American Helicopter Shot Down in Vietnam
An American UH1 helicopter with a four man crew was shot down near the U Minh forest in the Mekong Delta. The incident comes as Viet Cong attacks rise to their highest level in three months with 34 enemy strikes on U S and Vietnamese units in 24 hours. A separate U S airstrike destroyed an antiaircraft battery in the Laotian panhandle near Sepone after it fired on another U S plane. A Bien Hoa base attack by Viet Cong sappers killed one soldier and left several missing or wounded. A four group coalition of Vietnamese religious bodies urged President Nixon to seek a permanent Indochina ceasefire and suspend U S aid, proposing a Tet withdrawal deadline.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Air Force
Laotian Panhandle
Sepone
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Big Bien Hoa
7Th Air Force
Nixon
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Central Highlands
Highlands
Vietnam
Dmz
Peking
Baton Rouge braces after deadly shootout violence with patrols
Police and National Guardsmen patrolled Baton Rouge streets for a second night to deter further gunfire after a Monday exchange left two sheriff's deputies and two blacks dead. Mayor Dumas warned residents to clear streets by 9 30 p.m. and prepared funeral services for Deputies Ralph Hancock and Ralph Wilder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Jory
Baton Rouge
W. W. Dumas
Dumas
Elijah Muhammad
Ralph Hancock
Watson
Ralph Dewayne Wilder
Bible Reading Saves Life In Atlanta Storm
Mrs Mary Scott 73 narrowly escaped injury when a storm blew out her window in southeast Atlanta Georgia. She said she was reading her Bible as darkness fell and winds intensified then sat praying as the danger passed. She was unhurt in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Scott
Atlanta
Scott
Seattle Plant Shuts Down Over Pollution Law Uncertainties
Weyerhaeuser will close its Everett sulphite pulp mill affecting 330 workers after failing to meet state pollution abatement deadlines amid federal regulation uncertainties. The plant dumps 4.5 million gallons of untreated sulphite waste into Puget Sound daily. State officials cited three options in 1969 to trim waste and warned of closure by May 31 1973 if unmet.
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Weyerhaeuser Co
State Ecology Department
John Biggs
Weyerhaeuser
Everett
Bond
Puget Sound
Scott
Ecology Department
Don Benson
Northwest Pulp and Paper Association
Weyerhaeuser Everett
Washington
Big Year Ahead In Vietnam
In Saigon and Washington a pivotal year looms as North Vietnamese forces intensify builds in Laos and Cambodia and threaten South Vietnam. U.S. officials cite a critical Laos situation and a possible push into central highlands while troop withdrawals accelerate and South Vietnamese defenses tighten amid DMZ activity and Tet fears.
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Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Souvanna Phouma
United States
North Vietnam
Pulitzer winner predicts New South politics rises in region
Eugene C. Patterson says new realities in economics race and education push the South toward a new politics as governors gain influence. He notes an able breed of governors and a sprouting political shift while Patricia Derian cautions that changes may not touch the poor or minorities.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
South
Eugene C. Patterson
St. Petersburg Times Publishing Co
Patterson
Duke University
Atlanta Constitution
Washington Post
Patricia Derian
Democratic Party National Committee
Mississippi
New South
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Decatur Daily
Thomas Davis
Chicago
Ill
Samuel Upton
Vallejo
Calif
Bob Johnson
Louisiana State University Assembly Center
LSU
Alabama
John McKeithen
Shreveport
Louisiana
Long Cheng Base
Bible Saves Life
Seattle
Robert H. Mottram
State Ecology
Scott Paper Co
Vientiane
Long Cheng
Jacqueline Onassis
Manhattan
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