Viet Cong Launch Heavy Rocket Attack on Allies
Saigon reports the Viet Cong fired the heaviest rocket and mortar barrage in 44 months, shelling 51 allied bases and towns. U.S. commands say at least 127 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed across six clashes along Cambodia and Laos borders, with two American soldiers killed and 23 wounded. Casualties also include 16 South Vietnamese soldiers and 15 civilians wounded. American targets included Long Binh and Bien Hoa, plus divisions and brigade HQs. A later report adjusted enemy fatalities from 234 to 21 in one encounter. one helicopter crewman killed, eight Americans wounded. About 35 B52s conducted raids on the Ben Het area. A terrorist bomb exploded in a Saigon magic theater injuring no one, evacuating the billet area.
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Saigon
U.S
3Rd Corps
Army
Vietnam
Long Binh
Bien Hoa
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Ben Het
Iraqi Regime Foils Coup Plot Against Baath Authority
Baghdad announced that a coup attempt against the Revolutionary Command Council was crushed. The three man military court was formed to try arrested plotters described as deviationists and imperialist agents. The planned action targeted the 1968 Baath rise and involved Bakr loyalists. The radio implied Baathist opposition may have staged the bid.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Baghdad
Rado
Iraq
Revolutionary Command Council
Baath Socialist Party
Radio
Ahmed Hassan el Bakr
Radic
Baghdad Radio
Bakr
Surprises and forecasts for the 1970s market outlook
Shearson’s 1970 OUTLOOK surveys the decade on money, taxes, inflation, tech breakthroughs, and social shifts. Robert T. Allen notes divergent views but offers buy opportunities, predicting limited downside and strong stock appreciation potential. The report includes 80 bargain stocks across 30 industries and invites a free copy.
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Shearson
Robert T. Allen
Allen
Lid on Library Aid Increases Sparks Budget Fight
Boston lawmakers clamped down on proposed library subsidies raising state aid from $2.5 million to nearly $6 million while cautions about overall spending surfaced at a Ways and Means hearing. The Senate chair said no new taxes and urged restraint as House pay raises were denied amid routine calendar actions.
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Boston
Ways and Means Com
James F. Burke
Brockton
Senate
Jim
Burke
Massachusetts Library Association
Boston Public Library
Christian Science Monitor
Erwin D. Catham
Edward G. Murray
Massachusetts
Boston Harbor
Michael F. Flaherty
Dboston
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cambridge
Francis W. Sargent
Americas
Washington
America
Draft of U S Constitution Auctions at $160000
A notated second draft of the Constitution, printed Sept 12 1787, sold yesterday for 160000 at Parke-Bennet Galleries. One of nine survivors from a 60-copy printing, the four-leaf document measures 14 3 4 by 10 1 2 inches with Butler’s marginal notes. Carnegie Book Shop of New York won the prize amid a small bid. underbidders included Lew Feldman and Charles Sessler Inc.
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United States
Carnegie Book “Shop
Parke-Bennet
Lew D. Feldman
House of el Dieff
Charles Sessler
Pierce Butler
South Carolina
Butler
Philadelphia
Statehouse
Congress
Dunlap & Claypoole
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Paul Doherty
Public Safety Committee
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Philip A. Quinn
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John D. Barrus
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Sidney Q. Curtiss
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GOP Reader
Winston Healey
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Committee On Commerce and Labor
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Richard’ J. Dwinnell
Dmillbury
Joseph D. Ward
Fitchburg
Special Commission
Sargent
New York Times News Service
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