Laird outlines Cambodia pullout timetable and Vietnamization plan
In a news conference at the American Embassy Laird said June 30 will mark the exit of every American ground combat troop from Cambodia. He insisted all timetables be met and emphasized efforts to restore Defense Department credibility and Vietnamese forces operating with American support where needed. He noted possible American advisers remain uncertain for South Vietnamese units in Cambodia while pursuing longer term Vietnamization and troop withdrawal goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Cambodia
Laird
Defense Department
South Vietnam
Nixon
Defense Secretary
Chicago Gangs Attack Clerk's Antifear Walk
Gangs disrupted a Walk Against Fear in Chicago Tuesday as police and patrol units blocked streets to protect marchers led by Rev. Curtis Burrell. Witnesses report residents hurled objects from windows while the target of the disruption remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
API
Curtis Burrell
Spruance class destroyers rise in cost and shift shipyard plans
The initial estimate for Spruance class destroyers rose from about 60 million to 80 million per ship due to detailed bid designs and inflation. Congress favored two yard construction but the Senate strike kept single-source funding. Bath Iron Works competed with Mississippi Shipyard. First ship due fall 1974, featuring antisubmarine focus and gas turbine power for about 270 crew.
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U.S
Navy
House of Representatives
Louis ©. Wyman
R-N.h
Senate, Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
Mississippi
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
Armed Services Committee
Spruance
U.S. Navy
Dash anti submarine drone program failure
Representative Sidney R. Yates announced the Navy lost over half of its DASH unmanned anti submarine helicopters. Out of 740 ordered, 411 crashed. A GAO report cited production before full development as the cause, with many remaining in storage.
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Washington
House
Navy
Sidney R. Yates
D-Ill
Yates
Teen-Agers Steal $340 in School Gear at Garfield Elementary
Two teen-aged burglars looted two bungalows at Garfield Elementary School of 340 in audio visual equipment. One youth was captured at the scene by officers Behrens and Buchanan. the other fled and is being sought. The break-in used an unlocked window. Tape recorders, a radio, and a movie projector lens were missing.
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Garfield Elementary
Long Beach
B. H. Behrens
D. A. Buchanan
Burglars Strip $1000 From Parked DeHavilland Otter
Police said burglars stripped a 1967 DeHavilland Otter parked at Long Beach Airport of articles valued over $1,000. The owner, Cahm Kennedy of Los Angeles, reported loss of a fruit light assembly, engine control panel, and operating manual. A maintenance man suggested a door may have been left unlocked.
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Long Beach
Cahm Kennedy
Los Angeles
Woman Wins Job, 35 Men Walk Out at Herrin Plant
Allen Industries awarded a woman a job formerly held by a man triggering a walkout by 35 male coworkers at a 500‑employee division in Herrin. A company spokesman said bids favored seniority and a woman won the position amid a dispute over federal law. The firm makes auto interiors and rug underlays.
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Herrin, WI
UPI
Herrin Allen Industries
Soviet Fishing Net Found Violating 1969 Pact
Eureka fishermen report a Soviet net capable of 250000 pounds of fish found 24 miles west of Humboldt Bay. Fred Phoebus says the 14 inch mesh contravenes the 2 1/2 inch width specified in the agreement. Pacific Pearl hauled the 350 by 85 foot net in four hours. officials assess the case.
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Eureka If
Humboldt Bay
Fred Phoebus
Eureka Fishermen’s Marketing Association
United States
Phoebus
Gay Sovereign ‘Jr
Sovereign
California
Oregon
Coast Guard
Marine Resources Division
California Fish and Game Department
ACTION LINE answers reader questions on watches and ships
The column describes Cal Stores repair handling for a Lakewood watch and explains a Waltham service center delay due to a broken calendar mechanism then a new part from the factory. It also notes World War II carrier losses including Lexington Yorktown Wasp Hornet and discusses traffic sign fixes at Bennett Avenue Prospect Division junction in Long Beach.
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Waltham
Cal
Lakewood
Colorado
Action Line
A.K
Long Beach
Carson St
Watch Repair Department
Princeton
Leyte Gulf
U.S
Lexington
Yorktown
Wasp
Hornet
Bennett Avenue
Prospect Avenue
Division Street
Livingston Drive
Prospect
Division
T.I.F
Judge Defends School Integration Amid Pressure
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alfred Gitelson, defending bus integration, told Long Beach State students he would not tailor rulings to politicians or pressure groups. He warned that drastic costs of busing are overstated, urging youth to pursue justice through legal channels and maintain government by law.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Superior Court
Alfred Gitelson
California State College At
Supreme Court
Gitelson
General and 2 Officers Cleared in My Lai Probe
A U.S. Army inquiry cleared Brig. Gen. George H. Young Jr. Col. Nels A. Parson and Maj. Robert W. McKnight of charges they aided a cover up after the My Lai massacre. Lt. Gen. Jonathan O. Seaman ruled the allegations unsupported by evidence.
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Washington
Army
Son My My Lai
South Vietnam
George H. Young Jr
Nels A. Parson
Robert W. McKnight
Jonathan O. Seaman
Fort Meade
Samuel W. Koster
Young
Parson
McKnight
Thomas K. Willingham
Allenhurst
N.J
Two Officers Face New Charges in Viet Nam Shooting
The Army says Capt. Vincent N. Marman and 1st Lt. Robert G. Lee Jr. face additional charges tied to the same incident in which they allegedly ordered troops to shoot into huts in a South Viet Nam village. New counts include premeditated murder of a Vietnamese female and assault with intent to murder a Vietnamese male, around June 15, 1969.
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Ernest L. Medina
William L. Calley, Jr
Caley
Washington
Vincent N. Martmann
Scranton
Robert G. Lee Jr
Springfield
Delta
Vietnam
Integrated Blood Bill Voted Down in Louisiana House
Louisiana House rejected an appeal from its only Black member and kept racial labels on hospital blood supplies. Rep Archie Davis and Rep Ernest Morial urged repeal of a 20 year old law requiring race labels. Opponents cited health funding risks and offensive language used in the debate.
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Baton Rouge, la
UPI
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Ernest Morial
New Orleans
U.S. Health, Education and Welfare Department
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Baid
DASH
General Accounting Office
Zane Neely
Judge Gittleson
CSLE
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Koster
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Americal
Tank
Son My
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Torrance
Downey
Dvet
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