Three Delta Battles Mark Delta Fighting as U S Losses Rise
American infantry backed by artillery and air strikes fought three sharp clashes in the Mekong Delta. U S forces report 132 enemy killed and 23 Americans wounded or killed across the three engagements, with heavy activity around Da Nang Hue and A Shau Valley as Operation Massachusetts Striker continues.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
9Th Infantry Division
A Shau
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
A Shan
Hue
da Nang
Mekong
3Rd Infantry Division
101St Airborne Division
Massachusetts
Shan
Leathernecks
Sth Marine Regiment
Nixon and advisers discuss Vietnam outlook on coast trip
President Nixon and four top aides including Rogers Bunker Goodpaster and Kissinger spent about three hours Sunday on the West Coast and en route to Washington reviewing Vietnam war prospects and peace talks in Paris. They met at San Clemente and aboard a helicopter to El Toro and the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
White House
Wiliam P Rogers
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Henry A. Kissinger
San Clemente Inn
San Clemente
Calif
Seashore
Ronald
Ziegler
el Toro
Mon
Andrews Air Force Base
Variec
Fisherman Drowns When Boat Capsizes At Fort Pierce Inlet
Carson Gill of Fort Pierce drowned Sunday after a 1 foot boat capsized in Fort Pierce Inlet during a fishing trip. Two other people were rescued amid the incident. An 84-year-old long distance walker died during a hunger march in Hollywood after collapsing two blocks from the start. Jack Eldredge, famed for a 4150 mile Boston to San Francesco trek decades earlier, died after stomach trouble during a march with teenagers. Phyllis Dewey of the Hollywood Recreation Department described Eldredge moments before his death.
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Fort Pierce
IKER
Hollywood
Jack Eldredge
Boston
San Francesco
Eldredge
Phyllis Dewey
Hollywood Recreation Department
Brady's Bull announces candidacy and sports news split plans
The columnist Brady announces a run for No 13 spot as substitute right fielder on the YMCA Slow Pitch League team while declaring he will keep Brady's Bull a serious news column. He cites pressure to reveal political intentions and notes prior approvals from the newspaper leadership as he transitions toward a formal election bid.
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Jimmie Williams
Maurice McLaughlin
George Palmer
Buck Gassman
YMCA
Shirley Mellen
Brady
Playground Daily News
Stinker
Oxaloosa County
Japan
Justice Department Moves Against Giant Corporation
The Justice Department announced a first challenge to Ling-Temco-Vought over its Jones & Laughlin Steel takeover. LTV vowed to vigorously defend its action and expects the courts to vindicate it. The government seeks a preliminary injunction unless LTV halts its tender for remaining J&L shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barton
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Asst
Richard W. McLaren
Jones & Laughlin
LTB
LTV
Wilson & Co. Sporting Goods
Braniff International Airlines
Wilson & Co
America
National Car Rental Systems Inc
Greatamerica Corp
Jones & Laughlin Stock
Kaiser Steel
Lone Star Steel
J&l
Kathy Birks in Miss Fort Walton Beach pageant entry
Kathy Birks21 Miss Fort Walton Beach pageant entrant at OWJC sophomore daughter of Gerald F. Birks Jr. will perform an original dramatic monologue for talent portion. Birks plans airline stewardess career after OWJC graduation this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlyn Passel
Kathy Birks
OWJC
Marilye Pasec
Sally Thomasson
Gore says Nixon's ABM decision was politically driven
Senator Albert Gore charges President Nixon relied on domestic politics to back the limited ABM system, calling the move wrong militarily morally economically and politically. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird defends the action as essential for deterring nuclear war while Vietnam troop changes are discussed.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Nixon Sunday
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R.laird
Nixon
Gore
Alexei Kosygin
Laird
Crestview City Council to Meet Monday Night
Crestview City Council will hold a regular session at 7 pm in City Hall. The agenda includes bidding for curbing at Baptist Church, a Jaycees event funding request totaling 550, and public hearing for re zoning of property for Adkinson Beard and King. The meeting also covers city auditor hire, water tank painting contract, and third reading of the Southern Bell Telephone Franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestview
Baptist Church
Jaycees
H.M. Adkinson
Beard
Charlie E. King
Southern Bell Telephone
Teenagers Rally at Orange Bowl Against Obscenity
About 30 000 youths gathered at the Orange Bowl to back a teenage crusade for decency in entertainment after The Doors singer Jim Morrison faced indecent exposure charges. Speakers urged reverence for sexuality as entertainers donated performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Gieson
Associated Press
MIAMI
Jim Morrison
The
Doors
Morrison
Julie James
Rally For Decency Executive Committee
Miss James
Jackie Gleason
Anita Bryant
Lettermen
United States
Gleason
Tony Butala
Mike Levesque
Miami Springs High School
Dual Faces of Sirhan Sirhan Highlighted at Kennedy Trial
In Los Angeles, a defense psychologist testifies Sirhan Sirhan exhibits dual outward faces and inner conflicts consistent with paranoid schizophrenia. The defense argues mental illness prevented mature premeditation in the Kennedy assassination, seeking to mitigate charges to nonpremeditated murder.
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Arthur
Etre
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Kennedy
Martin Schorr
Strhan
New York
California
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