Vietnam claims major battle halts Chinese attack on border
Vietnam reports to AP that more than 3,000 Chinese troops were put out of action in a major eastern front battle during the five day border war. Lao Cai fell to Chinese forces as Vietnamese reinforcements rush to Lang Son amid ongoing fighting. Chinese claim heavy casualties elsewhere.
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Visetsak Sanguan Pong
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Lao Cai
Red River
Radio Hanoi
Lang Son
Dong Dang
Hanoi
Than Phung
Po Hen
Cao
Ba Lanh
Quang Binh
Kazuhisa Ikawa
Tokyo
Asahi
Veitnam
Ikawa
Dong Mo
Black guerrillas strike inside Rhodesia amid election tensions
After six years of war black nationalist guerrillas reinforce their armies inside Rhodesia and threaten to disrupt April elections. The biracial transition government orders an unprecedented mobilization of regular troops and reserves, canceling all leaves before and after polling to expand forces from about 12,000 to as many as 45,000. Joshua threats loom as the conflict intensifies.
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John Edlin
Associated Press
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Joshua
Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Montana
Inyanga Mountains
Air Rhodesia
Umtali
United Nations
John Hickman
Ian D. Smith
Smith
Tansition
Ndabaningi Sithole
Britain to settle 250 Vietnamese refugees in Britain
British officials begin interviewing refugees from Vietnam in Malaysia and will accept about 250 of the 53,000 in Malaysian camps for permanent settlement in Britain. Selection criteria focus on desire to settle rather than relatives, English knowledge, or professional status.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Vietnam
Britain
Guerrilla march tests Khomeini as coalition fractures
In Tehran the leftist Fedayeen defies Ayatollah Khomeini by planning a Thursday march for greater say in the new regime. Khomeini calls the protest anti religious and communist. The Fedayeen maintains its Tehran University stronghold and seeks a larger role despite Bazargan's moderation.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khmeini
Marxist People’s Fedayeen
Khomeini
Tehran University
Mehdi Bazargan
Bazargan
National Front
Sex-change suit seeks damages over physician
Julie Phillips, a transgender woman, seeks 7 million dollars in damages from Dr John Brown whose California license was revoked, after two operations in 1973 74 to change her from male to female. Attorney Melvin Belli asks 5 million punitive and 2 million general damages against Brown and agent James Spence.
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San Francisco
California
Julie Phillips
John Brown
Melvin Belli
Brown
James Spence
Belli
Spence
Phillips
Blood bath at Harlem brownstone shocks New York police
Detectives search a blood soaked Harlem brownstone for clues after a massacre in which six men and a woman were slashed. A 13 inch knife, blood encrusted, was found on a bed beside three victims. Most victims were described as Dominicans aged 20 to 35, bound with rope or cords.
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New York
Harlem
James Sullivan
Thomas Curley
Tennessee House moves to end racial separation laws
In Nashville the Tennessee House Education Committee moved to abolish laws requiring separate schools reformatory facilities and state accommodations for whites and blacks with no debate. In Rosemont Illinois three more protests at the O Hare weapons show led to trespass charges after banners were dropped from the Municipal Office Building facade. Bond set at 2500 dollars. In El Centro three men pled innocent to the February 10 killing of a United Farm Workers member and a grower was charged with trying to run over a striker as Cesar Chavez warns talks may resume or a lettuce boycott be expanded. In Chattanooga a truck driver died when an 18 wheeler tanker jackknifed and overturned onto a small car. The cargo spilled but no danger reported.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee House
House Education Committee
Rosemont, Ill
O'Hare Exposition Center
Joseph Peterson
Rosemont
EL Centro
Calif
United Farm Workers
Leonardo Barriga
Froilan Perez Mendoza
Anthony Andres San Diego
Rufino Contreras
William Daniels
Holtville
UFW
Cesar Chavez
Chattanooga
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