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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1969
Page
6
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An American squad of nine GIs and two Tiger Scouts was overrun early today 30 miles southwest of Saigon. Six Americans and one scout were killed with the rest wounded. Reinforcements arrived too late to catch the enemy as heavy rocket and mortar attacks hit airfields camps and district towns across Vietnam.
Anthony Erthell Williams, the self-styled minister charged with the Christmas Eve abduction and murder of 10 year old Pamela Powers, was ordered held for the Polk County grand jury. Williams previously pleaded innocent at arraignment as his attorney Henry T. McKnight pursued a motion.
Israeli warplanes pounded Arab commando positions after an attack on an army vehicle near the Jordan Valley border. Flames rose from the Arab village of Ktes as planes hit targets across the cease-fire line, marking the first air strike since January 2. No Israeli casualties were reported.
The Ottawa Herald reports in January 1969 that House Democrats launched two bills to repeal or amend Section 14B of Taft Hartley, aiming to end right to work restrictions. Proposals by Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Phillip Burton seek repeal and expansion of NLRA protections for farm workers, alongside labor reforms.
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