Jets Hit Supply Lines Destroy 4 Enemy Tanks
U S and South Vietnamese warplanes struck North Vietnamese supply routes in eastern Laos and Cambodia while the central highlands saw four tanks and two armored vehicles destroyed per a South Vietnamese communique The Air Force claimed six PT76 light tanks four trucks and 12 enemy troops killed in the border region where Hanoi massing for an offensive The AP noted possible inter service discrepancies in tank claims and U S B 52s pounded positions in Laos and Cambodia with up to 900 tons while five Americans were wounded and one armored personnel carrier was destroyed in recon patrols northeast and east of Saigon
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Cambodia
Associated Press
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Pleiku
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Saigon
Shaw University Fires 34 Staff Members
Shaw University in Raleigh announced immediate firings of 34 staff members as part of cost cutting to trim a $4 million annual budget and eliminate a $1 million debt. President Dr Archie Hargraves said more dismissals for faculty are expected within two months.
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Shaw University
Archie Hargraves
Baptist School
Hargraves
Shaw
North Carolina Senators Oppose Aid Restoration
Washington AP report says Senators Sam Ervin and B Everett Jordan, both Democrats, voted against a 41 to 37 amendment restoring 100 million dollars to the Alliance for Progress in the foreign aid bill.
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North Carolina
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B. Everett Jordan
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No. 1 Draft Choice Prefers Irish Sweepstakes
Bostonian Ted O Neil says he would rather have won the Irish Sweepstakes than the draft lottery but acknowledges it could be a good experience. O Neil and Robert J King Jr. of Minneapolis, both No 1, worry a service hitch could delay college. Tulsa teens Terry Holbrook and William Shepard react to No 1 and the draft process as the lottery determines 1973 callups. The drawing, led by Curtis W Tarr, paired blue numbers with red dates as the nation eyes a shift toward an all volunteer force by mid 1973.
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Boston
O'Neil
Washington
Robert J. King Jr
Minneapolis
Vietnam
King
University of Minnesota
Terry Holbrook
Tulsa
Okla
Holbrook
William Shepard
Curtis W. Tarr
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Selective Service
Seventh Grade Daughter Explains Tax Return
Old Tappan New Jersey AP report uses a father daughter dialogue to lampoon IRS guidelines. The piece quotes IRS Commissioner Johnnie Walters praising tax booklets while a seventh grade daughter explains complex terms and scenarios including filing status capital assets and dependents.
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N.J
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Johnnie M. Walters
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