One In A Million Rocket Hit Enters GI Bunker in S Vietnam
SAIGON AP The United States suffered thirty deaths and fifty wounded in three shelling attacks on a northern South Vietnam base near the DMZ. A 100 pound rocket hit a bunker used as a club at Charlie 2, killing and wounding many who had gathered for drinks and meals. A U.S. officer called the strike a one in a million. Six hours earlier forces repelled a separate rocket attempt to the north, killing seven enemies and capturing launchers and shells while losing two OH58 helicopters.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Charlie 2
Demilitarized Zone
Pfc
Steve Newton
Hawesville
Newton
U.S
Dmz
Undecided Senators Hold Draft Key in Pay Hike Debate
Senate debate focuses on draft extension length and a large military pay rise as 15 undecided senators hold sway. Schweiker and Hughes back a one year extension with a $2.7 billion two year pay hike, up from the Armed Services panel's $987 million. Mansfield warns funding cuts to Indochina could push inductions past June 30.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Senate
House Ap
Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
Mike Mansfield
Schweiker
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Armed Services Committee
House
Redheads Aim High in Miss USA Pageant Night
Sue Collins of Tennessee hopes to overturn redhead stereotypes as she competes with 50 entrants for Miss USA in Miami Beach. The Nashville contestant, who models and writes songs, seeks the title held by Debbie Shelton. CBS to televise at 10 p.m. EDT.
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Hubert Mizell
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Sue Collins
Strawberry Plains, Tenn
Miss Collins
District of Columbia
Virginia
Debbie Shelton
Nashville
Sue
D.C
Suzanne Pluskoski
CBS
Weekend Summary On The Hill
Washington AP reports the week’s major congressional status with bills enacted into law, a proposed 18 year voting age amendment, Social Security boosts, debt-limit changes, SST funding defeated by both houses, and a $5.5 billion public works program awaiting compromise. Also notes bills in committee on welfare reforms agency reorganization revenue sharing auto insurance regulation banking reforms foreign aid and Vietnam disengagement act.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Vietnam
U S Financed Thai Troops Now Operate Inside Laos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee says 4800 U S funded Thai troops are in Laos aiding the Lao government. A closed session revealed a classified staff report detailing their activities. Critics say State Department provided incomplete information and question legality amid expanded bombing in northern Laos.
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Carl P. Leabsdorfe
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laos
State Department
Congress
U.S
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South
Vietnam
James G. Lowenstein
Richard Moose
Case
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Associated Press
France and Britain Argue at Home Over Common Market Entry
Paris reports heavy opposition in both nations to the accord paving Britain’s path into the European Common Market. PM Heath and President Pompidou, after a two day summit, seek to push the agreement though parliamentary and domestic critics. Britain faces Conservative and Labour resistance over economic costs and the pound sterling’s role. Critics argue the move could affect New Zealand trade and farm product access as Britain joins the market.
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Britain
Associated Press
PARIS
France
Georges Pompidou
Edward Heath
Heath
Pompidou
Commonwealth
London
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
New Zealand
Ethnic Americans Meet to Weigh GOP Strategy Shift
About 200 ethnic Americans from 35 groups across 27 states gather in Washington to form the GOP Nationalities Council, aiming to win new support by stressing anticommunism and law and order. GOP officials, led by Robert Dole, say ethnic voters align with core conservative values and distrust New Left shifts in the Democratic Party.
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Gregg Herrington Washington
GOP
Robert Dole
Kansas
Nic
Democratic Party
GOP National Committee
First Nationalities Council
Laszlo Pasztor
GOP Heritage Groups
New Left
America
Washington
YMCA Ponders Abolishing Council Over Vietnam Stand
The YMCA National Council faces calls to abolish itself and back a volunteer army with a June 30 draft end. Region 1 backs abolishing the council, planning committee study. activists argue the move targets the board, not staff, and would require explaining to staff.
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Jerry Baulch
Washington
YMCA
National Council
Vietnam
Young Men's Christian Association
Nixon
U.S
Dunbar Reed
Illinois
Indiana
P Hell
Reed
Sterling Weather Outlook Shows Showers Tonight
Forecast from the Chicago Weather Bureau at 11 a.m. calls for showers and thunderstorms this evening in Sterling and vicinity with a low in the mid 50s. Showers and thunderstorms likely again Sunday. Warmer on Sunday with a high near 75 to 80.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Sterling
Vicinity
Digesting The News Briefs From The Associated Press
Laos in support of the Laotian government. YMCA's National Council faces demands to abolish itself and withdraw from Vietnam. An expected House Internal Securities committee debate faltered when a participant failed to attend. Intelsat members approve a new permanent international control arrangement for satellite communications. Nixon to join Lyndon Johnson Library dedication at the University of Texas in Austin. British troops sweep Northern Ireland hunting terrorists who killed a soldier and damaged a village dance injuring 20. Three shelling attacks in Saigon area leave wounded. Two New York patrolmen shot and killed in an early evening ambush, third such attack in three days.
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Northern Ireland
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Ben Wattenberg
Scammon
Wattenberg
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
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Wallace
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White House
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Llewellyn
Internal Securities Committee
Intelsat
Austin, Tex
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University of Texas
New York
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