Battle for Fire Base Fuller Rages Near DMZ
Reports say heavy fighting raged around abandoned Fire Base Fuller as U S B52 strikes supported South Vietnamese troops hunting mortar crews. Eight Americans reportedly escaped as the base fell, with further shelling targeting Alpha 4 and Charlie 3 nearby.
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Saigon
Fuller
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Fuler
Dmz
Associated Press Corre
Sarge
Putzel
U.S
Hue
da Nang
Quang Tri Province
Alpha 4
Charlie 3
Senate Approves Draft Extension Amid Battle Over Vietnam Policy
The Senate voted 71 to 16 to extend the draft for two years and boost military pay by 2.7 billion dollars, while pursuing an Indochina withdrawal plan that the White House has rejected. The bill faces House-Senate talks with a possible end to the draft act by next Wednesday. The Mansfield withdrawal amendment and other provisions, including a shift to an all-volunteer force, are under heavy debate.
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Senate
White House
Congress
House-Senate
M Ike Mansfield
U.S
House
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Defense Department
Heroin Detection Test Proves To Be Success
Washington AP reports a new heroin detection test used on GIs leaving Vietnam shows high sensitivity, claiming 100 times more effective than older methods. The FRAT technique, deployed at Long Binh and Can Ranh Bay, analyzes tiny urine samples to reveal heroin use within five days.
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Washington
Vietnam
Washington Reference Laboratory
WRL
Bette Hamman
Lawrence H. Vineburgh
Defense Department
Robert H. Steele
Supreme Court weighs Vietnam War censorship appeals
The Supreme Court considers government and New York Times appeals over access to articles from the secret Pentagon study on the Vietnam war. A 6 p.m. deadline looms. The Washington Post could publish, while The Times may resume Saturday edition material the DOJ deems safe.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
New York Times
Pentagon
Washington Post
Times
Justice Department
The
Post
the Times
U.S. Circuit Court
New York City
Erwin N. Griswold
U. S. Circuit Court For
District of Columbia
Griswold
New York Court
Quake Linked Blast Ties to Deadly Tunnel Explosion
A California mining official notes a possible link between the Feb 9 earthquake and a methane gas explosion in an underground water project tunnel near Sylmar. Seventeen workers are feared dead with seven bodies recovered and ten still missing amid challenging rescue conditions.
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Los Angeles
Gordon B. Oakeshott
California Division of Mines and Geology
Sylmar
Ralph Brisette
California
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co
Aerospace
Ruling Due Today in Capt Medina Case in Ga
Ruling expected on motions to dismiss murder and assault charges against Capt. Ernest Medina commander of Charlie Company linked to the My Lai massacre. Judge Col. Kenneth Howard hears Bailey defense claims of command influence and Army bias affecting Medina’s trial.
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Ft. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Kenneth Howard
Atlanta
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Medina
Department of the Army
Army
Dence
Calley
Charlie Company
May Lai
Cailey
Dream of an Independent Bengal Lives in East Pakistan
The Bangla Desh independence dream persists in East Pakistan despite military suppression. Guerrilla training by young Bengalis occurs inside East Pakistan where West Pakistan's army holds a large weapons advantage. Refugees crowd a camp in India near Calcutta as about three million Bengalis flee, creating food and health crises.
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Bengal
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
India
Calcutta
Johnson memoirs reveal prelude to Vietnam escalation
Newsday reports Lyndon B. Johnson’s unpublished memoirs show the administration prepared for large scale U.S. military involvement in Vietnam as early as 1964. The book details debated bombing plans, delayed action, and Johnson's evolving stance from Kennedy's policy to sustained pressure against the North.
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Garden City
N.N
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Newsday
Long Island
Pentagon
New York
Holt, Rinehart and
Winston
Johnson
North Vietnam
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Eisenhower
Glassboro
N.J
Kosygin
United States
U S Health Officials Battle Plan To Abolish Corps
U S Surgeon General Jesse L Steinfeld fights a Nixon era advisory panel recommendation to abolish the 98 year old Public Health Service commissioned corps numbering about 5500 doctors and health professionals The corps runs seamen and leprosy hospitals funds health facilities aids states and inmate medical care Steinfeld says the report harms morale recruitment and retention and urges Congress to be consulted on retaining and improving the corps
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U.S
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Nixon
Public Health Service
Steinfeld
John A. Perkins
Congress
United States
HEW
Elliott L. Richardsson
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Del
Ralph Trimble
Perkins Committee
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