Reds hit S Vietnams biggest base with rocket assault
At Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam's largest allied airbase, Communist gunners fired 53 Soviet built 122mm rockets in a daytime attack. Nine people were killed, including an American, and eight houses plus four Allied helicopters were damaged. The strike halted flights for hours and displaced troops as U.S. airmen sought cover.
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Tan Son Nhut
Tan Son Whai
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Liberation
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Mekong Delta
Ranger education drive offers sailors college on sea
Aboard the USS Ranger in Vietnam waters a large education program called Top Gun University enrolls 580 sailors. Five Chapman College professors join civilian staff to offer high school diplomas and accredited college courses in English history biology math and psychology as government funded sessions aboard the carrier.
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Vietnam
Alameda
Califha
Golden Gate
Chapman
Lege
Orange
Calif
Lioyd Childers
Ranger College
Chapman College
Marines study race relations in 20 hour program
In San Francisco AP report General Robert Cushman says all Marines receive 20 hours of instruction on race relations. He emphasizes every Marine is an individual and differences should not lead to violence. Cushman notes racial issues erode public trust in the military amid Vietnam War tensions.
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Marine Corps
Robert F Cushman
Cushman
Palene
Kissinger Meets North Vietnamese Delegation in Paris Talks
Henry Kissinger met North Vietnamese leaders in Neuilly near Paris for a cease-fire discussion as the Paris peace talks pause. No public progress reports were issued though White House aides noted heavy cable traffic and new instructions from President Nixon.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Xuan Thuy
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Phe Dang Lem
Kissinger Tieolay
Tice
Court order may delay 1970s air bag installation
Washington reports the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals urged the government to conduct further tests on the air bag, potentially delaying the August 1973 date for mandatory 1976 model air bags. Transportation Secretary Volpe avoided certainty of a delay while critics from AAA and safety advocates press for reliability proof before widespread adoption.
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U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Salional Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Safely
Ralph Nader
AAA
Anguerial
Parole bid sabotaged in Vacaville for Hill iard
Attorney for Black Panther member Hill iard accuses California Medical Facility officials in Vacaville of sabotaging his parole chances before a second hearing. The inmate, serving six months to 16 years for assault with a deadly weapon after a 196 shootout between Panthers and Oakland police, was cited for a disciplinary infraction and placed in solitary confinement, which his lawyer calls a bogus charge.
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Black Panther
David Hilliard
California
Hilliard
Cullen Gershon
Panther Stomey
Anther Les Garry
California Adult Authority
Sacramento
Corrections der Parkvwnt
Philip Githerie
D. Clanon
Clanon
Panthers
Oakland Police
Airlines Back Federal Antihijack Program Backing
Airlines unanimously support a new federal antihijack regime including passenger screening, carry-on checks, and armed guards at airports. The ATA and ALPA praised the plan but criticized shifting security fully to local officials, urging federal oversight for consistent enforcement. Volpe said costs would be passed to travelers via higher fares as the program rolls out within days.
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Washington Juen
Air Transport Association
ATA
Nes
Sail
Inv
Air Line Pilots’ Association
ALPA
Nixon
Aya
Airpor
Cois
Howard W. ‘Cannon
New
New law grants 120 day delay on environmental impact reports
Sacramento AP reports Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke signed a bill creating a 120 day grace period for private developers to comply with environmental impact report rules after the Friends of Mammoth court ruling. The measure defines impact reports as informational documents and aims to blunt effects on private projects while the ruling is challenged. Critics argued the delay could let developers push through damaging plans without full review.
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New Law
Sacramento
Fawitl
Pan
Ed Reinicke
Iitting Reimecke
Gov
Reagan
Arizona
Itwns
Sinvea Club and Planning and Conservation League
John Knox
D-Richond
John Zierokt
The
Sierra Club
Koox
Friends of Mammoth Conservation Group
Knos's Hill
Iex Nixon ally urges legal marijuana nationwide
Harry V. Lehmann a former Young Voters for the President staffer at the University of San Francisco called for immediate legalization of marijuana to end what he called the foolishness of current laws. He said dependence on chemicals is undesirable and urged lawmakers to end enforcement and penalties for those convicted of smoking marijuana while easing government intervention.
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UPI
Mixon
Harry V. Lahtivten
Young Voters
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University of San Francisco
Stixtent
Lehmann
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