Sapper Bases Found Near Saigon Prompt Fear of Terror Drive
US paratroopers found two Viet Cong sapper bases within 15 miles of Saigon. Lt Gen Julian Ewell warned Saigon could face a terror flare as sapper attacks loom in the winter spring campaign. One camp northwest of Saigon held explosives and wiring. another was eight miles west where sappers were killed or captured. The report notes ongoing US troop withdrawals and a deadly helicopter incident near Tam Ky.
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Saigon
U.S
Julian Ewell
2Nd Airborne Division
82Nd Airborne
Aid Brigade
Vietnam
Nixon
238Th
Texas
172Nd Transportation Company
Nebraska
172Nd
Thomas J. Bruner
Crescent
Iowa
Forbes Ammy Air Field
Kan
Ft. Riley
Nixon Asked To Dismiss Green Beret Charges
In LONG BINH Vietnam AP reports three Green Beret officers charged with murder in the death of a Vietnamese double agent appealed to President Nixon to dismiss the charges claiming the case was tainted by command influence. The motion, filed with Maj. Gen. Mabry Jr., seeks Nixon’s action or new charges.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
Green Beret
Nixon
G. Mabry Jr
Mabry
U.S
Special Forces
Central Intelligence Agency
Henry B. Rothblatt
CIA
Ceausescu orders press to toe party line in Bucharest speech
In Bucharest Ceausescu marked the 25th anniversary of Scienteia by demanding the press toe the party line. He warned that liberal touches in foreign policy do not extend homeward and criticized cultural publications for opposing “negative tendencies.” The speech signaled Romania’s commitment to authoritarian rule, signaling no liberal reforms despite Western speculation.
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Vienna
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Moscow
Ceausescu
Bucharest
Scienteia
Czechoslovakia
Three Customs Officers Shot. Suspect Found Dead
CHAMPLAIN NY AP Police say a man sought after the shooting of three customs officers fled the border checkpoint on Interstate 87 and apparently killed himself on the Canadian side. The suspect, Jesus Mark White, 22, was found dead across the border. Customs Agent Leonard Chagnon, 43, was listed in critical condition. Inspector William Grinter, 47, in fair condition. David Hoff, 43, in good condition with leg injuries.
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Physicians ’Hospital
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Leonard Chagnon
Rouses’ Point
William Grinter
Rouses Point
David Hoff
Ellenburg
Rothschild extortion attempt foiled by Paris police
In Paris a gunman, a former Foreign Legionnaire named Joseph Stadnik, tried to extort 2 million francs from Baron Guy de Rothschild and his son Baron David. Police halted the car with the bag of money, arresting Stadnik after a tense holed pursuit and rescue of the Rothschilds.
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Paris
Foreign
Interior Ministry
Baron David
Joseph Stadnik
French Foreign Legion
Lucien Aime-Blanc
Bois de Boulogne
Stadnik
Baron Guy
Arttaden
Alix
Aime Blanc
War Casualties Of Israelis Reported Up
In Tel Aviv AP reported Israeli casualties along cease fire lines rising to about 80 a month. Dayan said half of the deaths occur on the Israeli Egyptian front. A 22 year old Israeli civilian died after being wounded near the Jordan River. An Arab saboteur was killed in a skirmish near the Dead Sea. A 58 year old man was killed and a woman wounded by a bus station blast in southwest Jerusalem. Qalqiya troops destroyed six homes after arrests.
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Tol Aviv
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Jordan
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
West Bank
Qalquiya
Saigon denies selling new U S weapons
Saigon military spokesman dismisses U S Senator Proxmire claim that the government offered private dealers over 5,000 new MI6 automatic rifles and other arms. He says talks with a British firm cover 200,000 obsolete weapons, mostly not operable, with some U S parts. weapons predate U S involvement and will be nonfunctional if sold.
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Saigon
U.S
William Proxmire
United States
Army of the
US Troops Sent to South Vietnam Without Formal Request
State Department says U S combat forces were deployed to South Vietnam in 1965 after ongoing analysis and in consultation with the Saigon government though no formal request was received. The note cites regular North Vietnamese army movements from late 1964 as a key factor in decisions.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Department
Carl Barth
H. G. Torbert Jr
Congressional Relations
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreignt Relations Committee
Vietnam
Mother and five children perish in Wilmington fire
In Wilmington Massachusetts a fire killed Mrs Nancy Landers 36 and five of her eight children as she reentered the burning wooden home to save them. The dead include David 13 William 42 Kevin 10 Lisa 7 and Kathleen 4. Husband David 36 and cousin Joseph Casey 22 survived with injuries. The blaze began on the first floor and climbed through the house as witnesses described thick smoke and intense heat, with aluminum siding trapping flames.
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Wilmington
Mass
Nancy Landers
Faming
David Jr
William
Kevin
Lisa
Kathleen
Michael
Susan
Harry
Landers
Casey
John Russo
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London
Arrow and Hathaway
Florsheim
Freeman and Hart, Schaffner & Mi
Arthur Fletcher
Chicago
Young Rothschild
Etienne Raoul
Toolmaker
4 Peoples Lips
Scotland
Flaming
Comport Unlimited
Penalte
Panaljo
Girdles Foundation Garments
Gestard Sarang Playtex
Smoethle
Medert
Fermald & Jantzen
Rago
Clarice
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