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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1971
Page
3
Mrs. Tory Harburg of Ann Arbor leads Women Uniting Against the War urging a no spend day to protest Vietnam. Groups in 30 states back the plan aiming to keep troops out of Vietnam by year’s end. The campaign suggests stocking up on groceries and essentials on Sunday to avoid purchases.
In Long Island City residents rush after a patrolman William Reschel is shot while stopping a car driven by Daniel Ransom and his son. The elder Ransom suffers a heart attack and both suspects are jailed on charges including attempted murder and weapons offenses. Reschel is listed in fair condition at Elmhurst General Hospital.
North Vietnamese regulars made five attacks Sunday on South Vietnamese forces guarding the northern frontier. U.S. base camps near Da Nang and positions around the DMZ were shelled or attacked. Casualties included five South Vietnamese soldiers killed, 17+ wounded, two Americans killed, 10+ wounded. U.S. bombers dropped 431 tons in the latest action amid a week of 2,700 tons. Northwest of the DMZ, Marines and infantry repelled assaults. 32 North Vietnamese bodies found northwest of Firebase Sarge. Five Americans wounded near Bong Son as clashes continued along the eastern edge of the Ashau valley.
Senate leaders discuss using nonbinding resolutions to pressure the President toward a set Vietnam withdrawal date. Proposals include nine months after prisoners are released or a July 4, 1972 deadline, with no required law binding U.S. forces to withdraw. Confidence rests on political optics rather than enforceable action.
San Francisco reports Assistant Secretary of the Army John G. Kester said heroin addiction linked to Vietnam service would not qualify veterans for disability pensions. The remark drew protests from truck and drug workers who urged records to show heroin treatment. Kester argued service records denying addiction do not affect pension eligibility.
In Vietnam heroin used by troops runs about 98 percent purity, with servicemen mixing it with tobacco or snuff. An army doctor and Major Eric Nelson at General Hospital compare U S heroin purity at five percent. A Sunday psychiatrist reported from interviews with over 1,000 returning servicemen that one third used heroin or other hard drugs, another third used only alcohol, and the rest used alcohol plus marijuana. He urged the findings for Congressional testimony on drug use among Vietnam troops.
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