South Vietnamese Gains in Quang Tri Amid Heavy Central Highlands Toll
South Vietnamese forces cleared the southern Quang Tri sector and knocked out four tanks southwest of the city, while suffering heavy casualties in the central highlands. North Vietnamese shelling hit a militia unit 20 miles southwest of Pleiku, leaving 13 killed, 10 missing, and 20 wounded. A 41-man enemy battalion held the Citadel area of Quang Tri as U.S. bombers hit enemy positions and tanks near the city.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Plein
Tanglet
Secion
Hue
U.S
Fa Phot Tong
Wadampuy
Soult
China Sea
Novi Vietnam
Soch Vietnam
Vaccine offering hope to blunt global flu outbreak
Washington experts at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases report a new nasal spray vaccine with potential to curb a future influenza pandemic. Early tests in prisoner volunteers showed complete protection against a Hong Kong flu strain, though further trials and licensing are required before public use.
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National Institute of Allergy and Ilectious Diseases
Magnenza
Worldwide Alitalia pilot strike disrupts flights
Pilots unions extended strikes affecting Alitalia and its subsidiaries with flights grounded or delayed from Rome Milan New York and Tehran. Talks over a new contract broke down and workers plan further 4 hour strikes across weeks while seeking higher pay shorter weeks and benefits. In California, Charles Manson follower Tex Watson moved from death row as part of prisoner desegregation.
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Tehran
Alitalia
Ati
San Quentin
Calif
UPI
Charles
Tex" Watson
Charles Manson
California
Viet Cong demands U.S. withdrawal to end Vietnam war
At the fifth session of the Paris talks, Viet Cong chief negotiator Mrs. Neuyen Thi Binh assailed the Saigon regime calling it an instrument of Vietnamization and repression. US and Saigon officials pressed for political discussion and a cease fire as approaches to settlement.
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Saigon
Neuyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Hinh
U.S
Souhh Vietnam
William J. Parker
Irish gangs chased from streets in Belfast clashes
Violence erupted in Andersonstown and Falls Road as Catholic youths clashed with troops near the Casement football stadium. Rioters, some 1,500 strong, confronted barbed wire barricades and armored cars while authorities used rubber billets to restore order. The fighting raged for hours and ended in the early hours with troops controlling the streets. Martin Meehan, a key IRA gunman, was reportedly in custody earlier, tied to a broader crackdown on the Provisional IRA.
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Hellast
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Meehan
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Raiders snatch $330,000 in Wembley bank raid
London reports masked raiders brandishing shotguns robbed over 330000 from a Wembley suburban bank as security guards watched. The six bandits fired into the ceiling and forced staff and customers to lie down before fleeing in a waiting truck and a gunaway car. The gang struck soon after opening, with guards arriving to collect the money, most of it in small bills.
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London
Wembley
Panthers refuse sickle cell charity drive in LA
Bolby Seale of the Black Panther party said the group would not collect donations in Los Angeles for a sickle cell anemia battle. He cited a permit requirement to show good character and police power to judge who qualifies, calling the institution questionable.
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Bolby Seale
Black Panther Party
Panthers
Los Angeles
Sickle Cell Amenia
Seale
Une Late Atne Institution
Floating birth device by ALZA eyed by WHO in trials
ALZA Corp of Palo Alto develops a year long contraceptive device delivering progesterone through a membrane to the uterus, avoiding daily pills. WHO plans to sponsor clinical testing in several countries after ALZA reported U S Mexico and Canada trials. The device uses pores to release synthetic progesterone in the same form as natural body hormone.
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World Health Organisation
Alza Corp
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Mélnais
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Mexico
Canada
Woman on green helps herself to golf balls
In Wolverhampton Enis lwad reports a girl, Kateatlin Yatab, a student from Tram thingary, stood on the green as four golfers drove, smiling as she gathered their balls. The players, upset, were calmed by her explanation of wanting to learn golf and offering to ride along with them. In Trenton New Jersey Dorothy Anne Farley, the first black nurse-science PhD to graduate in the United States, was named to the state board of nursing by Gov Cahill.
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Enis Lwad
UPT
Trenton, Nel
Tupy
Dorothy Anne Farley
United State
Wiliam T. Cahill
State Board of Nursing
Farley
Allied Health
Essex County College
Newark
South Vietnamese casualties fall amid weeklong offensive
South Vietnamese military reports indicate the fatal toll last week was the lowest of the offensive period, while enemy Viet Cong losses reached 2,250. U.S. forces suffered 39 killed or wounded, with 38 wounded and three other Americans killed as noted by South Vietnamese command.
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Saigon
U.S
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