Conflicting Testimony Over North Vietnam Air Raids
Senate Armed Services hearings reveal Gen. Creighton Abrams and Gen. John Lavelle gave different accounts of the North Vietnam air strikes. Chairman John Stennis says the dispute concerns knowledge of the raids while Sen. Dominick cites Abrams saying he knew of the raids but questions their compliance with engagement rules.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Abrams
Lavelle
Washington
Creighton W. Abrams
John D. Lavelle
North Vietnam
Senate
Armed Service Committee
John Stennis
Peter Domnick
R-Colp
Nixon
Army
Dominick
William Saxbe
R-Ohio
7Th Air Force Command
Saxbe
Creighton Abrams
John Lavell
U.S
Sen
Elderly Area Man Dies After Fall
George Hummer R D 1 Titusville died at St Vincent Hospital Erie from injuries after falling from a ladder onto a cement floor in his two story garage. He was active in Crawford County politics as a former county commissioner and township auditor and was a longtime Rome Township farmer.
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Hummer
Crawford County
Titusville High School
Pennsylvania State College
Rome Township
U.S
Saxbe
Lavelle
Abrams
Savage Fight for Citadel in Quang Tri Deepens
South Vietnamese marines and North Vietnamese forces exchanged heavy bunker to bunker combat at the Citadel in Quang Tri. Reports say Marines held about two acres of the 50 acre fortress as nearly 700 North Vietnamese troops were killed in five days of fighting. Tropical storm Flossie threatens to curtail air strikes as U S bombers target supply dumps and rail lines from Dong Hoi to near Quang Tri.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
de Viet
Jensen
Flossie
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Hoi
U.S
Hanoi
China
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Dmz
Refinery Fire Suit Set For Court in Erie
Franklin area case seeks 7300,000 against Wilco Chemical Co for fatal June 1970 Amalie refinery fire. Cheryl DePew, widow of Lt. David DePew of Cornplanter Fire Department, sues over alleged lack of regulations and inadequate firefighting equipment. Case to be heard in November term of federal court in Erie.
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Franklin
Amalie
Erie
Cheryl DePew
David DePew
Cornplanter Fire Department
DePew
Wilco Chemical Co