Enemy Downs Five Choppers in Viet Nam Cambodia Fight
U S and South Vietnamese forces faced heavy action across South Vietnam and Cambodia. Five American helicopters were shot down. two Americans were killed and seven wounded. Some South Vietnamese aircraft were also lost while US and allied units pressed operations near the U Minh forest and around Dam Be base camp.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Namese
Dam Be
U Minh Forest
Mekong
U Minh
Cambodian Army Weakens as North Vietnamese Edge Grows
Saigon officials assess Cambodia as a potential springboard for a larger invasion of South Vietnam. An estimated 80 000 enemy troops operate in Cambodia with about 60 000 North Vietnamese aims tied to South Vietnam, while Cambodian leadership struggles with cohesion and effectiveness amid mounting political motives and border pressure.
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Cambodia
Oy George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Ball Park
National Liberation Front
South
U.S
Phnom Penh
Indictments in Memphis beating death prompt racial tension
Shelby County grand jury indicted Lt Theodore Wilks and three patrolmen for first degree murder in the October 15 beating of 17 year old Elton Hayes. Four more officers face assault to murder charges and a police inspector is charged with neglect of duty. all but the sheriff’s lieutenant are white. Bonds set at 10 000 for murder and 2 500 for assault cases. The case followed days of racial unrest after Hayes died from head blows.
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Byron Davis
Associated
Elton Hayes
Hayes
Roy C. Nixon
Theodore R. Wilks
Edward M. Bonham
Johnny L. Roberts
Memphis
Michael J. Dougherty
William L Graves
James B. Dyer
Larry R. Skelton
Danny L. Davis
Harold Ray
May Publish Howard Hughes Autobiography
Los Angeles AP report cites Noah Dietrich questioning authenticity of Clifford Irving's Hughes autobiography plan. Dietrich says Hughes could not have written or traveled due to illness, noting Hughes stayed in his Las Vegas room for years and later in the Bahamas. He recalls Irving meeting Hughes in a Bahamas hotel.
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Harry Wise
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Noah Dietrich
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Clifford Irving
Western Hemisphere
Dietrich
Las Vegas
Bahamas
Irving
Youths rounded in West Memphis drug raids
West Memphis police identified 24 arrestees from Crittenden County raids. Twenty three were from West Memphis facing charges including sale and possession of controlled substances with bonds from 1,000 to 33,000 dollars. Names and ages of arrestees and counts listed. A mention of Howard Hughes autobiography offer by a man claiming to represent Hughes.
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West Memphis
Ark
Crittenden County
Regan Irwin Scott
Marion
Ricky Guy
Dana Rose McClendon
Larry Wayne Witcher
Dana Ray Frasure
Bruce Leigh Pulliam
Paul Ronald Palady
John Perkins McCan
Curtis Elgin Pulliam
Jim Everett McCutcheon
Michael Orlin Higginbotham
Ronald Dean Blankenship
Steven Craig Scott
Danny Vance Taff
William Earl Kilpatrick, Jr
John Robertson
Catherine Ann Butterworth
Sharon Rose Witcher
Marcella Irene Morris
Pamela Ann Powell
Nancy Caroll Shearin
Danny McCoy Pope
Campaigners Get College Credit in Presidential Primaries
Boston State College will grant academic credit to students active in national presidential primaries along the Eastern Seaboard. President Kermit C. Morrissey said the course, "Presidential Politics, 1972," totals six credits with half for student political activity and half for studying past and current campaigns.
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Boston
Boston State College
Seaboard
Kermit C. Morrissey
Morrissey
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Louisiana
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