South Vietnam Takes Over First Mekong Delta Base
The U S Navy handed over the first of 50 Mekong Delta bases to South Vietnam at My Tho as heavy fighting surged nearby near Bu Prang. Reports say 59 Viet Cong killed, 15 weapons captured, with 18 militiamen killed and 31 wounded in clashes.
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My Tho
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U Minh Forest
Defense
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Nguyen van Thieu
Apollo 12 Crew Returns to Houston Center
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Jr land at Houston aboard the USS Hornet after a 10 day mission and begin 11 days of quarantine at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Geologists study more than 50 pounds of Ocean of Storms rocks noting large crystalline samples and diverse igneous compositions.
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Hawaii
Bean
Magazine recalls issue with deadly drinking test
FDA warns December issue of Caper magazine contains a dissolving test with methyl alcohol that could cause blindness or death. See Magazine Inc distributes about 150,000 copies in the US and Canada. ink claims a “most powerful hallucinogen” diphenylthloroamy 1-2 benzoate, though its identity is unconfirmed. Canadian authorities remove the issue from stands.
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Washington
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FDA
United States
Canada
Kable Distributing Co
New York
My Lai Bravery Award Highlighted by AP Report
A helicopter pilot who complained sparked an Army inquiry into My Lai received the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving 16 Vietnamese children on March 16, 1968. Pentagon sources say his action triggered the initial investigation into alleged noncombatant killings.
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My Lai
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
WO Hugh ©. Thompson Jr
Ft. Rucker
Ala
My Lair
Thompson
Decatur
Pentagon
Washington
Army
Secretary of the Army
Stanley
R. Resor
Driver charged after caper ends with DUI arrest
State Police charged Martha Honchosky, 43, with driving while intoxicated after a city police case began when teens reported her car near Mead avenue and a mailbox. Troopers traced her vehicle to Hatchery Road and a partial ditch, while earlier Venango charges were dropped due to a negative breath test.
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Venengo
Martha Honchosky
Mead Avenue
West Columbus Avenue
Hatchery Road
Corry
Frank Carnegie
Venango
City police halt late night mini skirt dispute on First avenue
At 2:35 a.m. officers responded to a call about trouble on First Avenue. They found a sister pair arguing over how short the younger sister’s mini skirt could be with no reported outcome. The incident follows a familiar domestic conflict pattern and lacks further details. Mayor Lindsay declines comment on Rockefeller 1970 bid.
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Fainy
Industry To Finance New Housing Survey In Corry
Corry Industrial Division members vote to fund a 3200 dollar housing survey to assess needs sites and an action program. If approved the loan would be repaid from project financing and a Philadelphia firm would assess sites and run a turnkey program.
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Corry Area Industrial Development Corp
Housing Committee
Mullin and Lonergan Associates
Philadelphia
Federal Housing Authority
Pennsylania Department of Community Affairs
Corry Industry
Pennsylvania
Appalachia
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