South Tries to Trap North Viet Regiment Near Hue
More than 1,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers with tanks swept 25 miles northwest of Hue to trap a North Vietnamese regiment. U S air forces shot down two MIG 21s near Hanoi as naval strikes hit targets along the coast. Government forces fought in Kontum where they reoccupied a hospital area and a Roman Catholic compound amid ongoing fighting with North Vietnamese units.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Hue
U.S
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Newport News
Waddell
Navy
Holger Jensen
Kontum
Pat Smith
Seattle
Wash
Public views unions as too powerful in new poll
A survey by Opinion Research Corp for the Labor Law Study Committee finds 55 percent of the general public think unions have grown too powerful and 68 percent say recent strikes seriously hurt the country. Among union members 41 percent agree unions have too much power.
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Miles A. Smith
New York
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton
N. J
Labor Law Study Committee
Ion
Bobby Baker Paroled After 17 Months In Federal Custody
Bobby Baker former secretary to the Senate majority was released on parole from Allenwood prison farm near Lewisburg Pa after nearly 17 months. He asked reporters not to interview him until his forthcoming book and insisted on his innocence in the 1967 tax evasion fraud and grand larceny charges. Baker hinted at continuing business interests including real estate and ventures tied to his various enterprises.
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Lewisburg
Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
Baker
Here
Allenwood
Lewis
Washington
Pickens
S. C
Senate
Tel
Ocean City
Carousel
Prosecution seeks conviction in Angela Davis trial
In San Jose California AP the prosecution urged a jury to convict Angela Davis of first degree murder kidnapping and conspiracy over her alleged role in the Marin County courthouse escape attempt. Prosecutor Albert Harris Jr. claimed Davis conspired with Jonathan Jackson and cited her letters to George Jackson as evidence. Davis did not testify as the defense prepared its final argument.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Albert Harris Jr
Harris
George Jackson
Jackson
Jonathan
Marin
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