Missing Americans on planes in Vietnam search continues
Saigon AP reports U S planes and helicopters swept central South Vietnam Thursday for wreckage of two C 123 transports missing with 28 Americans and 85 Vietnamese aboard. Clouds hindered effort. no trace found. One plane disappeared last Friday with six Americans and 74 Vietnamese aboard. The second vanished Sunday with five American crew, 28 American passengers, and 12 Vietnamese aboard. Officials withheld takeoff and destination details for safety. The Cloid, a Vietnam War workhorse, with about 60 in Vietnam, lacks radar but has navigational aids. Meanwhile enemy shellings dropped 50 percent in 24 hours with a dozen rocket and mortar attacks on bases in South Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Saigon
U.S
Thountains
South Vietnam
U. S
Air Force
Vietnam
Cambodia
Indo China Toll and Wounds Reported for US Forces
American battlefield death toll for last week fell compared with the prior week, with 32 U.S. fatalities from hostilities. An additional 178 U.S. troops were wounded, while non-hostile deaths reached 8 441. The total killed in action rose to 44 085 and wounded to 292 345.
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U.S
Indo-China
Witness granted immunity in Calley trial at Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia a Calley court martial witness Allen Boyce was granted immunity from prosecution to testify further. The action followed his prior refusals under the Fifth Amendment and came as Lt William Calley's case proceeds with other defense and prosecution witnesses including Paul Mendile.
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Benning, Ga
William Calley
My. Lai
Calley
Orwin Talbott
Fort Bennibg
Allen Boyce
Paul Meadle
Aubrey Daniel
Mendile
Boyce
Joy
Carrey
Vietnam
Ex‑GIs Testify On Prisoner Executions In Vietnam War
Former army intelligence official Kenneth Osborn testified in a war crimes inquiry about interrogators forcing two Vietnamese prisoners to death by violent methods in March and April 1968. He described pushing pegs through ears and other brutalities to compel disclosures as part of a broader operation. Osborn said he observed the actions but did not identify the soldiers involved, citing policy.
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Qyborri
Army
Techniqua
Interrogatoce
Vietnam
S.et
Qsborn
Osborn
Viet
Nam
Baltimore
Pentagon
Dut Osborn
Het
Chuckle on Baldness Style Trick and Witty Insight
A lighthearted note praises baldness as an advantage and jokes that hair can be styled with a damp cloth. The quip underscores ease and humor in grooming choices, ending with a playful nondescript flourish.
Marines Prefer Foes to Friends Says Harvard Study
A Harvard medical researcher testified before a Senate subcommittee that 60 former Marines in Vietnam showed hostility toward South Vietnamese army and American officers. He urged a boot camp to reverse combat attitudes, citing incidents of rough treatment of ARVN soldiers and wounded enemies.
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Levy
South
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Carbon Monoxide Fatal to University of Iowa Student
The body of Bruce Lee Berry, 24, a University of Iowa junior, was found in his mobile home at a Forest View trailer court north of Iowa City. Authorities say he died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after moving a small gas furnace without replacing a chimney cap. Berry, a native of Vinton born September 14, 1935, was the son of Marshall and Mrs. Berry.
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Iowa City
Bruce Lee Berry
University of Iowa
Here
Berry
Forest View Court
Highway Ole
Victor Edwards
Johnson County
Marshall D. Berrys
Vinton
Oil Moving On Florida Blame Navy
Florida officials accuse the U S Navy of dumping more than 300000 gallons of thick fuel into Atlantic waters threatening 50 miles of north Florida beaches. Navy admits regular dumpings. observer reports warn oil could reach shore if southeast winds persist. local dealer disputes oil content ratios and claims a new skimming system.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
Florida
Navy
Atlantic
Florida Marine, Patrol
Nixon Pledges NATO Troop Strength If Russia Holds Steady
President Nixon vowed that the United States will not reduce its forces in Europe unless the Russians reciprocate. The pledge, read by Secretary of State Rogers at a NATO foreign ministers meeting, aims to maintain and strengthen conventional forces and to link reductions to reciprocal actions by adversaries. Rogers urged mutual balanced force reductions and noted no final Berlin deal yet, while the Soviets seek broader talks on European security and economic ties.
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Brussels
Nixon
U. S
Europe
Rogers
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S
America
jWest
Senate votes 52 41 to scrap SST aid plan
The Senate rejected President Nixon's SST aid, voting 52 to 41 to continue development funding for two prototypes. Critics warn of environmental and health risks, including potential skin cancer cases, while backers argue the jet preserves U.S. aviation dominance.
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Senate
Washington
Nixon
CAP
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Montreal clears Cross kidnap release for FLQ flight
Quebec police say British diplomat Crass released to secure safe passage for his kidnappers to Havana. A motorcade carried the FLQ captors and Cross to neutral ground on the St Lawrence River before exile in Cuba. Police surrounded a Dés Recollets Street house and launched Operation Cordon as negotiations continued.
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Montreal
Cross
FLQ
Jacques, Lanotat
Marc Carbonneau
Dés Recollets Street
Eight antiwar activists sentenced in Rochester raid
Eight young antiwar activists were sentenced to 12 to 18 months after being convicted by a federal jury of ransacking federal offices in Rochester. The group faced charges for breaking into the federal building on September 6 and damaging files and property tied to the FBI and fire services.
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Rochester
Federal
FBI
U.S
Madison girl confronts Nixon at White House medal ceremony
A Madison Wisconsin girl, Te bra Jean Sweet, in a White House medal ceremony, questioned Nixon’s sincerity about Vietnam and urged action to end the war. She helped organize a 3 000 student effort that raised about 25000 to aid Indians in northern Wisconsin and irrigation pumps for Nicaragua.
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Madison, Wis
Nixon
Vietnam
Tebra Jean Sweet
White House
Miss Sweet
Wisconsin
Nicaragua
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