Weary GIs Refuse to Fight on Viet Death-Trap
In a jungle slope on Nui Lon Mountain, members of A Company 196th Infantry Brigade third battalion refuse another assault. Lt Eugene Shurtz Jr reports disobedience after Lt Col Robert Bacon orders troops to advance. Sgt Okey Blankenship prods the weary men, who rally and follow him down.
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Long Chang Valley
Vietnam
196Th Infantry Brigade
Nui Lon
Eugene Shurtz Jr
Robert C. Bacon
Bacon
Eli P. Howard
Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
Tueday
Shurtz
Sgt
Okey Blankenship
Panther
W. Va
Blankenship
War End Budget Strains Weaken Peace Dividend Outlook
Moynihan warned that ending the Vietnam War and funding new domestic programs would squeeze the 192.9 billion dollar budget. Welfare costs 4.2 billion and revenue sharing 500 million threaten cuts elsewhere. The two and a quarter hour economic study concluded peace savings would largely vanish into Medicare education and existing programs.
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Senate
Moynihan
Secretary of the Treasury
David N Kennedy
Urban Affairs Council
Council
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisors
Maurice Mann
Bureau of the Budget
Murray L. Weidenbaum
the Treasury
Vietnam
Agnew Seeks Improved Hurricane Tracking Method
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged a better system for charting the power and path of hurricanes including Camille. He asked President Nixon to take steps to advance tracking methods and meteorological coordination.
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Spiro Agnew
Nixon
San Clemente
Agnew
Camille
Louisiana- Mississippi
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Navy
Air Force
Thieu Urges Delay in Vietnam Pullout
South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu influenced President Nixon to delay any U.S. troop withdrawal for at least two weeks. White House cited need for more information on activity levels and Communist offensives as Thieu’s pleas drew attention from Saigon cabinet reshuffles and rising attacks.
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Washington
API
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Thieu
Saigon
White House
North Vietnam
Elsworth Bunker
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
State Department
Rogers
San Clemente
Poverty Awaiting Aged U S Warned by Senate Panel
Washington reports that a Senate Aging Committee warned of rising poverty among Americans 65 and older unless more help is provided. The panel said 30 percent of those over 65 live in poverty, with Social Security and pensions not rising fast enough. Foreign experts echoed the concern and urged prepaid medical care for the elderly as costs surge.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
United States
Special
Senate Committee On Aging
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
U.S
England
France
Denmark
Israel
Court Rulings Help Doctors in IRS Dispute
U.S. Appeals Courts and districts rebuke IRS rules on income tax benefits from professional corporations. The New Orleans court joined Cincinnati and Denver in ruling IRS regulations arbitrary discriminatory and legislative in nature, marking another setback for IRS.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
New Orleans
U.S
Cincinnati
Denver
IRS
Nixon Aides Tour Irvine Ranch in Land Development Push
Four members of President Nixon's Cabinet flew over the 83,000 acre Irvine Ranch in Irvine California viewing it as a model for future development. Secretaries Finch Hardin Hickel and Attorney General Mitchell joined the tour by helicopter and bus with officials and reporters. Hickel called Irvine a good example of long range planning. Army photo of Roberto C. Duenas reported as killed in action in Vietnam by the Defense Department.
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Irvine
UPI
Nixon
Irvine Ranch
Robert H. Finch
Clifford M. Hardin
Walter J. Hickel
Interior
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Orange County
Hardin
Hickel
County to Again Try Bond Sale for Compton Roads
County officials will attempt a second bond sale on September 10 for 43 764 dollars to fund road work in and around 131st Street in Compton. The project includes paving curbs gutters driveways alley intersections and sanitary sewers after the August 12 offering drew no bids.
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131St Street
Compton
Virginia flood toll rises with 76 dead and 111 missing
Floodwaters from Hurricane Camille receded in west central Virginia as the disaster toll climbed to 76 dead and 111 missing. Damage was revised to 132.4 million dollars while officials urged restraint on private food and clothing shipments.
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Richmond
Virginia
Nixon
Two Years to Heal Camille Wounds in Mississippi
Gulfport Mississippi dispatch notes George Hastings of the Office of Emergency Preparedness预计 most residents in Harrison Jackson and Hancock counties can resume normal living within four to five weeks after hurricane Camille. He says full recovery will take about two years with power restored and shops open. About 1000 regular Army troops, mainly Corps of Engineers from Ft Benning, were clearing roads as 95 percent of the worst-hit roads became passable.
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Gulfport, Miss
UPT
Mississippi Gulf Coast
George Hastings
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Harrison, Jackson
Hancock Counties
Corps of Engineers
Ft. Benning
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Peter Arnett
Johnson
OEP
Mississippi
Louisiana
Environmental Control Council
William C. Truehart
Sarasota
Fla
Nigeria
Elbert G. Mathews
Truehart
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
San Pedro
Army
Roberto C. Duenas
Felipe R. Duenas
6Th St
Apt
Defense Department
County
Mills E. Godwin Jr
James River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Tenderloin
Atlantic Ave
SUN
Creare
Pera
Aia A CS
Long Beach Blvd
Pacific Coast Hwy
Lynwood
Sears
Lakewood
Lakewood Blvd
Bellflower
Bet
Alondra
Artesia
Long Beach
EL Monte Covina
Torrance
Glendale
East Los Angeles
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Fullerton
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