Cambodian Campaign Heats Up As Crossborder Fighting Grows
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units heightened pressure near Cambodia's eastern sanctuary, seizing a town opposite Kompong Cham as Cambodian government forces suffer missing battalions. U S and allied air strikes hit North Vietnamese supply trails in Laos while heavy B 52 raids target routes along the Laotian panhandle. The ongoing Cambodian operation now enters its third week with U S losses climbing to 123 killed and 468 wounded, including a helicopter downing that killed four Americans. The Seventh Fleet expands force with a third carrier to meet operational commitments in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Cambodia
Mekong River
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
Laos
Ho Chi Mish Trol
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Mu Gia Pass
Wantian
Laos Panhandle
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Seventh Fleet
Gulf
Sinc
Time Right Nixon Move Opens Cambodia Sanctions Hit
U S officials say the Nixon administration chose to strike enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia not from a sudden threat but because conditions were ripe after Cambodia's March regime change. Laird cited altered political and military contexts as enabling the operation.
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Washington
Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
Sihanouk
Lon Nol
Luther Bomb Scare Yields Potent Wine
Decorah police and sheriff’s office responded to a bomb scare at Luther College after a phone warning of a campus detonation. A bottle labeled TNT found in the library proved to be cheap wine, and classes resumed at 1 am.
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C. Farwell
Luther College
Fire Department
Winneshirk County Sheriff's Office
Market volatility linked to bum alters, not bulls or bears
A cryptic note from a PTA TS copyright entry suggests that market losses attributed to bulls and bears are overstated, with a pointed claim that bum alters are the primary drivers behind the sick market. The fragment hints at skepticism toward common explanations for financial decline.
Nine wounded at Jackson State incident shocks campus
In Jackson Mississippi police and state troopers fired on a crowd near a women’s dormitory at Jackson State College, killing two Black male students and wounding seven others in a 21 second fusillade. Officers were responding to reports of rocks being thrown at passing vehicles.
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Jackson
Miss
Jackson State College
Hinds County
B. T. Bullock
James Green
Phillip Gibbs
Ripley
Jackson State shootings raise federal probe into causes
Atty General orders investigators to determine if federal laws were violated after the Jackson State campus clashes. Police say snipers fired as a truck and fires were tackled, while witnesses cite conflicting versions of who started the unrest amid two nights of disturbances near Mississippi’s capital.
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Washington
Mitchell
Jackson State
Cedar Rapids 89-year-old man found slain in apartment
An 89-year-old Cedar Rapids man named Charles Gearhart was found stabbed to death in his 422 First Street SW apartment Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. Police say the body showed a chest wound and the place appeared entered by a broken rear door. Gearhart reportedly carried large sums of cash, none was found on him or in the room. Two tenants discovered the body while visiting. Continued on page 3.
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Cedar Rapids
First Street
Charles Gearhart
George J. Matias
Gearhart
Matias
Stubbery
Stock Mart. Prices Soar
New York AP reports stocks surged Friday afternoon with the Dow Jones average up 9.31 points to 6.10 by 2 p.m. The market climbed more than seven points in the first half hour but trimmed gains to a small rise before the close.
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New York
See Fund Curb Casting Doubt on Nixon Judgment
Washington AP reports Administration forces in the Senate face an uphill fight over approval of restrictions on Indo China military aid. Republicans, led by Griffin, say passage of the Cooper Church amendments would suggest Nixon does not mean what he says. Debate centers on the president’s power to protect troops, with action postponed to next week.
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Senate
Indo-China
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Griffinasmidtu
Newsmer
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Cambodia
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Kan
Cooper
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Church
D-Idaho
Dorms Names Regents Injunction Hits University of Iowa
A Johnson county district court injunction bars the University of Iowa and the state board of regents from enforcing present dorm housing regulations. Judge J Paul Naughton granted the temporary order to five young plaintiffs including four UI students Dennis Hart Steven Ives Peter Dreyfuss and two Cedar Rapids attorneys Stephen Jackson and Michael Fay.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Johnson County
University
State Board of Regents
J. Paul Naughton
Stephen Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Michael W. Fay
Dennis Hart
Steven Ives
Peter Dreyfuss
Iowa
Cal
Cancel Observances At Military Bases
Washington AP reports cancellations of Armed Forces Day observances at multiple bases including Fort Jackson Fort Bragg Pope Fort Meade MacDill Fort Benning and Fort Ord after local officials and defense officials weighed troop participation and potential antiwar demonstrations. Spokesmen stressed commanders decide on base participation and that no substantial parade cancellations occurred previously.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
Fort Jackson
D.C
Fort Bragg
Pope Air
Quantea Marine
Fort Meade
Fla
Macbill
Fort Benning
Fort Ore
Sacramento
Calif
Fort Ord
Salt
Dakotan Buys Odd Parcels for Walnut Tree Plan
Walter M. Strand of Kimball South Dakota nicknamed Walter Walnut Seed buys scattered former highway land in multiple Iowa and nearby counties. He aims to plant trees on parcels 0.1 to 34 acres each, says he is a freelance operator seeking private picnic grounds for fun, with no immediate profit. Strand has bought about 4.7 acres total, plans further purchases in Wisconsin, and notes trees do not grow well in South Dakota.
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Danette
Ames
Walter Walnut Seed
Highway Commission
Walter M. Strand
Kimball, S. D
Strand
Commission
Walter
Kimball
South Dakota
Harrison
Muscastins
Winneshirk
Warren
Ida
Robson
Clarke
Clayton Counties
Towa
Wisconsin
First Census Blank Return 48 Persons Counted
The Gazette ran a census blamk provided by the census bureau noting at least 48 Linn county residents Missed or not counted in the federal census The majority of blank returns were from Cedar Rapids with one from Palo Farms listed ranged from one to six persons totaling forty eight The forms will be sent to the census bureau for record checking and possible use by the bureau
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Census Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Palo
Ohio University Ordered Closed After National Guard Deployment
The president of Ohio University in Athens ordered an early closure after 1,000 national guardsmen were sent in to quell campus disorders. Police used tear gas to disperse about 2,000 rock-throwing students as the highway patrol sealed off the town of 17,000. An aide to Governor Rhodes noted no immediate plan to deploy guards at Ohio University.
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Ohio
Highway Patrol
Rhodes
Kkent State
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