Communist Guns Move In On Bunkers Near Bu Prang
UPI dispatch reports heavy fighting around Bu Prang in Dak Nong province as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces shell the Green Beret camp. South Vietnamese infantry clash with regulars in two battles while allied air power targets Bu Prang and Duc Lap.
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Saigon
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Green Berets
Cambodia
UPI
Nat Gibson
Army Lt Held In Mass Slayings In Vietnam
The Army holds Lt William Calley Jr of Miami Fla at Fort Benning Ga over the 1968 massacre of 109 civilians in Truong An village. Lt Francisville La and Sgt David Mitchell are under investigation for related acts. Villagers recount a brutal breakfast massacre by American troops.
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Truong AN
Vietnam
Do Chuc
Nguyen Thi Nhut
Chuc
U.S
Army
William
Calley Jr
Miami
Fla
Ft Benning
Calley
David Mitchell
Francisville
Ft. Hood
Tex
Chuck
Son Thanh
Ton That Khein
Quang Ngai
Idaho warns drivers on sticker expiration amid inspections
Idaho Department of Law Enforcement notes more expired vehicle stickers and driver licenses during increased traffic checks. motorists delaying inspections should verify expiration dates to avoid citations.
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Idaho Department of Law Enforcement
SALT talks open in Helsinki with secret session
Negotiators from the United States and Soviet Union meet in a secret SALT session in Helsinki to set procedures and an agenda for strategic arms talks. Deputy Foreign Minister Semenov leads the Soviet delegation while U S chief negotiator Gerard C. Smith attends with other experts.
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Helsinki
UPI
Vladimir S. Semenov
U.S
Gerard C. Smith
Llewellyn E. Thompson
United States
Philip J Farley
Nixon
Moscow
Semenov
Injury claim nets $820000 for Buckman in highway crash
Brookline man John Buckman 22 was awarded 820000 for injuries including the loss of a hand after a March 15 1968 truck auto collision near New Haven Connecticut. Defendants were Wilson Freight Co of Ohio and Chester Berger of New Jersey. Buckman was on Army leave and rode in a car driven by Walter M Jackson of Hartford. Jackson was killed as the vehicle burst into flames.
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Boston
UPIT
Brookline
John Buckman
New Haven
Conn
Wilson Freight Co
Ohio
Chester Berger
New Jersey
Wilson
Buckman
Walter M. Jackson
Hartford
Jackson
Connecticut Turnpike
Black Market Currency Undermines Vietnam War Effort
Washington witnesses describe a Vietnam era currency racket run by Indian Muslim operatives totaling over 150 million dollars yearly. The scheme uses coded bank accounts in the United States and Hong Kong to exploit the 118 piasters per dollar official rate, paying 170 to 200 piasters on the black market.
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Washington
U.S
Saigon
India
Om R. Parker
Senate
Vietnam
Parker
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Hong Kong
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Subcommittee
Ribicoff
Viet Cong, North Vietnamese Losses Push Two Day Toll High
UPI reports 530 Communist deaths in two days as U S jets artillery and helicopter gun ships hit Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. In Bu Prang area near Saigon 243 killed as battles rage, with American casualties and air strikes into Cambodia.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Bu Prang
Cambodia
Duc Lap
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