U S Planes and Artillery Hit Enemy in Cambodia Battle
U S warplanes and artillery pounded North Vietnamese forces in Cambodia as 500 rockets and mortars rain on Frontier City base 45 miles northwest of Saigon. The Viet Cong attacked with 500 troops, but American defenders held the line with beehive shells and crossfire. casualties reported on both sides.
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George Esper
Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Frontier City
Counry
Associated Press
Robert Olman
Olman
Que
Sihanouk
Washington
Air Force
Dems Disagree On Reform Plans At Hearing
Three soldiers in the 1948 political wars told a Democratic reform commission that earlier witnesses overstate reforms. Curtis D. Gans urged leadership and participation, while Adam Walinsky and Patricia Saltonstall criticized bland testimony and stressed Chicago violence and the need for a more responsive party structure to engage youth and the powerless.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Democratic Party
Democratic Party Reform Commission
Edward M
Kennedy
Edmund 8. Muskie
Eugene J. McCarthy
Adam Walinsky
Sen
Robert
F. Kennedy
Curtis D. Gans
McCarthy
Patricia Saltonstall
Chicago
Senate
Reform Conmission
George McGovern
McCaiihy
Muskie
Gans
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Flood Threat Rises as Heavy Rain Forecast Hits Quad Cities
Officials in the Quad Cities fear rising flood risk as a heavy rain forecast and winds up to 35 mph threaten to lift Mississippi River water levels. Army Corps of Engineers previously cited high dikes preventing about 1 billion dollars in damage.
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Associated Press
Quad Cities
Millinois
Mississippi River
U.S
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
PRA Promises More Sabotage In Ireland
A new group calling itself the People's Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for recent sabotage bombings in Northern Ireland and warned of further attacks. A caller to Belfast papers said the Revolutionary Army links to IRA veterans and other movements, with water and energy facilities disrupted and schools closed. Police gave no comment. authorities prep for more operations as British troops bolster security around pipelines and utilities. The Mississippi flood dominated in Iowa with 144.7 billion gallons daily, prompting federal aid and widespread levee patrols. Clinton and Dubuque reported significant inundation as crews filled sandbags and repair work began.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
People’s Revolutionary Army
PRA
McKenna
Revolutionary Army
Irish Republican Army
Republic and
Socialist Movements
Ulster Defense Volunteers
Royalisia
Mississippi
Quad Cities
Dubuque
Iowa
Nixon
Robert D. Ray
Towa
Clinton
Banker pays $30,000 ransom to kidnapper
Montgomery County police trace leads in a case where a Wheaton banker paid $20,000 to a kidnapper holding his wife. Edgar Smith, manager of the Wheaton American National Bank, said he followed instructions and left the money in a satchel near the bank. The money was picked up in the afternoon and Mrs. Smith was released unharmed. The assailant’s identity and the ransom call language were not released.
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Wheaton
Cap
Montgomery County
Edgar Smith
American National Bank
Secrets of writing tips shared at Oakland University event
Rochester Michigan AP report notes third through sixth graders from Farmington and Bloomfield Hills offered exclamatory titles and eye catching lines at the Young Authors conference. Jason Weintraut and Reberta Shriver advocate vivid wording and bold punctuation as Leland Jacobs of Columbia University urges precise word choice and spelling effort.
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Rochester
Mich
Oakland University
Detroit
Berta Shriver
Farmington
BOO Michigan
Jason Weintraut
Thementary
Leland Jacobs
Columbia University
Black Students Seize Campuses Demand Black Studies Centers
Across Colgate University and City College of New York protests continue as Black and Puerto Rican student groups push for ethnic balance, a Black cultural center, and separate degree programs. Colgate’s Franklin Walling signals negotiations with police to remain as last resort. CCNY remains closed with demonstrations and talks underway. At Cornell, Afro-American Society member surrenders armed devices while SDS members disrupt Harvard planning offices with maps and architectural models in Cambridge and Boston meetings.
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Associated Press
Pink
Colgate University
Franklin W. Wallitg
Negatialians
City College of New York
Siltsins
Association of Black Collegians
Colgate
Hamilton
Students For A Democratic Society
ABC
Wallin
City College
Buell G. Gallagher
Engineering
Gallagher
New York
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Otis Sprow
Negra
Cambridge
Mass
SDS
Harvard University
Harold Goyelle
Harvard
Boston
Nixon's Uncle Wanders Away
Ezra Milhous, 82, President Nixon's uncle, wandered from a Sacramento bus station and could not be located. He is described as half blind, with a cane, wearing a brown suit and rubber boots, last seen in downtown Sacramento near noon.
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Sacramento
Calif
Nixon
Ezra Milhous
Joe Harrington
Warrington
Milhous
Ruth
Harrington
Penryn Valley
Roseville
Dick Milhous
Ezra
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