Viet Cong Spring Offensive Rips Into Saigon Area
Viet Cong rockets hit Da Nang slum areas near a Navy pier as major ground attacks unfold near Da Nang and Dien Ban. U S troops report heavy fighting northwest of Saigon with 123 North Vietnamese killed on day one. One American and 23 wounded. Civilians suffer in Da Nang shelling with 13 dead and 21 wounded. South Korean civilian helper killed. three Marines wounded. A mortar barrage and flamethrower assault near a Marine camp leave 12 Marines dead and 30 wounded. Two enemy troops breach lines but are halted. Radar-directed mortar fire stops a rocket attack on Saigon.
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Saigon
South
Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
John T. Wheeler
Navy Pier
U.S. Navy
Dai Nang
Wheeler
Dien Ban
Watchlower
James Wales
North Olmsted
Ohio
Pfe
Eugene Griesing
Weatherley
Mheart
Singen
Ives
Army to review Presidio mutiny cases with leniency
The Army will act with leniency in reviewing court martial terms for 27 inmates at the Presidio stockade convicted of mutiny after a 1968 protest. Sentences were trimmed from as high as 15 years, with Sood's 15 years reduced to two, and others reduced further by the advocate general under rare clemency authority.
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Ay Bob Horton Washington
California
Presidio of
San Francisco
Pat. Nefery Sood
Washington
Army
Stanley Larsen
Sixth Army
Sand
Cop Army
Kenneth J. Hodson
Saud
Pytsante Reidel
Louis Osezpinski
John Calip
Osezpinski
Reidel
Presidio
Stockade
Nixon
Melvin B. Laird
Resor
Sood
Farfei
Administration Unveils Missile Defense System
The Nixon administration showcased its revised missile defense at Capitol Hill with $800 million requested for the modified Sentinel ABM system. Despite Senate opposition, supporters led by Laird Packard and House leaders forecast possible passage, while critics like Stuart Symington push back.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Armed Services
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Laird
David Packard
Capitol HN
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Lago
House
California Man Named New Chief of Peace Corps
Joseph H. Blatchford, 34, a California native and founder of ACCION International, will be the next director of the Peace Corps. President Nixon announced the appointment, making him the agency’s third chief. he succeeds Jack Vaughn after Senate confirmation. Blatchford founded ACCION to improve urban slums in Latin America, a idea sparked during his Berkeley law school summers studying conditions there.
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Senate
Associated Press
Laird
Dirksen
Packard
House Republica
Gerald K. Ford
Ford
Nixon
Philip A. Hart
D-Mieh
Fors
California
Peace Corps
Robert K. Walker
Walilngton
Joseph H. Blatchford
Jack Hecht Vaughn
Blatchford
Accion International
Latin America
Accion
University of California Law School
Berkeley
South America
Randolph W. Thrower
Atlanta
Prayer for Guidance to Teach and Follow Christ
A church note prays for guidance and strength for those teaching and following Christ today. The message credits Richard L. James of University Christian Church Miami Florida.
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Jesus
Richard L. James
Miami
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University Christian Church. Church
Railroads Tighten Security on Vietnam Shipments
Railroads adopt strict antisabotage measures on Viet Nam bound military shipments amid FBI warnings of a surge in attacks on government installations. The plan includes night transports through isolated areas, varied routing, triple sealing of explosive carriages, and inspections at Wilmington North Carolina and Oakland California embarkation points.
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William Barton
Associated Press
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Reil
Wilmington
N.C
Oakland
Calif
Hoover
Market Opens With Gainers
New York trading opened with gains as the Dow Jones rose 119 points to 908.87 at 10:30 a.m. The market showed breadth with more than 175 issues advancing on the NYSE. Conglomerates, steels, rubber, and utilities led while motors slipped as General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford posted fractional declines. Aircrafts and electronics were mixed with several names up a point or more such as Lykes Corp, Owen, Minis, Polaroid, and VCN Cen tal.
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Dow Jones
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
Motors
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Lykes Corp
Owen
Minis
Polarnid
Venn
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Neva Moning
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Marion 4
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Sheldon Cohen
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ROTH
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