Ben Het siege shows up as heaviest action in Vietnam
Ben Het camp built by the US 4th Infantry Division sits on muddy hills near Cambodia, defended by Montagnard irregulars and Green Berets. The base faces daily bombardment from Cambodian 85mm guns and North Vietnamese mortars, with sappers nightly and chronic supply problems. The fight is framed as a test of South Vietnamese forces against the North, with defenders arguing to keep the camp away from villages and warning that retreat would reinvade civilian areas. Regulars fear the siege will wear down allied troops as North Vietnamese pressure persists.
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Ben Het
Vietnam
U.S. Special Forces
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
4Th
U.S
Green Berets
Cambodia
Con Thien
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Special Forces
West Hill
North Hill
Main Hill
J.C. Thomas J. Scoppa
Williamsport
Saigon
Ben Vet
Special Forces High Command
Andrew Marquis
Hoonies
Marquis
Ben Jet
Sonvoys
Ben Hei
Dak
Military High Command
Ben Met
Spending Costs and Delays Plague Military Procurement
Vom Baur notes that while personnel and aircraft capture headlines, spending concerns loom large. Defective specifications have cost hundreds of millions and caused major delays in military hardware deliveries. Late delivery of government furnished equipment also forces the government to pay for deals lost or damaged.
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Vom Baur
Knowles Triumph Shifts Support From Finch in AMA Row
Knowles edged Finch as he tapped a cross section of doctors led by Dr. Richard Wilbur nephew of AMA President Dr. Dwight Wilbur and Dr. John Huge ness of the University of Washington and Dr. John Point of the University of Oklahoma. Finch’s prospective appointees drew mixed backing with Dirksen who had backed the AMA giving no immediate comment. The withdrawal of Finch’s support marked a stunning political win for the 72-year-old Illinois minority leader and a temporary setback for Finch.
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Tle
Richard Wilbur
California
AMA
Dwight Wilbur
John Hugeness
University of Washington
John Point
University of Oklahoma
Knowles
Finch
Dirksen
Illinois
Hodges Wife Of Former North Carolina Governor Dies
Hodges wife, longtime educator and wife of former North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, died after a fire incident at the university and the University of Chicago. Hodges, reared in Lakesville, married in 1922 and leaves two daughters Betsy Bernard and Nancy Finlay, and son Luther Hodges Jr. Governor Bob Scott sent a telegram of sympathy noting the loss to the state and to Hodges family.
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Page Uneiversity
University of Chicago
Hodges
Lakesville
Leaksville
D. M
Betsy) Bernard
John C
Nancy) Finlay
Luther Hodges Jr
Bob Scott
North Carolina
Reaction health care system would benefit from empathetic backlash
A fragment suggests that an empathetic backlash could push public policy toward more enlightened medicine, implying the health care system might improve as public attitudes shift toward compassion and patient-centered care.
Final Curtain Is Brought Down For Judy
Judy Garland laid to rest in New York as James Mason delivers a heartfelt eulogy at the private funeral. About 2,000 mourners gathered outside the Frank Kiamp Campbell Chapel while 21,000 paid respects at the casket over two days. Mason, who co starred with Garland in A Star is Born, praised her talent and humanity. The service lasted 20 minutes and she was later interred in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y., near Broadway. Westbrook Pegler, a well known columnist, died earlier in Tucson and was flown for a military funeral.
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Judy
James Mason
N. Y
New York
Judy Garland
Mason
Frank Ki. Campbell
81St Street
Madison Avenue
London
Miss Garland
Liza Minnelli
Mar
Andy Hardy
Actoss
Lauren Bacall
Otto Preminger
Alan King
Patricia Lawford
Peter Lawford
John F. Kennedy
Ray Rober
Scarecrow
Bolger
Mr. Delaney
Switzerland
Miss Garlando
Hartsdale
N.Y
Ferncliff
Broadway
Feroclis
Westbrook Pegler
Tucson
Ariz
Ben Het Camp Under Siege Amid Heavy Vietnam War Shelling
Over days of bombardment near the Ben Het Special Forces camp six miles from the Cambodian border, 88 shells struck Friday noon to 4 pm wounding nine Americans and three Vietnamese irregulars. U.S. advisers report tired troops and heavy casualties amid bad weather while Viet Cong claims of 1,600 Allied deaths in late May to late June are disputed by American officers. Near Tay Ninh and Saigon, U.S. forces say they killed 138 enemy soldiers in two fights northwest of Saigon and at Nui Ba Den, with further clashes along the Sai Gon River yielding more enemy losses and several American casualties.
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Saigon
Ben Het
U.S
Ben Hel
Dak
Viet Cong
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Army of the Republic of
25Th Division
Nui Ba den
Tay Ninh
Saigon River
Theapital
Debate over ABM funding leaves R D short by billions
Dominick said the committee cut research and development funds by 950 million dollars, leaving about 7 billion. Senators voted overwhelmingly to retain 95 million for advanced manned bomber research, with ABM costs near 20 billion.
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Dominick
Charleston Strikers Demand Higher Wages and Action
Rev. Ralph Abernathy of the SCLC sought release on bond to address a victory rally as Charleston endures a citywide strike. He remained jailed on riot and incitement charges with a $50,000 bond, while curfews and clashes left police and a fireman injured. Labor unions backed the strike with substantial support from UAW and AFLCIO leaders who joined a Mothers Day march. Abernathy required hospital treatment for a peptic ulcer during detention, though his wife said his condition was not serious.
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Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Abernathy
Charleston
Robert E. McNair
McNair
United Auto Workers
UAW
Aflcio
Walter Reuther
William Kircher
Aflcio Executive Council
Kircher
Charleston County
Surcharge Extended One Month
Washington AP Congress voted to extend the 10 percent income surcharge through July 31, with Nixon seeking a longer 10 percent through Dec 31 and 5 percent into 1970. The move avoids a withholding upheaval, while critics warn it hinders future tax reforms.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
House Rules Committee
Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd Nabbed After Escape
Winnie Ruth Judd, the 1931 trunk murder figure known as the Tiger Woman, was arrested in Danville California nearly seven years after an Arizona mental hospital escape. Identified by fingerprints and old photos, she was held as a fugitive from Arizona while investigators linked a recent Alamo area death to the case.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Europe
Judd
Los Angeles
Robert Lang
Joe Walsh
David Gardella
Italy
Danville
Alexander
Aarons
Alamo
Gardella
Lang
Marion Lane
Lincoln Ave
Piedmont
Lane
Nichols
Blemer
Conetra Costa County
Arizona
Héi
Pentagon canceled carrier F111D and shifts to new F111 derivatives
Persistent size weight issues and rising development costs led to cancelling the carrier based F111D. The Navy now pursues the F1d4 as a fleet defense aircraft while McNamara proposed 250 bomber adaptations costing about 1.9 billion. Laird cut FB111 production to 76 and pressed for advanced manned strategic aircraft.
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Pentagon
Navy
McNamara
Air Force
Nixon Administration
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Australia
Senators react to Knowles nomination and AMA veto
Analysis shows the move boosts Dirksen’s leadership while liberal Republicans like Charles Goodell denounce the process. Goodell charged politics over merit and warned of consequences in Congress. Javits Brooke and others warned that AMA conservatives could tilt health policy and decry the abuse of political power.
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Dirksen
Charles H. Goodell
Rn.y
Goodell
Senate
Nixon
Finch
Imerit
AMA
Congress
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Knowles
Edwad W. Brooke
R.mass
Heckler urges best armor for troops amid defense contract
In a letter to Secretary Laird, Mrs. Heckler opposes the war but urges supplying fighting men with top armor. She notes a $16 million contract with Carborundum Co. to deliver 46,000 ceramic composite vests. Armor Systems Division GM Bonam Wilson says the vests meet government specs and ship to Southeast Asia, despite Heckler criticizing lack of item X rays, a service she says Carborundum provides for private police armor.
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Laird
Heckler
Carborundum Co
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Bonam Wilson
Armor Systems Division
Defense Supply Agency
Nixon Joins Trudeau to Rededicate St Lawrence Seaway
President Nixon and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau rededicated the St Lawrence Seaway at Massena New York marking a symbol of U S Canadian friendship. Nixon joined a 33rd anniversary party for Secretary Rogers aboard a plane en route from Montreal.
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Nixon
St. Lawrence Seaway
New York
Pierre Eliott Trudeau
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
W. Campbell Hudson Sr
Ronald Zeigler
Wall Street
Westchester County
Bedford Hills
N.Y
Montreal
William P. Rogers
John Volpe
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Henry Kissinger
Trudeau
Massena
Queen Elizabeth II
England
U.S
North
Seaway
Robert Frost
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