Vietnamese Forces Begin New Sweep East of A Shau
South Vietnamese troops push east of the A Shau valley while a 10 000 man Cambodian sweep ends without major contact. North Vietnamese pulled back after air strikes as U S forces cut strength to 229 200 in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
A Shau
Cambodia
Highway 7
Krek
South Vietnam
Hue
U.S
A Shan
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
A Shaw
Concord 4-H Club Clean-Up Carried On Despite Rain
A Concord Township 4-H club members collected bags of roadside litter Saturday morning. They postponed the event last week due to rain but chose to proceed this weekend, not letting weather derail the cleanup.
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Concord 4-H Club
Concord Township
Pryor
Hanoi Leaders Foreshadowed U S Move Into North Vietnam
A December 1963 North Vietnamese Central Committee resolution foresaw the U S expansion into North Vietnam 14 months before Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 bombing. It warned of possible large scale escalation if South Vietnam power waned and urged strengthening North Vietnam’s economy and defenses. The document noted U S buildup began mid 1965 and peaked in 1969, but called such escalation a remote possibility.
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Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
North
Central Committee
The
North Vietnamese Communist Party
South
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Medina Murder Case Jury Selection Begins at Fort McPherson
Jury selection starts today for the trial of Capt. Ernest Medina charged with premeditated murder and assault for the My Lai sweep that killed 102 Vietnamese civilians on May 16, 1968. He could face life imprisonment. Lt. William Calley Jr. was convicted for 22 deaths in the same incident.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
My Lai
William J. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Vienamese
Calley
Medina
Kenneth Howard
Xi ‘Medina
Howard
Tomoyuki Yamashita
United States
Philippines
Yamashita
Charles Hutto
Hutto
David Mitchell
Eugene Kotone
Quick Lockheed Loan Approval Not Likely
Washington and Los Angeles notices frame a tense battle in the Senate over a 250 million loan guarantee bill for Lockheed and other troubled firms. Senator Tower foresees delays past a two thirds vote while Buckley opposes broad guarantees. Nixon urges action before recess as opposition consolidates amid a broad faction. Gary Hanekamp searches for gold in Elysian Park and finds none after digging.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
John Tower
R-Tex
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Lockheed
Tower
James L. Buckley
New York
Buckley
Congress
White House
Los Angeles
Gary Hanekamp
Hanekamp
Elysian Park
Cit
Moth Escapes From Man’s Ear After Light Draws It Out
An unidentified man seeking help at Henrietta Goodall Hospital's emergency ward reported a moth in his ear. A nurse and later a physician examined him with an otoscope, and the moth flew out as the light drew it toward the instrument.
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Sanford, Maine
Henrietta Goodall Hospital
Erie Pair Charged In Extortion Plot Involving Store Exec
Two Erie men Donald Doolan and Richard Mallory are charged with conspiracy kidnap and extortion along with firearms violations. They allegedly tied up a K-Mart store manager’s wife and son and demanded 10000 dollars. Police arrested them as they fled the scene.
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Erie (Ap
Erie
Donald Doolan
Richard Mallory
K-Mart
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