Border War claims clash as Cambodia and Vietnam spar
Bangkok intelligence officials say both sides tout victories after clashes along a 750 mile frontier since 1975. Cambodia claims to have liberated Svay Rieng and the Parrot Beak, while Hanoi calls the assertion fabricated and accuses Cambodia of attacks in the Mekong Delta Ha Tien area. Western analysts doubt Cambodia’s wins given Vietnam’s war capacity.
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McGovern says Eagleton would have refused to withdraw
In his Grassroots memoir McGovern says Eagleton would have resisted withdrawal if pressured publicly over health concerns. He says Eagleton’s price was to keep the health issue from blaming the ticket and to preserve party unity as Sargent Shriver took his place on the 1972 bill.
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Walter Kiernan, Former Columnist, Dies at 75 in Florida
Walter Kiernan, longtime syndicated columnist and AP and International News Service correspondent, died of cancer at 75 in Ormond Beach Florida on Sunday. Born January 24, 1902 in New Haven Connecticut, he launched his career in the 1920s with Elm City Clarion and New Haven Union and later edited the New Haven Register.
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Gandhi testimony at hearing delayed
Indira Gandhi appeared before a government commission in New Delhi to face charges of misconduct but was delayed by procedural arguments from her lawyer Frank Anthony. Police fenced the area as supporters and opponents shouted while Anthony denounced the inquiry as political vendetta and a trial by newspapers.
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