7000 Allied Troops Move on Enemy Camp
In a drive to smash a fortress near Da Nang Central Vietnam, 7000 Allied troops sweep coastal plains. Since Operation Pipestone Canyon began May 25, 332 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, 51 captured, 152 weapons seized. Forces include 4000 U.S. Marines, 2000 South Vietnamese infantry, 1000 South Korean Marines. A Marine commander cites a vast bunker complex at Dodge City. U.S. Marine losses: 31 dead, 240 wounded. South Vietnamese 1 dead, 17 wounded. South Korean 2 dead, 13 wounded. US forces killed 18 NVA in the DMZ since last November.
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Saigon
Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
North
South Vietnam
United States
Dmz
Brooke bills seek to aid Black business and jobs
Senator Edward W Brooke, R Mass, introduced two measures to expand Black employment and business opportunities. One bill would extend the Civil Rights Act ban on employment discrimination to federal, state, and local government agencies. The other would relax Small Business Administration loan criteria in designated high risk ghetto areas to spur minority business ownership.
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Washington
Edward W Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
MIT President Urges Mending of Social Gaps
MIT president Howard W. Johnson urged graduates to bridge social gaps through understanding and tolerance. He warned against anti racial forces and stressed reform while defending institutions. MIT awarded 1,275 degrees to 1,139 candidates at the 103rd commencement.
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MIT
Cambridge, Mass
Howard W. Johnson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Johnson
New FPC Chief Nominee From New Hampshire
Senate Commerce Committee approved John N. Nassikas, a 52 year old Manchester lawyer, to be chairman of the Federal Power Commission. Nassikas was nominated by President Nixon to succeed Tee White, who has submitted his resignation.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
John N. Nassikas
Federal Power Commission
Nassikas
Manchester, N.H
Nixon
Tee White
Pusey Raps Barbarism On Campuses At Harvard
Harvard President Nathan M. Pusey denounces barbarism and coercion on campuses while praising Harvard’s ongoing educational experiment. He spoke at the Associated Harvard Alumni meeting in Harvard Yard as expelled student Bruce C. Allen spoke earlier during commencement. Alumni fund gifts totaled $3.4 million, up $100,000 from last year.
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Harvard Yard
Bruce C. Allen
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pusey
Students For A Democratic Society
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Statehouse Pay Bill Urged by Senator Quinlan
In Boston AP dispatch Senator Quinlan urged the House Ways and Means Committee to release the state employes pay raise bill held for nine weeks. He backed a 20 percent across the board hike or the governor’s plan of 20 weekly dollars or 12 percent, whichever is higher, citing 3,100 vacancies among 50,000 state jobs and unfilled posts in major offices.
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John M. Quinlan
Norwood
Ile
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Attorney General’s Department
Commission Against Discrimination
State Court approves mixed income housing plan in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a 1966 act authorizing MHFA financing for about 7 million in mixed income housing projects in Cambridge Springfield and other areas. A 5.85 million Cambridge project will create 260 units for elderly and displaced families.
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Springfield
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Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Massachusetts
R. Ammi Cutter
Interfaith Housing Corp
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