6000 Get Orders to Leave War Zone in Vietnam
More than 6,000 American GIs including a tank battalion from the 1st Battalion of the 77th Armored were ordered to depart Vietnam. The units leave the DMZ corridor area, reducing forces to under 9,000 in the 5th Infantry Division as Nixon's timetable aims to cut Indochina commitment. Firebases around Fuller faced continued North Vietnamese mortar attacks, with casualties among South Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
Upz
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnam
77Th Armored
5Th Infantry Division
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Fuller
73Rd Airborne Brigade
Nixon
Indochina
5Th Division
Red Devils
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
77Th
Con Thien
Laos
Soviet Union mourns loss of three cosmonauts
Brezhnev wept before the open coffins of Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev. Leaders and tens of thousands attended the lying in state at the Central Army House as autopsy and flight records are reviewed to determine the cause of death. Burial is planned for Friday at the Kremlin Wall after a state funeral in Red Square.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red Square
U.S
Ellsberg releases sensitive Pentagon study volumes to Senate panel
Daniel Ellsberg says he handed portions of the Vietnam War Pentagon study to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee because they are too sensitive for press release. He cited volumes on private negotiations to end the war and described the decision amid a press briefing in Cambridge. The draft law expired, suspending U.S. conscription for the first time in 22 years, as lawmakers failed to extend the draft and debate withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Elisberg
Sherawn Commander
Center For International Studies At
Washington
United States
House
Senate
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
White House
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Defense Department
Senate Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
New York Times
Washington Post
Ellsberg
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rand Corp
Seven point North Vietnam peace plan offered in Paris
Hanoi and Viet Cong proposed a seven point peace plan promising immediate release of American POWs as US troops begin a staged withdrawal under a timetabled agreement. The plan calls for international supervision, neutral blocs, and gradual reunification with normal US relations. Bruce agreed to study the proposal while South Vietnam remained cautious.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Vietnam
U.S
David K.E. Bruce
Hanoi
South Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Nguyen Thi Binh
North Vietnam
Bruce
Majestic Hotel
CBS Contempt Vote Sparks Judiciary Controversy
The House Commerce Committee voted 25 to 8 to cite CBS President Frank Stanton and the network for contempt of Congress over withheld material for The Selling of the Pentagon. A final decision awaits House approval and possible DOJ prosecution, as critics accuse deceptive editing in the documentary.
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Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Staggers
Stanton
Pentagon
Spiro T. Agnew
Postal Service takes over vast mail operation with labor worries
The new U S Postal Service inherits nationwide mail control and faces 750 000 employees without a contract. Talks yield progress but recessed for a week as unions seek a 30 percent raise and benefits. Some workers discuss a possible strike though illegal under the service’s framework.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office Department
New York Mail
New York Area
Postal Service
Council of American Postal Employes
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Berkeley Dr
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CBS
Stella Reed
City Hall
Alex Ochoa
Vandenberg Hills
Bill Rule
Pioneer Park
Postal Service Takes Over
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