Heaviest Vietnam clash near Cambodian border reported
Allied forces claim 232 Communists killed in heavy action two months. Near Duc Lap 80 North Vietnamese dead, 24 South Vietnamese killed and 38 wounded. Region had earlier attacks force abandoning three Allied artillery bases. US and allied leaders push for peace talks in Paris despite slow progress.
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Pentagon axes Air Force efficiency post in cost overruns probe
The Air Force eliminated the deputy for management systems post in a cost cutting move affecting about 850 military and civilian staff. The move follows a congressional inquiry into C5A project overruns, though officials deny a link to Fitzgerald’s testimony.
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Nixon elevates Moynihan and Harlow to Cabinet rank
President Nixon reshuffles his White House team elevating Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Bryce Harlow to Cabinet rank to bolster urban policy planning. John Ehrlichman appointed assistant to the President for domestic affairs, directing a new domestic affairs staff.
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Auto Accident Kills Tennessee Ex Governor Frank Clement
Former Tennessee governor Frank Goad Clement 49 dies after a two car collision near his Nashville home. He served three terms and spoke at the 1956 Democratic National Convention.
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Enrico Fermi Award Given to Walter Zinn
Foremost physicist Walter Zinn wins the 25000 Enrico Fermi Award from the Atomic Energy Commission for his work on nuclear power reactors. Attorney Melvin Belli announces plans to seek court action to free Winnie Ruth Judd, citing grounds for appeal. Former priest William DuBay is fined 35 for violating the California Agricultural Code over dog activity. trial includes questions of neighbor harassment.
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Double Hijack Over Latin America
Two Latin American airliners with 133 aboard were hijacked Tuesday at gunpoint. A Nicara guan Lanica jet with 32 passengers was seized en route to Mexico City and a Varig jet with 101 aboard was taken over the Andes between Buenos Aires and Santiago. The Nicaraguan plane landed in Havana at 2 19 p.m. EST after stops at Grand Cayman Island, with most crew and both hijackers disembarking before continuing to Cuba. Santiago police said six hijackers, including a woman, were in the Brazilian hijack, based on testimony from a couple allowed to depart in Santiago due to the woman's pregnancy.
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Judge apologizes for anti Mexican remarks in San Jose court
Superior Court Judge Gerald Chargin apologized for verbally attacking Mexican Americans in his San Jose courtroom last September. In a letter declining to appear before a San Francisco board committee, he called his remarks intemperate and said he regretted them sincerely. He was quoted saying a Mexican American youth faced incest charges that Mexicans should be sent back to Mexico and that "the animals in our society probably ought to be destroyed" with a comparison to Hitler.
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Defense considers diminished capacity in plane hijack case
Beverly Hills attorney for U S Marine Minichiello says diminished capacity may be his defense in the Rome bound hijacking from California. The lawyer cites changes after 13 months in Vietnam and statements from the mother sister and neighbors about his mental state.
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