North Korea claims sinking of U S spy ship denied by Navy
North Korea says it sank a heavily armed U S spy ship in the Yellow Sea while the U S Navy denies any ships were operating there. South Korea reports its patrol boat was attacked and towed north near the DMZ, with conflicting location claims and no word on casualties.
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Mark Kuramitsu
Associated Press
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U.S
Yellow Sea
U.S. Navy
South Korea
Korean Central
Korean People’s Army
Navy
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United Nations Command
Seoul
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
U.N. Command
Haeju
Pyongyang
South Korean
Defense Ministry
Korea Times
Dmz
Cambodia repels Khmer Rouge push on Siem Reap airport
Cambodian tanks and infantry blunted a heavy assault on Siem Reap near Angkor Wat. The airport area saw fighting and its reopening status uncertain as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units pressed elsewhere in Cambodia. The move followed a broader offensive near Kompong Cham while government hopes mounted for Thai troop aid.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Angkor Wat
Khmer Rouge
Phom Penh
Pentagon orders new stealth bomber development
The Pentagon awarded contracts totaling about 1.8 billion dollars to North American Rockwell and General Electric to design test and develop the B1 strategic bomber. The Air Force envisions 200 to 300 planes with a total fleet cost over 13.6 billion, though production is years away and hinges on engineering progress and SALT talks.
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Rockwell Corp
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Air Force
Robert Seamans Jr
Congress
Defense
David M
Russia
Packard
Rockwell
el Segundo
Calif
Evendale
Ohio
Thomas Pelly
R-Wash
Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
Boeing Co
Finch Expected To Leave Nixon Cabinet Post
Chicago based AP reports Robert Finch likely resigns as secretary of Health Education and Welfare to become President Nixon’s top White House staff aide. No replacement named yet. Finch and Nixon reportedly agreed in a White House meeting. Finch recently left Walter Reed Hospital after numbness in his left arm.
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Chicago
White House
Robert Finch
Nixon
Chicago Tribune
Finch
Washington
Tribune
HEW
David Eisenhower Examines Southern Strategy
David Eisenhower, Amherst College senior and son of former President, analyzes Kevin Phillips' The Emerging Republican Majority in his thesis, earning BA cum laude. He and his wife Julie skipped commencement citing speaker choice and fear of antiadministration demonstrations.
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Amherst
Mass
David Eisenhower
Young Eisenhower
Amherst College
Kevin Philips
Eisenhower
Julie
I. F. Stone
Jackson State killings report challenged by committee member
A member of the Jackson State College inquiry committee rejects the governor’s claim of sniper fire. He says the 10 day probe found no evidence of shooters and disputes the televised narration of events.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson State College
John Bell Williams
Reuben Anderson
Jackson
Ees
Mexicans Smuggled Across U S Border
Thousands of Mexican nationals are smuggled into California in a lucrative lethal trade. Border patrol reports escalating deportable aliens—63,933 in California last year—with Vista sector arrests rising dramatically. Dozens of deaths and injuries cited from truck crashes and security patrols.
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San Diego
Calif
California
U.S. Border Patrol
Vista
Here
U.S
Harry Steward
Border Patrol
Descanso
San Diego County
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Sonny Tufts Dies at 58 After Pneumonia Fight
Sonny Tufts, Boston born actor known for cowboy and leading man roles, died of pneumonia at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica at 58. Physician Dr. William Bregin cited a virulent organism. Tufts faced past legal accusations, including a 1956 restaurant incident and a yacht thigh bite, both settled. He was son of a New England financier and utilities magnate who supported his choice of independence.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Sonny Tufts
St. John’s Hospital
William Bregin
Bowen Charleston Tufts II
Tufts
New England
Two Navy Officers Ousted Over Antiw ar Group Ties
Lts Gordon Kerr and James Pahura were reassigned from intelligence briefing duties to analyst roles after their links to the Concerned Officers Movement. The Navy indicated the action targeted association with COM, a small Washington-based group. Kerr and Pahura criticized the move as suppressing dissent while noting the case could signal caution yet constructive for military life.
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Gordon Kerr
James Pahura
COM
Concerned Officers Movement
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Pahura
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Lizing
Indochina
Lehman
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