Two Allied Bases Shelled Near Cambodian Border
Allied bases near the Cambodian border and U.S. positions in the Saigon area were shelled, with about 100 rounds fired mainly mortars over Friday and today. Casualties were three Americans wounded. no other damage reported. Bases at Bu Dop and Loc Ninh targeted, along Route 7 and Highway 1 corridors, as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong pressure the region.
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Saigon
U.S
AAS
Richard Gardner
Bu Dop
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
Snuol
Snud
Highway 7
South Vietnam
Woodlands
Phnom Penh
Trang Bang
Welfare Bill Too Low Says Four Congressmen
Four members of the House Ways and Means Committee say the welfare bill’s benefit level is too low and the work requirements for mothers of young children are too strenuous. They oppose parts of the plan while supporting its overall move to House action mid June. One dissented from the majority on the family assistance endorsement, urging federal matching for state funds to boost benefits above 2400 for a four person family.
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Washington (Ap
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Hugh L. Carey
Dn.y
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
William J. Green
D-Pa
James C. Corman
D-Calif
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rep
A. Ullman
D Ore
Bobby Seale Returns Home After Bonded Release
Black Panther Chairman Bobby G. Seale, free on bond after two trials, returns to California from New York and is greeted by about 250 supporters at San Francisco International Airport. He departs in a blue sedan, bodyguards surrounding him as chants of Power to the People echo. Seale’s release on 25,000 bond was approved by a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, pending appeal of a four year contempt sentence from the first trial.
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San Francisco
Bobby G. Seale
California
Seale
San Francisco International
New York
Huey Newton
Black Panther
Newton
Black Panther Party
David Hilliard
Panther
John
Federal Court
New Haven
Conn
Wth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Army Plans Attack on Drug Addiction in Vietnam
The Defense Department, citing an epidemic, gives itself one week to devise a broad program to identify and treat drug addicts among U.S. servicemen. Deputy Secretary David Packard orders expanded identification and treatment, with a single official in charge of the drug-control effort. A concurrent congressional report notes heroin use among GIs in Vietnam and estimates up to 45,000 men using drugs, with 15 to 20 percent of troops in the war zone having tried heroin.
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Washington
ASP
Defense Department
U.S
Vietnam
David Packard
Roger T. Kelley
Pentagon
Kelley
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Morgan Murphy
D-Il
Robert H. Steele
R-Comn
Laos
Thailand
Peace Corps volunteers deny leftist charges in Bolivia
Nine young U S Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Lima Peru after Bolivian authorities expelled more than 100 volunteers amid a campaign by Bolivian leftist extremists. Officials deny charges of spying for the CIA or aiding birth control programs and drug spread.
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Lima
Peru
U.S
Peace Corps
Bolivia
la Paz
Central Intelligence Agency
Susan Shank
Goshen
Henderson Wins Legal Skirmish Over My Lai Mentiones
In Ft Meade Maryland AP reported defense lawyers win a pre trial ruling by District Military Judge Colonel Peter S Wondolowski that Pentagon top brass including Defense Secretary Melvin Laird and Army Secretary Stanley Resor refrain from commenting on disciplinary actions tied to the My Lai massacre to protect Hendersons right to a fair trial.
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FT. Meade
Defense
Melvin Laird
Army
Stanley Resor
Henderson
Resor
Americal
11Th Brigade
My Lai
Southern Desegregation Deadline Set for Fall by Nixon
Washington AP The Nixon administration aims for a fall deadline to desegregate remaining all black Southern schools. HEW Secretary Richardson said fall is practical for districts and tied to the April 20 Supreme Court ruling on cross town busing and desegregation methods. By fall 25 pending suits seek total desegregation in over 200 districts across Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Texas. City police charged John E Nusz with building code violations after a warrant was served on Braddock Avenue. he posted recognizance pending a June 24 hearing.
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Washington
Nixon
South
Elliot L. Richardson
HEW
Richardson
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Nusz
John E. Nusz
Braddock Avenue
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Natronal Farm
Lotevalle
Kentucky
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Frederick, Md
Evergreen Paint
Frederick
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Rosemont Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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al S. Jefferson Street
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