North Vietnam War Toll Tops One Million Reported
U.S. and allied commands report heavy fighting across Indochina with battle deaths tallying 1,002,448, including 800,856 Communists and 45,633 Americans. Jets bombed Ho Chi Minh trail tanks, while raids and artillery hit targets in Laos, the DMZ, and A Shau valley. No U.S. losses were reported.
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Steward Kellerman
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Laos
A Shau
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Mansfield sees bus compromise
Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott urged negotiators to consider Nixon antibusing proposals as a basis for a Senate House compromise on busing. Mondale criticized the moratorium as a constitutional lapse while warning candidates of political risk. Conferees seek a middle path between House bans and the Scott-Mansfield Senate plan.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
House
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Walter Mondale
Dminn
Mondale
Scott
Kennedy charges U S aid to Laos diverted to CIA
Senator Edward Kennedy releases a GAO summary alleging nearly half of U S civilian aid to Laos funds are diverted to the CIA guerrilla army despite Nixon assurances. The GAO estimates about 2.5 million dollars yearly redirected through AID. Further details on refugee and health programs are promised in a second secret GAO report.
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Washington
U.S
Laos
Central Intelligence Agency
Nixon
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congressional
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Judiciary
Agency For International Development
Kennedy Committee
Accounting Office
Kennedy
Tar Heels Top Penn 73 59 in NCAA Eastern Regional
North Carolina defeats Penn 73 to 59 at the Coliseum to reach the NCAA national semifinals. The Tar Heels shoot 52.1 percent and press defense to advance, drawing 10,078 fans as they chase a fourth Final Four in six years.
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Mickey Forfars
North Carolina
UCLA
Tar Heels
Penn
Los Angeles
Florida State
Kentucky
Quakers
Dennis Wujcik
Robert McAdoo
George Karr
Bob Morse
Phil Hankinson
Ron Billingslea
Alan Cotler
Bill Chamberlain
Corky Calhoun
Calhoun
Chamberlain
South Carolina
Tom Riker
Big Blue Machine
Karl
Billingslea
Morse
Wuycik
ITT Lobbyist Denies Memo Ties Funds to Antitrust Settlement
ITT lobbyist Dita Beard repudiates a memo she allegedly wrote linking a political contribution to a 1971 antitrust settlement as Senate probes intensify. Democrats demand Beard produce a second memorandum and question why she delayed in calling the memo a hoax while White House efforts to discredit columnist Jack Anderson are noted amid hearings on the ITT Hartford Fire case.
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Washington
UPI
ITT
Dita Beard
Senate
Jack Anderson
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Justice Department
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Beard
Washington (Ap
The
Washington Post
White House
Interior Task Force probes Buffalo Creek dam failure
A five member Interior Department Task Force chaired by William R. Wayment probes the Buffalo Creek disaster in Logan County West Virginia. The dam breach near Saunders released water and coal refuse, killing 117 and leaving about 30 missing. The report notes repeated dam additions from 194 to 1970 and a lack of effluent controls.
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Interior Task Force
Buffalo Creek
U.S. Department of Interior Task Force
Ray Martin
Dominion Post
West Virginia
Middle Fork
Saunders
Logan County
Department of the Interior
William R. Wayment
U.S. Bureau of Mines
W.E. Davies
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington
C.D. Kealy
Spokane (Wash
J.F. Bailey
US. Geological Survey
Arlington, Va
R.H. Cox
Division of Environment
U.S. Bureau of
The
Buffalo Mining Co
Pittston Co
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Ron Rittenhouse
Craig Corson
CIA
Stydies Senate
Chamfort
Mines
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