Enemys rocket attacks heaviest in month
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces delivered their heaviest rocket and mortar barrage in over a month, striking 72 allied bases and towns from Saturday morning to Monday morning. Of those attacks 31 caused casualties or damage, with 15 aimed at U.S. units or installations. One American wounded. six Vietnamese killed and about 35 wounded in incomplete reports.
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Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
Iwo Jima
San Diego
Tear Gas Used To End March In N. Ireland
British troops used tear gas to break up a forbidden march by about 259 militant Protestants to the Martyrs Memorial Church of the Reylan Paisley in Belfast. The Protestants pressed through side streets toward the church, but a Royal Marines cordon halted them and tear gas dispersed the group.
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Northern Ireland
New Martyrs Memorial Church of the Rey
Lan Paisley
Templemoor Avenue
Bob Jones
Bob Jones University
Greenville
Royal Marines
Wilson Shuffles Cabinet in Britain Names Minister To Push Market Entry
Prime Minister Harold Wilson reshuffles to streamline government and push Britain toward joining the European Community. George Thomson becomes deputy foreign secretary for European affairs and Britain’s entry talks. Anthony Benn gains control of industry tech and power duties. Anthony Crosland heads a new housing transport and regional planning department with environmental duties. All three vie to calm European unease and address domestic problems ahead of elections.
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Britain
New York Times
London
Harold Wilson
Thomson
Hele
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Technology
Minister of Power
Board of Trade
Department of Economic Affairs
Anthony Crosland
Crosland
Widow receives compensation in Green Beret missing case
The United States paid 6472 to the widow of Thai Khac Chuyen who has been missing since June 20 while serving with U S Special Forces Detachment B 41 Mochoa Vietnam The claim was filed August 23 and the settlement was accepted as adequate compensation by the widow Phan Kim Lien and the U S Foreign Claims Commission The Army has reversed charges against the Green Berets citing no evidence of death and stating the man is missing with settlement based on family size and merits
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Saigon
United States
Phan Kim Lien
U.S
Green Beret
Thai Khac Chuyen
Chuyen
Mochoa
Republic of Vietnam
Green Berets
Brooke Says Nixon Delays Arms Talks
Senate Republican Brooke criticizes the Nixon administration for delaying arms limitation talks with the Soviet Union calling for urgency. He warns MIRV tests and ABM deployments push decisitons that threaten future security and urges a U S Soviet moratorium on flight tests to slow development and gain time for workable agreements.
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Nixon
Manhattan
Kan
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Soviet Union
United States
London
Massachusetts
Kansas State University
Alfred Landon
Final Fate of Cambodian Agent Sparks Beret Conspiracy
The article details a CIA Saigon resistance to direct action on a suspected double agent Chuyen. Rheault and Green Beret officers faced fallout after a plan to eliminate Chuyen was discussed and then covered with a false narrative. Abrams reacted with anger as the deception surfaced and eight Berets were arrested.
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CIA
Chuyen
Army
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Saigon
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Benn and Crosland Aid Wilson Pre Election Efforts
Benn and Crosland should prove helpful to Wilson in his pre election efforts to improve the tone and image of the party. The appointment should help Wilson meet primary challenges in government: strengthening Britain's industrial base through modernization and efficiency, modernizing local government, and bringing development to poorer regions.
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Wilson
Benn
Crosland
Britain
Long 329000 Oil Royalties Lift Senator Richer
Baton Rouge Senator Russell B. Long has collected at least 329151 in tax free oil royalties since 1964 from four state leases. Records show 1.9 million in gross income, after 274 4 percent depletion yields 329131 tax free. He says no conflict of interest and notes long time oil ties.
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Louisiana
Senate
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