Seven U S Generals Killed in Vietnam Battlefield
Report notes seven American generals killed in Vietnam amid ill defined battle lines. Casualties include Maj. Gen. George W. Casey in a July 7 helicopter crash, Maj. Gen. Bruno Hochmuth, Maj. Gen. Keith Ware, Maj. Gen. John Dillard, Brig. Gen. William Bond, Maj. Gen. Robert Worley, and Maj. Gen. William Crumm. Navy admirals also suffered losses.
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Washington
Vietnam
George W. Casey
1St Cavalry Division
U.S
Saigon
Bruno A. Hochmuth
3Rd Marine Division
Keith L. Ware
Army 1St Infantry Division
John A. B. Dillard
Engineer Command
Robert F. Worley
7Th Air Force
William J. Crumm
3Rd Air Division
Deferment Bribery Case In Miami Beach
Carolyn Copher, former Miami Beach draft board secretary, admitted taking 500 to arrange an occupational deferment for a 1A son. She faces a three year sentence after pleading guilty. four other charges were dropped and she appeals. Copher, eight months pregnant, says she was offered lavish trips and large rewards for cooperation.
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Draft Board
Miami Beach
Bahamas
Europe
Carolyn Copher
Llonde
Thurmond says Nixon broke faith on desegregation policies
Sen Strom Thurmond accuses President Nixon of abandoning Southern desegregation support and backing liberal advisers. He cites IRS tax exemption denial for private schools and the Justice Department desegregation oversight as breaks of faith, warning voters in 1972.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
Nixon
White House
South Carolina
Northeast
Thurmond
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Department
Justice
South
Thrust Into Laos Indicated In North Vietnam Drive
U S and South Vietnamese forces launched a major operation in northern South Vietnam with about 10 000 allied troops aiming to disrupt North Vietnamese bases and stockpiles near Da Nang and toward Laos Some Marines reached toward the Laotian border while B 52 bombers pressed raids along the frontier Officials noted the fighting was light with five North Vietnamese killed and no U S casualties in the latest engagement Scattered clashes occurred in southern South Vietnam and Cambodia
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da Nang
South Vietnam
G Tance
Laos
Kham Kham Duc
U.S
Cambodia
1St Air Cavalry Division
Torture Reports From South Vietnam Prisoners
Quaker doctor testifies before a House subcommittee about political prisoners in a South Vietnam interrogation center subjected to electric shocks to ears nipples and genitals. Women were hung upside down and forced to drink noxious substances. Dozens treated for severe beatings and injuries with a majority being political prisoners.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Marjorie Nelson
House
Nelson
Quang Ngai
My Lai
American Friends Service Committee Project
Love Valley Rock Festival Draws 20 000 People
Love Valley North Carolina hosts North Carolinas first large rock festival drawing about 20 000 weekend hippies and curious sightseers. The event spurs food water traffic control medical sanitation and noise needs while arrests for drugs and traffic violations occur. Mayor Andy Barker notes volunteers helped establish facilities for thousands of attendees despite the towns small population.
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Love Valley
N. C
North Carolina
Statesville
Charlotte
Haywood Starling
Andy Barker
Youth Assembly Demands US to Withdraw from Indochina
The World Youth Assembly in New York urged the United States to pull troops from Indochina and called for Soviet troops to leave Czechoslovakia. Delegates from 118 countries approved the multi nation letter backing independence for Indochina and a democratic future for Czechoslovakia.
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United Nations
N.Y
World Youth Assembly
United States
Indochina
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
World Peace Commission
U.S
The
Supplies Brought To Historic Kham Duc Camp
U S Army helicopter slingloads fresh supplies into the former U S Special Forces camp at Kham Duc. The site, 54 miles southwest of Da Nang and 13 miles east of the Laotian border, supports operations against North Vietnamese 2nd Division as Americal Division troops retake the site from light sniper fire after the 1968 evacuation.
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Kham Duc
Nang
Americal
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