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Vietnam battles widen from delta to northern provinces
Reports from AP describe three major engagements with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. In the Mekong Delta a U S riverine unit clashed a veteran Viet Cong battalion. 47 guerrillas killed, 18 Americans dead, 50 wounded after a 10 hour battle. In Binh Dinh Province Viet Cong mortars hit a South Vietnamese bivouac, 14 soldiers and 10 ammo bearers killed, 30 wounded, 23 guerrillas killed, 2 captured. In Que Son Valley U S air cavalry killed 28 North Vietnamese regulars, 14 Americans wounded, 3 evacuated. Overall week casualties listed. Also notes Riverine action near Saigon and a separate memorial of enemy losses. Coal Belt Fire Protective Association to meet tonight at Southern Acres Cafeteria on VTI campus at 7 p.m.
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