Marines rout North Viet troops near Dung Ha base
Marines killed 87 enemy fighters in a five hour battle at Dung Ha, with 12 Leathernecks dead and 24 wounded. Earlier a five hour clash in the Mekong Delta left 26 Viet Cong dead as U.S. forces faced heavy rocket, mortar, and machine gun fire. Air and artillery support followed, easing pressure on Marines.
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Hon Gai
Haiphong
Kien An
Hanoi
Khen Sanh
Dmz
Bar. Me Thod
Senators Open Debate On Own Code Of Conduct
The Senate debates its first code of conduct with reform ideas to tighten ethics rules. Chairman John C. Stennis outlines a proposal requiring sealed financial statements and tax return copies. Proposals would mandate public disclosure of donations over 3000, with Case and Clark proposing broader asset and income disclosures.
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Washington
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Ethics Committee
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Sen
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Case
Brown quits as Britain’s foreign secretary in cabinet row
George Brown, son of a truck driver and Britain’s foreign secretary, announced his resignation to Parliament saying Harold Wilson did not properly consult his cabinet on major decisions. The move came amid the gold and dollar crisis after news that Wilson Jenkins and Shore met with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace during a privy council session without him.
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London
George Brown
Britain
Parliament
Harold Wilson
Brown
House of Commons
Wilson
Roy Jenkins
Peter Shore
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth II
Rights Act Expanded
The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that Negroes can sue to end discrimination in facilities covered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act and that prevailing defendants must pay lawyers’ fees. The decision broadens the Act’s coverage, with NAACP officials saying it expands protections significantly.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
NAACP
School Desegregation Rules Expanded Nationwide
Washington moved to replace the Southern desegregation guidelines with a nationwide anti discrimination policy aligned to the 1967 ESEA amendment. The NAACP filed suit in the Fifth Circuit challenging freedom of choice, and copper firms and unions set hard positions amid a national strike context. Students protested with crosses at the University of Wisconsin Campus as draft policy shifts referenced in memorial context emerged.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
NAACP
New Orleans
Naacp Monday
U.S. Sth
White House
Kennecott Copper Corp
Anaconda Cop
American Smelting and Refining Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Vietnam
Bascom Memorial Cemetery
Cary Grant hospitalized after car crash bruises ribs and nose
Cary Grant endured a distressful weekend at St. John's Hospital in Queens with chest pains and bruising after a limousine crash. He required oxygen and IV feeding as two fractured ribs, facial injuries, shock, and a damaged nose cartilage were reported. estranged wife Dyan and entertainer Harry Belafonte visited, signing autographs for nurses.
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St. John’s
Queen’s
N. Y
Grant
Dyan
Harry Bellefonte
Feldman Stanford scientist fined for accidental LSD trip
Jerome A Feldman a 29 year old Stanford computer science assistant professor was fined 625 and given a one year probation after his two young sons were accidentally given LSD by their mother in December He said he would appeal the sentence and probation while he fights charges of possessing the drug The incident followed hospitalizations of Michael 5 and Benjamin 2 on December 8 in Redwood City California.
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Jerome A. Feldman
Stanford
Feldman
Michael
Benjamin
Jane
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