Nine Americans killed in Vietnam war accidents in four days
Saigon reports nine American and seven Vietnamese deaths in four days of incidents. Eight U S soldiers died near an artillery base 35 miles northwest of Saigon while 10 were wounded. A Marine helicopter incident west of the DMZ killed one, and a gunship attack in the Mekong Delta killed four men and three women, with many civilians among the wounded.
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U.S
1St Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
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Bae Sen
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Vietnam
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Death Threats From Chinese Mass Denunciations Turn Courts Fatal
Hong Kong dispatch reports that mass denunciation meetings in Communist China are turning into people's courts. At least three summary executions followed sessions in Peking since August, with larger crowds and acts of alleged anti-M Maoist crimes against Mao Tse-tung Lin Piao and the state noted in other cities including Canton Wuhan Shanghai and Taiyuan.
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China
Peking
Canton
South China
Wuhan
Shanghai
Taiyuan
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
U.N. Elects New President as Nixon Talk Looms
Angie Elizabeth Brooks of Sabavia elected president of the U N General Assembly as it opens its 24th session with 17 vice presidents chosen for the steering committee and seven main committee chairmen. The assembly considers 404 items including Ireland Northern Ireland debate likely. Nixon to address the assembly Thursday and meet U Thant and Gromyko.
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U.N. Gasseral Assembly
Angie Elizabeth Brooks
Sbevia
Wé Nation Assembly
Northern Ireland
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England
Scotland
Wales
Lord Caradon
Assembly
Nixon
Man ‘Ing
U Thant
Miss Brooks
Defense Spending Critics Target New Military Funds
Senate debate on the defense procurement bill intensified as critics pressed to trim funds for the Air Force new long-range bomber and independent contractor profits. Senators Cooper McGovern Proxmire and Stennis backed amendments or compromise limits, with a 56-31 vote rejecting a $80 million cut and signaling possible broader spending restraint.
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Senate
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George $. McGovern
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William Proxmire
Pentagon
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John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services
New Policy Council Ready To Operate For Democrats
The Democratic National Committee announces a finalized policy council ready to operate. Hubert H. Humphrey chairs the panel, with Sen. Fred Harris and Sen. Edmund Muskie as vice chairmen. The group, months in the making, may shape a platform to challenge President Nixon in 1972. Harris unveiled the lineup on the eve of a state chairmen conference and ahead of the national committee meeting.
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Democratic National Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Humphrey
Fred }. Harris
Oklahoma
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Democratic Policy Council
Harris
National Committee
Major Networks Plan To Resist Censorship
CBS TV and NBC TV executives say they will resist censorship and cater to a more adult audience while downplaying violence only modestly. They told Hollywood leaders that networks will not knuckle under Pastore inquiries and aim for less violence, reflecting a shift toward sophisticated viewers amid debate over TV content. The stock market opened mixed after a volatile session as investors weighed media earnings and Negro performer discussions.
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Nbc-Tv
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Soviet Foreign Ministers Meet at U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and permanent UN envoy Jacob Malik confer during the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Others are unidentified officials observing.
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Canuty
U.N
Jacob Malik
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Israeli Air Strikes Hit Egyptian Targets Near Suez
Israeli planes struck Egyptian military sites on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez in the seventh such attack in nine days. The 30 minute raid at Raz Zaharana 70 miles south of Port Suez ended with no reported losses. Farther north artillery fire crossed the Suez Canal with one Israeli wounded. Egyptian fire hit an Israeli patrol north of the Bitter Lakes. Five border policemen were lightly wounded in a grenade attack between Bethlehem and Halhoul in the West Bank with a retaliatory fire.
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Bitter Lakes
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Iyokesman
NASA to Cut Shifts as Computers Trim Apollo 12 Roles
NASA plans operational changes at Kennedy Space Center as manpower is reduced after Apollo 11. One launch pad shift is eliminated and computers may take over some tasks during the November countdown. Launch tempo drops from every two months to four, with pad and firing room cuts, plus mobile launch tower and moonport bays scaled back. Workforce falls from 23,800 to about 18,000 by July next year, most layoffs by late October ahead of Apollo 12.
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Associated Press
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Fla
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NASA
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AEC Pleased With Blast In Nevada Alaska Tests
The Atomic Energy Commission hailed a near megaton underground blast on Pahute Mesa 140 miles north of Las Vegas as very successful. Nevada operations manager Robert Miller called the Tuesday detonation very important to national security. The $3 million test, described as somewhat less than a megaton, prompted plans for yet stronger weapons tests in Nevada and Alaska.
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Robert Miller
AEC
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