Three U S Aircraft Down in Vietnam Action
U S command reports three American aircraft shot down by enemy gunners including a marine Phantom, a helicopter carrying South Korean troops, and a troop-lifting chopper. Seven Americans and six Koreans killed. five Americans wounded. Civilians died in ambush and mines, while Viet Cong attacks killed and wounded dozens. U S Seventh Fleet operates with three carriers in Tonkin Gulf and South China Sea as operations continue over Laos and Vietnam.
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Saigon
U. S
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Tran van Hai
Laos
Constellation
Seventh
Tonkin Gulf
South China Sea
South Vietnam
Hancock
Kitty Hawk
Coral Sea
Eyven
Demo Reform Groups Shuw Machine Chiefs
Harris named two party reform groups led by Sen. George McGovern and Rep. James O'Hara to overhaul delegate selection for 1972. The plans include bipartisan commissions, a joint panel with GOP leaders, and state groups to speed reform.
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Shuw
Fred Harris
George McGovern
S.D
James O'Hara
Mich
Harris
Richard Daley
Chicago
James H. J. Tate
Philadelphia
Joseph Barr
Pittsburgh
McGovern Commission
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Ray Bliss
G.O O.P
America
Bliss
Carbide Ice maneuvers begin aircraft return home
The first U.S. units from the Carbide Ice maneuvers departed West Germany on Saturday. The airlift that brought 15,500 soldiers there last month began reversing as personnel started to head home from the exercise.
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Mernberg
U.S
West Germany
Chuckle on Sociologists and Youth Decline
Humorous observation contrasts sociologists who claim youth decline with parents who say they have not seen any decline. Light, tongue in cheek tone reflecting social commentary.
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America
108 Nabbed In Raid on Pot Party
Police raided a private Queens home early Saturday and seized 108 youths including 68 aged 10 to 15. Nine long blades, a revolver, a modified pistol, two imitation pistols, heroin and marijuana were recovered.
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New York
Queens
Long Island
Selden
Bronx
New York University
New York City
Middletown
Sullivan County
Nixon Orders Data Speedup
The Nixon administration issued a directive to release government statistics within two days of compilation. President Nixon instructed budget director Robert Mayo to enforce the faster timetable for public economic reports.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Budget Bureau
Robert Mayo
Farmer Expected for High Nixon Administration Post
James Farmer, former CORE leader and Humphrey supporter, is slated for a high level post in the Nixon administration. Welfare Secretary Robert Finch said Farmer, 49, will be named to a position with broad responsibilities in health, education and welfare, though the exact title was not disclosed. Farmer would be the first Black person named to a major Nixon post, with Finch noting other prominent Black figures declined offers.
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Washington
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
Robert Finch
Farmer
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
CORE
South
Hypnotized Witness Testifies in Shaw Kennedy Case
New Orleans star witness Charles Spiesel testified he was hypnotized possibly 50 to 60 times over 15 years. He said a June 1963 party discussed Kennedy’s assassination and named Shaw Ferrie and Oswald. Defense sought to probe alleged mind control and civil rights abuses, with Spiesel seeking damages.
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New York
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Alever
New Orleans
Shaw
Dymond
Spiesel
Fuel Tank Explodes Igniting Fire at Rainbow Tire Plant
Firemen gained control after a fuel tank exploded at Rainbow Tire in Dubuque. Off duty firefighters were recalled as low water pressure from a broken hydrant impeded efforts, with six fuel tanks near the building noted as part of the oil distribution center.
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Dubuque
Rainbow Tire
Columbia Penalties Ruled Out by University Panel
A special seven seven three committee rules that 400 Columbia students involved in last spring's campus disorders will face no further university discipline. Sixteen suspended students may reapply led by Mark Rudd of SDS. The plan spares 400 but keeps criminal cases in city courts. amnesty is denied.
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New York
Columbia University
University
Joint Committee On
Mark Rudd
Students For A Democratic Society
Howard Davis
Andrew Cordier
Fears Hijack Prompted Long Cab Ride to Harrisburg
A Jamaican woman afraid of being hijacked to Cuba chose an $800 cab trip from Miami toward Harrisburg via Atlanta after a prior driver refused the job. Cab driver Eugene Cohen and a relief driver completed the journey with the woman and her four children, collecting about $250 each after gas costs and an unexpected snow delay. The family later boarded a train in Chattanooga, leaving the cabbers to fly home.
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Cuba
Miami
Harrisburg
Eugene
Tiny’ Cohen
Tiny
Bernie Brownstein
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tenn
Massive Mud Dose Seals It
An underwater oil well spill near Santa Barbara was sealed with a cement and mud plug after 12 days of slicks harming wildlife and beaches. Officials said 21,000 gallons a day were controlled late Friday and cemented Saturday, with cleanup to take days and Union Oil coordinating the effort.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Union Oil Co
California
Fritz Springman
Paul de Falco
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Union
Springman
Coast Guard
Sen
Muskie
Maine
Senate
Ventura
Los Angeles
Orange County
Interior Department
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Fred Hartley
Union Oil
House Public Works Subcommittee
Washington
Wyoming Senate Backs 19 Year Old Vote With Hair Rule
The Wyoming senate amended a proposed constitutional amendment to allow 19 year olds to vote if male applicants have military standard haircuts. The measure excludes any hair length rule for women and ties youth suffrage to grooming. Senator J. W. Myers argued citizenship requires appearance.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Senate
Sen. J. W. Myers
Sirhan Lawyer Signals Manslaughter as Best Expectation
In Los Angeles the defense chief Grant Cooper says manslaughter is the best outcome for Sirhan Sirhan. He notes diminished capacity as a potential defense but says it could not yield a not guilty verdict, with possible rulings including first or second degree murder or manslaughter.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Grant Cooper
Cooper
Sirhan
California
Borman Tours Brussels During World Fair Visit
Apollo astronaut Frank Borman examined a 1958 World's Fair moon model during a sightseeing tour of Brussels. He toured the city with an official guide and viewed key sites before continuing his European schedule.
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Brussels
Frank Borman
Chinese counselor returns to embassy after two-year absence
In Vientiane Laos the Chinese communist counselor arrives back at the embassy after a two year absence, signaling resumed diplomatic contact with China.
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Vientiane
Laos
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Donald Peterson
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