amid 91 enemy attacks
Saigon AP reports the 24 hour allied cease fire for Tet ended with at least 91 enemy attacks causing 117 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese, three Americans and four South Vietnamese deaths. Heaviest fighting reported south of the DMZ as Da Nang troops engage. The U.S. Command notes 18 hours of ceasefire incidents with 72 enemy attacks and 13 U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties. The Army will assume overall command from the Marines in the 1st Corps Zone starting March 9.
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Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Anr
Ba Xoai
Seven Mountains
Mekong
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U.S. Army
South Vietnam
1St Corps
3Rd Marine Amphibious Force
Army
24Th Corps
Phu Bai
Hue
3Rd Marine Division
26Th Marine
Vietnam
Nixon
Fulbright Panel Weighs 9 War Resolutions After Hearings
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by J W Fulbright, weighs nine Vietnam policy measures after two days of hearings. Kentucky Senator John Sherman Cooper notes repeal of the Tonkin Gulf resolution has the best chance but may falter without cross-party support.
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Washington
Mixon
Tonkin Gulf
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Gulf of Tonkin
Congress
U.S
Johnson
Buk Sen
Stephen M. Young
B-Ghic
Young
Nixon
Fulbright
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
National Assembly
Tran Ngoc Chau
Thien
Ellsworth Bunker
Chau
Thieu
U S Probes POW Abuse at Hanoi Peace Talks
At the 33rd session in Paris, U S Ambassador Habib presented new evidence of inhumane POW treatment by North Vietnam and demanded impartial observers at camps. He cited the 1949 Geneva Convention breach after reports that five American prisoners were executed in 1986 and publicly displayed. The U S urged exchange of sick and wounded captives and immediate peace talks.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Wa van Lay
Habib
South Vietnam
Nixon
Lau
Ford Challenges Oil Companies On Cleaner Gas
Ford Motor Co. says it will modify its cars to use a pollution reducing lead free gasoline once such fuel is developed. Henry Ford II told heads of 19 major oil firms that the industry and auto makers can achieve cleaner air. Atlantic Richfield Co announced it would produce the lead free fuel if automakers create engines to use it, with plans to sell the fuel in fall 1971.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Atlantic Richfield Co
Atlantic Richfield
Egyptians Attack Two Israeli Ships in Eilat Harbor
Egyptian frogmen breached two Israeli navy supply ships at Eilat, sinking one and grounding the other in shallow water. Later, Egyptian jets bombed a UN observation post near the Suez Canal, injuring an Israeli soldier. two ships were identified as Beit Shafei and Beit Yam. Israel reported no casualties among its forces.
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U.N
Tel Aviv
Eilat
Suez Canal
Port Taufiq
Cairo
Egypt
Hilat
Beit Shafei
Beit Yam
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Moshe Dayan
MIGs Refitted for Bombing in Egypt Report
U S intelligence says the Soviet Union is modifying over 100 MIG 21 jets provided to Egypt to carry bombs. Technicians are strengthening wings for easy attachment of under wing bomb racks, signaling a shift from a defensive to a potentially offensive air force.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Egypt
U.S
Judge limits injunctions over long hair rulings
U S District Judge Charles E Wyzanski Jr in Boston will grant no more injunctions against school committees in long hair cases. He imposed a moratorium pending the Marlboro appeal on Richards, a student suspended for long hair. He urged withhold suspensions until disposition and noted mixed appellate rulings.
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Boston
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
U.S. District Court
U.S. Court of
Court of Appeals
Robert Richards
Marlboro
Wyzanski
Courts of Appeals
Richards
Marlboro High School
Roger Thurston
Thurston
Water Plans Are Argued By Sponsors
Boston reports Gov Fran cis W Sargent and Senate President Maurice A Donahue urged a joint committee to back rival water pollution packages. Sargent seeks 230 million and Donahue 275 million with loan aid for marginal businesses. Both propose mechanisms to fund local treatment facilities and pollution controls. Also in Boston Sargent unveiled mental health reform to curb involuntary commitment with court safeguards, legal aid, and due process. Manila Senate moves to repeal anti-subversion law with cross-party authors.
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Francis W. Sargent
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
Sargent
Donahue
Joint Committee On Social Welfare
Sen. Joseph
Ward
Fitchburg
Fran
Cis W. Sargent
Department of Mental Health
U.S
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