North Viets Pound South With Rocket Attack
Communist forces surrounded Fire Base Fuller near the DMZ and bombarded it with 500 rockets and mortars. South Vietnamese officials vow to hold the line as 10,000 to 12,000 North Vietnamese reportedly crossed into South Vietnam. U.S. jets bomb and strafe the attackers while Viet Cong reportedly hit a Saigon leper colony, killing three including a nun.
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Saigon
Upz
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
Vu van Giai
Camp Carrol
McCormick Seeks Federal Roads Funds With Delegation
State Senator Keith C. McCormick travels to Washington with Indiana lawmakers to press for additional federal highway funds for interstate projects. The delegation, led by Ruel Steele, will meet with senators, representatives, and Transportation Secretary Volpe to prevent cuts and advance I 65 and downtown Indianapolis loop work. McCormick notes $69 million in a trust fund amid funding penalties due to progress. He also cites recent approval of left side warning signs for trucks and cars on highways.
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Keith C. McCormick
Washington D. C
Hoosier
Ruel Steele
Indiana Department of Highways
Indiana
Sec. of Transportation
John Volpe
McCormick
Department of Transportation
Chicago
Louisville
Indianapolis
House Committee OKs funds to fight GI drug addiction
The House Appropriations Committee approved 17.1 million for Nixon’s GI drug rehabilitation program and boosted veterans medical care by 120 million. The bill totals 18.1 billion for VA, HUD, space, and small agencies for the new fiscal year starting July 1, with a net 671 million increase over the president’s request.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
White House
Veterans Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nixon to address Indianapolis banquet for Hovde retirement
President Nixon plans a Thursday Indianapolis banquet honoring retiring Purdue president Frederick L. Hovde and will make a side trip to Jennings County for a ceremony memorializing his mother Hannah Milhous Nixon. This marks Nixon's third Indiana visit in a year, with plans including a helicopter arrival at Jennings County High School and a 12 30 p m ceremony on Vernon courthouse lawn. The Jennings County High School chapter invited him through the Indiana Junior Historical Society, and Don Pelkey will coordinate press coverage. The Vernon event caps a brief presidential itinerary leading to a black tie Horde dinner at the Hilton Hotel.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Nixon
Purdue University
Frederick L. Hovde
Jennings County
Hannah Milhous Nixon
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Richard L. Roudebush
White House
Washington
Vernon
Indiana Junior Historical Society
Don Pelkey
North Vernon
Hilton Hotel
Haltieami
Grand Jury To Probe New Lebanon Shooting
Sullivan Indiana widow Judith Lynn Miller 26 faces bond and a grand jury investigation beginning Thursday after her husband Samuel S. Miller 35 was shot to death in their farmhouse near New Lebanon on Saturday night.
Warm, Mostly Sunny Today With Mild Tonight Forecast
The region expects mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures today with highs in the low to mid 80s. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Thursday turns partly cloudy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms at night and highs in the mid to upper 80s. Precipitation probability is 10 percent today and tonight, rising to 20 percent on Thursday.
Nixon Releases Secret Report To Congress
President Nixon forwarded the secret Pentagon Vietnam War report to Congress, withholding full public release to avoid incomplete, distorted impressions. The 47 volumes were delivered to the Senate Armed Services Committee. top secret status remains until declassification review completes. Nuclear scientist Edward Teller urged openness but criticized sensational publication.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Pentagon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ziegler
Messenger
Senate Armed Services Committee
Edward Teller
Teller
United States
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
University of California At Livermore
Russia
New York Times
Vietnam
Search On For Madison County Chief Deputy
Harold A. Smith 31 chief deputy of Madison County Sheriff's Department is missing after leaving his home Thursday. Smith, a former federal narcotics agent, was seen driving away in a department car, loading his own car with clothes and belongings. Indiana State Police were alerted Sunday to locate him and he is being sought across Indiana and several states.
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Anderson, Ind
UPI
Harold A. Smith
Madison County
Accused To Plead Guilty To Yablonski Murder
Claude Vealey of Cleveland plans to plead guilty to the murder of UMW official Joseph Jock Yablonski and his wife and daughter in Clarksville Pennsylvania. The case ties to Paul Gilley Annette Gilley Aubran Martin Silous Huddleston. Yablonski had opposed Tony Boyle in the UMW election.
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Washington
UPI
Claude Vealey
Cleveland
United Mine Worker
UMW
Joseph A
Jock
Yablonski
Washington County
Jess D. Costa
Richard Sprague
Philadelphia
Vealey
Margaret
Charlotte
Clarksville
Paul
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Judge Delays Hearings For Anti-War Leaders
DETROIT UP I report says a federal judge refused an injunction to block six antiwar organizers from grand jury appearance in Detroit over possible Capitol bombing probe. The judge let the six delay until next Tuesday to appeal, citing adequate remedy elsewhere and potential rights to refuse incriminating questions. The group includes Kenneth Kelley and Terry Taube of Detroit and Colin Neiberger, Michael Tolan, Larry Canada, and Kathryn Noyes from Boston and Bloomington.
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Detroit
UPI
U. S
U.S
Cornelia Kennedy
Washington
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Grand Jury
Kennedy
Seattle
Leslie Bacon
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Kelley
Terry Taube
Colin Neiberger
Boston
Michael Tolan
Larry Canada
Bloomington
Ind
Kathryn Noyes
Sheridan Man Stabs Wife in Home Stabbing Case
Sharon Johnson, 28, was stabbed in her Sheridan home by husband Marvin L. Johnson, 34, later charged with assault with intent to kill. She is in Riverview Hospital Noblesville ICU with back and chest wounds after the 11 p.m. incident. Johnson held at Hamilton County Jail as investigation continues with sheriff and police assistance.
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Sheridan
Riverview Hospital
Noblesville
Sharon Johnson
California Street
Marvin L. Johnson
Johnson
Twen
Hamilton County
Hamilton County Sheriff's Department
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