Secret Thai Volunteer Troops Pact Revealed by Senate Panel
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee disclosed a secret money for troops deal with Thailand under which Bangkok sent 10,000 volunteers to Vietnam in exchange for over 200 million dollars. The pact signed November 9, 1967, covered training equipment and monthly allowances, with U S funding for Thai officers and soldiers.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Thailand
Bangkok
Vietnam
Saigon
South
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Senate Foreign Relations
William P. Rogers
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Symington
Rogers
U.S
Cal
Cambodian Forces Retake Siem Reap Airfield in Hanoi War
Cambodian government forces reclaimed the Siem Reap airfield in northwest Cambodia and expelled Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units from central Kampong Thom. Fighting near Angkor temple ruins persisted as reinforcements were flown in from Battambang. Tourists had been evacuated and the Angkor ruins remained largely unaffected.
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Phnon Penh
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Kimpong Thom
Angkor
Battambang
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
Siem Reap Woul
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Weather May Warm into Upper Eighties Next Two Days
The forecast calls for sunny skies and mild warmth with highs in the upper 70s today and near 80s Tuesday. Tonight drops to 60 to 65, with yesterday reaching 84 and this morning’s low 62. A trace of rain fell Friday night in some areas.
Middletown Jaycees Air Show Delights Crowd at Hook Field
A sunny afternoon air show at Hook Field featured the Air Force Thunderbirds the Army Golden Knights and Bill Sweet's National Air Show. The Middletown Jaycees reported a successful third annual charity event despite a long cleanup as crowds dispersed by 5 pm.
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Middletown
Hook Field
Thunderbirds
Middletown Jaycees
Air Force Thunderbirds
Army
Golden Knights
Bill Sweet
Fact-Finders Begin Cambodia Mission With Lon Nol Meet
Two members of Nixon’s 13 man fact finding team flew to Phnom Penh for talks with Premier Lon Nol. White House aide Herb Klein and Gov. Raymond Shafer met Lon Nol and U.S. Charge d Affaires Lloyd Rives and said no details were released. The group then moved on to Hawaii to compile findings for a report to Nixon.
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Saigon
Nixon
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Cambodia
White House
Herb Klein
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
U.S
Lloyd M. Rives
Hawaii
Vietnam
Klein
Mekong Delta
South
Airlift Over Peru Shows Devastation From Earthquake
A U S Air Force C130 drops survival kits to survivors in northern central Peru as officials report up to 50,000 dead and 100,000 homeless or injured. Crews observe destroyed cities Huraz Anta Yungay and Chimbote while relief supplies and aid, including tents and field hospitals, arrive from fourteen nations.
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Peru
Bill Hudspeth
Huaylas Canyon
United Nations
Hudspeth
Anta
Andes
Carhuaz
Yungay
Christ
Santa River
Chimbote
Gineers
Anza
U.S
Guam
Panama Canal Zone
Teens simulate blindness in Ohio youth convention experiment
Normal Kids Take Peek At Blindness reports teens feigning blindness for a 24 hour period as an Ohio Association for Retarded Children exercise. Pilewicz 15 from Youngstown and Kamen 16 from Cleveland Heights describe the impact and frustration of limited sight. Leslie Snyder of Medina elected president with Karen Watkins of Dublin and Miss Kamen named vice presidents.
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Pilewicz
Youngstown
Miss Kamen
Cleveland Heights
Ohio Association For
Ohio
Mike Jackson
Cleveland
Eva McKee
Newark
Leslie Snyder
Medina
Karen Watkins
Dublin
Protesters Rampage Bank of America Branch Fire Damages
About 800 youths clashed with 250 sheriffs deputies and state patrol officers in a square mile area circling the Bank of America branch. Officers dispersed the crowd with tear gas canisters and rocks while small fires on the roof and lobby were put out. the original bank building had burned last winter.
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Joel Honey
Bank of America
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Wendt and Steigerwald
Securces
Shafer
Klein and Shafer
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
George Murphy
R-Calif
John Tower
R-Tex
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Melvin
USAF
Huraz
Can
Yon
Lima
Hercules
Hurraz
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