Operation Dewey Canyon Ends After Costly A Shau Drive
The six week Allied drive through the A Shau Valley concluded with 1 405 North Vietnamese killed and about 490 tons of ammunition destroyed. U S Marines suffered at least 117 dead and 662 wounded. In Saigon two would be assassins were captured after a botched attempt on Premier Tran Van Huong. Chinese warnings to the Soviet Union demanded total destruction if border provocations persist. Dayan urged tighter Israeli control of occupied lands and Gaza West Bank integration. Gold surged in Europe amid weak francs and scarce metal, with Paris at 47 per ounce. Swiss President von Moos announced a move toward equal civil rights for women. De Gaulle expressed optimism about ties with Nixon.
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Nixon orders Office of Minority Business Enterprise
President Nixon signed an executive order to create an Office of Minority Business Enterprise in the Commerce Department and an advisory council to spur business activity among minorities including Blacks Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans Indians and others. The move aims to encourage minorities to enter business as workers managers and owners.
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Bodies of Three Young Women Found in Mass Grave
In Truro Mass police found the dismembered bodies of three young women in shallow graves near where a fourth body was found last month. A young carpenter was arrested on two murder charges. State troopers earlier located an unidentified teenage girl's body while searching for two missing vacationers Patricia Walsh and Mary Ann Wysocki. The Walsh and Wysocki bodies were recovered late Wednesday as investigators continued in the area. The unidentified fourth body was found during a routine check.
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First GI to Desert War Convicted at Ft Dix
A career soldier from Santa Ana Calif was found guilty by a general court martial at Ft Dix of simple desertion and desertion with intent, the first American charged with deserting from Vietnam to Sweden. He faces up to five years and a dishonorable discharge.
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Fragmented notice from Sixth Avenue district publication
A partial OCR reads a Sunday dated item at Sixth Avenue Li Conch Ce Bitered clan with May 22 196 and Oct 6 details. The text references Carrie Sinst and Las Anoeins County but remains unclear and mostly unreadable.
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