Mekong Delta battle reports 117 enemy killed
South Viet Namese spokesmen said U.S. and government forces killed at least 117 North Vietnamese and captured six in a four day clash in the Plain of Reeds near Moc Hoa and Chau Doc. US air support and Army Special Forces backed mercenaries as 26 more NVA were killed Sunday. No U.S. casualties reported. A river patrol boat strayed into Cambodia and is held there.
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U.S
Moc Hoa
Saigon
North Vietnnamese 88Th
Delta
Chau Doc
Associated Press
Charles Ryan
Chau Dee
Navy
Cambodia
National Press Center
Nguyen Ngoc Huyen
Press Center
Hagen
Paper Charges Red Atrocities Near My Lai
A captured Communist document claims local Red leaders killed entire families in Quang Ngai province where U.S. troops were alleged to massacre civilians at My Lai. The report notes a directive to halt terror as popular support waned. Civilian and military details follow from Saigon and Chau Dee dispatches.
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New York
U.S
My Lai
New York Daily News
News
Saigon
Joseph Fried
Quang Ngai
European Community set base for federal structure
Six governments of the European Economic Community reached a landmark, all night agreement outlining a base for a European federal structure. The package creates more than four billion dollars yearly for common programs, with the European Parliament gaining limited powers and supervision over budget items. France secured protections for its farmers while Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg gained concessions on spending and policy tools. The pact followed a December summit and faces ongoing debates over parliamentary powers and dissolution mechanisms. The article also notes a separate Seattle case where the mayor says federal authorities sought his help for a raid on the Black Panthers, which was declined.
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New York Times
Brussels
European Economic Community
European Parliament
Strasbourg
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
France
Council of Ministers
Moroccans Tell Rogers Stem Arms for Israel in Talks
In Rabat Prime Minister Ahmed Laraki pressed Secretary of State Rogers over U.S. arms to Israel as Rogers began a 10 nation Africa tour. Officials said Laraki warned against a Big Four Middle East plan ignoring Arab Palestine. Rogers praised Morocco’s stabilizing role and carried a Nixon invitation for King Hassan III to visit the U.S. with July tentatively set.
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Rabat
Morocca
Ahmed Laraki
William P. Rogers
Israel
Laraki
Rogers
Africa
Saraki
Big Four
Middle East
Palestine
Abdel Habib Boutaleb
Boutaleb
Libya
Morocco
Hassan III
Mediterranean
Arab World
Nixon
Hassan
United States
U.S
Ahmed Ben Bouchta
Sidi Hrazem
Fez
Atlas Mountain
Martha's Vineyard Oil Slick Kills Shore Birds
Hundreds of shore birds were found dead after an unexplained oil slick washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard South Beach. A Coast Guard boat later spotted a second slick near Nantucket, but officials doubted a connection. Conservation officials sought the oil source along the 20 mile beach from Gay Head to Edgartown.
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Martha’s Vineyard
Edgartown
Mass
South Beach
Marthas Vineyard Island
Cape Od
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
Gay Head
Francis W. Sargent
Allan R. Zenowitz
State Civil Defense Agency
New England
Federal Office of Emergency
White House
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Audubon Society
Nantucket
Silent Spy Case Ties United Nations Worker
Seattle AP report notes Aleksandr Tik homirov a Soviet UN employee facing espionage charges remained jailed after a FBI complaint alleging a conspiracy with Russian agents since January 1969 to obtain U.S. defense info. Bail set at 100000 with UN immunity cited. Russian embassy official visited but bail not posted. Also reported: Vancouver area fog caused a massive 100 plus vehicle chain in Port Mann Bridge incidents and mass oil spill cleanup efforts on Martha’s Vineyard birds.
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Seattle Wash
United Nations
State Department
FBI
Washington
Aleksandr Vassileyvish Tikhomirov
U.S
Walter J. Roseburg Jr
U.N. Secretariat
Tikhomirov
United States
Secretariat
U.N
FRY
Seatlle Street
U.S. Air Force
Tikhomrav
Seattle
Northwest
Vancouver
B.C
Here
Port Mann
British Columbia
Beached Tanker Oil Washes Across Nova Scotia Bay
Oil from the wrecked Arrow spills across Chedabucto Bay and fouls beaches near Canso and Arichat. The slick runs over three miles long and up to 100 yards wide with an estimated 5 000 barrels released. Imperial Oil considers towing the stem with tanks to sea while Corexit is sprayed to disperse the oil and cleanup straw is prepared. Transport officials say action is forthcoming and the crew was safe.
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Arichat
N.S
Onassis
Arrow
Chedabucto Bay
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Canso
Here
Imperial Oil. Ltd
Aristotle Onassis
Imperial
Don Jamieson
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Kien Tuong
U.S. Command
U.S. Navy
Mekong River
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mohammed Fawzi
Hague
Michel Debre
Wash
Black Panthers
Panther
Chicago
Los Angeles
Wes Uhiman
Jin
Uhlman
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Tax Unit
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury Department
Pan- TS
Sears
Pameem Rssi Maahartanetaeer
von Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Allendale Shopping Center
Sargent
Washington, D.C
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