Reds Fight Near Khe Sanh Ended With Heavy Losses
U S helicopters and ground troops clashed with a North Vietnamese force near the old Marines base at Khe Sanh in a seven hour battle. Officials said up to 1260 enemy were killed. U S losses were two killed and six wounded. A separate action involved airlifted troopers and another clash on sand flats southeast of Quang Tri. Cambodian operations continued with three battalions of civilian irregulars withdrawn and 2 000 mercenaries pulled out, as Saigon reported 1 019 enemy killed and 222 captured during the months long campaign. Casualties for South Vietnamese forces were 102 killed, 475 wounded and six missing.
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Senate Approves Space Budget Amid Urban Aid Clash
The Senate voted 68 to 4 to approve a bill totaling 18.6 billion dollars for HUD programs and independent agencies, including space. It added 400 million for urban renewal and 300 million for municipal sewer grants, with space funding kept intact despite liberal efforts to cut it.
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Norris Colton
N.H
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
Strom Thurmond
John J. Williams
Del
Senate
Coke Must Pay 100 Prize Over Big Name Bingo Fraud
The Coca Cola Co faces a possible millions payout after the FTC alleged a secret rule deceived contestants in the Big Name Bingo game. About 831 winners were listed, with millions of participants. the FTC warned of a consent order and potential multi-million restitution.
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Federal Trade Commission
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Arson Charge Ties Bakery Fire to Owner at San Pedro
Anthony Accetta, 39, owner of Accetta's Bakery at 1200 S Pacific Ave, was arrested at home and charged with setting the March 29 1969 blaze to collect $380000 in insurance. Grand jury returned an indictment. bail set at 31250. Torvalds Gubins previously convicted in the same case.
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Big Tony” Acceda
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William D. McDaniel
Los Angeles City Fire Department
Thomas St. Simpson
Torvalds Gubins
Hampton Hutton
Long Beach Superior Court
Long Beach council orients on PSA terminal plan clash
A bitter city hall gathering followed a 5 to 4 vote by the Long Beach City Council to approve Pacific Southwest Airlines terminal space. Opponents warned of a recall effort and urged a shift toward an offshore airport, while one speaker defended expansion to support aviation ties and jobs. The council earlier tabled Air California’s terminal request.
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Russell Rubley
Ray Keater
Bert Bond
James H. Wilson
Tom Clark
PSA
Long Beach
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Wayne Sharp
Edwin W. Wade
Bennett Richards
Wardlow Park Group
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Wardlow Road
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Air California
New Maharajah, 38, Assumes Post
Jaipur India 38 year old army paratrooper Sawai Bhawant Singh Sahadur has become the 40th maharajah succeeding his father Sawai Man Singh. The elder died aged 58 while playing polo in England last month. The new maharajah’s privy purse from India will be 133000 dollars a year. his father received 240000 dollars.
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India
Sawai Bhawant Singh Ssahadur
Maharajah of
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Singh
England
Action line sets four year term for school board winners
The article notes an election for four year terms. The next local school board election is on April 2 1871. Two members of the Hye-member board will be up for re election.
Delay in correcting EEG course papers from UCSF Medical Center
A reader reports sending EEG course assignments to Dr William Garoutte at UCSF in March and again in April with no corrections received. The doctor apologizes, says the fault is his, and promises to focus on grading next month. The exchange clarifies no fixed two year limit on the course.
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William Garoutte
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Artesia
Garoutte
Halt Rail Strike for 60 Days
The cooling off period ends a nationwide rail strike threat. About 82,000 rail workers across multiple states halt service. Frederick Livingston heads the emergency board with two more members to be named. The dispute dates to 1963 when unions faced job cuts on diesel engines.
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Nixon
Frederick Livingston
New York
Labor Department
Livingston
White House
Congress
Plan Provides Building Work for Minorities
A Los Angeles plan adopted after federal warnings aims to boost minority participation in construction. Thirty-one leaders of the building industry and labor groups support new hiring targets and outreach efforts to increase minority workers in the field.
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City Hall
Construction Council of
Southern California
Underground Engineering Contractor Association
Asbestos Workers
Sheet Metal Workers Local 100
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11
Los Angeles County
Cool Off Halts L.B. Port Tieup
President Nixon invoked a cooling off period to avert a port strike that threatened roughly 750000 dollars of Long Beach export cargo daily. Port official John Rountree noted Southern Pacific rail handling and the potential daily revenue loss to the city. The piece also covers campaign fund shifts, Prop 8 defeat, and minority hiring goals under the Los Angeles Plan with unions resisting签.
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Nixon
John Rountree
Southern Pacific
United Transporation Union
Rountree
GI Given 10 Years in French Murder Case
In Neuwied Germany a U S soldier Spec 4 Richard J Snyder 20 Horton Kansas was sentenced by a court martial to 10 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge for his role in the killing of a night watchman in Tarbes France He pled guilty to accessory to murder desertion housebreaking larceny and auto theft.
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UPI
U.S
Tarbes
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Richard J. Snyder
Horton
Kan
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