South Bombers Hit Own Troops Near Cambodia Border
In heavy fighting near Bu Prang and Duc Lap camps south of Saigon, North Vietnamese forces battled South Vietnamese troops while allied bombardment and helicopter action tried to blunt the offensive. Reports say South Vietnamese losses were heavy with hundreds wounded and some killed, as U.S. forces adjusted casualty tallies and began inactivating several small units as Viet Namization proceeds.
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Duc Lap
Associated Press
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Dist Field Artillery Group
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Vietnam
United States
Apollo Hurdles Into Orbit toward lunar surface landing
Apollo astronauts Conrad and Bean plan a moon landing in the Ocean of Storms at 1:53 a.m. Wednesday aboard Intrepid, stay about 31 hours, and conduct two extra vehicular excursions to set up experiments, collect rocks, and retrieve Surveyor parts for return to Earth. They target a site near a Surveyor craft and aim to beam footage to Earth.
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Bean
Intrepid
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
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Pacific Ocean
Second Officer Dead in Battle With Blacks
Chicago police battles on the South Side left Patrolman Francis G. Rappaport dead and Patrolman John Gilhooly mortally wounded. Six other officers were hurt as Spurgeon Winters was shot dead by fellow officers after allegedly shooting Rappaport in the face. Witnesses say Lawrence Bell was wounded while attempting to view the gunfire.
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Billings
Francis G. Rappaport
Rappaport
Spurgéon J. Winters
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Lawrence Bell
Agnew Attacks TV News Bias in Broadside Speech
Vice President Spokesman attacks major networks as biased and unbalanced. He cites NBC ABC and Mutual endorsing fairness while claiming news is filtered by a few corporate men and urges viewers to protest perceived bias. He does not call for censorship but asks if censorship exists. He notes 46 million Americans watch nightly broadcasts.
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NBC
Agnew
Leonard H. Goldenson
ABC
ABC News
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Vietnam
United States
Televiewers
Ted Charges Agnew Is Dividing Nation
Sen Edward M Kennedy condemned Vice President Spiro Agnew's televised speech as an attack aimed at dividing the nation over the Vietnam war. Kennedy said the remarks were designed to pit Americans against each other and warned of tragic consequences if the division continued.
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Spiro Agnew
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Agnew
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Administration Planning New Integration Drive
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration will apply light pressure on about 130 southern school districts as a first step in enforcing the Supreme Court desegregation mandate. The plan delays action against roughly 199 districts already slated to desegregate next fall, with HEW announcing Saturday via Robert H. Finch.
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Javits Warns Haynsworth Threatens Civil Rights
Washington AP Sen. Jacob Javits charges Judge Clement Haynsworth would strike a blow to civil rights by showing insensitivity to equal protection in racial segregation rulings. Other senators move to the floor as the nomination fight continues with 40 against, 37 for, and 23 uncommitted.
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Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
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James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Roman L. Hruska
Birch Bayh
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Hruska
GOP
Bayh
Judiciary Committee
Lodge Tells Talks Reds Support Nixon Policy
Henry Cabot Lodge head of the U S delegation at the Paris peace talks said the American people largely back President Nixon and urged the other side not to misjudge his resolve. He read a House resolution and a senator letter praising his course, while Xuan Thuy and Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh condemned Vietnamization and warned that arming the South would prolong the conflict.
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Henry Cabot
Lodge
U.S
Nixon
House of Representatives
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
North Korea charges armistice violations and arrests
North Korea said it killed three agents and captured four others allegedly sent from South Korea between October 9 and November 3. Maj. Gen. Lee Choon-sun reported at the 297th Armistice Commission meeting that the United States and South Korea committed violations including a seat intrusion.
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Korea
North Korea
South Korea
Lee Choon-sun
Korean Armistice Commission
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