U S Rescue Copter Downed In Vietnam Seven Killed
Communists shot down a marked U S helicopter ambulance over Vietnam's central highlands killing seven aboard including four crewmen and three wounded soldiers. The wounded sergeant survived. The incident marked the 999th American helicopter downed. Further fighting left 85 communists killed in two battles as U S forces pressed operations near a coastal village.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Vietnam
Emergency powers pressed by Franco government in Spain
Madrid (UPI) The Franco government imposed emergency measures resembling modified martial law granting broad powers to search and detain and to arrest without limit. The move follows months of student unrest over political and educational reforms.
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Madrid
UPI
Francisco Franco
Spain
Ky Promises Firm Stand in Vietnam Talks in Paris
Vice-president Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam arrived in Paris for talks on peace with the Communists. He said Saigon will not be conquered by force and hopes for a just, lasting peace while planning to replace American troops with Vietnamese forces within a year. Security was tight at Orly as negotiators prepared for the opening conference.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Paris
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Saigon
U. S
UPS
Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Ameray
Pham Dang Lam
Nixon Orders Relief Study For Biafra
President Nixon ordered a comprehensive study to assess how the United States can enlarge and expedite relief for starving Biafran citizens. Press Secretary Ziegler said the move follows a Senate resolution and aims to produce recommendations for broader aid.
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Biafra
U.S
Ronald Ziegler
Senate
Walter Hickel
Hickel
White House
Alaska
Arthur Burns
Burns
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Ziegler
Lyndon ‘Johnson
Pueblo Captain Recalls Confession Under Pressure
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher described signing a spy confession after USS Pueblo was captured saying North Koreans threatened his crew. He recounted earlier torture attempts and his mental distress while his wife Rose sat nearby during the naval court inquiry.
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Coronado
UPI
Lloyd Bucher
Bucher
Space heroes in Kremlin shooting snarl stalls interview
Soviet officials interrupted Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov as a gunman opened fire on a motorcade at the Kremlin. Four Soyuz cosmonauts had just completed space firsts, with driver and escort wounded and Georgy Beregovoi injured by glass shards. The gunman remains unidentified as officials pivot to space matters.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Mstislav Keldysh
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Keldysh
Alexei Leonov
Loonev
Valentina Tereshkova
Soyuz
Czechs Place Army on Alert for Palach Funeral
Prague officials announced an army alert and interior steps to ensure order during the funeral of Jan Palach. Dubcek urged restraint as thousands queued at Charles University to honor Palach, with 50 000 expected to pass the bier and 400 000 to attend final rites.
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Palach
Charles ‘University
Charles University
Jan Hus
Carolinum
Liberal Arts
Vysehrad
Czechoslovakia
Prague Student Action Committee
420 Arrested in Melee at S F State Uprising
San Francisco police backed Acting President S I Hayakawa as 300 riot officers arrested 420 demonstrators at San Francisco State during a rally. Rocks bottles and clubs were thrown. a jail cell fire occurred. Picketing flared at UC Berkeley in solidarity as violence followed a campus strike.
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UPI
S. I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Hall of Justice
University of California
Berkeley
San Francisco State
Black Students Union
Third World Liberation
Winds To Ease From Freezing Iowa Winter Storm
Cold, sun scarce as northeast Iowa endures drifting snow and road closures. Winds ease but temps fall to 6 to 14 below zero with single digit wind chill. Des Moines tally shows only 42 minutes of sun since Jan 16. Cedar Rapids gusts reach 40 mph. several highways blocked. 70-plus northeast Iowa schools closed.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Mason City
Durant
Iowa City
Huxley
Oelwein
Maynard
Clayton County
Winneshiek County
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
Computer payroll error costs hit HEW in 1960s cycle
Investigators described a malfunctioning government payroll computer at HEW that issued thousands of incorrect payments to former employees, those on leave, and nonemployees. Auditors cited $4 million in erroneous year end tax reports and other losses, urging a fast redesign and tighter controls.
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General Accounting Office
U.S
Federal
Public Health Service
HEW
Internal Revenue Service
Robert Finch
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