U S B52 Bombers Support Laotian Forces in Plain of Jars
Reports say U S B52s bombed Laos while North Vietnamese attacked airfields at Xieng Khouang and Long Cheng on the Plain of Jars. Meo forces, backed by U S helicopter gunships, repelled the assault. four tanks and about 200 enemy troops were engaged with three tanks destroyed by artillery and ditches. Casualties listed as light for the government side.
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U.S
Plain of Jars
Vientiane
Leas
Weanestay
Enginny
Saigon
Vietnam
Laos
Bambers
Lourg
Xieng Khouang
Long Cheng
Yan Pao
Nieng Khouang
Democrats Clash Over Unity and Rules in Caucus
The row centers on reform caucus tactics and party unity. Waldie urged Republican-led readership focus ahead of elections while McCormack downplayed party fracture. Rep Bolling blocked a vote to avoid a confidence motion, claiming the resolution would fail and be misrepresented as a victory by anti-reform forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldie
McCormack
House Democratic Organization
Richard Bolling
Ohio
Boling
Thomas M. Rees
D-Calif
Rees
Albert
Mideast Tensions Rise as Britain Severs Cease Fire Pledge
Britain drops cease-fire language as U Thant consults with Gunnar Jarving in Geneva amid ongoing Middle East hostilities. Egyptian jets strike Israeli positions near the Suez Canal while Israel reports no casualties. Nixon’s State of the World message draws Israeli praise for direct negotiations. Palestinian groups in Amman call for unity with Jordanian forces against the enemy, warning provocation could aid Zionism.
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Raelis
Egypt
Israel
Ahmed Hassan el-Feki
Michael Stewart
Britain
Foreign Office
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Geneva
U.N
U Thant
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarving
Sweden
el Cap
Kilo 10
Nixon
Amman
Palestine Resistance
Widow Recalls Terror From Anonymous Bomb Threat Caller
A Oklahoma City widow describes months of calls from a calm male caller who threatened to bomb her five children and kill her. Police and naval officials advised changes, but threats resumed after brief lulls, culminating in a break in when the home was vandalized and her late husband’s medals desecrated.
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Lowly
Terence
North Vietnam
Naval
Neal Cheever
Vietnam War Deaths and Battles Across Mekong Delta
United States and South Vietnamese forces reported multiple clashes with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units across the Mekong Delta and near Da Nang. American and allied casualties included five killed and 23 wounded, with several American airmen and infantry also reported dead or wounded. A Cambodia-Laos expansion claim by Defense Secretary Laird and a neutral Cambodia note the broader war context, while U.S. air support continues for royal Lao Forces amid cross border actions.
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Mekong Delta
da Nang
101St Airborne Division
A Shay
Imperial
Huc
Tthe
Viet Cone
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Indochina
United States
Slayings and co Discussion Halted by Army Captain
Officers questioned Wednesday at Fayetteville and Hamlet hospitals tied to the Cape Fear Valley surgeon Dr MacDonald and his wife Colette MacDonald and their two slain daughters. Investigators found bloodstained knives and a wood fragment near the MacDonald apartment as they pressed for leads from patients and associates. Colette, a bright student from Patchogue Long Island, and her Green Beret husband remain at Ft Bragg hospital with stab wounds and a punctured lung.
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MacDonald
Cape Fear Valley Hospital
Fayetteville
Hamlet
Kriwanek
924
State
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fay Fetteville
Cumberland Country Police
Patchogue
N.Y
Colette MacDonald
Jeffrey MacDonald
Colette Stevenson
Broonlyn
N. M
Long Island
Skidmore College
Upstate New York
Judy Alvey
Colette
Alvey
Jeffrey
Trial contempt penalties and verdict in civil rights case
The judge sentenced defense lawyers Kunstler and Weinglass to four years thirteen days and twenty months five days respectively for contempt, stayed until May 4. The verdict tests the 1968 Civil Rights Act antiriot provision. Security was tight as families were removed from court and demonstrations began outside the Federal Building.
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William M. Kun Istler
Leonard I. Weinglass
U.S. 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Rubin
Hoffman
Dellinger
Froines
Weiner
Anita Hoffman
Abbott
Julie
Nancy
Kunstler
Teir
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
Jean Fritz
Kay S. Richards
Foran
Federal Building
Nixon warns Soviets and defends ABM plan for 1970s
President Nixon outlines a strategy for peace stressing Soviet strategic forces and potential first strike risks. He cites growing HICBMs and submarine missiles, warns of red threats to Europe, and defends Safeguard ABM expansion as essential for protecting U.S. land-based retaliation and population centers. He also criticizes Soviet influence in Vietnam and the Paris talks.
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United States
Nixon
Kremlin
Europe
HICBM
Pentagon
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Soviet Union
Russia
Vietnam
Middle East
Paris
North Vietnam
Ussr
Filipino youths attack U.S. Embassy in Manila
A mob up to 2000 youths hurled stones sticks and fire bombs at the U S Embassy in Manila causing shattered windows and blasts. Marines driven in by U S Ambassador Byroade repelled the invaders as riot police later dispersed rioters from the business district. At least 78 arrested and 30 injured.
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Manila
U.S
Manila Bay
U.S. Ma
Henry Burlyine
Gade
Heeran
U.S. d
Ferdinand 8.Marcos
Byroade
Philippines
Marcos
Nixon welfare plan faces cost and work incentive study
Washington AP reports Nixon administration pushes a broad welfare reform with an estimated initial yearly cost ranging from 3.5 to 4.4 billion dollars. A crucial question is whether the plan can replace the current system while boosting work effort among participants, with New Jersey findings showing a 53 percent work increase for those receiving income support versus 43 percent for nonparticipants. The experiment, funded at five million dollars, covers 309 families in four New Jersey cities and Scranton, and indicates reduced borrowing and increased purchases of durable goods among beneficiary families.
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Congress
Nixon
Budert
Washington
New Jersey
Donald Rumsfeld
Olabe of Economic Opportunity
White House
Allerwarl
Rumsfeld
University of Wisconsin Institute of Research
Mathematica Inc
Princeton, Nw
Paterson
Wisconsin Lawyer Miller Named to NLRB Post
Miller, a Wisconsin graduate and partner since 1953 at his law firm, discusses impartiality of NLRB amid ties to management. He cites not treating cases as battles but seeking a basis for agreement. A 1947 Wisconsin law degree holder, he served on the Korean War regional wage stabilization board and is married with six children.
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Organized Labor
NLRB
Miller
University of Wisconsin
Harvard Graduate
School of Business Administration
Wisconsin
Imi
Virginia Tobacco Tax Fight Faces House Action
Virginia lawmakers debated tobacco tax shifts with industry leaders arguing the sector bears more than its share while opponents mocked the idea. A Senate move to lower blood alcohol levels sailed through, but a later breath test issue stalled third reading. Committees advanced shoplifting penalties and a Virginia Human Rights Conmission proposal drew unified support, as a Potomac River Basin Compact hearing saw majority opposition and deferred action.
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Richard $. Gillis Jr
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
I. Vaughan Gary
Virginia
Joseph C. Carter
Philip Morris, Inc
Finance Committee
Senate
House Courts of Justice Committee
Senate Rules Committee
Capitol
House Committee On the
Senate Committee On Federal Relations
Education continues split over desegregation amendments
Senate debate centers on the Stennis amendment pushing uniform desegregation enforcement nationwide and the Scott amendment aimed at broader, yet limited, federal reach. Sen. Edward J. Gurney and others clash with Southerners over impact on the South and de facto segregation. A White House letter to Scott disclaimed administration support, urging equal treatment under law without endorsing de facto segregation.
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Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Lin Ne
Stennis
Supreme Court
South
Scott
United States
White House
John Tower
R-Tex
Harlow
Senate
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