Newsmen In Vietnam Misled Ex CIA Agent
Former CIA analyst Frank Snepp says the U S government fed journalists disinformation predicting a bloodbath after the South Vietnamese takeover. He named Beech Browne Shaplen Merrick and McArthur as journalists used by the CIA to shape coverage. Browne and Topping defend integrity. other outlets deny manipulation.
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New York
CIA
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Cbs-Tv
60 Minutes
Frank Snepp
Graham Martin
Snepp
Keyes Beech
Chicago Daily News
George McArthur
Los Angeles Times
Robert Shaplen
The
New Yorker
Bud Merrick
U.S. News & World Report
Times
Seymour Topping
New York Times
Mal Browne
Former CIA analyst Snepp faces CIA uproar over Vietnam book
Trey Snepp Ill, a former Charlottean who served in Saigon, drew his parents’ defense on CBS 60 Minutes as he criticized U S officials over Vietnam evacuation in 1975. His book targets former CIA Director William Colby, once a close friend of the family, while the Justice Department prepares to seek court action to block publication.
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Charlotte
CIA
Vietnam
Frank
Trey” Snepp
Saigon
Nancy 8. Goodwin
Goodwin
Mecklen
Bill Colby
Trey
Justice Dept
Snepp
Floods knock out 125 bridges in western North Carolina
The North Carolina Transportation Dept. reported damages from early month floods: 125 bridges out, 71 other major structures damaged, 60 miles of primary roads harmed and about 170 miles of secondary roads destroyed or seriously damaged. Worst damage centered in Buncombe, Yancey, Mitchell, Madison, Ashe and Watauga counties as officials work on cost estimates.
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Raleigh
State Transportation Dept
State Board of Transportation
North Carolina
Dept
Buncombe
Yancey
Mitchell
Madison
Ashe
Watauga
McDowell County
Ridgecrest
Old Fort
A. B. Burton and Co. Inc
Lynchburg
Nash
Wilson Counties
T. Wooten Construction Co
Wilson
Durham
Fischbach and
Moore
Mechanicsville
Rabbitnapping ends without harm for Feather the rabbit
In Raleigh AP report the Owens family found Feather missing from its pen last Thursday after a kidnapper demanded $10 to save the rabbit. The abductor called Dena Owens but threats stopped. A boy brought Feather home Sunday while neighbors said he found it at a nearby swimming club.
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Raleigh
Feather
Robert Owens
Dena Owens
Owenses
Unsuccessful FBI Cointelpro Tactics Revealed in Files
Washington report details a 15 year FBI campaign to disrupt dissident groups from 1956 to 1971. The largely failed operations ranged from anonymous letters to leaflets and internal rivalries, with little evidence of impact and several actions deemed illegal by officials.
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Washington
FBI
Bureau
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan
Black Panthers
Students For A Democratic Society
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Marvin Stone
Merrick
McArthur
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Kinston
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Richmond
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Ncnb Ira
Greensboro
FDIC
Senate Intelligence Committee
Department
Cointelpro
PBI
Cleaver-Newton
J. Edgar Hoover
Marsh Kitchens
Centennial
Direct Furniture Warehouse
High Point's
South Main
Russell
Main
Parkway
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