Laos incursions shadow Dewey Canyon 1 revealed
The report outlines allegations that Operation Dewey Canyon 1 extended into Laos as a preplanned assault near Route 922, with Marines from the 2nd battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, facing heavy fight and high casualties. Testimonies describe secrecy, restricted access to war correspondents, and conflicting statements from White House and Pentagon officials about American ground deaths in Laos.
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Laird
Laos
U.S
Cambodia
9Th Marine Regiment
David S. Harrington
Washington
Marine Infantry
Harrington
Dewey Canyon
Detroit
2Nd Battalion
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Congressional Record
Mark O. Hatfield
R. Ore
Gordon Stewart
Royal Oak
Mich
White House
Nixon
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Turner on trial and plans amid jail and alarms
Glenn Turner reflects on a German jail term after an English warrant, reading 28 books including Lives of the 100 Great Men. He predicts victory to change the system, urges Koscot participants to work, and touts his entourage of two midgets, blondes in tiger outfits, a guard, and family. Turner downplays legal actions as harassment.
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Germany
Turner
Koscot Organization
John
Greg Rice
Kascot
Orlando
Rices
West Palm Beach
Price trends loom over steel and auto markets as decontrol eyed
Prices for final products may rise in Phase 4 amid global commodity inflation and industry clamor for fewer controls. Steel firms consider prenotification forms after a freeze, while auto makers await pricing moves for 1974 models. Decontrol plans hinge on price behavior, supply demand, and wage trends, with officials signaling Phase 5 possible end to controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Motors
Frederick B. Dent
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Priest Dies After Houston Kidnapping Beating
Two men were kidnapped beaten and robbed in Houston on Saturday. One victim, Rev. Jom yinicls Rollman 42 director chaplain education at St. Joseph Hospital died from the beating. The other, Perry John Lewis 25 of Pearland, was left for dead but crawled for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Threv
Jom Yinicls Rollman
Direc
St. Joseph Hospital
Perry John Lewis
Pearland
12 Killed In Two Yugoslav Bus Crashes
In Belgrade and near Bosanski Petrovac two separate Yugoslav bus crashes killed 12 people and injured 79. An overnight Belgrade to Titograd bus plunged into the Moraca River, with seven dead and 15 hurt, police blaming faulty brakes. A second bus swerved to avoid a pedestrian near Bosanski Petrovac, tumbling into a ravine and causing five deaths and 32 injuries.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Titograd
Moraca
Bosanski Petrovac
Search for boy’s cry halts fourth day in Chilili
Frustrated searchers in Chilili New Mexico on the fourth day of a radioed cry for help found no trace of the little boy. Ground searches and manned radio posts continued without results as the ABC News report noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sontracreadir
Chilili
N.M
Nixon asserts executive privilege in fight over tapes and records
In a continuing dispute, President Nixon and his lawyers argue executive privilege shields confidential White House documents from Cox and the Ervin committee subpoenas. Agnew’s records are also challenged as part of the broader confrontation over presidential immunity.
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Sen
Sam Ervin
Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Congress
U. S
Baltimore
Agnew
Cox
Ervin Committee
Judicial Branch
University of Texas Law
Charles
Pollution dept adds Snifferbug mobile air lab
Victoria British Columbia pollution control branch buys a $75,000 mobile air quality laboratory nicknamed Snifferbug. Built on a 31 foot school bus chassis it monitors air around the clock and carries scientific instruments plus a teletype console that sends punched tape to the provincial data center in Victoria.
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Victoria
B.C
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South Central Telephone
Glenn
Searchers Press
A. Wright
Wright
Big K
Thuree Comcamteatt
Toos
Pune
Petzovl
Bankamericard
Unm
Bie
Alka-Seltzer
Alka Seltzer
Seanad
MR. Bubble
Southland Plaza
Hwy
Decatur
Tal
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