Siege ends at Ben Het Green Beret camp
Saigon reports the 57 day North Vietnamese siege near Ben Het camp seems over with a 3600 man relief force arriving unopposed along a previously ambushed road. Allied spokesmen say retreat into Cambodia is likely, while B 52s pound surrounding positions. Geneva notes Red Cross attack on arms dealers and oil firms amid Nigeria Biafra war.
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Rockefeller welcomed in Haiti amid pro American mood
Nelson Rockefeller arrived in Port au Prince on Tuesday to a warm reception as Haitians cheered his Latin American tour. President Duvalier helped mobilize thousands for the welcome while anti American tensions rose elsewhere on his journey. In Buenos Aires, a government crackdown arrested 30 in a general strike attempting to protest repression during Rockefeller’s visit. Brazil’s purge continued, stripping 74 more citizens of political rights as part of Costa e Silva’s ruling power. In Seoul, 4,500 students clashed with police over constitutional changes and Park Chung Hee’s bid for a third term, leaving hundreds injured and many arrested. In Russia a historic interfaith peace conference opened under Soviet auspices. Israeli airstrikes hit Jordan at dawn and fighting along the Suez Canal left a civilian and a soldier wounded.
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Park Chung-Hee
Jordan
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Surgeon General Attacks Smoke Ads And Rights Bill Clash
U S Surgeon General William H Stewart urged cigarette ads to warn that smoking may kill or desist from advertising. Former Surgeon General Luther J Terry called the industry code against using youth in ads a flop. Congress heard calls over a strong warning label as civil rights and Medicare debates swirled.
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William H. Stewart
Stewart
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Luther J. Terry
Terry
Commission
Johnny Carson Signs Record NBC Contract for High Weekly Pay
Johnny Carson signs a long term NBC deal worth about 75 000 to 80 000 dollars weekly for three years. The host of the Tonight Show is now the highest paid television performer ever while competing for a share of the late night advertising market with ABC and CBS. Previous top earners were Arthur Godfrey and Garry Moore at CBS with about 60 000 to 65 000 dollars weekly.
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CBS
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Arthur Godfrey
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Lennon family hurt in Scottish car crash
Beatles star John Lennon Yoko Ono and their children Julian and Sean were hospitalized after a car crash on a Scottish road near Galspie Sutherland. Lennon suffered a cut chin Yoko had xrays and Julian shock with the family holidaying in Scotland en route from Edinburgh to Liverpool.
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Yoka Ono
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Yoko
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Anthony Cox
Former Minis student sentenced for failing to report for induction
A former University of Minis student and draft resistance counselor was sentenced by US District Judge James B. Parsons to four years in prison for failing to report for induction. The judge said the term should serve as a message to radicals at the University of Illinois.
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Army
James B. Parsons
Stephen C. Schmitt
University of Ilingis
Independent newspaper notice from Long Beach Calif 1907
A damaged OCR fragment from a Long Beach California issue lists publication details and pricing. It mentions a decree, a delivery arrangement, and single copy price of 19 cents. Names, dates, and specifics are incomplete due to garbled text.
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