South Viets Push Toward Fire Base Alpha Amid Shelling
An 800 man South Vietnamese task force with two armored units moved east from Krek toward Fire Base Alpha after nine days of shelling. They reached within 144 miles of the base before meeting enemy resistance as Saigon reported 52 shellings and attacks across South Vietnam in the prior 24 hours. Also noted is a line about U.S. footwear imports totaling 13.559 billion dollars last year.
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Saigon
Krek
Alpha
Cambodia-South
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Rebellion At Attica Prison Started By Misunderstanding
New York reports that a guard misread a yard incident during a football practice as a fight, triggering Attica’s four day uprising. Both Times and News offer background on the revolt, noting unclear orders and chaotic conditions, with prisoners killed by throat slittings.
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Attica
New York
Apr
Attica State Prison
New York Times
the Times
New York Daily News Today
Times
Ray Lamorie
Leroy Dewer
The
Richard Mulrooney
Mulrooney
Dewer
Mess Hall
Times Square
William Quinn
Mar Utl
Quinn
Donald Singleton
Samuel Melville
Barry Schwartz
Robert Curtis
Kenneth Hess
Schwartz
West Coast Dock Strike Reaches 96 Days In Stalemate
The West Coast dock strike enters its 96th day with mediators reporting progress. Talks involve ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association over off dock container handling and a 40 hour week pay guarantee plus a $1.60 raise from a $4.29 base. Talks resume in San Francisco and New York as other labor actions unfold.
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Associated Press
West Coast
East Coast
New York City
J. Curtis Counts
San Francisco
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
The
Pacific Maritime
ILWU
Berlin Talks Resumed After Impasse Clear Up
Berlin East and West negotiators resumed dialogue with the dispute over agenda narrowed. West Berlin chief Ulrich Mueller said talks would focus on visits to East Berlin and East Germany within the Four Power framework, after a lapse since September 14. East Berlin had pressed to add West German access traffic, causing ruptures in talks. West Germans say Bonn reps will handle access alone, stressing Bonn’s responsibility for West Berlin.
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East
West Berlin
East Berlin
Ulrich Mueller
Muller
West Germany
Pope Calls World Prayer For East Pakistan Refugees
Pope Paul VI urged all faiths to observe a day of prayer and fasting for eight million East Pakistan refugees. He asked aid in food clothing medicine and money and told the St Peter's Square crowd that the world's sense of humanity must be awakened.
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Paul VI
East Pakistan
St. Peter’s Square
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