South Viet Military Faces Unease From U S Withdrawals
AP reports shifting mood in Eye for the I Corps as Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam and officers fear the Senate style pullout. Marines at Marble Mountain guard against a looming Laos border surge while Viet Cong activity rises. Rebels and regulars push for more air, artillery, and troops ahead of elections.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Eye Corps
Hoang Xuan Lam
Secret Vietnam study hints at shifts in US war plans
Nationwide publication of parts of a secret Pentagon Vietnam report reveals McNamara's rising disillusion with the war. The 47 volume study traces postwar policy, including Rolling Thunder and escalation proposals, and notes his push for Saigon to seek accommodation with noncommunist groups.
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Johnson
North Vietnam
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Pentagon
White House
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
Indochina
Anti Tollway Suit Heads To Court Friday
Preliminary arguments in Chicago federal court address the East West Tollway extension from Aurora to Rock Falls. The Counties Northern Council leads the suit citing violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Environmental Quality Improvement Act, plus due process concerns. About 200 farmers from DeKalb Kane Ogle and Lee counties have asked the Illinois Pollution Control Board to halt further tollway steps.
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Aurora
Rock Falls
United States District Court
Chicago
Northern Council
Rochelle
Alice Parks
Nixon Surrenders Secret Vietnam Study To Congress
President Nixon handed the top secret Pentagon study on Vietnam to Congress amid hopes for limited access and no leaks. House leaders planned quick votes as Rep. Moss pressed for a copy for hearings while Laird promised containment, with 534 lawmakers allowed to read behind closed doors but not copy or remove notes.
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Washington
Nixon
Pentagon
Vietnam
Congress
John E. Moss
House
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Mike Mansfield
Congressional
Carl Albert
Armed Services Committee
Supreme Court weigh government secrecy vs press freedom
The justices consider whether government secrecy overrides freedom of the press as The Times The Post and others rely on the Pentagon Papers. Appeals court rulings allowed limited continued publication while a lower review and executive classification scrutiny proceed. A grand jury probe in Los Angeles seeks possible national security law violations.
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Supreme Court
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Nixon
Congress
Executive Branch
Knight Newspapers Inc
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Chicago Sun- Times
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U.S
Anthony J. Russo
Rand
Defense Department
Russo
Daniel Ellsberg
New York Times
Pentagon
Ellsberg
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Lyndon B. Johnson
Future Of Draft Remains In Doubt In Senate Vote
Washington AP The draft fate remains uncertain less than a week before expiry as a two thirds Senate vote limits debate on a bill to extend it. A Mansfield Mansfield amendment urging a nine month Vietnam pullout if POWs are released boosts support. Gravel warns filibuster risks if conference removes the pullout clause.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Vietnam
Mansfield
Gravel
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Constitutional fight over secrecy reaches Supreme Court
AP reports a major constitutional clash over government secrecy and press freedom heads to the Supreme Court after rulings in NYT and Washington Post cases based on alleged classified Pentagon material. Knight newspapers publish Vietnam study leaks the government says could threaten national security. In other notes, a tunnel explosion in Los Angeles kills one and traps 16, a Yablonski murder probe continues, a conservative GOP figure cites a poll doubting Nixon 1972 re election, and North Vietnamese forces overrun a South Vietnamese base near the DMZ amid heavy shelling.
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New York Times
Washington Post
U.S. Supreme Court Today
Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
Pentagon
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Washington
Post
New York
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Times
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Chicago Sun- Times
Yablonski Investigation Deepens Over Slayings Motive
Claude E Vealey pleads guilty in Washington County court to murder in the 1969 Yablonski family killings. He says he and two others were paid 5200 by a man known only as Tony to do the deed, with a go-between arranging the crime. Investigators seek Tony’s full identity and motive. UMW says no link to President Tony Boyle.
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Claude E. Vealey
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Yablonski
Washington, Pa
Thomas Henderson
U.S. Justice Department
Washington County Common Pleas Court
Vealey
Tony
Yablonski
Washington
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Plea in Yablonski case signals more arrests anticipated
Vealey pleads in the Yablonski murders as four others face charges. Sprague says additional prosecutions possible while Henderson and Sprague comment on full identity of Tonys. Vealey’s confession recounts months of stalking and the Clarksville home ambush that killed J. F. Yablonski and his wife Edith.
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Union
Henderson
Richard Sprague
Tony
Sprague
Vealey
FBI
Tonys
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