Marines Push Into Nui Lon Mountain Bunker Network
A company of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade is ordered at dawn to advance down Nui Lon Mountain into a deadly North Vietnamese bunker system after five failed attempts. Lt Col Robert C Bacon leads the battalion following Lt Col Eli P Howard's death in a helicopter crash that killed eight others.
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A Company Breaks Under Strain in Vietnam Combat
Lieutenant Shurtz reports A Company troops refuse orders amid fatigue and terror. Bacon orders talks with Maj. Waite and Sgt. Blakenship as weary soldiers, some with only 90 days left, voice fear of annihilation. They rally after a tense exchange and move to recover their dead.
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Weekend Canadian Accidents Claim At Least Seventy Five
From coast to coast in Canada at least 75 people died in accidents this weekend with 54 deaths tied to traffic incidents. In Australia 21 seamen are missing after abandoning the Noongah near New South Wales in rough seas. In Saigon US airlifted 18 APCs and six anti tank guns to Bu Dop camp after reports of North Vietnamese armor moving toward Cambodia.
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British troops stay in Ulster for at least four months
British forces will maintain their peacekeeping role in Northern Ireland for at least four months, with Lt Col Charles Millman saying there is no departure plan. Violence included arson at a Catholic bar in Portadown and a gasoline attack at Toomebridge, plus a fire at a Lisburn handkerchief factory.
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Melbourne carrier captain acquitted in Evans collision
Captain John Stevenson of the HMAS Melbourne was honorably acquitted by a court martial on negligence charges after a SEATO collision with the U S destroyer Frank E Evans that killed 74 sailors. An adviser said there was no case to answer as findings await Washington action by the U S Navy.
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Arabs in Ontario rally call for arms over Jerusalem mosque fire
About 200 Arabs from Toronto Hamilton and London march to Queen's Park appealing for peace but ending with calls to kill Zionists and smash Zionism. Religious leader Abdelmoneim Khattab says gun may aid peace while urging donations to supporters of armed action amid mixed reactions and minor scuffles.
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Australian confesses to arson in Jerusalem mosque blaze
Israeli Attorney-General Meir Shamgar announced that the Australian suspect Michael Denis William Rohen, 28, from Sydney, has confessed to setting the fire at Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque. The five member commission investigating the blaze includes a Nazareth Arab mayor and an Arab district judge from Nazareth.
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Rude Pravo accuses foreigners in Prague riot plot
The Communist party newspaper in Prague charges foreigners acted as middlemen for rioters during last week’s Warsaw Pact invasion anniversary. It accuses Prague hospital doctors of probing injured militiamen for patriotism before care and hints emergency laws may target hospital staff. The paper claims five deaths show organized incidents and blames former liberal leaders led by Alexander Dubcek.
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