Embattled Ben Het Under Siege by North Vietnamese
North Vietnamese gunners bombard Ben Het Special Forces camp as a siege tightens. About 700 South Vietnamese defenders with Green Berets and two U.S. artillery batteries depend on sporadic air drops while airstrip and road access dwindle. Lt. Col. Andrey Marquis reports two full regiments surrounding the camp with around 3,000 combatants and bearers. Since May the siege has grown harsher with heavy shelling and mounting casualties among Americans and Montagnard civilians.
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Ben Het
Vietnam
Saigon
Dak
U.S
Sanh
Green Beret
Andrey Marquis
Ontum
Hancock Concessionaire Battles Berkshire Downs Sale Fallout
U S reports in Vietnam show weekly battle deaths dropping as American and South Vietnamese forces tally lower casualties while enemy toll rises. Massachusetts Sports Service at Hancock’s Berkshire Downs fights to keep 24 racing days and the food concession amid new ownership by Bill Veeck and a Vermont partner, seeking to restrain transfer of assets and ensure rights for the Berkshire Downs meet.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Massachusetts Sports Service. the
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Boston
Suffolk County Superior Court
Suffolk Downs
Revere
Joseph Collins
Sports Service
Bill Veeck
Berkshire Downs Corporation
Veeck
Martin DeMatteo
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Vermont
Santi Campanella
Warwick
R.I
B.A. Dario
Lincoln
Lis
The
Racing Commission
Massachusetts Sports Service, Inc
Pittsfield
Silverman & Donahue
Superior Court
Nutter, McLennen & Fish
Joe Louis Collapses in New York City
Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis collapsed on a street in New York and was rushed to a hospital. Police said it appeared he suffered a heart attack. Louis had been in town to announce the formation of the Joe Louis Food Franchise Corp with Billy Cann as vice president.
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New York
Joe Lois
Louis
Joe Louis Food Franchise Corp
Billy Cann
Vie
Nixon backs nationwide voter rights expansion
The Nixon administration urged a broad voting rights package including a ban on literacy tests and residency requirements for presidential ballots. It calls for federal voting examiners and observers nationwide and would expand the 1985 Voting Rights Act, a move not limited to the South. Attorney General John N Mitchell argued voting rights are national, not regional, as he spoke to a House subcommittee.
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Washington
Nixon
Attorney General
Joht
N. Mitchell
Mitchell
House Judiciary
South
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Justice Department
Nixon campaigns war aims trigger renewed Vietnam clash
Paris talks ignite fresh Vietnamese rebuttal as Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh and North Vietnam’s Ha Van Lan denounce Nixon’s policy as a path to prolonged fighting. U.S. Lodge seeks common ground while Mitchell pushes amendments to the 1965 voting act amid broader political debate.
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Paris
Nixon
Saigon
Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
Binh
Johnson
al. Nixon
North Vietnam
Ha van Lan
Mrs. Binh
U.S
Highlands
Law
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate Votes For National Commitments Resolution
The Senate approved by 70 to 16 a nonbinding resolution urging the executive branch to obtain congressional approval before committing troops or resources abroad. The vote signals a push to restore constitutional powers between Congress and the White House over foreign policy and war decisions.
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Washington
Senate
Executive Branch
Congress
Sens
Kennedy
Brooke
Nixon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign
United States
White House
State Department
Sargent Draws Line On Sales Tax Plan
Governor Sargent told a Taxation Committee that his sales tax plan must pass or state services will suffer. He warned lawmakers to limit spending to his proposal, citing education and welfare cuts if the tax increase fails. He estimated a 3 percent to 5 percent rise could raise about 95.5 million first year and 102.4 million second year.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Taxation Committee
Massachusetts
Sargent
George V. Kenneally
D-Bostoy
House
Senate
Expert Reports 150 Percent Increase in Mental Illness Among U S Children
San Francisco AP reports an expert warns U S child mental illness has surged about 156 percent in ten years. Michael Gorman of the National Committee Against Mental Illness cites at least 4 million emotionally disturbed children and severe gaps in facilities, urging action by the President and Congress. The Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children previews a plan including a president's council of advisers, a child development commission in each state, and local child and youth authorities.
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Hell In Burgers
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Jorman
Joint Commission On Mental Health of
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Joint Commission
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