A Shau Valley fight yields camp and supplies found by U S troops
U S forces entering the A Shau Valley in a Delaware operation report finding an enemy camp, gas drums, trucks, crates of Chinese rifles, and ammunition after days of fighting. Casualties are light on both sides, with 50 NVA and 20 Americans killed in three days, as patrols reach a hastily evacuated camp with laundry on lines.
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U.S
A Shau
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
John J. Tolson
Flying Horsemen
Delaware
Hue
Sxteen U.S
Tolson
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Poor People's March In Planning Stages
About 100 advance scouts from the Poor People's Campaign plan a large Washington protest to press for guaranteed income and housing, with tens or hundreds of thousands expected. Revered leader Ralph Abernathy meets federal officials as organizers warn of possible disturbances while vowing nonviolence.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Dean Rusk
Senate
SCLC
Abernathy
Congress
King
Sentinel ABM may seed broader US defense against Soviets
Washington AP report notes Pentagon scientist Dr. John Foster and ex-Defense Sec. Robert McNamara testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the five billion dollar ABM plan against China could lay a foundation for an expanded shield against the Soviet Union. Both said current capabilities target limited Chinese missiles, while stressing the Chinese focus and the unlikelihood of intercepting large Soviet salvos.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
John S. Foster
Defense Research and Engineering
Senate Armed Services Committee
Foster
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Sen
United States
Symington
Department of Defense
China
Earle G
Wheeler
Soviet Union
Reward Offered For Return Of Seven Foot Wooden Indian
A tobacco and cigar company in St. Louis offers a reward for the return of its seven foot wooden Indian and feathered headdress after an intruder hurled a tire through a window Saturday and stole the statue. Police say the owner values the Indian at 1200 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Water Resources Study Project in Western Kansas
Washington based AP report notes a request for federal help to join Kansas in researching ground water retention in western Kansas. Gov. Docking’s spokesman read the statement urging rapid planning and funding for El Dorado and Big Hill reservoirs, Dodge City protection works, Cedar Point Towanda plans, Cow Creek Hutchinson land purchase, John Redmond wildlife refuge, and faster work on Corbin reservoir.
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Kansas
House and
Senate
Robert Docking
Justus Fugate
Wichita
Corps of Engineers
el Dorado Reservoir
Big Hill
Dodge City
Cedar Point
Towanda
Cow Creek
Hutchinson
John Redmond
Neosho River
Corbin
Chikaskal River
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