U.S. Loses 20 Aircraft In Indochina
Twenty U.S. aircraft were shot down or crashed in Indochina over several days, with at least 16 Americans killed and seven wounded. The U.S. Command cited 12 losses recently and said helicopters flew 500 missions across Laos. Saigon reported 165 enemy killed in 24 hours as campaigns through southern Laos and Cambodia continued.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
A Shan
U.S. Heicopters
U.S. Command
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Air Force
Phan Rang
Lon Nol Relapses. to be Flown for Treatment in U S
Cambodian premier Lon Nol suffered a relapse from a stroke and will be transported to the United States for care this weekend. Saigon sources say he will depart Phnom Penh by a U.S. military plane for treatment at Tripler Hospital in Honolulu, while denying earlier reports he would go to Washington.
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Lon Nol
Cambodia
Army
Honolulu
Phnom Penh
U.S
Washington
Wailer Reed Hospital
Sisowatch Sirik Matak
Am Rong
Cold front brings light snow and chilly temperatures
A new cold front moves in with a chance of more snow. Lows drop to the lower 20s tonight and highs reach the 30s tomorrow. Yesterday’s high was 42 and this morning’s low was 37.
Nixon kin on welfare highlights cash aid andCRLA clash
The Los Angeles Times reports Presi dent Nixon’s first cousin Philip Milhous and his wife Anna live on monthly welfare of 57 and 270.10 in Grass Valley 40 miles northeast of Sacramento. They sought help after a 1966 heart attack and ongoing disabilities while CRLA aided funding for a helper.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Nixon
Philip Milhous
Anna
Grass Valley
Sacramento
Milhous
the Times
Milhouses
California Rural Legal Assistance Administration
Ronald Reagan
CRLA
State
Reagan
Dick Nixon
The
Times
German Police Foil Plot To Kidnap Willy Brandt
Police uncovered a plan to seize Chancellor Willy Brandt and the leftist lawyer Horst Mahler was to be freed in exchange. The scheme targeted Brandt during a daily walk near Bonn with Ehmke and aimed to hold them in the Taunus region near Frankfurt until Mahler’s release.
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Bonn
Brandt
Ehmke
Horst Mahler
Berlin
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
Tauwins Mountains
Mahler
Mercury in moonshine hits southern moonshine trade hard
The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division reports rising mercury contamination in illegal moonshine as demand wanes. Despite high legal whisky prices, illicit booze costs about three dollars a pint while lead salts and car radiators raise health risks. Georgia remains a leading moonshine hub with stills and whisky seizures dropping from 1965 figures.
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Atlanta
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
The
Inter
Jarvis Brewer
Register Your Discontent Aims To Mobilize 18 To 20 Year Olds
Washington AP Two years before 1972 a group of 10 youths leads the Youth Citizenship Fund to register 11 million Americans aged 18 to 20 and encourage 21 to 24 year olds to vote. With $40,000 in foundation funds, the group plans branch programs in Kentucky and high schools in Chicago and Boston. The fund emphasizes citizenship education and registries while noting young voters may focus on issues like pollution and war.
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Youth Citizenship Fund, Inc
Chicago
Louisville
Boston
Kentucky
Gonzales
John W. Gardner
Common Cause
Bruce B. Benson
League of Women Voters
S.J. Hayakawa
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New Mexico
College of Santa Fe
Supreme Court
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N.Y
San Francisco State College
Margaret Mead
John D. Rockefeller
Stern Family Fund
Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation
Episcopal Church Center
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