Viet Reds Bombard and Surround Ben Het Camp in Central Highlands
North Vietnamese forces attacked the Ben Het Special Forces camp and two outposts near it, surrounding the camp with up to 2,000 troops. One American killed, five wounded at the camp, while 34 enemy soldiers were reported killed and civilian casualties modest. Air and artillery strikes failed to break the siege.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Ben Het
U.S
28Th Regiment
40Th Artillery Regiment
Laos
Cambodia
French Foreign Minister Schumann Named Europeanist Leader
Paris AP Maurice Schumann, long an advocate of European integration, becomes French foreign minister in President Pompidou’s new cabinet, signaling a liberal shift in foreign policy alongside Giscard d Estaing as finance minister. Debre moves to defense. Chaban Delmas presents the list. Gaullists and Centrists influence the cabinet.
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Paris
Maurice Schumann
Europe
Georges Pompidou
Schumann
Giscard d'Estaing
Pompidou
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Chaban-Delmas
Michel Debre
Debre
Admits Murder Confession Is A Hoax
Police say Ernest Paul Sims 26 confessed to killing two Michigan teenagers and an Oklahoma City taxi driver but later admitted the confession was fabricated He changed his story after more questioning and a family visit saying his sisters wanted to move from Nashville because of the publicity.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ernest Paul Sims
Metropolitan
Michigan
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Reasonover
Sims
Reasonover
Nashville
Judy Garland Dies at 47 Found by Husband in London
Judy Garland, the star known for The Wizard of Oz, died at 47 in her London home. she was found by her husband Mickey Deans. An autopsy was planned as Scotland Yard ruled out foul play. Doctors cited cirrhosis of the liver and years of personal struggles including multiple suicides attempts and public setbacks. Liza Minnelli and siblings Lorena and Joey Luft were in the United States when the news reached them. Dancer Fred Astaire and actor Mickey Rooney paid tribute to her vast talent and endurance.
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Judy Garland
London
Miss Garland
Dorothy
Mickey Deans
Scotland Yard
Deans
Newsmen
Liza Minelli
Lorna
Joey Luft
United States
Fred Astaire
Pope Paul II cites lack of confidence in his rule
Pope Paul VI warned of a diffused lack of confidence in his administration of the Roman Catholic Church. In a broad address marking his sixth election anniversary he defended the Curia and bishops, lamented Vietnam Nigeria and Middle East bloodshed, and urged true world peace.
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Vatican City
Paul
Roman Curia
Pope Paul
Vietnam
Nigeria
Middle East
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
College of Cardinals
Cardinal Tisserant
Druggists Boycott Medicaid Sales In New York
A partial boycott of Medicaid drug sales by New York City pharmacists drew mixed results. City Health Department said three chains agreed to honor Medicaid sales, while the State Pharmaceutical Society reported many stores continuing the boycott and parts of Brooklyn described as closed down tight. A local survey indicated no boycott in effect in the area.
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New York
City Health Department
State Pharmaceutical Society
Brooklyn
Hijacked DC8 Flight Bound for Havana Abruptly Returns
A Spanish speaking man with a knife and a bottle marked explosives hijacked the Eastern Airlines DC8 with 89 aboard en route from Newark to Miami. The hijacker and his wife and teenage daughter remained in Havana after the jetliner diverted south of Norfolk and returned to Miami.
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Miami
Cuba
Eastern Airlines
Havana
Perez
David Savage
Rose Mary Evans
Atlanta
Bernard L. Hutain
Norfolk
Prime Beef Dear Mr Beef City Parked Cars Block Curve
Readers complain that illegal packing on E Second St near Scriba to Copchteh protects children but cars remain parked on both sides daily. They accuse the police of inaction and urge answers about safety and law enforcement.
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E. Second St
Scriba
Cochteh
Nixon Exchange Jewelry Gifts For Anniversary
The President and Mrs. Nixon exchanged jewelry gifts for their 29th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Nixon received diamond earrings and the President cuff links in a gold and silver basket pattern. They observed the anniversary quietly at Camp David and returned to the White House by helicopter.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Camp David
Warren Retires Warren Burger Becomes Chief Justice
Warren Earl Burger was sworn in as the 15th chief justice, succeeding Earl Warren who retired after 16 years. President Nixon attended and praised Warren's service as Burger, a strict constitutionalist, pledged to defend the Constitution and administer justice impartially.
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Warren
Burger
Nixon
Washington
Warren Earl Burger
United States
Earl Warren
Minnesota
Senate
Abe Fortas
Tornadoes Kill Five in Missouri Lead Belt
Five people died and more than 30 were injured as tornadoes struck the Missouri lead mining belt south and southeast of Old Mines near Farmington. Homes were destroyed and communications disrupted as hospitals treated about 35 injured.
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Missouri
Old Mines
St. Louis
Roy Pratt
Francis
Pratt
Jacob
Herman Hurst
Farmington
Carbondale
Ill
U.S. 67
Ironton
Potosi
IBM to charge for some services amid anti trust suits
IBM announces new fees for systems engineering activities programming and customer education courses previously free. The move affects new orders immediately and applies to installed or on order machines starting January 1 with IBM controlling over 70 percent of the computer market.
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Armone
N.Y
IBM
International Business Machine Company
Draft plan cuts 29500 men in August call by Pentagon
The Pentagon announced plans to draft 29,500 men in August while Army strength is to drop by 13,000 as part of Nixon era troop withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Justices Agree to Comply With Off Bench Restrictions
Chief Justice Earl Warren said four justices Brennan Stewart White and Marshall will follow restrictions on activities of federal judges. The statement notes the four intend to comply with the rules aimed at limiting outside work and appearances.
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California
White House
Eisenhower
Warren Court
Warren
Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
British explorers return from polar crossing aboard Endurance
The four British explorers who first crossed the polar ice cap landed in Portsmouth aboard the Royal Navy ship Endurance. They described polar bears as the greatest danger, capable of chewing rubber boots and sniffing high velocity bullets.
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Portsmouth
England
Endurance
Vietnam says elections must follow laws, curb Thieu coup talk
Saigon's foreign ministry announced that elections must be held in strict observance of existing laws and regulations, dampening speculation that President Nguyen Van Thieu would seek a special vote with Viet Cong participation to decide a new Saigon government.
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Saigon
South Vietnamese Foreign Ministry
Nguyen van Thieu
First U S Infantry battalion withdrawal sparks anger in Vietnam
In Dong Tam South Vietnam soldiers protest a so called withdrawal of the 3rd Battalion claiming only colors and standards are sent home while the rest of the unit remains. First Lt Paul Caputo of Brooklyn New York criticizes the misleading public statement as bitter troops vent their frustration.
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Dong Tam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Paul Caputo
Brooklyn
N.Y
Rockefeller completes third Latin America fact-finding mission
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller praised the results of his third Latin America mission as he prepared to start a fourth. He landed at Kennedy Airport and then took a helicopter to his North Tarrytown estate after visiting Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay as President Nixon's special envoy.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Kennedy Airport
North Tarrytown
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
Nixson
SDS Convention Ends in Sharp Split Over Leadership
At Chicago the Students for a Democratic Society divided into rival camps. The regular faction elected Mark Rudd, former Columbia disorders leader, as national secretary, while the Progressive Labor faction chose John Pennington, Alan Spector, and Pat Forman for top posts. Other officers include Jeffrey Ones and William Ayres.
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Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
Mark Rudd
Columbia University
SDS
Progressive Labor Party
John Pennington
Alan Spector
Pat Forman
Rudd
Israel Attacks Jordan Artillery Bases in Second Raid
Israeli forces conducted a Sunday night raid on artillery positions at Addesiyeh in Jordan, claiming the site housed saboteurs and a regular Jordanian unit. The army reported no commandos killed. Jordan said one person died and five were wounded in air strikes. Egypt also claimed ambushes with heavy casualties.
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Jordan
Addesiyeh
Sea of Galilee
Gulf of Suez
Egypt
Suez Canal
Buffalo News Editor Paul E. Neville Dies at 50
Paul E. Neville, executive editor of The Buffalo Evening News since 1966, died at Buffalo General Hospital after a stroke. A native of Ware, Massachusetts, he began at the News in 1957 and rose to executive editor in 1966 after a long career including Notre Dame graduate and AP, ASE, and NYS newspaper editors roles.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Paul E. Neville
Buffalo Evening News
Neville
Buffalo General Hospital
the News
Ware
Mass
South Bend
Ind
Tribune
Notre Dame University
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
The
American Society of Newspaper Editors
New York State Society of Newspaper Editors
Tradition Shattered Assembly Committees To Meet This Summer
Albany AP reports a major change as the New York Assembly converts its 21 standing committees to year round status and plans summer hearings. Speaker Perry B. Duryea Jr outlines agendas for sessions Tuesday and Wednesday including pesticide impact studies and a special Assembly committee review of community antenna television systems. Senate committees will hold joint hearings in Albany on pesticides, with Senate leaders planning year round coordination with the Assembly.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Capitol
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Special Assembly
Senate
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