North Vietnam Attacks Quiet U.S. Bases Amid Elections
North Vietnamese forces resumed heavy ground assaults on U.S. bases in the central highlands and near Saigon, killing four Americans and 16 North Vietnamese, wounding 27 Americans and 12 South Vietnamese. The strikes, the fiercest since July, followed reduced U.S. air operations due to storms. The Pentagon announced further troop and unit deactivations as Nixon pushes a fifth wave of cuts totaling about 2,000 soldiers, with overall U.S. strength in Vietnam projected around 147,000.
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South Vietnam
Nixon
United States
Attack on Viet civilians mistaken by US helicopters
SAIGON AP US command said nine South Vietnamese civilians were killed 26 wounded and 15 missing in a mistaken attack by American helicopters on fishing boats last June 20. A joint inquiry found shared responsibility and promised compensation for valid damage claims.
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Drug overdoses raise Vietnam drug deaths to 89
SAIGON AP The U S Army says 89 American soldiers may have died from drug overdoses in South Vietnam in the past 10 months with 25 confirmed on autopsy and 64 suspected overdoses. Fifty five drug related admissions to medical facilities through September show a rise from 27 all of 1969. The Army cites a reporting change since August 1 and cites hard drug use as a factor while announcing new enforcement education and medical psychiatric programs to fight the problem.
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Army
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon waste over eight million in Vietnam airfield project
The General Accounting Office charges the Pentagon wasted more than 8.5 million dollars on a 1960s crash program to build a fighter base at Tay Hoa in South Vietnam. The base was rushed to completion in a year, costing 32 million dollars, with waste linked to duplicated equipment, noncompetitive bids, and inflated contractor fees.
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General Accounting Office
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War General and five officers killed in plane crash
Maj. Gen. Edwin Burba deputy commander of the 1st Army and five warrant officers died when their two engine plane crashed during an emergency landing near East State Airport Huntington West Virginia. Warrant officers Paul R. Burt Loysville Pennsylvania Maynard R. Reisinger McKeesport Pennsylvania were also killed. Burba a Crawley Oklahoma native. His aide Capt Bryce Bickerton Newton Massachusetts was seriously injured.
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Loysville
Maynard R. Reisinger
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Newton
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Calley Interrogates Vietnamese Civilians at Chu Lai
UPI reports Lt. William Calley, charged with the March murders of two Vietnamese civilians, took statements from two men near Chu Lai. Officials would not identify the men by rank or clarify their connection to the My Lai事件 and withheld further details.
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My Lai
Demos sneer at Guardsmen plan in California race
In Sacramento AP dispatch, Democratic candidates for top California offices dismissed Governor Reagan's offer to deploy National Guardsmen as bodyguards for constitutional officers amid threats to derail the election. Reagan said security measures target radicals and note that some opponents were offered protection while others denied it. Democratic contenders criticized the move as political grandstanding.
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Guardsmen to shadow California election candidates
California Governor Ronald Reagan announced that National Guardsmen in plain clothes will guard candidates on election night. The move, stated at a Stockton news conference, aims to counter threats from radical groups. Reagan noted guards will be actively deployed, and discussed offers of protection extended to opponents, including state Sen. George Murphy and Las Angeles challenger Desée Unruh.
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