Vietnamese Forces Break Through in Central Highlands Drive
North Vietnamese infantry with artillery and tanks outflanked South Vietnamese defenses and moved along Highway 14 toward Kontum. Refugees swell toward Pleiku and Saigon as mortar fire hits Kontum airfield. a U S Air Vietnam airliner and a C130 are damaged. The offensive extends along Highway 1 near Binh Dinh and a U S destroyer shells targets offshore.
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Saigon
UPI
Kontum
Air Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Highway 1
Binh Dinh
South China Sea
Highlands
Dak To
Lo van Bao
Bao
Pentagon
Matt Franjola
Bravo
Vo Dinh
Raymond H. Dobbins
Marietta
Lettuce Price Decline Hits Lompoc Valley Growers Hard
The Lompoc Valley lettuce market collapsed from $4 a carton to $1.75 as production costs average around $2 per carton. Growers note hundreds of acres irrigated and 3,000 acres in the valley, with past peaks up to $7 a carton. They warn weather, regional supply, and market shifts drive boom or bust, while buyers and shippers seek annual profits.
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Steve LA Rue
Las Vegas
Lompoc
Chicago
New York
Mattingly to Spacewalk on Apollo 16 Mission
Apollo 16 crew led by John Young and Charles Duke plan a 1 hour spacewalk for Thomas Mattingly to retrieve 6500 feet of film from two mapping cameras in the service module moon observatory. The trio departed lunar orbit and head home toward a Pacific splashdown Thursday as weather officials forecast good conditions.
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Moon Observatory
Moon
Earth
Young
Honolulu
Planners split in approving side wall sign limits
The Planning Commission advanced a sign ordinance to the City Council after 5-1 vote, retaining a rule that each sign face counts as a separate sign and limiting to three signs per business with a 300 square foot cap. Commissioners debated side wall sign restrictions and maintenance and architectural review requirements. Public notices also listed home use permits and local tide data.
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Planning Commission
George Barnes
Robert Kranig
F. W. Smiley
EK. College Ave
Richard L Clark
N. Poppy Ave
Humphrey and McGovern Favored in Key State Primaries
United Press International reports Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey is favored to win Pennsylvania and Sen. George S. McGovern to win Massachusetts in today’s primaries. Sen. Edmund Muskie hopes for a strong delegate haul to revive his faltering campaign as 239 total delegates are at stake.
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United Press International
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Edmund
Ohio
Indiana
Humphrey
Muskie
Milton J. Shapp
Democratic Organization
Secret Nixon study on Vietnam pacification years long
The Nixon White House ordered a covert study showing pacifying South Vietnam could take up to 13.4 years and that Communists could outlast Allies. Kissinger authored the memo Responses to National Security Study Memorandum 1. Gravel urged declassification but was blocked by Senate GOP leader Griffin. The case echoes the Pentagon Papers dispute with the Justice Department.
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UPI
Nixon
South Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Affairs
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Senate
Gravel
Griffin
Justice Department
Pentagon
Johnson Administration
Supreme Court
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Arcturas
Howard Lee Scott
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