Secret U S Thai troop pact disclosed by subcommittee
A Senate subcommittee revealed testimony of a covert agreement paying Thailand over 200 million dollars for training equipment and allowances to send 10 000 Thai troops to Vietnam and Cambodia. The accord signed Nov 9 1967 included Hawk missiles and boosted U S military aid to Thailand.
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Thailand
Bangkok
Vietnam
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Missouri
Stuart Symington
Senate Foreign Relations
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Cambodia
South Vietnam
Symington
Cambodia Wins Back Two Sites From Viet Cong
Cambodian government forces retook the Siem Reap airfield in northwest Cambodia and drove Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops from Kompong Thom in central Cambodia. Sporadic fighting continued near Angkor ruins as authorities warned of countermeasures if the enemy entered the area. Cambodian and Thai officials discussed reinforcements amid fears of a strategic blow to Thailand.
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Siem Reap
Cambodia
Kompong Thom
Angkor
Fig
Thailand
Bangkok
South Vietnam
Saigon
Big Chup
Laotians Suffer Heavy Losses Near Plain of Jars
In a rain soaked attack near Phou Long Mat in northern Laos, North Vietnamese forces killed 64 Laotian troops under Gen. Vang Pao and wounded 60, with 23 missing. The heavy losses mark the fiercest since February.
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Laos
Plain of Jars
Vang Pao
Phou Long Mat
Stockholm orders car exhaust tests for old vehicles
Swedish authorities will conduct tests next month to measure poisonous exhaust content from cars aged three or more years as part of a pollution reduction push.
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Stockholm
Aid Unit Is CIA Cover
US foreign aid chief John Hannah acknowledges that the Central Intelligence Agency uses the aid program as a cover for operations in Laos. He says the preference is to end such use and expects Nixon to push Congress to separate intelligence from overseas economic assistance.
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U.S
Laos
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U.S. Agency For International Development
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Congress
Metromedia
CIA
Senate
Stuart Symington
Executive Branch
Fact Finders Visit Lon Nol in Cambodia Meeting
Two members of President Nixon's 13 man fact finding team met with Premier Lon Nol in Phnom Penh. White House aide Herb Klein and Gov. Raymond Shafer of Pennsylvania did not reveal discussion details. The group planned to compile findings in Hawaii and report to Nixon later.
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White House
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Herb Klein
Raymond Shafer
Pennsylvania
U.S
Lloyd Rives
Shafer
Hawaii
Vietnam
Klein
U S Diplomat Seized in Amman by Palestinian Guerrillas
Palestinian guerrillas claimed to kidnap Morris Draper, a U.S. embassy political officer, in Amman on Sunday night. Draper, 42, is reported released and in good health, with U.S. embassy officials confirming he has been freed.
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Jordan
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Popular Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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U.S
Draper
California
State Department
Washington
Two Men Challenge Draft Orders in Federal Suit
Cedar Rapids news reports two Cedar Rapids and rural Lisbon men filing federal suits against Linn and Cedar county select service boards. Allan Meier seeks an injunction to avoid induction claiming hardship and caregiver status. H William Radl seeks declaratory and temporary relief against reporting for civilian work at Denver General hospital.
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Cedar County Selective Service Boards
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Four Die After Car Is Split By Train At Iowa Crossing
A mother and three teenage daughters were killed when their car was torn in half by a Burlington Northern passenger train at a rural Council Bluffs crossing two miles south of highway 275. The Ak Sar Ben Zephyr from Chicago to Lincoln dragged the vehicle about three quarters of a mile. engineer Norman Ridinger said the train was traveling about 75 mph and the car failed to stop at the stop sign. Linda Johnston 19, Sandra 16 and Patricia 14 were among the victims. Mrs. John B. Johnston and a son were away on a fishing trip in Nebraska. Linda was to be married July 11. the three girls attended Lewis Central High School.
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Military Coup Ousts Argentina President Ongania
Buenos Aires reports that the armed forces commanders announce they have removed President Juan Carlos Ongania after nearly four years in power. A junta of chiefs of the army navy and air force says it will resume political authority and invites Ongania to resign.
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UPI
Argentina
Juan Carlos Ongania
Argentine
Ongania
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ABM Safeguard Funds Approved by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee approved 1.9 billion for military construction for the coming year, including 365.8 million for antimissile sites. Funds cover launch facilities at Grand Forks and Malmstrom AFBs, early work at Whiteman AFB, prep for five more sites, and ABM research at Kwajalein. If endorsed, total ABM funding reaches 701 million, excluding 4.8 billion already provided for Safeguard hardware development.
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UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Grand Forks
Malmstrom Air Force
North Dakota
Montana
Whiteman Afb
Pacific Missile Range
Kwajalein
House
Senate
Congress
Unbelievable Scene as U S C 130 Drops Aid in Peru Quake
Aboard a U S C 130 over north central Peru the crew witnessed devastation above Huraz Anta and Yungay as air drops of survival kits reached survivors. The relief effort includes 14 nations with Chinook helicopters 100 bed field hospitals and pledged U S aid totaling 11 million dollars.
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