Vietnam Fighting Escalates Across Eight Battles
U S and South Vietnamese forces report eight major clashes from the Cambodian border to the DMZ with heavy air support. Casualties are light for allies, while North Vietnamese losses and seven helicopter shoots are noted as U S aircraft losses rise to 6,295. Main actions center south of Da Nang and along the Cambodian frontier with B52s targeting Laotian-border staging areas to curb reinforcements.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodian
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
A Shau
Hamburger Hill
Tam Ky
Infiltration to South Vietnam estimates 1969 figures
Saigon reports allied officials estimate 1969 infiltration into South Vietnam totaling 100,000 to 110,000 men, 30,000 to 40,000 fewer than 1968. End-year totals place enemy forces at 230,000 to 240,000, with about 130,000 described as Viet Cong fighters and 90,000 as combat troops, while 474,400 U.S. troops and 68,900 other nations supported South Vietnam.
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New York Times News Service
Saigon
South Vietnam
Res
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Space Rules Bind Atlas Spacemen and Public Image
Tight NASA rules ground three astronauts Alan Bean Walter Cunningham and Joseph Kerwin this month for flight safety violations. The article notes astronauts are high profile public figures and face unofficial restrictions on endorsements investments and public appearances, reflecting the broader secrecy and control surrounding NASA personnel.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
America
Alan L. Bean
Walter Cunningham
Joseph Kerwin
Dinis threatens walkout over inquest questions
In Edgartown Massachusetts district attorney Edmund Dinis threatened to walk out unless Judge James Boyle granted broader latitude to question witnesses in the Chappaquiddick inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death. Boyle limited testimony to criminal conduct relevance and ordered Kennedy to testify first as lead witness.
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Edgartown
Mass
Atty. Edmund
Dinis
James A. Boyle
Mary Jo Kopechne
Boyle
Edward M
Kennedy
Joseph F. Gargan
Paul Markham
United States
Miss Kopechne
Dukes County
Farher
Gargan
Markham
Miss Kepechne
Chappaquiddick
Hyannis Port
Nantucket Sound
France To Assist U S In Curbing Heroin Import
White House officials report a major diplomatic breakthrough with France to disrupt heroin processing in the Marseilles area. A separate Turkish agreement on eradicating poppy cultivation is being negotiated, with Mexico to destroy poppy fields. Nixon seeks global outlawing of opium poppy cultivation and heroin manufacture.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
United States
France
Marseilles
Turkey
Mexico
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Suleyman’ Demirel
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York City
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Justice Department
FBI Joins Yablonski Murder Probe in Pa
FBI agents join Pennsylvania state police in investigating the murders of United Mine Workers leader Joseph A. Yablonski his wife and daughter with the case described as cold by Capt. Joseph Snyder. Sons Kenneth and Chip Yablonski claim union rivals jeopardized the presidency bid. Miners strike resulting in thousands idle across Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia.
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Clarksville, Pa
FBI
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jack Yablonski
John N. Mitchell
Joseph Snyder
Snyder
Yablonski
UMW
Mitchell
Asn
Kenneth J
Josephy
Chip” Yablonski
United Mine Workers of America
Aaa
Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Gateway
Ten States Open Offices In Washington
Ten states have established satellite offices in Washington to monitor federal programs that could boost their treasuries. The offices act as information clearinghouses on loans grants and projects for state and local governments and track pending congressional legislation. States listed include New York California Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky Oregon Indiana Illinois Maryland Texas with Puerto Rico Guam and the Virgin Islands also maintaining offices and about 20 cities plus authorities and universities.
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Washington
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Oregon
Indiana
Illinois
Maryland
Texas
Puerto Rico
Guam
Virgin Islands
Massachusetts
University of California
California Legislature
California State Colleges
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Vietnam
S. Vietnam
Sears
Kopechne
Paul H. Markham
Craftsman
Cnimana Asanaana
Mechanic’ S Tool Segular
Sears and Save
Allendale
Sargent
Governor's
Senior Citizens ‘Service Corps
Division of Aging
Women's Correctional Institution
Framingham
Leutenant
Highway Fund
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