Peace Talks Fail To Curb Casualties At 300000 Mark
U S battlefield losses in nearly nine years of Vietnam war reach 300000 this week with about half since the Paris peace talks began. Reports say Viet Cong attacked Mekong Delta region killing 36 South Vietnamese and wounding 12 while U S forces suffered 2 deaths 18 wounded in clashes south of Da Nang and near the DMZ. Official tallies through last Saturday show 39572 Americans killed in action 258779 wounded and 1341 missing or captured.
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Paris
Lay
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Praise Student's Police Work Yet Charged With Murder
West Chester senior John Mervin 24 an honor student and narco agent for the West Chester Police Department faced a murder charge after a Malvern youth was killed in a confrontation. A witness said Mervin fired fearing the victim would shoot him. police chief framed his undercover work as instrumental in arrests this week.
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West Chester State College
West Chester Police Department
Malvern
Mervin
West Chester
Thomas G. Frame
Missing Corry Man Jailed In Maine
Corry man Robert E. Hulett, 41, awaiting arraignment in Ellsworth on larceny and True Name Act charges, was held after being identified under a fictitious name while hotel registration raised suspicions. Police traced his movements from Belfast to Ellsworth and Corry. a missing person teletype was issued.
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Robert E. Hulett
West Frederick Street
Hulett
Corry
Maine
The
Journal Today
Belfast
Floyd Hockenberry
East Main Street
Hockenberry
Apollo 12 opens second moon rocks chest at space center
Apollo 12 scientists open the second chest of moon rocks from more than two feet below the surface and begin cataloging 12 to 15 rock bags and core tube soil. Officials release color photos and film of the moon walks and a solar eclipse observed from the mission. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard Gordon Jr and Alan Bean neared Houston quarantine after Hornet recovery with a planned isolation period and ceremonial Neptune Rex rite.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Richard ¥. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
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Conrad
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Bean
Army Judge Disturbed By Press Interviews Of Massacre Witnesses
Army Judge Lt Col Reid Kennedy says witnesses are defying his order to avoid public talk about the My Lai massacre case. Calley, 26, faces a general court martial for the 1968 killings of 109 Vietnamese civilians. Kennedy calls a meeting to address witness interviews while Sen Tran Van Don and others seek verification of the events. Calley remains free in the Columbus area, assisting Col Talton Long, as investigations widen to include 24 soldiers. British stance supports U.S. Vietnam policy amid the controversy.
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Reid W. Kennedy
Army
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Kennedy
Calley
11Th Infantry Brigade
My Lai
Saigon
Tran van Don
Defense Committee
Senate Interior Committee
Quang Ngai Province
David Mitchell
U.S. Army
London
Michael Stewart
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Talton W. Long
Columbus
Long
POWs Families Rejoice At Thanksgiving News
Families of two Pennsylvania servicemen held as prisoners in Vietnam welcomed word from Defense Department lists of 59 captured U.S. servicemen. Air Force Maj. Thomas W. Lima of Jeannette and Air Force Capt. Mark J. Ruhling were listed, providing rare hope as relatives press for news. Navy Lt. David J. Carey and other locals remained without updates, while Red Cross contact continues for some families.
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Pennsylvania
Vietnam
Air Force
Thomas W. Lima
Jeannette
New Jersey
Mark J. Rhuling
Sima
Rubling
Defense Department
U.S
Defendents
Chicago
Bernard ‘Rennie’ Davis
Ruhling
Holiday Traffic Deaths Mounting Across Nation
During the Thanksgiving holiday, highway accidents claimed 222 lives by early today. A major crash west of Richmond, Virginia, killed five, including a minister, his wife, and their child. The National Safety Council pressures estimates 700 to 800 more deaths may occur through Sunday. Blue Cross Philadelphia paid a record $13 million for hospital services in October to 68,000 subscribers, depleting reserves.
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National Safety Council
Blue Cross
Philadelphia
Two More NYS Child Murder Cases Reported
Multiple New York cases report child deaths with charged suspects. In Tioga Oswego, Stanley Shepard is held without bail after his 4-year-old daughter died. police say the child had been dead since Wednesday. In West Hempstead detectives charged a live-in worker with murder in the suffocation of her year-old daughter, Antoinette Yannotti said she placed a bag over the child's face. Mrs Colleen White of Buffalo pleaded guilty to a reduced count in the death of her 3-month-old daughter Diana Lee White, after being indicted for first degree manslaughter.
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Stanley Shepard
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Shepard
West Hempstead
Antoinette Yannotti
Patricia Marie Yannotti
White
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