U S Forces Train Cambodian Guerrillas Across Asia Bases
Green Berets train 2100 Cambodians in South Vietnam Laos and Thailand for guerrilla raids on North Vietnamese supply lines. Camps at Long Hai and Dong Batinh near Nha Trang in Vietnam and Bolovens Plateau in Laos host 1500 trainees. Training includes parachute techniques jungle tracking and demolition to support incursions into the Mekong Delta and Saigon area. The effort aims to seed a CIA‑style guerrilla network with U S backing and dropped supplies totaled over 1.5 million dollars this fiscal year.
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Saigon
UPD
Green Berets
South Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
North Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Long Hai
Vung Tau
Dong Batinh
Nha Trang
5Th Special Forces
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Panhandle
United States
Mekong
Central Highlands
Shah demands better price in oil deals in Tehran
Tehran pressure rises as the shah warns Western oil firms to meet OPEC price demands by the February 3 deadline. He says they will not be bluffed and cites potential rationing by OPEC members that could cut off oil to Europe and Japan.
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Tehran
UPI
Iran
Europe
Japan
Shah
Persian Gulf
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Niagaran
Train Derailment in New York Injures Dozens
A Long Island Railroad eastbound train derailed near Brentwood New York injuring scores. Five passengers were trapped. Brian Unger age 15 was freed after nearly six hours. Officials vowed a full investigation into possible criminal tampering with a switchbox.
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Brentwood
N.Y
UPI
Long Island
New York City
Deam
Brian Unger
William Rowen
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York
Pell proposes employer funded health care bill in Senate
Senator Claiborne Pell announces a bill requiring employers to provide health care for workers as a minimum wage obligation. The plan would avoid new taxes, create federally chartered health care corporations, fund care via employer annual fees, and cover Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries with government backing for initial operations.
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Washington
UPI
Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
American Hospital Association
Pell
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Afl-Cio
Sandpoint Bulldogs win Inland Empire League wrestling title
Sandpoint surged to 195 points in the IEL second half to dethrone Moscow 164 and claim the league crown. Four Sandpoint wrestlers won titles led by Rocky Larson and Mike Hook with multiple placers including Frank Lyons, as Schoonover’s team earned its first IEL championship and strongest season start in school history.
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SHS
Moscow
Bulldogs
Chuck Schoonover
Sandpoint
Coeur d’Alene
Bonners Ferry Badgers
Schoonover
Bonners
Kellogg
Bears
Lewiston
Coeur d’ Alene
Wallace
Rocky Larson
Mike Hook
Mike Larson
Frank Lyons
Badgers
Bonners Ferry
Holland
Woods
Richey
Rose
Ames
Rick Larson
Bursch
M. Lyons
Senate Eyes Rogers Morton Secretary of Interior Nomination
Senate Interior Committee opens hearings on Rep Rogers C Morton as secretary of the interior. Senators plan to probe the Nixon administration environment pledge from oil pipeline Alaska tundra to forest timber issues. Nixon tapped Morton after dismissing Walter Hickel in November.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Rogers C
Morton
R-Md
Interior
Congress
Nixon
Walter J. Hickel
Alaska
Hickel
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Madison
Wis
Charles Smith
Smith
Rogers Morton
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