Allied airstrikes and combat spread across Cambodia and Vietnam
Allied planes hit Viet Cong positions 140 miles northwest of Phnom Penh near Angkor temples. Cambodian and South Vietnamese troops repelled a Communist assault on Lonbet ammunition depot. U S forces report large arms shipments into Cambodia. In Vietnam, Communists attacked a Mekong Delta camp but were stopped. B 52 raids dropped over 90 tons. Civilian casualties reported in Tinh Bien. Egypt claims downing four Israeli planes near Suez. Nasser and Podgorny urge peaceful settlement of Middle East tensions.
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Senate Votes Postal Reforms
The Senate approved creating an independent U S postal service and an 8 percent pay raise for postal workers in a historic overhaul. The measure, 78 to 14 with Javits’s retroactive pay amendment, faces House-Senate negotiations and would set a presidentially appointed linesman board and a five member postage commission.
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Congress Overrides Nixon on Hospitals and Crime Fight
Congress overrides Nixon vetoes on a $2.7 billion hospital construction package and a $3.1 billion crime prevention program. The hospital bill extends Hill-Burton for three years, while debates ensue over spending and health program funding. Apollo 14 launch slips to January with design changes and NASA scrutiny of North American Rockwell contracts.
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Nixon returns from Peru urged aid for quake victims
Mrs. Richard Nixon arrived at the Western White House after a Peru trip and urged world help for the quake's starving and homeless. President Nixon praised her diplomacy and said she may be sent elsewhere. In Newark Kenneth Gibson named John Redden as police director, replacing the controversial chief. Pope Paul VI marked the seventh coronation anniversary. Perry Como discussed his Las Vegas comeback, joking about age and style while drawing big crowds. Joseph Colombo surrendered in New Jersey amid support from Italian-Americans. Harry Bridges was named to the San Francisco Port Commission, promising to resign if a port strike occurs.
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Third Roosevelts Bridegroom Marries Felicia Warburg Sarnoff
Frankiirt Delano Roosevelt Jr. will marry Felicia Warburg Sarnoff in New York in a civil ceremony this morning. It is his third marriage and her second. he divorced Suzanne Perrin in Mexico after 20 years. Sarnoff was previously married to Roosevelts daughter.
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Jones assumes command of Fleet Marine Force Pacific at Camp Smith
Lt Gen William K Jones took command of the Fleet Marine Force Pacific in a ceremony at Camp Smith near Pearl Harbor. He returned from a second Vietnam tour in April and has served at the Pentagon since then. The outgoing commander at Camp Smith retires after about two years in the Pacific post.
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