Red air assault aims to reverse Ho Chi Minh Trail losses
U S military reports waves of fighter bombers destroyed the first SAM site on the Laos border near Ban Karal Pass. North Vietnam says a helicopter was shot down near Khe Sanh with two crew captured. Weather slowed sorties but helicopters returned in force. claims include 391 communists killed in a single strike, with vast matériel losses. Saigon reports 44 GIs died last week while U S wounded rose to 434, highest in five months, bringing total helicopter losses to at least 58 in the Luntian operation.
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U.S
Laos
Ban Karal Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Paris
Jhar Khe Sanh
Witl
Brown
Saigon
Luntian
Rights aide Young dies in ocean effects on civil rights
The oblique notice recalls civil rights figure Young, his belief in practical strategy, and his work with the National Urban League. It notes his leadership roles, such as on presidential commissions, NASW presidency, and his pursuit of jobs for unemployed. Survived by widow Margare Buckner and two daughters. Also mentions a Tennessee vote on a presidential primary and Marian Wright Edelman’s Yale nomination.
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Young
National Association of Social Workers
Tie
General Motors
Necraes
Hunt — Ixib-Gg
Bhicks
Youngs
Lincoln Ridge
Kentucky State College
The
University of Minnesofens
Alinta University Nm Td
Cuban League
Venn
Nasavalle
Tenn
UPL
Navy to retire 20 ships and decommission several San Diego vessels
The Navy will retire 20 ships including five diesel powered submarines and the hospital ship Sanctuary based in Alameda. All affected California ships are stationed in San Diego and include Blackfin Catfish Menhaven Pomfret and Ranquil with eight officers and 73 enlisted each. Additional vessels include landing craft repair ships two light cargo vessels a well sailing ship and an internal combustion engine repair ship slated for decommissioning.
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Sanctuary
Alameda
Calif
Los Angeles
Navy
San Diego
Blackfin
Catfish
Menhaven
Pomfret
Ranquil
Big Four envoys press Egypt Israel peace talks effort
In New York the Big Four ambassadors from the United Nations pressed to bring Egypt and Israel to a peace table and to guarantee any agreement. Cairo dispatches say Nasser urged use of influence to push Israel to withdraw from territories captured in 1967, while Israel signaled willingness to discuss all issues, including borders, without preconditions.
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Big Four
Egypt
Israel
United Nations
New York
Cairn
Nipyot
Middle Tas
Ivent
Yosef Tekoah
U.N
Gimnar V
Plan to Build 33 Bulk Mail Centers at $1 Billion
Washington reports Postmaster General Blount unveiled a nearly billion dollar plan with the Army Engineers to construct 33 bulk mail handling facilities nationwide. He outlined a national bulk mail system with improved parcel handling and delivery reliability, with the first facility under construction in New York City and others in major cities including Springfield, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, Greensboro, and Des Moines. The plan also folds in eliminating the one year residency requirement for APPO Postmasters in later cities.
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New York City
Progran
L Springfield
Maas
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadephia
Washington
D.C
Greenshoro
Ale Tanta
Jacksonvile
Fla
Memphis
Citeiitati
Dr Lovis
Minneapolis
Chica Hong Lam
Antsas
City
Wan
Des Moines
du Bouyer
Los Angeles
Mrangisen
Saurtile
Top Red delegates shun talk at Paris peace talks
The Hanoi and Viet Cong negotiators boycotted the Paris peace talks again to protest U.S. Vietnam policies. Only U.S. Ambassador Bruce attended. Mme Nguyen Thi Binh claimed China would aid Hanoi. Bruce said negotiations were not advancing and no further remarks followed. The conference adjourned with plans to meet again next Thursday. In Glasgow, Britain’s Dreadnought submarine returned from a 1500 mile under ice voyage to the North Pole, bow damaged and glass fibre worn.
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Paris
UPJ
Hanoi
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
David K. Bruce
United States
North Vietnam
Romania
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
UPI
China
Bruce
Glasgow
Scotland
UPS
North Pole
Penn Central funds diversion report prompts inquiry
Washington lawmakers press federal and state officials to probe possible law violations in a reported four million dollar diversion by Penn Central. Trustees sue in Delaware federal court to recover the funds as the railroad reorganizes under bankruptcy. Ireland Prime Minister Jack Lynch and Mrs Lynch depart Dublin for a U S visit to be hosted by President Nixon before St Patrick's Day.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Penn Central
Wilmington
Del
Edwin Rome
Wright Paiman
D-Tex
Alty
Johan N. Mitchell
George M. Stafford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Patman
Mitchell
Stafford
Shapp
Paiman
David Bevan
BIA
Fidel Goetz
Bevan
Goetz
EJA
Liechenstein
Dublin
Ireland
Jack Lynch
Irish Republic
Lynch Lew
United States
Nixon
St. Patrick's Day
Ramon de Valera
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Specie
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N.Y
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Eral
Blount
David Beyah
Fenn Central
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