Biggest DMZ Raid in Year Launched by N Viet Namese
Saigon reports North Vietnamese ground assault along the demilitarized zone resulted in 108 American and 100-plus allied deaths and hundreds wounded in 17 hours of heavy fighting. The clash southwest of Con Thien, plus coastal Mekong Delta battles, drove weekly casualty totals higher. Monks protest Thieu policy in Saigon.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
da Nang
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
U.S. Command
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Army Probing Lieutenant In Killing of Viet Civilians
Army officials completed an investigation into charges of multiple murders by a young American lieutenant in a March 1968 raid near Quang Ngai. Lt William L Calley Jr. faces possible court martial. his civilian attorney says the killings were of Viet Cong in a Viet Cong village.
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Ft, Benning
Calley
1Th Infantry Brigade
Quang Ngai
Washington
Pentagon
Salt Lake City
Latimer
Americal Division
11Th Infantry Brigade
Pinkville
Hijackers Target Latin Jets In Brazil And Chile
A Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul airliner with six crew and six passengers was hijacked by a gunman and a grenade from Manaus to Belem, refueling toward Havana. In Chile, two teens aboard a San Chilean Caravelle hijacked toward Cuba were foiled by Captain Medina and Navigator Cadena who retook control and landed back in Santiago. Two plainclothes detectives were wounded in the Chilean incident.
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Caribbean
Amazon
Brazil
Cuba
Santiago
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Manaus
Belem
Havana
Pareto Montt
Chile
Antofagasta
Daring Wells Fargo Armored Car Heist Shocks New York
Police call the daylight theft at Aqueduct Race Track the work of three cool pros. Gunmen seized about 14 million in receipts from Wells Fargo guards, handcuffing them in the truck and fleeing in a stolen 1968 Chevrolet amid roadblocks.
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New York
Wells Fargo
U.S
Brinks
Boston
Plymouth
Blass
Britain
Frank Basil
New York Racing Association
Aqueduct
Queens
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Wall St
Lower Manhattan
Barry Kateridge
Bronx
Brooklyn
Judge Hal Rubin Jailed For Cutting Court Session
Chicago AP Judge Hal Rubin, a defendant in the 1968 riot conspiracy trial, is jailed after walking out of court. Judge Hoffman revoked Rubin's bail and he was placed in Cook County jail awaiting appearance. Rubin claims he did not leave town and had intended no disrespect. Abbie Hoffman remained in court as Seale was ordered to stand trial separately for contempt. Seale’s sentence is stayed pending extradition efforts on a murder charge.
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Chicago
Jerry Rubin
Julius J. Hoffman
Rubin
U.S
Cook County
William M. Kunstler
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
Rutgers
Abbie Hoffman
Bobby G. Seale
Black Panthers Party
Three Mass Groups Attack Volpe Red Charge
The Massachusetts Vietnam Moratorium Committee the Massachusetts Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action and the Massachusetts Political Action for Peace condemn Transport Secretary John A Volpe for saying most antiwar protest organizers are Communists or Communist inspired. They call his remarks Red baiting and an outrage claiming it recalls the nation’s past divisions.
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Boston
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Americans For Democratic Action
Massachusetts Political Action For Peace
Volpe
Sit-In Unrest at Fordham escalates to violence
Fordham University students seized ROTC offices prompting clashes as armed protesters overran barricades injuring 14 guards, four teens among 36 remaining, with two seriously hurt. Police intervened after windows were broken and items damaged. officials estimate thousands of dollars in damage. Parallel protests occurred at Wisconsin Milwaukee and Princeton with limited violence.
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Fordham University
New York City
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Princeton University
Fordham
Bronx
New Jersey
Institute For Defense Analyses
IDA
Pentagon
Robert F. Goheen
Princeton
Springfield High Demands From Black Pupils
In Springfield Massachusetts officials faced a list of demands from black students after a week of racial unrest in the four public high schools. The proposals call for Afro American societies at all four schools, dismissal of teachers alleged to hold racist attitudes, amnesty for student boycott participants, holidays on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. anniversaries, and the appointment of two Black members to the School Board.
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Springfield
Mass
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr
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