U S Camp Hit Near Cambodian Border by North Vietnamese
North Vietnamese troops attacked a U S armored cavalry camp 64 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. They blew up ammunition depots causing heavy losses to tanks APCs and artillery while not breaking the camp perimeter. Three enemy bodies were found and U S forces reported 7 Americans killed 44 wounded across five clashes.
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Israel Widespread Air Strike Hits Jordan Front
Israeli fighter bombers carried out the heaviest raid into Jordan in over a year, attacking artillery sites on a four hour front along the Jordanian frontier near the Sea of Galilee. Iraqi claims two Israeli planes were shot down during the raid.
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Claremont Student Broached My Lai Massacre in Letter
Ronald Lee Ridenhour, a Claremont College literature major and football player, wrote a 2000 word letter to congress and the army urging investigations into the My Lai killings. He cited accounts from soldiers, said an infantry company killed many civilians, and described his own conflict with army authority and his wish to protect servicemen.
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Sea Battle Ends as Oil Drilling Platform Placed Off Coast
Protesters led by Get Oil Out clashed with private protest vessels as Sun Oil moved and sank the offshore platform off Santa Barbara. The six-day action halted after the rig was towed into position six miles offshore, drawing national attention to offshore drilling and a January oil spill that blackened 800 square miles of sea.
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Fleowst
Olleak
Sun Oil
Don Solanas
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Twolterior Department
Pacific Oil
Susie
Galadriel
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Sun Qil
Soviet Luncheon Follows Secret Missile Talks in Helsinki
In Helsinki the U S and Soviet negotiators held a fourteenth secret missile talks session with a one and a quarter hour discussion at the Soviet embassy followed by a two hour luncheon. The exchange continued amid entertainment and business negotiations.
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U.S
White House denounces My Lai massacre as abhorrent
Washington says the alleged 1968 My Lai killings are abhorrent to the conscience of all Americans and will be dealt with under military justice. Press Secretary Ziegler says the administration learned of the incident in 1969 and backs a full army investigation into possible cover up details.
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White House
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Nixon
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My Lai
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William Calley
Calley
Reid Kennedy
Ft. Benning
Thanksgiving Gazette promises jumbo 108 page Thanksgiving edition
The Gazette announces a 108 page Thanksgiving edition packed with world national and local news. It highlights 50th anniversary of the Whittier Community building a profile of a blind University of Iowa graduate and teaching job and features two Cedar Rapids area photo essays with students and visitors plus holiday shopping ads from Cedar Rapids stores.
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Whittier
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Max Conrad
Cedar Rapids
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William J. Meaney, Jr
Dorothy Woods Sapp
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Thanksgiving Gazette
Nixon Signs Draft Reform Plan With Random Lottery
President Nixon signed a law changing the military draft to establish a random selection system. The first drawing to select 19 year olds will be held Monday, aiming to reduce suspense and move toward a volunteer armed force. An executive order implements procedures to limit exposure to about one year per man, with deferments and exemptions unchanged.
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