Ho Chi Minh Death Seen Tipping Vietnam Power
William L. Ryan argues Ho Chi Minh's death could sap morale in the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and reshape leadership in Hanoi and the South. The piece, noting Ho as a unifier and symbol, discusses the likely four key leaders Duan Chinh Dong and Giap, and the evolving Sino Soviet dynamics shaping North Vietnam's future.
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William L. Ryan
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Caodong
Hoe
Duan
South
Giap
No Urban Renewal Mayor Refuses To Hire Planner
Mayor Herman L. Mills declares he will not consent to hiring a city planner in Hagerstown. He warns planners push urban renewal, citing disaster in other cities and voter rejection in 1963. Council debates the planner’s purpose, funding, and relation to zoning authorities as next steps are planned.
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Phil Abeasole
Herman L. Mills
Hagerstown
Mills
Iels
Harry K Otts
Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Edward Oswald
Zoning Commission
Oswald
Carnellman Potts
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Milly
Daniels
Northern Ave
Eity
Potts
Millis
Air Force plans 50000 officer and general cuts explored
Washington sources say the Air Force will implement a broad 50 000 reduction of officers and enlisted personnel as part of a Pentagon cost saving drive. The move could shrink squadrons and trigger further base closings as details are finalized and announced.
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Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
Scientists Digging A Hole Into History
Los Angeles scientists dig near the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History to reconstruct Ice Age environments. The tar pits yield bones of birds and mammals, while a new dig aims to map ancient ecosystems and the depth at which fossils appear as workers catalog finds by numbers.
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Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Navy
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Melvin FR. Laird
Armed Services
Congress
Laird
Nixon
Ajtralian
Thej
U.S
Vietnam
County Museum of Natural
Army
Air Force
Earth
Theodore
Mass Re Downs
Earth Sciences
Museum
Death of Ho Chi Minh Sparks Mourning in North Vietnam
North Vietnam enters a week of mourning after Ho Chi Minh dies at 9:47 a.m. Hanoi time from a severe heart attack. Radio Hanoi promised a solemn state funeral while Paris talks pause and a possible leadership trio forms including Le Duan and Truong Chinh, with Giap possibly joining.
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North Vietnam
le Duan
Truong Chinh
National Assembly
Pham van Dong
Vo Neuyen Giap
Chinh
Mao Selung Ib
Mao
Ite
Dang Xuan Khu
Pham
Indochinese Communist Party
China
Hanoi
Thinh
Peking
Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Radio Hanoi
Hanoi Radio 1
Femi
Hanoi Radial
Paris
Petice
Viet Cong
Kennedy backs tax reform bill with caveats
Treasury Secretary Kennedy says the House reform bill errs by taxing too little some and too much others, yet calls it a milestone and urges early enactment. He notes the plan would trim individual relief and reduce corporate increases, with overall revenue about 1.07 billion annually, aiming to cut 1972 costs to 1.3 billion while preserving most individual tax cuts.
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Washington
Treasury
David M.J. Kennedy
Fordiay
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Kensaway
Edwin S. Cohen
Flouse
Nixon
Isan Clemente
Calif
First school day crowds bring joy to Rhonds Durst
Rhonds Durst, five, walked with her parents through Broad Way Scheel as she entered her first grade amid a crowd of about 24,089 county pupils. The scene graced the city page photo by Franca Mandy. In other news, treasury officials urged tax changes to curb inflation, supporting lower corporate rates over two years while proposing a standard deduction increase.
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James Durst
E. Franklin
Rhonds
Rhands
Treasury
Thes. House
Kennedy
Great Dane Top Hero Of The Year Dinner in Atlanta
A Great Dane named Top, credited with saving two children, will be honored tonight at a dinner in Atlanta. He receives a gold medal and collar, a blanket, dog food, and owners Miss Norman Clark and Alan Patzwaldt win a $1,000 savings bond. Top previously saved a 2 year old from a pool incident and was injured in a truck collision.
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Atlanta, Ga
Top
Norman Clark
Alan Patzwalit
Los Angeles
Margo Tact
Patzivaldt
Eitlier
Patzwald
Patzwaldt
Kent, Ration
Inside Reading Briefs and Health Note Summary
City Page reports Darby jailed on bond set at five thousand dollars following a treed incident. Sen Dirksen mentioned as having a malignant tumor on his lung, disclosed on page seven.
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Rawben Darby
City Page
Sen. Dirksen
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Uncle Ho
Liberation Front
Namese
Chi Minh
Ve Nguyen Siap
Ton Due Thang
Planner
N. Viets
San Clemente
Aje
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Mith
Ratic
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Trugg Chinh
Adam van Duong
Deense
Story
Franca Mandy
Dane
Cereus
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