Sappers Kill 33 At Base
North Vietnamese sappers overran a U.S. artillery base 50 miles south of Da Nang, killing 33 Americans and wounding 76 in about an hour. The assault followed mortar barrages as 12 attackers were reported killed inside the base. A broader pattern of enemy activity continued in the Da Nang area and nearby villages.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
U.S. Command
Marble Mountain
Chu Lai
Laos
Henderson
Demilitarized Zone
Court To Rule On Drink Clubs
The Supreme Court agreed to review whether private social clubs with liquor licenses can exclude Negro members or guests. The Harrisburg Moose Lodge policy was ruled illegal, arguing states cannot license a racially exclusive club. If upheld, many private clubs’ racial policies could be affected nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Moose Lodge
Harrisburg
High
Federal Trade Commission
S&h
Chicago
Socilia Socialist Labor Party
Ohio
K. Leroy Irvis
Pennsylvania House
Irvis
Pittsburgh
District Court
Pennsylvania
Abraham L. Freedman
Philadelphia
Moose Lodges
Foe And Fog Stop Laos Raid
U S air and South Vietnamese ground raid on a North Vietnamese headquarters inside Laos was canceled due to heavy antiaircraft fire and fog. President Nixon and Thieu had approved the action, but B52 strikes and fighters could not suppress the defense, and poor visibility from dust and fog terminated the mission.
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Quang Tri
Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Jackson Calls For Freeze On Missiles
Senator Henry M. Jackson proposed a 12 month four part moratorium on most American and Soviet offensive missiles. He urged a halt to deployment of Minute Man III missiles and demanded a Soviet pause on new intercontinental launchers. Jackson favored no ABM systems around cities and a defensive posture at offensive sites, aiming to advance SALT talks in Vienna.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
ABC
Senate
Nixon
Salt
Vienna
U.S
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
New York
Symington
United States
Moscow
Renewal Area Hearing Set 7 30 Tonight
A public hearing on the extension of the West Underpass Urban Renewal will be held at city hall tonight at 7:30 p m. Housing commissioners and city councilmen will attend. The MOR 50 area expands boundaries along Boulev ard Street and nearby blocks to create a major thoroughfare and include Omar Gray and Margretta streets. Plans call for new streets and storm sewers and rehab of homes to city code. if remodeling fails, homes may be sold to raze by the housing authority.
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Southwest Area
City Hall
W. Buchanan St
S. Morris St
Boulevard St
Fairground Ave
Gm&c
S. Western St
Muldrow
Olive
S. Clark Sts
E. High St
Breckenridge St
Clark
Morris St
NDP
Omar
Gray
Margretta
Boulevard
Mexico
Mexico Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Rollie Laster Back In Court
Prisoners from Missouri's penitentiary filed a federal civil rights suit alleging cruel and inhuman punishment during a June 1969 disturbance in the maximum security unit. Rollie M. Laster acts as spokesman though not among the named inmates. he is linked to the 1954 riot and later incidents. Another rioter named James Stidham is also among the petitioners.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Federal District Court
Mac Byom
William H. Becker
Western District Federal Court
Rollie M. Laster
James
Slick) Stidham
Missing Texaco Oklahoma crew as ship sinks near Cape Hatteras
Lieutenant Robert C. Paul of Mexico is among officers unaccounted for after the Texaco Oklahoma tanker broke in two 120 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Of 44 crew, 11 rescued. 33 missing as Coast Guard probes why most did not escape. The ship carried 220,000 barrels of oil from Port Arthur to Boston.
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Robert C. Paul
Mexico
Texaco Oklahoma
Cape Hatteras
Texas Co
St. Paul
Celeste Authur
Martinsburg
Kingsport
Long Island
Portsmouth
Atlantic
N.C
New York
Coast Guard
Port Arthur
Tex
Lahoma
Sasstown
Texaco
Arthur
Cmdr
Patrick H. Cannon
Elizabeth City
Boston
Cannon
Nixon acts to stabilize construction wages nationwide
President Nixon directs Secretary Hodgson to the Western White House to promote an executive order for wage guidelines in the construction industry. The plan creates craft boards and a stabilization board to enforce compliance and curb inflation in the sector. A separate unrelated line involves a doctor's joke about a patient with acute appendicitis.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Labor
James D. Hodgson
White House
Nounce
Construction Industry Stabilization Commmission
Mideast Diplomats Meet in Paris as Talks Continue
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad and top aides met French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann in Paris to press for pressure on Israel amid deadlock over Gunnar V. Jarring's peace proposals. Riad hoped to meet Jarring. no meeting confirmed. In Rome, Tito and Italian leaders hosted Riad before Paris talks. Also, Dale L. Hunt and wife welcomed a daughter born at 2:00 am at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds twelve ounces.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Mahmoud Riad
Paris
Israel
Riad
Maurice Schumann
France
Schumann
United Nations
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jarring
Italy
Tito
Yugoslavia
Emilio Colombo
Aldo Moro
Dale L. Hunt
Mexico
Route 3
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Hunt
Judge Weighs Jury Help In My Lai Trial Deliberations
FT Benning Ga AP Judge Reid Kennedy plans a Tuesday ruling on whether to ask Lt William Calleys murder trial jury if it needs assistance in deliberations. On day 13 with no verdict, defense counsel objects to coercion while prosecutors say no help is needed. The case began Nov 12 with jury selection and March 16 the day the panel received the My Lai raid.
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FT. Benning
Reid Kennedy
William Calley
George Latimer
Aubrey Daniel
Daniel
Latimer
Threeman U.S. Military Court of Appeals
Kennedy
Military Law Library
Bailey's Crossing
Calley
My Lai
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Rollie Laster
Mexicoan
R. C. Paul
Japan
Escanaba
Texaco Ok
ANGEL
Holsum Bakers
Promenade St
Charles Jesse
Robert Love
Richard Vance
Mideast
Near
Egypt
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