GIs Begin Exit From Laos Front As Laos Run Ends
U S support forces pull back from northwest South Vietnam while thousands of South Vietnamese troops flee across the Laotian border amid heavy assaults. North Vietnamese artillery rockets and sappers strike Khe Sanh and eight other U S positions as the Laos operation closes. Casualties cited: seven Americans killed, forty wounded, with higher counts reported by field officials.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Khe Sanh
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Sanh
Ham Nghi
Argentina military seizes power ousting Levingston
Argentina's military leaders ousted President Roberto Levingston and announced a return to civilian rule within one to two years. Lt. Gen. Alejandro Lanusse emerged as the dominant figure guiding a junta of army navy and air force chiefs. Public life continued with normal services while the new regime stressed an elected civilian government and stability.
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Roberto Levingston
Goverment House
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alejandro Lanusse
Levingston
Air Force
Hir Force
Ezequiel Martinez
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Martinez
Interior, Information and Labor
Lanusse
Government House
Army
Navy
Junta
Carlos Alberto Rey
Adm
Pedro Guavi
Calley defense cries as jury delays verdict during long court martial
Lt William Calleys defense argues the six jurors at his Ft Benning court martial are not deliberating seriously enough. Col Reid Kennedy counters that jurors may relax after deliberations and should stay fresh. A newspaper report notes the jury sought clean clothes pay and other conveniences amid a historic long deliberation.
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FT. Benning
UPI
William Calley
Reid Kennedy
Kennedy
George Latimer
Calley
Latimer
Atlanta Constitution
Nixon says Laos pullout steady with 12500 monthly troops
President Nixon in a long TV interview asserts Laos operations ensure a continued withdrawal of at least 12 500 U S troops each month from South Vietnam. He says the move substantially reduces danger to remaining U S forces and hints at further six month pacing. The discussion touches Vietnam policy and aims, with no focus on Middle East or Soviets.
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Washington
Nixon
Laos
South Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Middle East
Soviet Union
Proposal Now Goes To States
Washington reports the House approved a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 and send the 26th Amendment to the states for ratification. It would require 38 states to approve within up to seven years, with potential effective dates as early as 1972.
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Washington
House
UPI
Congress
Georgia
Alaska
Kentucky
General Services Administration
Rail Deficiency Reports Decreed
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads to file quarterly reports detailing how they correct service deficiencies. The first report is due July 1.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rails Get Permanent Freight Rate Boosts
Washington AP reports the Interstate Commerce Commission grants permanent freight rate increases for U S railroads of about 12 percent in the East and West and 6 percent in the South. The boosts, largely anticipated, will add roughly 300 million less than railroads asked and may take effect in five days. The action completes a series of rate rises approved over the past four years and covers several specific product shipments as well as general freight.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Southern
Hughes Urges National Rail Roadbed Plan To Modernize System
U.S. Senator Harold Hughes condemned Nixon era rail policy and urged a national rail roadbed program like the interstate system. He spoke at Armar Ballroom for Congressman John Culver, warning of rail line abandonments and proposing expansion to restore 450 trains now and more by decade’s end.
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U.S
Harold Hughes
Iowa Democrat
Armar Ballroom
John C. Culver
Hughes
Nixon
United States
General Accounting Office
Gamblers Anonymous Offers Cure Claims for Gamblers
A new outfit named Gamblers Anonymous promises to cure gambling addiction with its program and odds of success. Copyright notice accompanies the item.
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Gamblers Anonymous
Pilot Barred From Talking After North Vietnam Rescue
An American pilot Major Robert Priest was shot down 35 miles above the DMZ and rescued in North Vietnam. He was barred from talking to newsmen with a clearance request handled by the Seventh Air Force. the command had no immediate comment on the interview.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Robert Priest
Victorville
Calif
da Nang
Seventh Air Force
John Barbato
U.S. Command
Richard Gardner
Priest
Demilitarized Zone
Massive farmer protest in Brussels targets Common Market ministers
About 60 000 farmers from six Common Market countries marched downtown Brussels waving pitch forks. Violence erupted with a farmer shot and wounded as police fired warning shots to separate crowds near the Midi station. Protests pressed ministers on price policy and Mansholt plan for farming modernization and joint financing.
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Brussels
Midi
Common Market Council
Ministers of Agriculture
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Gans
Sicco Mansholt
Common Market Executive Commission
Mansholt
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Tran van An
Holger Jensen
Highway 9
UPI Photo
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Cordoba
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H. D. Quigg
Glen Campbell
Ed Sullivan
Vietnam
Hanoi
Agnew
Southeast Asia
White House
Senate
Supreme Court
Dale Kueter
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