Skyline retaken by Lao reinforcements near Vientiane
Laotian reinforcements broke Communist lines and retook the Skyline ridge near Long Chen, as heavy fighting continued with government forces trying to push North Vietnamese from the area. Allied reports say Viet Cong attacks in South Vietnam were the heaviest in weeks, with 180 enemy-initiated incidents nationwide since last weekend.
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Saigon
UPI
Long Chen
CIA
Vientiane
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Donald A. Davis
Camp Holloway
Pleiku
52Nd Aviation Battalion
Davis
Loach
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
da Nang
North Vietnam -Laos
U.S
Laos
Rockefeller Presents Challenge To Abolish Strip Mining
Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller urged West Virginia abolitionists to seek alternative industries and jobs as he keynoted a rally on the strip mining issue in Charleston. Rep. Ken Hechler announced an NASA contract to monitor mining effects from a space satellite.
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Charleston
W.va
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ken Hechler
Dw.va
NASA
West
West Virginia
Hechler
Wayne Pettyjohn
Ohio State University Geology Department
Phillip E. Chase
Bendix Aerospace Systems Corp
Earth
President urged to end cold shoulder to Bangladesh
UPI report says the Nixon administration should recognize Bangladesh promptly to preserve influence here. Despite anti American sentiment, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman seeks cordial ties with the United States and China, while Washington curtails contacts with the new government and criticizes former officials who met Dhaka.
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Dacca
UPI
Nixon
Bangladesh
U.S
Banglades
Mujibur Rahman
Switzerland
United States
China
Pakistan
Washington
East Pakistan
Hubert Spivack
Minnesota Cold Breaks Propane and Oil Lines
A brutal cold outbreak across Minnesota drives propane gas to liquid and stops heating oil in Bemidji area. Duluth records 39 below. International Falls hits 43 below as arctic air grips the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Plains
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Martin Wold
Bemidji
McGrath
Minn
Minneapolis
Brainerd
John
Pete
Humphrey
Birch Bay
Cairo
Richmond
Michigan
Bismarck
N.D
International Falls
Des Moines
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
Indianapolis
Ind
Wichita, Kan
Fourteen charged in seizure tied to Viet Cong aid
Fourteen people including a Cambodian high command lieutenant colonel appeared before a military tribunal over a $6 million seizure of drugs and contraband bound for the Viet Cong. Brig. Gen. Nouo, commander of Phnom Penh Military District, said the tribunal may charge treason, carrying the death penalty. The arrests disrupted a Phnom Penh based organization aiding hostile units in Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
High Command
Nouo
Vietnam war that never ended?
An AP report analyzes Hanoi’s reaction to a sharply reduced U.S. troop presence in Indochina. It notes North Vietnam’s fears of losing leverage as American air power and visibility decline, while Hanoi hints at pursuing Vietnamization and pacification to sustain pressure and legitimacy.
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William L. Ryan
Indochina
U.S
Hanoi
Theianda
Morgantown asks residents to rate future growth needs
A community betterment survey on Page 9B invites residents of Morgantown Monongalia Preston Taylor Fayette and Greene Counties to identify top priorities in traffic housing unemployment health services and overall growth. Respondents will aid Mullens in designing region specific questionnaires for later publication.
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Morgantown
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
West Virginia
Fayette and
Greene
Pennsylvania
Ronald Matlens
Mullens
Police storm prison in Nancy riot clashes
Riot police with helicopter and tear gas stormed the Charles III jail in Nancy to quell a five hour uprising by inmates armed with bottles clubs and bricks. Three officers and three prisoners were hurt as authorities faced a hard core crowd demanding better treatment amid reports of overcrowding brutality and poor conditions in French prisons. Justice Minister Rene Pleven rushed to Paris to respond to the controversy over prison conditions and state of the system.
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Nancy
France
UPI
Charles III
le Justice
Rene Pleven
Paris
Nader presses for more antitrust checks in politics
Washington based report outlines Ralph Nader urging presidential contenders to state views on trust enforcement, GM breakup, corporate transparency, advertising substantiation, penalties for white collar crime, and broader antitrust reforms to curb concentrations that raise costs for consumers. He questions data disclosure on profits, emissions, ingredients, and consumer complaints.
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Washington
UPI
Chatleng
General Motors
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