Jets Hit Power Plant and Rail Lines in North Vietnam
U S jets struck the Lang Chi hydroelectric plant and damaged a northeast rail line to China. Bombers and fighters reported 37 MIGs downed this year, with losses including a Navy A6 and two helicopters. Ground fighting continued near An Loc and Hue amid broader bombing raids.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
China
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Coral Sea
Air Force Phantoms
Lang Chi
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
New My Lai-scale civilian deaths alleged in Speedy Express
Newsweek reporter Kevin P. Buckley cites a widespread estimate that 5,000 civilians died in the six month Speedy Express operation in the Mekong Delta. He says some officials privately admit numbers could reach 100,000, as 8,000 infantry, 50 artillery pieces, 50 helicopters and 3,381 air strikes supported by the US Ninth Infantry Division.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
U.S
My Lai
Kevin P. Buckley
Newsweek
Mekong Delta
Buckley
Kien Hoa
Ninth Infantry Division
Amputee climbers scale Mt Washington in harsh conditions
Leon Dubay led five amputees and four companions up Mt Washington amid 50 to 60 mph winds and snow. The group completed the ascent in stages, with prosthetic devices and donated equipment, and planned further adventures including whitewater canoeing and a Portland to Washington, D.C. bicycle trip.
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N.H
Mt. Washington
Leon Dubay
Tuckerman’s Ravine
Dubay
Valley Forge Military Hospital
Pensylvania
Brian Riley
USMC
Cherry Hill
N.J
Dubray
Army
Charles O’brien
Ft. Devens
Mass
William Myers
IBM
Binghampton
N.Y
Robert Holloway
Phoenixville
Vietnam
CWO
Steve Kerschner
Lewiston
Pennsylvania
Hillman’s Highway
Sugarloaf
Maine
Portland
Washington, D.C
Rapid City Flood Toll Tops Two Hundred As Deaths Rise
Rapid City faces a rising disaster toll as floods from the Black Hills bury at least 208 dead and 500 missing. Thousands homeless, $100 million in damage, and 2,500 National Guardsmen assisted by volunteers scour debris for bodies while a curfew limits night searches.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Duane L. “Duke” Corning
National Guardsmen
Rapids City
Donald Barnett
Pennington County Health Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Small Business Administration
Office of Economic Opportunity
Federal Housing Agencies
South Dakota
U.S
Florida
Nixon urged to mend ties as aid bill debate opens
Washington AP reports debate opens on a $1.7 billion foreign aid measure tied to Vietnam troop withdrawals after Aug. 31. The administration and Congress seek to repair relations amid charges over defense funding and Kissinger notes.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Saco to Get 24 Apartment Complex on Washington Avenue
The Town House Co. of Portland plans a 24 unit all electric complex on Washington Avenue in Saco. Owners Edward Seating and Harrison H. Sawyer say each two bedroom apartment will include a kitchen dining area and wall to wall carpeting. Rents expected around 3200 a month with occupancy in fall. Cimino Construction Co. of Falmouth to begin work soon per Keating.
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Town House Co
Portland
Washington Avenue
Saco
Edward Seating
Harrison H. Sawyer
Keating
Cimino Construction Co
Falmouth
Marines Enter Thailand Move Sparks Tense Welcome
A force of U S Marines has secretly moved into Khon Kaen in northern Thailand, believed to prepare an unused air base for fighter-bombers. Thai officials say the Americans are not welcome. the embassy has not confirmed numbers as trucks and vehicles bearing USMC marks appear.
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Khon Kaen
Thailand
U.S
USMC
Supreme Court Allows Private Clubs to Bar Blacks
The Supreme Court 6 to 3 upholds private clubs right to exclude Negroes as guests under a Harrisburg Pennsylvania Moose Lodge case. Justice Rehnquist writes for the majority, with Douglas Brennan and Marshall dissenting, none of whom overturns the lodge’s liquor license linkage to state regulation.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
William H. Rehnquist
Moose Lodge
Harrisburg
Leroy Irvis
Pennsylvania House
Rehnquist
Irvis
Lodge
Jority
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Pennsylvania
367 Now Dead In Irish Civil War
Belfast and Londonderry saw new fatalities as the Northern Ireland conflict escalated with three civilians and a British soldier killed amid gun battles. The Ardoyne area fighting involved Catholic and Protestant factions, with gunmen firing on troops and snipers targeting military posts. The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the Londonderry soldier’s death.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ardoyne
Catholic Bog
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
McGovern Opens New York Campaign For Delegates
Sen George McGovern arrives in New York for six days of campaigning focusing on Harlem Hospital with Coretta King as he aims to widen his delegate lead ahead of the Democratic convention. He sits at 95 delegates, trailing Humphrey and others in the race for 1509 needed for nomination.
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Rapid City
George McGovern
Richard Kneip
McGovern
Congress
New York
Harlem
Manhattan
Coretta King
Martin Luther King Jr
Frees
South Dakota
Associated Press
George S. McGovern
Minnesota
Virginia
Iis
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Miami Beach
Humphrey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edmund
Muskie
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Gertrude
Hiram V. Parish
Dennis Madore
Candy Cane Nursery School
River Road
Rachel Roberts
Lollipop Lane Nursery School
Saco 5
Alexandria
Tokyo
Hirohito
United
Henry A. Kissinger
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Supreme Court
Nam Phong
Bangkok
Marine Corps
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis I. Powell
Nixon Administration
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Stanislas Gendron
Prospect St
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