Communists Launch Heavy DMZ Attacks Amid Antiwar Protests
In the DMZ battles the North Vietnamese attacked in several points with mortar barrages and RPGs but were repelled by dive bombers artillery tanks and helicopter gunships. U S losses totaled 97 killed 698 wounded with 39 329 American deaths overall as fighting spread across I Corps toward Con Thien Hoi An and the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
United States
Nixon
U.S
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Con Thien
South Vietnam
I Corps
Hoi An-An Hoa
Hoi An
Son Thu Son
Mekong Delta
Senate Opens Debates On Haynsworth Supreme Court Bid
Backers frame Haynsworth nomination as Nixon balance effort while Sen. Symington opposes citing investments and conflicts. Hruska argues the real clash is judicial philosophy, not ethics, as debate begins amid public and private opposition tallies.
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Washington
UPI
Clement F. Haynsworth
Senate
Supreme Court
Nixon
Haynsworth
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
South Carolina
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Hruska
Supreme Court of the United States
John Parker
North Carolina
Lewis L. Strauss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commerce
Judiciary Committee
Roman L&. Hruska
Nebraska
James C. Eastland
Dmiss
Nixon Retreat Gets Shark Net at Biscayne Bay
A shark net with repellent was placed around the swimming beach at Nixon's Key Biscayne vacation retreat. Local shark expert Dr. William M. Stephens said no sharks had been seen near Hurricane Harbor, but a net is a prudent precaution for the president’s swims.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
UPDA
Nixon
Biscayne Bay
William M. Stephens
Hurricane Harbor
Four Arrested In New York Bomb Blasts
A bomb blast damaged the Criminal Courts Building in Manhattan injuring none but sparking evacuations. FBI and police arrested four: Samuel Melville, George Demmerle, Jane Alpert, and John Hughey IV on conspiracy to destroy government property charges. The group was caught placing time bombs in Army trucks at a National Guard Armory.
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Damon Lashbrook
New York
UPD
Criminal Courts
FBI
National Guard
Manhattan
Manhattan Corporation
Pan Am
United States Army
26Th Street
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Samuel Joseph Melville
George Demmerle
Two Killed Eight Wounded In Chicago Gun Battle
In Chicago on the South Side a gun battle left Officer Frank Rappaport and a gang member dead. Seven officers including Don Miley and Ronald Comparin were wounded along with a youth. Police seek possibly two more suspects after the East Side Disciples fired on responding officers at a gunpoint incident. Officer Gilhooey and Brady were among the first shot. Winter, a 23 year old, was killed by police gunfire at Provident Hospital.
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
East Side
John Gilhooey
Michael Brady
Gilhooey
Brady
Frank Rappaport
Don Miley
Donald Kaufman
Ronald Comparin
Jack Stewart
Philip Prevost
Spurgeon Winter
Idead
Provident Hospital
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Narre
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