Turning Point Battle in Laos Seen as Heroic Victory
North Vietnam portrays Route 9 fighting as a decisive Indochina War turning point after Saigon’s Samson 719 operation failed to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Hanoi honors the victory with a museum shrine, showing captured U S equipment and planning displays for foreign correspondents.
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OPEC gains 20 percent share in ARAMCO operations
Oil exporting nations claim an immediate 20 percent participation in western oil company operations with ARAMCO. Ahmed Zaki Al Yamani announced the offer at an OPEC meeting as Libya and Nigeria seek more than the proposed stake. The move accompanies wider calls for eventual industry control by oil producers.
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Truce Violated as IRA Observance Stalls in Northern Ireland
Snipers fired on British troops and a landmine damaged an army vehicle on the first day of a 72 hour truce proclaimed by the extremist IRA faction in Northern Ireland. An army spokesman said the truce means nothing to us amid ongoing clashes near Newry Londonderry and Belfast.
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Viet forces mass for attack across Cambodia border
A 20 000 man South Vietnamese force with tanks and jets moved into Cambodia from Highway 7 and 1 to thwart up to 30 000 North Vietnamese troops massing to strike toward Saigon. U S warplanes conducted air strikes into North Vietnam for the 11th straight day as three NVA divisions approached the DMZ area.
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Taiwan Defense Minister Says No Change in U.S. Troop Presence
Huang Chieh stated no American combat troops have left Taiwan since Nixon’s China visit. He noted 8,500 U.S. troops remain, with 6,500 at CCK Air Base in central Taiwan, aiding Indochina operations. He said Taiwan’s defenses would not be affected even if all troops were pulled out. Nixon pledged gradual reductions as regional tension eases.
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Greeks plan court martial on ship plot
In Greece fifteen suspected members of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement face a special military tribunal on March 17 for martial law violations and plans to sink a U S Sixth Fleet vessel with explosives. Exiled leader Andreas Papandreou did not face indictment.
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Royal Malaysian helicopter crashes killing four in jungle
A royal Malaysian air force helicopter exploded and crashed 100 miles east of Kuala Lumpur. All four crewmen were killed as villagers who tried to reach the burning wreckage were kept back by intense heat.
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UPI
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Greece Recognizes Bangladesh as Independent Republic
The Greek government announced on Saturday that it has recognized the republic of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
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UPI
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Philippine Secretary Romulo Improves After Car Crash
Philippine foreign secretary Carlos Romulo, 73, showed signs of improvement four days after a serious automobile accident, according to a hospital bulletin issued Saturday.
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UPI
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Castro offered acting role in Streisand film Up the Sandbox
Producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler sent a cable to Fidel Castro offering him to play himself in the Barbra Streisand movie Up the Sandbox. They called him the most qualified, but Castro has not replied.
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