Billion Dollar Viet Nam Money Racket Ties Indians to GI Deserters
Congressional investigators hear of a complex currency manipulation ring led by Indian money changers with GI deserters as a lower tier. The scam funds illegal profits exceeding 150 million dollars yearly, with 13 bank accounts traced in Hong Kong and the United States.
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Washington
Sen
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
U.S
Robert Parker
Saigon
Parker
Syndicate
Hong Kong
United States
Sen. Ribicoff
B52s Fire 1,500 Tons on Bu Prang Duc Lap Camps
In a night raid, fifty B52 Stratofortresses dropped about 1,500 tons of bombs on Bu Prang and Duc Lap Special Forces camps near the Cambodian border. The Bu Prang area bore the heaviest bombardment with 40 bombers targeting three camp sides. North Vietnamese forces reportedly suffered 243 killed near Bu Prang as shelling continued from Cambodia and in nearby areas. No ground fighting was reported, and casualties were not immediately clear beyond the airstrike toll.
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Saigon
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Cambodia
U.S
Services Set Tomorrow For Joseph Kennedy
Funeral Mass for Joseph P. Kennedy, former ambassador and patriarch of the Kennedy family, will be held Thursday at St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis. Cardinal Richard Cushing will celebrate with a small, family-attended service emphasizing resurrection and joy. Kennedy died at his Cape Cod home after years of poor health and strokes. He is succeeded by a long-standing family and public legacy.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Joseph P. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Cape Cod
John J. Cavanaugh
St. Francis Xavier’ Church
Hyannis
Father Cavanaugh
Kennedys
Notre Dame University
St. Mary’s College
Indiana
Kennedy
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Joseph Maguire
Joseph Fitzgerald
Kemmedy
Critics say Vietnam withdrawal pace too slow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members press the Nixon administration on Vietnam exit plans after meetings with Secretary Rogers. They warn a withdrawal could still leave up to 250000 U.S. troops for an indefinite period while defense chief Laird prepares further talks and possible hearings.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Rogers
U.S
Committee
Fulbright
Laird
United States
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Talked Out Of Bridge Jump In Allegheny Crisis
A 26 year old man in Oil City Hospital spent an hour atop a bridge threatening to jump. He was talked down by a woman he asked to see after allegedly taking pills and drinking. Police and firemen failed to persuade him until his former girlfriend arrived and persuaded him to come down. A crowd dispersed after the incident.
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Oil City
Carl Swartzinger
Swartzinger
St. Stephen's Church
Two American astronauts land on moon with nuclear generator
Apollo astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean complete a four hour moonwalk in the Ocean of Storms, deploying five scientific instruments powered by the first nuclear generator on the surface. A color TV camera failed after 45 minutes but the men, humor intact, collect samples and plan a second walk while orbiter Richard Gordon watches from 65 miles above.
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Space, Center, Houston
Charles
Pete” Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Conrad
Surveyor
Earth
Bean
Intrepid
Mission Control
Neil
Neil Armstrong
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Corry Urged to Seek Federal Aid for Housing Study
Urban renewal consultant Joseph J. Bendel of Mullin and Lonergan Associates advised Corry not to finance a $3,200 housing study. He urged exploring federal housing and redevelopment programs while city engineer David Johnson updated the City Council on the master plan as housing needs were discussed.
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Siowd
Johnson
Bendel
Council
Computer Fails Report Card Test In Titusville
In Titusville Junior High School the report card computer did not give a passing grade and officials briefly allowed distribution with a note to students to return for corrections the next day. The piece discusses housing and redevelopment plans, master plan revisions, and council inaction on Bendel proposals and a $3200 study.
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Titusville
Leafs Something To Be Desired In Kirkwood
Kirkwood, Missouri, councilman Robert L. Murphy vented frustration over leaf collection problems caused by a new leaf burning ban. He recited a humorous poem at a council meeting praising trees and lampooning the sweeping duties of the street department while noting autumn delays and the strain on workers.
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Kirkwood
Robert L. Murphy
Gordon Reports Has Room New Space Center Mission
Houston AP writes Richard Gordon Jr aboard the Yankee Clipper while Apollo 12 crewmates Conrad and Bean land on the moon. Gordon waits alone in lunar orbit ready to descend if needed and sends radio updates and encouragement as contact with the others fades.
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Gordon
Moon
Conrad
Bean
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Marine Aircraft Group 36
Okinawa
75Th Infantry
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Gore
Rose Kennedy
Frank Saunders
St. Francis Church
Charles Conrad Jr
Corry
Leafs
Gordon Reports
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