My Men Refuse To Attack Again In Vietnam
Lt. Eugene Shurtz Jr reports A Company of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade refused another dawn assault on Nui Lon Mountain. Lt. Col. Robert C. Bacon orders remaining troops to advance while Maj. Richard Waite and Sgt. Okey Blakenship urge the reluctant men, who cite fatigue, exposure, and lack of mail and hot food as reasons to stop. The unit eventually resumes the fight.
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Horst Faas
Peter Arnett
Long Chang Valley
Vietnam
Eugene Shurtz Jr
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Nui Lon
Robert C. Bacon
Bacon
Eli P. Howard
Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
Maj
Richard Waite
Sgt
Okey Blakenship
Panther
W. Va
LZ Center
Blaken
Waite
Blakenship
Army Mercy Flights Aid Camille Victims in Biloxi Area
Army helicopters deliver food water and medical aid to hurricane survivors in Biloxi and inland communities. Lt. Col. Dudley Carver states crews have evacuated over 1,000 and are visiting homes to assess needs in Jordan River and Clermont Harbor.
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Suit
U.S Army
Dudley Carver
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Biloxi
Carver
Jordan
Camille Ripped Thorugh
Yanks Airdrop Armor Near Saigon Amid Tide of Attacks
U S Air Force transports delivered 18 armored personnel carriers and six antitank guns to Bu Dop camp 80 miles north of Saigon after intelligence reported enemy armored columns near the Cambodian border. Officials note a shift in the siege as attacks ease from peak levels but remain elevated versus year start.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Bu Dop
U.S
Nixon
Arab Meet May Mean New Crusade Against Jews
Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo amid calls for holy war against Israel. Summit talks could abandon peace efforts, with Egypt Lebanon and Saudi Arabia signaling approval while clashes erupt across Jordan, the Golan Heights, and the Lebanon border. Police question Australian over Al Aksa fire. A Jordanian student dies and another injured in Izmir blast incident at Israeli pavilion.
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Cairo
Israel
al Aksah
Jerusalem
Jordan
Egypt
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Amman
Jordan River
Golan Heights
Izmir
Turkey
Izmir International Fair
Rain and Firefighters Halt California Brush Blazes
Firefighters backed by a distant tropical storm stopped the spread of three brush fires in northern San Diego County. The blazes burned 42700 acres, forced about 650 people from homes, as 1800 firefighters battled gusty winds and extreme heat before a weather shift aided containment.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego County
Los Angeles
Roy Saarni
U.S. Forest Service
Youths Tired Of Militants on Campuses
Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, newly named president of Columbia University, says students have grown weary of extremist conduct by small campus elements. He spoke on Face the Nation after succeeding Grayson L. Kirk, who resigned a year earlier amid student disorders.
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New York
Andrew W. Cordier
Columbia University
Cordier
Grayson L. Kirk
Executions of Spies in Baghdad Prison
Ninety men including nine Jews and a mix of civilians police officials and soldiers were executed by hanging and firing squad in Baghdad's central prison after secret Revolutionary Court trials. The year’s total alleged spies reached 51 with espionage for the United States and Israel cited.
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Baghdad
Radio
Iraq
Revolutionary Court
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Israel
West
Warm sunny spell grips Middletown through Tuesday
The Middletown forecast calls for sunny warm weather with highs near 95 today and cooler clear nights with lows around 60s. Yesterday's high reached 88 and the morning low was 62 as mild conditions begin a warm trend.
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Middletown
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Haskee Raphael Yacoub
Pvt
Audeh Hammovysh
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