Fighting Rages On as Nixon Calls for Peace
In Saigon Nixon announced a peace plan while thousands of U.S. troops pressed two major offensives. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fought for Don Ap Vie hill near the Laotian frontier as Allied forces sought to block North Vietnamese supply lines in the A Shau Valley. Across the country 25th Division troops probed North Vietnamese 1st Division bunkers 43 miles northwest of Saigon. Official tallies show enemy killed in recent days exceed 100 in the south and overall enemy deaths surpass 404,000 since 1961 with United States casualties over 34,800.
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Sargent Delays Cabinet Plan For Drastic Cuts
Boston AP reports Governor Francis W. Sargent postpones filing his cabinet style reorganization plan to allow drastic cost reductions, aiming to cut staff costs from 3.6 million by trimming eight cabinet heads and 263 additional employees. Projections show 3.952 million total price with space and equipment costs. The plan seeks to reduce duplications across about 60,000 state workers, with decisions on filing as a special message or executive reorganization.
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Honduras Student Killed In Anti-Rockefeller Riot
In Tegucigalpa anti-U.S. student protesters clashed with police during a Rockefeller visit. A 19-year-old student, Carlos Y. Zuniga, was shot dead as police dispersed crowds near the university. Rockefeller, on a Latin America tour, held talks with President Lopez Arellano after the incident.
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Uneasy Sleeps Chas de Gaulle In Ireland Too
In SNEEM Ireland the Heron Cage Hotel hosts Charles de Gaulle during a tour visit. He slept poorly in the special 8 by 7 foot bed built for him and wife. on Wednesday the double bed was replaced by smaller twin beds.
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Grenades Injure 31 In Gaza City Amid Anniversary Protests
A new wave of unrest marked the 21st anniversary of Israel’s founding with eight hand grenades exploding in Gaza City injuring 31 Arabs including women and children. In Jerusalem and the West Bank protests also erupted while Lebanon faced fears of renewed riots. The Israeli army reported occasional exchanges on the Suez Canal front leaving four soldiers wounded.
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Malays and Chinese clash as curfew tightens in Kuala Lumpur
In Kuala Lumpur the third day of clashes between Malays and Chinese prompts the government to extend emergency powers and indefinitely postpone East Malaysia elections. Police and army patrol the capital as curfew is eased briefly for food. Official toll lists 42 dead, but observers say many more.
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