Most Decorated Marine Gen Chesty Puller Dies at 73
Lt Gen Lewis B Puller the most decorated Marine in history died of pneumonia at 73 in Hampton Virginia His career spanned 38 years from 1919 through Korea and Vietnam He earned five Navy Crosses the Silver Star and the Presidential Unit Citation among other honors His son Lewis B Puller Jr survived him and lost both legs in Vietnam in 1968
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Hampton
Lewis B
Puller
Marine Corps
Korea
Fuller
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
Marines
Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital
Lewis B. Puller Jr
William Howard Dabney
Fairfax
Michael Patrick Downs
Alexandria
Emily P. Fishburn
San Diego
Calif
Virginia Military Institute
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
West Point
Haiti
Gendarmerie de
National Guard
Jin Leu
Guadalcanal
Hanoi Shells Allied Bases In Vietnam
North Vietnamese gunners shelled 11 allied bases overnight near the Cambodian border. Fire Base Pace, northwest of Saigon, faced less than 35 mortar rounds. five American soldiers were among the wounded and the entire 100 man company was withdrawn. Casualties were light on both sides with a single ground clash reporting 17 North Vietnamese and three South Vietnamese killed.
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Saigon
Pace
U.S
Sadat Arrives in Moscow for Middle East Talks
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Moscow to meet Soviet leaders on US interim Middle East plan. Talks with Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin begin amid requests for more Soviet military support to counter possible resumption of US arms to Israel.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Sadat
United States
Israel
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid
Bile
Resiucun Unul
V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
California
Researchers Say Mercury In Fish Poses No Hazard
A study from Saratoga General Hospital and the University of Michigan reports mercury levels in human tissues declined from historic highs. The researchers caution against mercury fears and criticize FDA standards as based on emotion rather than data.
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Minneapolis, Minn
American Public Health Association
Saratoga General Hospital
Detroit
Mich
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Jack Kevorkian
Food and Drug Administration
Sweden
Mandel Denies Favorite Son Run For Maryland Governor
Annapolis AP says Gov. Marvin Mandel’s aide states he has never intended to run as a favorite son in the 1972 presidential preference primary. ADA had listed Mandel as a potential favorite son candidate capable of tying up votes at the Miami Democratic convention.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
News
Frank A. Defilippo
Americans For Democratic Action
Mandel
DeFilippo
Washington
ADA
Miami
Contraceptive Pills Linked to Blood Clot Risk
Johns Hopkins researchers report evidence tying contraceptive pills to dangerous blood vessel clots after injury or surgery. In a 60-woman study the risk of thromboembolism was six times higher for Pill users, with lower estrogen doses deemed safer. findings to be presented at the American Public Health Association convention in Minneapolis.
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Baltimore, Md
Johns Hopkins University
Gerald R. Greene
Hopkins School of Public Health
University of Southern California
Philip Sartwell
Hopkins Epidemiology
Great Britain
United States
Sartwell
Green
American Public Health Association
Minneapolis
Smathers Profits From Aerodex Stock Deal After Senate
Newsday reports former Florida Senator George A Smathers bought 20 000 shares of Aerodex Inc at 1 each two years after helping to prevent Air Force contract termination. The Miami firm handles large government contracts and Smathers joined its board in 1969 amid stock option talk.
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New York
Long Island
Newsday
George A. Smathers
Senate
The
Florida Democrat
Aerodex Inc
Miami
Smathers
Aerodex
Air Force
Harold Bown
Florida
Raymond Tonks
Board’ of Directors
Tonks
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