North Seige Kills 10 G1s At Base Camp
Relief battalion of South Vietnamese mobile strike forces broke through to Dak Seang Special Forces camp on the 10th day of a North Vietnamese siege. They faced about 2,000 North Viet Minh attackers firing rockets mortars and artillery. Casualties included about 50 South Vietnamese and 10 Americans in and around the camp. A separate attack on Mai Loc camp left six Americans and 21 Montagnards dead, with many missing and wounded.
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Saigon
Dak Seang
Pleiku
U.S. Green Berets
Central Highlands
Soviet Spy Ship Watches U.S. Navy at Rota Base Base
Twelve miles from the big U.S. base at Rota Spain a Russian spy vessel watches Polaris submarines. The Verikal now disguises as a fishing trawler and may change next month as talks on base transfer with Spain proceed. If no agreement by Sept 26 the U.S. may abandon Rota, a key logistics hub for the Sixth Fleet with nine tenant units and intelligence aircraft.
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Rota
Spain
U.S. Navy
Europe
Verikal
U.S
Francisco J. de Elizalde
William R. McQuilkin
New Orleans
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Oth Ee
Cadiz Bay
Nixon Calls Appointment of Southerner Impossible
A resolution accusing President Nixon of geographic prejudice in Carswell’s Senate rejection was introduced by Sen. Albert Gore. The move follows Nixon’s claim that it is hard to confirm a conservative from the South, prompting Republican and Democratic leaders to weigh in on the political fight surrounding the failed Carswell nomination.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Deep South
Carswell
South
Sea Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Clement F. Haynsworth
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Haynsworth
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Allen Ellender
D-La
Tallahassee
Fla
Abe Fortas
William B. Spong Jr
D-Va
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
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North Seige
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Sue
Dan McEldowney
Journal
Left
Robert Johnson
Jaycees
Jaycee
McEldowney
Eaton
Jaycees Honor Journal
Barre
Tre
Capes Od Acme
By Bausch and
Lomb
Polaroid
Carry Plaza
G. C. Murphy CO
Columbus Ave
Camera Girl
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