North Vietnamese assault near DMZ and Laos fighting report
Up to 400 North Vietnamese troops using flame throwers attacked 200 South Vietnamese marines 12 miles northeast of Khe Sanh near the DMZ. The assault was repulsed with U.S. helicopter gunships fighters and artillery. 63 North Vietnamese killed and nine marines died. 5,000 South Vietnamese troops advance to block infil tration toward coast. A U.S. helicopter gunship was shot down southeast of Saigon. two crewmen wounded. Weekly casualty totals show 322 government troops killed and 1,883 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, reflecting American withdrawal and Vietnamese progress.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Khe Sanh
Dmz
USS
Laos
Pakse
Bolovens
Thieves Take Millions in Mail Pouches
Robert F. Cudak a 29 year old federal convict told Senate investigators that a crime ring looted mail pouches containing securities diamonds travelers checks furs and cash totaling about 100 million. He said the loot went to fences in New York and New Jersey and was rarely sold at full value. He described trips to Jacksonville and O Hare related to the thefts and noted involvement of Army FBI and CIA materials.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
Robert F. Cudak
U.S
New York
New Jersey
Cudak
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
John F. Kennedy International
FBI
Jacksonville
Fla
Englin Air Force Base
Department of the Army
Central Intelligence Agency
Rosemount
War Casualty Toll Only 25 During Week
AP report from Saigon states 25 Americans were killed in Indochina last week, the fourth lowest toll of the year. Thirteen nonhostile deaths and 199 wounded accompany the tally, with Vietnamese and enemy losses also substantial as U.S. troop levels shrink.
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Saigon
USS. Command
Indochina
U.S
Vietnam
Bumpers May Run for Senate
A report cites police statements in Rosemount about a suspected theft ring. Officers allegedly seized diamonds and cash, with a third man missing his share. Police Chief Richard Drehobl dismisses the claims as untrue and cites rapid arrests by officers from other areas.
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Cudak
Richard Drehobl
Rosemount
Chicago
Hung Jury in Murder Trial Ends Deadlocked in Arkansas
SHERIDAN Ark AP The first degree murder trial of Huger D Mosby 24 of Redfield ended in a hung jury after 642 hours of deliberation The judge dismissed the jury Mosby seeks a third trial in the 1969 stabbing death of Ronald E Lovelace a Little Rock taxicab driver Mosby had previous convictions overturned by the Arkansas Supreme Court. LITTLE ROCK AP Gov Dale Bumpers says he has not ruled out running for Senate in 1972 leaving options open including a run for McClellans seat or another office He says his decision will depend on his first term and he has not taken a poll but will not rule out anything.
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Sheridan
Ark
Huger D. Mosby
Redfield
Jefferson County
Mosby
Ronald E. Lovelace
Little Rock
Lovelace
Arkansas Supreme Court
Henry Means
Dale Bumpers
Senate
John L.mcclellan
Bumpers
McClellan
Winthrop Rockefeller
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Plummerville
Roy G. Wessel
Interstate 40
Here
Wessel
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House
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Times
Southeast Asia
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Johnson
Winter Garden
Lake
Apoka
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Leonard Woodcock
United Autoworkers
Santiago
Chile
Hice
James D. Greening
Camden
Crest Botan
Cologne
Rexall
Hope Village Shopping Center
Hope
Averturf
Overturf
Vane
Steg
Childrens
Shose
Stoop
Il Kinds & Co
Overturf’s
Bruce Kessler
Brooklyn
N.Y
Kessler
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