Viet Cong destroy bridge cutting Saigon Delta highway
Viet Cong guerrillas blew up a 120 foot bridge on Highway 4 eight miles southwest of Can Tho, wounding three militiamen and killing one civilian. The attack came as U.S. casualties rose and peace talks faced protest in Paris. Thieu warned of Communist control within six months if a coalition with the Viet Cong formed.
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Mekong
South Vietnam
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
Delta
U.S
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thanh le
Philip Habib
United States
Habib
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Nixon seeks foreign policy backing amid high level talks
The Nixon administration met with former officials and strategists to bolster support for foreign and domestic policies. In Washington the administration urged the Supreme Court to delay desegregation in about 250 Deep South school systems to fall 1970.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
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Lawmakers Approve Extra 10 Million for Drug Enforcement
Washington House Appropriations Committee advances a bill adding 10 million dollars for drug law enforcement. Customs Bureau would receive 8.75 million to hire agents and buy cars planes and boats before going to the House floor.
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Washington
House
Customs Bureau
Ex Astronaut Glenn plans run for Ohio Senate
Former astronaut John Glenn announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. He will face retiring Sen. Stephen Young in the May primary, recalling his 1964 race when an injury forced him to withdraw. Glenn, 48, served in the Marine Corps and later led a soft drink company executive life.
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U.S. Senate
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Glenn
Senate
Stephen Young
Young
Israel Syria clash in large air battle near Damascus
TEL AVIV reports Israeli warplanes including US jets struck Syria on Thursday and engaged in a heavy air battle near Damascus. Beirut cites three Soviet MIG fighters downed, two MIG17s and a MIG21, while Syria confirms three planes lost and two Israeli planes shot down. A Damascus spokesman says Israel aimed at airfields but Syria foiled the attack.
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Damascus
Beirut
Israel
Nixon and Johnson Meet at White House for Policy Talks
President Nixon consulted with former President Johnson and other elder statesmen at the White House on foreign policy and domestic violence amid Johnsons first White House visit since January.
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Washington
Nixon
America
Johnson
White House
Hunger Striker Sirhan Ends 13 Day Fast at San Quentin
Sirhan Sirhan ends a 13 day hunger strike with breakfast at San Quentin. His lawyer says he would continue fasting until death if isolation on Death Row is not reduced within 30 days.
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Sirhan Sirhan
San Quentin
Robert Kennedy
Nixon Choice Prefers Jingle Bells Over Rudolph Piano
Mrs. Richard Nixon said her husband enjoys Rudolph the piano on Christmas Eve but she favors his playing her old favorite Jingle Bells.
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Richard Nixon
Rudolph
Julius Hoffman
Lord Harlech Wedding Draws Royalty and Hippies
Lord Harlech wed Pamela Colin in Grosvenor Chapel London in a ceremony crowded with royalty and hippies. Guests included Princess Margaret Lord Snowdon and Harold Macmillan as Harlech’s children arrived in colorful hippie outfits.
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Washington
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London
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Lord Snowdon
Harold MacMillan
Harlech
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