Hatfield presses end the war plan in Senate debate
Senator Mark Hatfield opened a week of Senate debate on his end the war plan claiming it would cost nothing to the United States and might halt slaughter in Vietnam. He urged testing adversaries and noted PENTAGON casualty estimates while pressing for a vote on the Hatfield McGovern amendment to the draft extension bill.
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Washington
UPI
Mark O. Hatfield
Senate
United States
Vietnam
Hatfield
Hatfield- McGovern
Congress
Reds press Cambodian defense east of Phnom Penh
UPI reports seven daylight NVA attacks on Cambodian government troops east of Phnom Penh. Six were rocket barrages and one assault at Kampong Ampil was repelled with two Cambodian deaths. In four attacks near Highway 3, 10 Cambodians were killed. Lon Non leads government forces defending Fire Base 5 and aims to extend authority as clashes continue in the DMZ and A Shau valley.
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Saigon
UPI
Phnom Penh
Kampong Ampil
Cambodia
Highway 3
Lon Non
Lon Nol
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
A Shau
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Am Rong
High Command
Russian cosmonauts relay weather data from Salyut station
Three Soviet cosmonauts aboard Salyut report weather data from orbit enabling quicker global storm warnings. Tass notes study of atmospheric formations and ice packs as part of the mission while NASA and Soviet scientists exchange moon rock samples.
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Moscow
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate raises ante on aid to education
The Senate approved a 5.6 billion school aid bill, surpassing Nixon's request by about 500 million and funding public housing educated students for the first time. It set 667.8 million for impacted aid, adding 60 million to offset local tax losses from federally supported housing.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House
Sen. Norris
H. Cotton
N.H
Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Appropriations Committee
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Cosmovision
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Ivan Vetlov
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