Heavy fighting surge hits near Saigon area
In fierce attacks north of Saigon the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese struck multiple bases and towns in the heaviest barrage since May. U S losses numbered about 40 killed and over 100 wounded while South Vietnamese casualties were light. Military reports cite coordinated assaults around Saigon as a possible attempt to influence talks and note major actions near Fire Base Creek Tay Ninh Quan Loi and Bien Hoa Long Binh with helicopter and artillery support.
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Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Neuyen van Thieuw
Midway Island
Buddha
Tay Ninh
Quan Loi
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Dong Tam
Lai Khe
Phuoc Vinh
Bien Hoa-Long Binh
Troubled Times Face Indian Democracy Five Years After Nehru
Five years after Jawaharlal Nehru's death India faces strained democracy. A border war, droughts, party decay, and regional shifts test the system while parliamentary rule endures. Indira Gandhi, Shastri, and Congress struggle as opposition stays weak and youth ascent reshapes leadership. The article notes demographic youth, aging leadership, and the fragile unity of national politics. It also mentions Earl Warren to receive Freedom Award in New York.
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Nehru
New York Times News Service
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Pakistan
Congress Party
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
An al
Gandhi
New York
Earl Warren
Freedom House
Warren
Summit Talks Shape Saigon Role In Midway Talks
AP reports South Vietnamese officials view the Nixon Thieu Midway summit as the year's most crucial allied meeting. Thieu seeks careful control of pace and terms as Paris peace talks continue, wary of coalition governance and rapid American troop withdrawal.
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Saigon
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieuw
Lyndon B. Johnson
Paris
Thieu
Thien
South Vietnam
United States
Chinese Charges Denied
TOKYO AP Beijing charged that hundreds of Soviet armored vehicles entered Sinkiang near Red China’s nuclear test grounds and that Russians provoked several frontier incidents since March border clashes. Moscow denied it and said calm prevailed on the border.
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Tokyo
Peking
Sinkiang
VTOL Aircraft System Proposed for East Coast Link
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports nine East Coast cities could be connected by a VTOL system from Sikorsky United Aircraft. An 85-200 craft would carry 88 passengers up to 230 miles, with service planned by 1975, costing $212 million for aircraft and routes and yielding $24.4 million annual profit on an 11.3 percent return.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
United Aircraft Corp
Stratford
Conn
Sikorsky
Boston
Hartford
Providence
New York
Trenton
N.J
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
South Station
Connecticut
30Th Street
Hanson River
Mercer County
Union Station
MIT Will Retain Contested Lab Says Director
Cambridge mass AP Dr Charles S Draper MIT professor and lab director told the Instrumentation Laboratory staff the facility will stay at MIT. A 22 member review panel recommended retention and continued defense work, with a shift toward civilian research. The lab has about 1,900 employees and a 34 million dollar annual budget, supplying guidance systems for Apollo and Polaris. The Tincom Laboratory in Lexington near Hanscom Air Field employs about 2,000 with a 65 million dollar budget.
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Cambridge, Mass
Charles S. Draper
Instrumentation Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute
Draper
MIT
Howard W. Johnson
Lincoln Laboratories
Defense
Cambridge
Polaris
Tincom Laboratory
Lexinton
Hanscom Air Field
Massachusetts Welfare Program Faces Inadequate Handling
Federal official Walter W. Mode says Massachusetts Medicaid procedures are inadequate as the state reorganizes welfare administration after taking over from cities and towns. He cites outdated personnel, weak data processing, and limited fraud impact, calling the shift an extremely difficult chore.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Walter W. Mode
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mode
Welfare Department
Mamie Eisenhower Granted Lifetime Occupancy at Gettysburg Farm
The Interior Department granted Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, widow of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, lifetime occupancy of the Gettysburg farm donated to the National Park Service. The site will not be open to the public during her residence at the Eisenhower National Historic Site.
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Washington
Interior Department
Mamie Eisenhower
Gettysburg
National Park Service
Eisenhower
The
Park Service
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