Fast Shuffle Of Battalion Leaves Anger In Vietnam
The 3rd Battalion 60th Infantry, scheduled to fly home July 8 under Nixon’s drawdown, will in reality be a 900 man composite unit. Soldiers from other battalions will fill slots, transferring away seasoned troopers and leaving many with patches on their uniforms. Anger grows over the claimed homecoming.
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Dong Tam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Paul Caputo
Brooklyn
N.Y
Nixon
60Th Infantry
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
United States
Spec
Jerry Valeante
Long Island
Harold Hector
Cambridge
Mass
Iranian troop ship sank with 480 dead in Persian Gulf
Baghdad radio reported an Iranian troop ship sank in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday with 480 Iranian soldiers and officers lost. It said 300 bodies were recovered after a two day search by Iranian warships and helicopters, citing no source. The vessel allegedly carried troops returning from North Yemen where fighting with royalist forces occurred since 1967.
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Damascus
Baghdad
Persian Gulf
North Yemen
Jackson Defends Patience Over Reparations Panel
In Chanute Kansas a Sunday church panel on James Formans reparations demand drew 125 attendees. Jesse Jackson said he opposes left wing tactics and believes whites should not be forced to pay for past injustices while urging patience and prayer.
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Chanute
Kan
Jesse Jackson
Presbyterian Church
James Forman
Forman
America
Myron Slater
Slater
Jackson
Polar Bears Threaten First Ice Cap Crossing Team
The four British explorers led by Wally Herbert returned to port aboard the Royal Navy ship Endurance after 477 days crossing the polar ice from Alaska to Blackboard Island. They survived temperatures to 45 below zero and faced fearless polar bears that damaged gear and ate rubber boots.
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Portsmoutt
Fengland
Polar
Royal ‘Navy
Ice Patrol
Adurance
Wally Herbert
Alaska
Blackboard Island
Kenneth Hedges
Herbert
Roy Koerner
SDS Splits as Regulars and PL Faction Elect New Officers
SDS ends its national convention with a sharp split. Regular faction elects Mark Rudd as national secretary and Jeffrey Jones as interorganizational secretary, while PL faction picks John Pennington and Alan Spector for top posts. Both claim to be the real SDS and hold separate news conferences.
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Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
Mark Rudd
Columbia University
SDS
Progressive Labor Party
Coliseum
John Pennington
Alan Spector
Pat Forman
Fred Gordon
Rudd
Jeffrey
Inca Road Network Linked Quito to Cuzco with Bridges
The Inca built a paved road connecting Quito Ecuador to Cuzco Peru featuring suspension bridges roadside inns and supply depots. The route enabled extensive travel and trade across the Andean highlands showcasing engineering prowess.
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South America
Quito
Ecuador
Cuzo
Peru
Malibu Chevelle Price Break Adds Value Across Line
A 69 Malibu Sport Coupe gains head restraints standard and discounts on Powerglide and power disc brakes reduce overall price versus last year. The deal adds whitewall tires and wheel covers unchanged in price while value increases with a standard 200 hp V8, Astro Ventilation, full door-glass styling and a new anti theft steering column lock.
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Garran Allison
Orville
Young Rule
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Ow von
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Lawrence
Oth
Massachusetts
Lawrence, Kansas
Drive-In Bank
St. and
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Mumbla Federal Deposit Insurangl Corporation
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Vivian Fuchs
Alec Rose
Freddie Church
North Pole
PLI
University of Illinois
Gordon
Michael Klonsky
Bernardine Dorlin
Pls
Black Panther Party
Garden
Hird Construction Co
Chevrolet
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