48 U.S. Aircraft Lost in Past Week in Vietnam War
SAIGON AP The U5 Command said 48 American helicopters and planes were lost in Vietnam in the past week, one of the war’s highest tolls. Total losses reach 5,346 aircraft valued at 5 to 6 billion dollars with 2,598 fixed wing and 2,048 helicopters. Three helicopters were shot down on Thursday. one American killed and four wounded. Ground attacks and rocket mortar strikes by the Communists contributed to losses, alongside ongoing aerial violence. Navy transfers continued with two Coast Guard cutters handed to the South Vietnamese navy, bringing total transfers in a year to 104 vessels. The war press noted intensified ground fighting in the northwest near the Lantian frontier as U.S. paratroopers of the 101st Airborne defend a 3,000-foot mountain near the A Shau Valley, amid promises of further support to Vietnamese forces.
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U5 Command
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United States
Paris
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U.S
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Republic of Vietnam
Point League
Nixon
Lagion
Mekong
South Vietnam
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
A Shau
National Council Seizes Malaysian Government Amid Riots
In Kuala Lumpur gunfire and arson continued for a fourth day as a National Operations Council headed by Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak took over, suspending newspapers, enforcing prepublication censorship, and moving to form an all Malay cabinet amid clashes that have killed about 200 and displaced thousands.
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Tun Abdul Razak
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Rockefeller In Nicaragua Amid Student Protests
Gov Nelson Rockefeller arrives in Nicaragua escorted by plainclothes police and U S Secret Service after unrest in Honduras during his fact finding tour. Police clash with reporters while Honduran students burn a flag. a 19 year old was killed in an anti U S rally. Rockefeller offers condolences for the student’s death.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Honduras
Rockefeller
Nixon
U.S
Secret Service
Guatemala
Rockefeller Mission
Social Christian Party
Tegucigalpa
Rockefeller Party
State House approves single member districts in Mass
Massachusetts Legislature passed the single member House district plan by a 208 to 54 margin after a party line vote. The move follows earlier debates on trimming the 240 member House and includes a pledge for a joint session next year to decide the cut. Governor Sargent’s administration meanwhile faced tax reform and civil service updates as other measures move forward.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Bay
House
Senate
David M. Bartley
D-Holyoke
Joint Rules Committee
Nils L. Nordberg
Reading
David H. Locke
Wellesley
Paul Murphy
Locke
Bartley Stadium
Bartley
Mary B. Newman
Cambridge
Massachusetts Congress presses extra funds for UMass Medical School
All 14 members of Massachusetts congressional delegation urged HEW Secretary Finch to provide additional federal aid for the Worcester UMass Medical School project. Revised estimates put total cost at 124 million with 35 million already pledged by the federal government and 23.9 million by the state. Dr. Lamar Soutter, dean, traveled to Washington to push for more funds, noting inflation concerns but being told that inflationary adjustments cannot be granted now. Governor Sargent plans a June 1 decision on action.
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Washington
Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Silvio O. Conte
Francis W. Sargent
Lamar Soutter
Soutter
HEW
Harry W. Bruce Jr
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