Red's Offer To Free Prisoners If Gll Leaves Vietnam This Year
A court ruling affirms press freedom and allows publication of secret Vietnam War documents. The Associated Press and others recount details from the Gravel study showing Johnson and Kennedy administrations considering options to bolster South Vietnam morale and potential covert actions. The Pentagon panels trace decisions from 1961 to 1964 linking covert operations to broader US policy in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington Post
Pentagon
Afi
Chiel
Ans
Warren EB. Burg
Hustleas Mares
Mound John MM
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Johnson
Inside the Mail and County Preservation Efforts Highlighted
Contents show voting age lowered to 18 for all elections. Washington County visitors praise historic preservation work. District Court candidates justify positions before State Senate committee. Local city page coverage included.
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Washington County
Senate
City Page
Jim Garrison Calls Charges a Frameup in Kennedy Probe
Dist. Atty Jim Garrison, freed on bond, called federal bribery charges against him a complete frameup tied to his Kennedy assassination probe. He vowed perseverance against the wartime state apparatus while a federal grand jury weighs indictments for him and two associates on illegal gambling, bribery, racketeering, and conspiracy charges carrying up to $20,000 fines per count.
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NEW Onlvans
Jim Garrison
Bod Tolay
Kennedy
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Garrison
Chic
Mach
Expires For City Firemen In Hagerstown Contract Talks
The contract for 32 city firemen of Local 1605 expired at midnight. Firemen will work under the old terms until a new deal is reached. A verbal settlement on some fringe benefits and wages was reported, with further talks planned for next week. City personnel director Mrs. Alselts Myers and public works chair Calely Bowing lead the city negotiating team.
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Arnold Ss. Platou
Herbert Sprecher
Sprecher
Alselts Myers
Calely Bowing
Hagerstown
21 Americans Die In Battle During Week
SAIGON AP reports a weekly Indochina casualty summary shows American forces 21 killed in action 172 wounded and 12 non hostile deaths, while South Vietnamese losses reached 492 killed and 976 wounded and North Vietnamese and Viet Cong total 1419 killed. The drop follows reduced American combat role as U.S. troops withdraw and hand over fighting to South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Indochina
Ehase
United States
U S Considers New Peace Plan With Vietnam
The Vietnamese leadership offered to free all prisoners of the Vietnam war if the United States withdraws all forces by year end. The plan proposes a staged prisoner release concurrent with the U S troop pullout, signaling a path toward negotiated peace.
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Marisap
United States
U.S
Big Troop Pullout Discussed in Peace Talks
North Vietnam's Xuan Thuy signaled cautious study of the U S peace plan as Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh presented it in Paris. Officials in Washington said the move tests Nixon administration goals including joint withdrawal by year end and a cease fire tied to a coalition government. The plan, linked to the eighth withdrawal round, targets reducing American forces and releasing prisoners while maintaining defense stability for South Vietnam.
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Paris
Xuan Thuy
U.S
David K.B. Bruce
Washington
George Ester J
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Chey
Nix
Nixon
United States
Yane
Bong Son
Mrs. Bink Sid
Stird Airborne
Heryear
Bien Hoa
Siles
Saigon
Navi Vietnam
Elephants Honor Longtime Members At Garden of Eden
Members of the Elephant Club in Washington County Republican circles gathered at The Garden of Eden near Williamport to honor distinguished Congrass members. U S Senator J Glenn Beall Jr joined by Bruce C Lightner and Charles H Downey as hosts and guests for a social evening with about 20 members wearing special pins. no speeches were given.
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Elephant Club
Washinates
Republican Organization
Garden of Eden
Williamport
Bruce &, Lightner
U.S
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Ted
Qmar T
Kaylor Je
Wile
Washington County
Hye
Republican Contral Committee
Bruce C
Soviet Leaders Honor Guard for Dead Soyuz 11 Astronauts
Moscow officials held a state funeral in Red Square for the three cosmonauts Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev after their 23 day orbit ended in a fatal parachute failure. Mourning lines formed as the coffin carried the three spacemen rested on a black draped catafalque.
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John Bausman
Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet’ Union
Communist Party
Manid
Breviney
Nikolaijihe
Ned
Porlforny
Alexeis
BR Kosygin
Mowenanny Braue Nad
Kbevile Uke
Keynes
George
Central
Three Men
Space High
Vladimirj Openty
Experts Disagree On Cause Of Space Tragedy
The article reports disagreement among experts over why a space mission ended in tragedy. Soviet and American scientists weigh theories about faulty reentry, oxygen loss, or a sudden spacecraft break, with Lovell and observers offering cautious assessments.
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Vern
Wen
Lovell
Herat
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Isenhower
Poston Globe
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Office of Systems Analysis
William Westmoreland
Christian Science Monitor
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China
Mao Tse-lung
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Warle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs, At
Clack H. Clifford
Vines
Var
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dien
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nut Ba Ho
Dmz
Amuzements
Ronance
Siane
Ates
Art TV
By Michael Goldsmine
Nguyen Thi Binh
Dele Betts Thuy
Moee
Earth
Komarov
Soviet Union
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