Hartke refuses airport search amid hijack fears
In a public wart of words Senator Vance Hartke challenged searches of air travelers stating privilege prevents his being searched. He argued a search equates to arrest though airlines and officials say screenings prevent hijackings. Hartke’s stance drew calls for senate censure while aviation authorities stress safety.
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Vance Hartke
Indiana
Congress
Hartke
Delta
Allegheny Airlines
Trans World
Phoenix
Albuquerque
TWA
Allegheny
James M. Beggs
Sen. Hartke
United States Senate
United States
Draft card retired ends compulsory inductions
Washington AP notes the draft card era ends as the United States moves to an all volunteer military force. Secretary Melvin Laird announced that with the Paris peace accord and Army outlooks, inductions will cease and no new draftees will be sought while 18 to 35 year olds still register. The change ends plans to draft 9,000 men before June 30, five months ahead of Nixon’s goal.
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Congress
Defense
Melvin K. Laird
Paris
Army
Nixon
Viet Cong stalls four-party VN peace talks in Saigon
In Saigon the Viet Cong delegation refused to present credentials at two sessions of the four‑party joint military commission delaying peace efforts. Amid cease-fire violations, about 150 North Vietnamese delegates flew from Hanoi to Saigon but balked at filling Saigon’s forms, halting progress as U S Ambassador Bunker intervened again. The ICCS began its work with Hungary Indonesia and Canada ready to move, Poland to join by Tuesday.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
North Vietnam
Commission
Joint Commission
North
Gia Lam
Tonkin Gulf
John A. Wickham Jr
U.S. Command
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Michel Gauvin
Hungary
Indonesia
Canada
Poland
Marines Trapped On Peninsula Near Cua Viet River
South Vietnamese marines faced heavy shellfire on a river mouth peninsula seven miles below the DMZ. Brig. Gen. Bui The Law reported two companies trapped in a area under a square, with 20 killed and about 70 wounded as North Vietnamese artillery and mortar barrages continued past the cease fire hour. Inter national observers were delayed. civilians were herded behind marine lines during the fighting.
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Cua Viet River
Bui
Everal
Inter
National Commission of Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Lan
Nixon unveils peacetime defense budget record
President Nixon announced the first peacetime defense budget in 12 years at 81.1 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. It tops the 1945 wartime peak and funds pay, housing, medical care, and education for troops while forecasting 85.5 billion dollars for 1975.
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Nixon
Arkansas soldiers on North Vietnam POW list
The families of three Arkansas servicemen learned their loved ones are on the North Vietnamese POW list but two other Arkansas men remain missing in action. Air Force Capt. Robert Go Certain of Blytheville, Capt. George Alan Rose of Fayetteville, and Col. James L. Lamar of Little Rock were notified their names appear on the list. Navy Lt. Charles Durr of Blytheville and Ensign Teague of Harrisburg were listed as missing in action. Relatives expressed mixed hopes, noting evidence they believe indicates some may be alive, while questioning official disclosures.
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Air Force
Robert Go
Blytheville
George Alan Rose
Fayetteville
James L. Lamar
Little Rock
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Ines Bo Teague
Harrisburg
Charles Durr
Acuion
Teapue
el Teague
North
Vietnam
Witham Darr
Cattle Rock
Darr
South Vietnamese Civilian Casualties From Combat Report
Military figures show civilian casualties in South Vietnam totaling 183000 to 499026 with 415000 and 935000 cited in the combat impact figures. The data presents a range of reported civilian losses amid sustained fighting and security operations.
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