Viet Cong to observe 72-hour holiday truces
Viet Cong says its troops will observe 72-hour cease-fires for Christmas and New Year while allied forces adhere only to a 24-hour Christmas truce. The announcement, broadcast by Liberation Radio, aims to gain propaganda in the Paris talks. Both sides reported limited fighting with 26 Viet Cong and 47 enemy dead in recent clashes.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Liberation Radio
Mekong
U S casualties reach peak seven days in Vietnam war
U S command reports 228 Americans killed in action last week, the highest weekly toll since late September, amid fierce battles along the Cambodian border near Saigon. Total American fatalities since January 1, 1961 rise toward 30,000 with 1,095 wounded and 2,689 enemy deaths recorded.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Vietnam
Seven South Vietnamese cities hit by communist shells
Communist shells raked seven cities and villages in South Vietnam in the heaviest one night barrage since President Johnson halted bombing of North Vietnam. Reports say at least 56 civilians killed and 496 injured, with 112 bombardments since Nov. 1.
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Saigon
UPI
Johnson
North Vietnam
van Loc
Government sues Gannett over Rockford media merger
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust suit accusing Gannett Co. of violating the Clayton Act by acquiring two Rockford newspapers and WREX-TV, claiming the deal eliminated competition between the Star, Rockford Register-Republic and the television station and affecting a combined 92,000 circulation.
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Washington
UPI
Rockford
U.S
Gannett
Star
Rockford Register- Republic
Wrex-Tv
Justice Department
Gannett Co
Pessimistic Nixon Harriman talks on Vietnam peace
Paris negotiator Harriman told Nixon the peace talks would not be altered by new Washington faces. He said Communists see all Western powers as imperialists. Harriman suggested Nixon might send an observer before year end, but Ziegler denied any observer before Jan 20. Ambassador Murphy remains foreign policy observer in Washington. After inauguration Nixon would send a Paris representative.
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UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Vietnam
Harriman
Nixon
Pierre
Ronald Ziegler
California
Robert D. Murphy
Washington, DC
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