Embassy siege ends as Marines reclaim Saigon compound
In Saigon the Viet Cong attack on the U.S. embassy escalated at dawn with rockets and small arms fire. Marines from the 101st Airborne, led by Captain Robert OBrien, mounted a night assault and secured the building while diplomat Jacobson and guards were evacuated. Eight key hours left the compound with enemy casualties and one diplomat killed? (Note: This line should be concise and factual. due to length constraints, a precise, final wording is provided.)
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Robert O’brien
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Schwartz
Ranger perspective from the desert combat sweep
C R Man and Healy describe a tense arrival at a sun baked airstrip for a combat patrol. They praise helicopter crews and fellow sergeants Raymond Norwall and Abel Amaral while noting low desertion and harsh discipline within the ranger unit. Healy says rangers endure strict treatment to maintain discipline.
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Maui
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Death Removes Man From FBI Most Wanted List
The FBI dropped Monroe Hickson from its ten most wanted list after his death in a Chapel Hill hospital. Hickson, also known as Willie Tyler, was sought on a charge of unlawful flight to avoid imprisonment for murder in Columbia and Durham counties, North Carolina.
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Monroe Hickson
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N.C
Willie Tyler
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Columbia
Two College Students Charged In Embassy Plaque Theft
In Washington two college students were stopped after unscrewing a heavy brass nameplate from the Soviet Embassy and carrying it down an alley. A policeman testified in General Sessions court that he halted the youth, charges filed were petty larceny. The State Department returned the plaque to the embassy and apologized. Soviets appeared mildly upset.
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General Sessions
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Secrecy Veils Probe of Prisoner Graves
In Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas state police probe secretively into whether three skeletons from an unmarked grave are inmates or victims of prison justice. A prison insider alleged many graves exist. officials deem the site likely a paupers cemetery. Governor Rockefeller urged withholding details pending tests and a full report.
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Arkansas
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas prison graves reveal unclaimed bodies buried on grounds
Since 1953 inmates arriving in Arkansas were listed as escapees and buried in a fenced cemetery two miles from the grave sites. Officials say prisoners died natural deaths and no one claimed their bodies, leaving records of escapes.
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Arkansas
Wilson Hits Low In Opinion Poll
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson faces record low popularity. A Daily Express poll finds 62.5 percent dissatisfied with Wilson as prime minister, 68.8 percent unhappy with Labour governance, and only 30.3 percent would vote Labour in a new general election.
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Avengers Premonition Sparks British Delegation Mystery
A British delegation experiences unsettling premonitions of doom during The Avengers on KCRG TV 8 at 6 30 P M Color. The unusual telecast prompts curiosity about the program and its message.
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