Cambodian Troops Beat Back Reds At Kompong Speu
Cambodian forces repelled two columns of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attackers around Kompong Speu, 30 miles southwest of Phnom Penh, as trucks moved again along Highway 4 toward Kompong Som.
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Cambodia
Kompong Speu
Phnom Penh
Highway 4
Kompong Som
High Command
U.S
Kompong Thom
Washington
Nixon
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hew appoints new chief as HEW workers rally for peace
Elliott Richardson becomes secretary of Health Education and Welfare in a quiet ceremony in Washington. HEW employees take a day off to march down Pennsylvania Avenue with flags and placards urging peace. Congressmen urge federal workers to focus on domestic problems while Richardson seeks luck in his new role.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
HEW
Richardson
Nixon
Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
George Brown
D-Calif
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
R-Md
Nationa Police Seize 30 at Agnew Talk
Denver police swept into the crowd outside the Agnew speech arresting 30 demonstrators. One officer was hospitalized with a possible concussion and eye injury. A spokesman said a detective was struck by a bottle while two protesters showed blood. Agnew dismissed his audience as the GOP dinner kicked off Colorado campaigning.
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Denver
Spiro T. Agnew
John Ballegeer
Agnew
Colorado
Cambodia
Senate
Marine Acquitted in Viet Slayings
A U.S. Marine, Pfc. Thomas R. Boyd Jr., 19, Evansville Indiana, acquitted of unpremeditated murder in the February Song Thang massacre of 16 Vietnamese civilians near Da Nang. Testified he never killed anyone and cried at verdicts. another Marine was convicted on 16 counts.
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Pfc
Thomas R. Boyd Jr
Evansville
Ind
Howard T. Trockman
Boyd
da Nang
Vietnam
Song Thang
Michael A. Schwarz
Weirton
W. Va
Trockman
Son Thang
Marine Rifle
Michael Kriehten
Hanover
Powell slips away as Harlem voter race ends
Adam Clayton Powell disappears after a long career as Harlem's representative. He avoids election ritual and vanishes, while Charities Ranger claims the seat as Rimini is cited as Powell's real home. Rangel leads with 7,804 votes, Powell 7,599.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Congress
Powell
New York
Assemblyman
Ranger
Walter Green
125Th Street
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Rimini
Rangel
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