Heaviest U S Toll Since December Amid Vietnam Shelling
Guerrilla forces rained shell and rocket fire on 35 bases and towns across South Vietnam in 24 hours ending 8 am. Nine Americans were killed and 93 wounded as U S Marines prepare for phased withdrawal. Bombing blasts topped 1,500 tons in 10 raids across northern Vietnam, the central highlands and near Cambodia border, including Long Binh and Tay Ninh.
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Tay Ninh
Highlands
Cambodia
Laos braces to defend U S bases amid Chinese front line push
In Vientiane a UPI report notes a U S supported hill tribe general deploying troops along a 55 mile front to halt North Vietnamese advances from the Plain of Jars. Estimated at 20,000 troops, Hanoi could threaten American bases if costs are paid, as falling towns San Thong and Leng Cheng prompt a defensive pullback toward Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Long Cheng
War Tactics Split Over Laos Bombing Role
Laird told 16 reporters in Capital that U.S. bombing in Laos is not wavering, and he declined to confirm if air strikes are used to protect U.S. advisers in Laos as part of broader Vietnam War actions.
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South Viet deputy granted retrial for treason case
In Saigon UPI reports the Neutralist National Assembly deputy Tran Ngoc Chau, 46, who was jailed 20 years at hard labor for alleged ties with the Viet Cong, won a new trial on appeal. He was to be moved from suburban Chi Hoa prison to face the retrial, as police secured the building days before the return.
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Manila raid turns up weapons as riot dies down
Firearms and home-made bombs seized in a Manila raid after antigovernment clashes. Police report sporadic street fighting downtown between riot police and students. The disturbance followed a riot near the U S embassy and widened into the central business district with windows smashed at several American and local firms.
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UFI
China
U.S
Roommate sought in poisoning case at Canadian college
Montreal police identified Eric Krane 23 once of Stempstead Long Island as the suspect in poisoning five Canadian roommates at MacDonald College. Four men including Richard Davis 24 of Napanee Ont, and Kej Fern 26 fell ill after Krane allegedly dosed their food with parasites. Doctors reported they were in good recovery after weeks of silence from authorities and attempts to keep the case quiet.
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Edwards denounces Maddox visit as a sickness in race conflict
UPI reports Rep Don Edwards denounces the Maddox ax handle visit as symptomatic of a growing sickness driving the nation back to past racism. He cites southern Alabama districts and names Gov Maddox while House Democrats urge a resolution declaring Maddox unwelcome in the Members Dining Room. Gerald Ford says no tack on civil rights by Nixon or Congress.
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House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
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Congress
Inflation past peak says U S official in New York
Treasury official Charles E. Walker told a Financial Conference audience inflation is cooling but further government restraint would deepen recession and job losses. He forecast a third quarter 1969 boom end and a plateau into 1970 as demand-pull inflation recedes to cost-push dynamics.
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Treasury Department
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Ity
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National Industrial Conference Board
House committee backs $1600 yearly welfare plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill closely following President Nixon’s welfare reform aims. It would provide $1600 a year for a four person family and $110 a month for aged or disabled individuals, with federal funding shifting to reduce state costs. Estimated annual price about $4.4 billion and up to 15 million more people could become eligible.
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Chaiman Wilbur D. Mills
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Doll
Mills
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Senate
New report to allege marijuana harms, says official
Louisville based official John Ingersol, director of the Justice Department Bureau of Narcotics, previews a forthcoming report asserting marijuana is a harmful drug. Speaking at a Southern Police Institute session at the University of Louisville, he warns legalization would create another problem more severe than alcoholism.
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UPI
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Bureau of Narcotics
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Southern Police Inskitute
University of Louisville
Airport expansion bill would hike ticket rates
Congress passes the Airport Airway Act creating a federal trust fund to expand and improve major airports in the 1970s. The measure, approved 77 to day, would tax overseas flights at 3 percent and domestic flights at 5 percent, with fuel taxes altered for private planes and airlines, plus cargo and aircraft tire taxes and new charges on turbine and piston powered commercial planes.
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UPT
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Desegregation bill tabled to avoid fight
Washington AP reports a narrow House Rules Committee vote sidetracked attempts to probe federal desegregation policy. The split within the Education and Labor Committee centers on Edith Green of Oregon, who seeks a special investigative panel to advance her views, provoking opposition from most Democrats.
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House Rules Committee
Education and Labor Committee
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Edith Green
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