Warplanes strike three fronts as Cambodia battle rages
U S warplanes attacked in three corridors to aid Cambodian and South Vietnamese troops. In Cambodia near Highway 4 55 miles southwest of Phnom Penh hand to hand fighting raged as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong pressed a Cambodian position. B52 bombers pounded bases along Highway 7 near Chup rubber plantation and targets across the demilitarized zone while helicopter missions flooded eastern Cambodia in support of task forces.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Highway 7
Chup
Indochina
Demilitarized Zone
A Shau
Seone
Laos
Triborder
da Nang
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Pich Nil Pass
Elephant Mountains
Am Rong
Kompong Som
Kotouc Says Maiming Of POW Was Accident
Capt. Eugene Kotouc defense argues he accidentally cut off a finger tip during interrogation to extract enemy information at My Lai. The court martial in McPherson, Ga, heard testimony on the My Lai raid, with prosecutors resting and a verdict of innocent on the assault charge while maintaining the maiming charge.
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Mcpherson
Eugene Kotouc
U. S
My Lai
Nebraska
Robert Crosby
Kotouc
Madison Wright
Wright
Humboldt
Neb
Crosby
Barker
Defese
Richard K. Blackledge
Kaneohe
Hawaii
Blackledge
Kotonc
William L. Calley Jr
Ernest L. Medina
Rogers to Talk With Negotiator at SEATO Summit
Secretary of State William P. Rogers consulted the U S chief negotiator from the Paris talks as SEATO allies wind a two day meeting. Bruce reported no breakthrough while Lam noted Vietnam’s gains and SEATO’s continued role. Rogers travels to Ankara and then four Arab states and Israel as U S aid to Vietnam continues.
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London
William P. Rogers
U.S
Paris
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Rogers
David K.E. Bruce
Vietnam
Ankara
Turkey
Israel
SEATO
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
Saigon
Japan
United States
Nixon
Asia
Pacific
Ten Die as Kentucky Tornadoes Rake 80 Mile Path
A series of hit and run tornadoes tore across south central Kentucky late Tuesday killing 10 people in Adair Russell and Butler Warren counties and injuring more than 70. Governor Nunn sent two National Guard helicopters to the area while civil defense officials described widespread destruction including homes blown from foundations and vehicles in trees.
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Columbia
Kentucky
Adair County
Russell County
Butler- Warren Counties
Adair
Frankfort
Louie B. Nunn
National Guard
Viet officials tied to heroin trafficking in Vietnam
A House subcommittee report finds high ranking South Vietnamese officials involved in drug traffic that harmed U S troops, with 40 GIs killed and 22 000 sick calls last year. The study cites Laos processing labs and corruption hindering drug suppression.
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Washington
House
U. S
Vietnam
Special House Armed Services Subcommittee
Asia
Pacific
Laos
Thailand
Hong Kong
G. Elliott Hagan
D-Ga
Pacific Command
U.S
Saigon
Panel Asks Calley Veterans to Testify on War Crimes
Freshman Rep. Dellums leads an unofficial antiwar inquiry panel calling former members of Lt. Calley’s unit to testify on alleged torture and murder of Vietnamese prisoners. Witnesses recount beatings, electric shocks, and a prisoner death, with one Marine captain accused of murdering a Chinese interpreter.
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Washington
William Calley
11Th Brigade
My Lai
Calley
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
U.S
Martinsen
Los Angeles
Kenneth B. Osborn
Washington, D.C
U.S. Marine
Osborn
Police arrest about 200 antiwar protesters at Selective Service HQ
About 200 antiwar activists are taken into custody after blocking the Selective Service System headquarters entrance for a second day. They form a carpet of bodies in front of the doors as police move in. President Nixon holds a live news conference Thursday night at 9 p.m. EDT before departing for the Western White House in California to welcome home the First Marine Division. He returns to Washington Monday.
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Russell County
Eaton
Adair
Russell
Christmans
Nancy Powell
Bowling Green
Dunbar
U.S. Weather Service
Washington
Selective Service System
Nixon
White House
California
Vietnam
Public Justice panel to probe FBI role in American life
A committee of educators and former Justice Department officials led by Ramsey Clark will study the FBI's role in American life. The panel follows a Supreme Court case on wiretapping and notes public concern over FBI surveillance and political intimidation. The inquiry may include FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
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Washington
Justice Department
Ramsey Clark
FBI
Nixon
Supreme Court
Internal Security Division
Bureau
Committee For Public Justice
Clark
Assty
Atty
Burke Marshall
Roger Wilkins
Justice
Woodrow Wilson School of
Princeton
University, Marshall, Wilkins
Jane Lockhard
J. Edgar Hoove
Burke
Marshall
South Korean President Wins Third Term By Wide Margin
In Seoul, President Chung Hee Park secures a third term with a large lead after tallying about 73 percent of an estimated 12.2 million votes from Tuesday's election. The margin falls short of his previous landslide.
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Seoul, Korea
Chung Hee Park
Low Draft Call Set in 1971 May June Quota Cut
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced a May draft call of about 10 000, combined with June to total 20 000, signaling the lowest annual draft calls in seven years as Vietnamization progresses. He projected 1971 calls not to exceed 10 000 per month, with a possible total around 142 000, well below 1969 figures. The announcement followed antiwar demonstrations in Washington. Park wins Korean presidency. Kim Dae-jung concedes with irregularities charged by the New Democratic Party. counts suspended in disputed precincts as results show Park securing a third term. Elections for an enlarged 204-seat National Assembly set for next month.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
United States
Park
Kim Dae-jung
New Democratic Party
Democratic Republican Party
Kim
New Democrats
Central Election Management Committee
Choo Chaei- Hwang
Korean Peninsula
Soviet Union
China
Japan
National Assembly
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