70 Miles North of Saigon Fights and Major War News
A fast moving US armored unit clashed with North Vietnamese regulars about 70 miles north of Saigon with 34 rebels killed. B52 bombers attacked missile batteries in the first such raids. Marines engaged enemy forces near the DMZ with 77 killed. A large defense bill faced cuts while ongoing war casualties reported for the week ended last Saturday.
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Saigon
U.S
Namese
Dmz
South Vietnam
11Th U.S. Army Armored Cavalry Regiment
Vietnam
National House Stuns Johnson with Aid Cut
The House slashes Johnson foreign aid to below 2 billion for the first time, with cuts totaling 967.55 million after hours of debate. Negotiations progress on a vast housing bill to subsidize up to six million homes over a decade. The GNP shows a 19.6 billion quarterly rise as the economy cools slightly.
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Washington
House
Johnson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Senate
House-Senate Conference Committee
Akron confronts second night of racial violence
Police and National Guardsmen arrested over 60 people in Akron Ohio as tear gas dispersed crowds at Afro American Liberation Society headquarters. In San Francisco and Stockton police faced hippie clashes and a mob attack on a housing project office leaving property violence and arrests.
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Akron
Ohio
San Francisco
Stockton
Glasgow
Louis B. Nunn
Afro-American Liberation Society
Haight-Ashbury
Freed U S fliers reach Laos as North Vietnam hands over pilots
Three U S pilots Maj James L ow Maj Fred N Thompson and Capt Joe V Carpenter freed from captivity in Hanoi fly to Vientiane and Udorn Thailand for debriefing. Officials escort include peace activists and anti draft organizers. Violence and legal notices follow in separate items.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
International Control Commission
Vientiane
Laos
Radio
Vietnam Committee
James Frederick Low
Sausalito
Calif
Fred Neal Thompson
Taylors
S.C
Joe Victor Carpenter
Victorville
Law
Carpenter
Thompson
Stewart Meacham
Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
Anne Scheer
Berkeley
Ramparts
Robert Scheer
Vernon Grizzard
Cambridge
Mass
Surprise deepest backyard hole in San Diego prompts concern
Neighbors return from vacation to a four foot wide hole in Henry Mattill’s backyard. They lowered a lighted extension cord into the void and heard water far below. Police and fire departments won’t act since it’s private property. The Mead family covered the hole to prevent accidents. Speaker John W. McCormack, 77, filed nomination papers in Boston for another term.
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Henry Mattill
San Diego
Mattill
Wilfred Mead
Mrs. Mead
Mead
House
John W. McCormack
Congress
Boston
Goldberg Considers Coffin Draft Conspiracy Case
Arthur J. Goldberg former Supreme Court justice and UN representative says he has been asked to represent William Sloane Coffin Jr. in his appeal from a conviction for conspiring to evade the draft. Coffin, Yale chaplain, was found guilty with Dr. Benjamin Spock and three others in Boston and given two years in federal prison.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
U.S
U.N
William Sloare Coffin Jr
Yale
Goldberg
Benjamin Spock
Boston
Westmoreland in Walter Reed for Routine Exam
Gen. William C Westmoreland is at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington for a routine physical exam, an aide said. The military commander is reported to be in good condition.
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William C. Westmoreland
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Divorce for Ray Conniff’s wife in Los Angeles
The wife of musical director Ray Conniff won a divorce in Los Angeles on Thursday claiming her husband was rude in front of guests. She said she finished entertaining guests and helped them return to hotels. The couple, married in 1947, will divide assets totaling 750000 over 25 years under the settlement. A Sacramento brunette, Miss Marsha L Vaughn, 18, was sworn into the Marine Corps Reserve Thursday in Governor Reagan’s office as California’s rep for the Women Marines Governors’ Platoon and will begin boot camp at Parris Island.
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Earl Warren
State Assembly Rules Committee
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Newton _ Russell
R-Tujunga
Rules Committee
Russell
Warren Court
San Francisco
Ocean Beach
Elton Lawless
John M. Pemberton
Iretta Gordon
Lawless
John G. Cruicks
Robert Lansing
Emily McLaughlin
Miss McLaughlin
Ray Conniff
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Marine Corps Reserve
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World Today
Clark Clifford
Hawaii
Honolulu
Nguyen van Thieu
Clifford
Texas
Combined News Services
Cir
House Appropriations Committee
Selective Service
Pentagon
Pretoria
South Africa
Alaska
Arctic
Atlantic Richfield
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Prudhoe Bay
Fairbanks
House Post Office Committee
New York
NBC
Miami Beach
Chicago
John Bailey
Miami
Udorn
Thailand
Penny Coon
St. Albans Naval Hospital
John O’hagan
Arthur Miller
Paris
Miller
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New Left
Hoover
Students For A Democratic Society
Lansing
F. N. Thompson
Maj
J. F. Low
Westy
Reagan
Sixth St
Pine Ave
Lona Beach 12
Lona Beach
Cali
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
Lakewood Center
Clark Ave
Lakewood
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