U S Ends Coastal Operations in Vietnam as Boats Turned Over
The United States transfers 125 patrol boats to South Vietnam at Saigon Navy HQ, finalizing coastal and inland waterway operations. Re a Adm Tran Van Chon accepts from Vice Adm Jerome H King Jr, boosting South Vietnamese naval power to about 1 500 vessels. The move ends a phase of brown water patrols begun in 1965, while some US advisers and offshore units remain.
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Saigon
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Tran van Chon
Jerome H. King Jr
Navy
U.S
Mekong Delta
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Government To Reopen Scientist's Demotion
Washington AP government to reopen probe into FDA demotion of a pathologist amid harassment claims. Senate aid Magnuson presses HEW secretary Richardson to investigate alleged suppression of adverse lab findings on color additives and pesticides.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
FDA
Kent J. Davis
Charles C. Edwards
Richardson-Davis
Davis
Magnuson
HEW
Morris A. Weinberger
Leningrad hijack case draws international protest and appeals
During the Leningrad trial the defendants admitted planning to commandeer a small Aeroflot plane to aid Jewish emigration to Israel but denied treason. Western states urged clemency for the condemned leaders while Sakharov called for mercy and the appeals were closed to foreign reporters.
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Leningrad
Emmandeer
Israel
Supreme Court
Esfir Mostkova
Novosibirsk
Mark Dymshits
Edward Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Andrei D.sakharov
Angela Davis
California
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Nixon
Washington
U.s.senate
Dymshits and
Kuznetsov
White House
Bertram L. Podell
DN. Y
U.S
Moscow
Senate Debates SST Funding and Social Security Expansion
Congress delayed action on SST funding while expanding its conference talks and adding Proxmire to the negotiating panel. A Senate plan to boost Social Security benefits faces House hurdles as defense funding moves to the White House amid Laos Cambodia policy disputes. The Senate also extends excise taxes and estate tax collection to raise billions.
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House
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
L. Mendel Rivers
Charleston
S.C
Proxmire
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
White House
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
U.S
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
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Polyglas
Goodyear
Goodyear Service
South Cedar
Pegs Enterprise
NPN
Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South
Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
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