Marines advance toward Quang Tri in slow drive
South Vietnamese marines pushed up the Street Without Joy through fierce North Vietnamese fire in a fourth day thrust to recapture Quang Tri Province. They reported at least 131 enemy killed that day, bringing total rebel losses to 601 as air and naval support backed the operation. Seven marines died and 29 were wounded, with 49 government troops killed and 149 wounded overall.
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Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri
U.S
Chad Huntley
Huntley
South China Sea
Phu My
Binh Dinh
Ed Bassett
Qui Nhon
Ladson
23Rd Regional Forces Group
Fulbright and Laird clash over arms deals at hearing
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Fulbright accuses Defense Secretary Laird of threatening the spirit of the Moscow arms accords by urging Congress to approve new offensive programs. Laird rebuts, saying Fulbright misstates facts as he defends accelerating modernization. Javits questions the linkage of the two issues as Kissinger notes they are presented on their merits.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Laird
Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Defense Secretary
Moscow
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
United States
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Lieutenant accuses retired General Lavelle of misconduct
First Lt. Delbert R. Terrill Jr. filed court martial charges against retired Gen. John D. Lavelle for willful disobedience and falsifying reports over unauthorized raids on North Vietnam. Terrill demanded investigation and a court of inquiry into Lavelle and four superiors, citing equal accountability and military cohesion.
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Washington
Air Force
John D. Lavelle
North Vietnam
Delbert R. Terrill Jr
Air Force Academy
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Terrill
Charleboix
Mich
Lavelle
Seamans
Melvin R. Laird
John D. Ryan
Creighton W. Abrams
Army
John S. McCain
Pacific Command
Hawaii
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Revenue sharing bill headed for House vote
President Nixon won tentative House approval for a plan to share 30 billion dollars in federal revenues with cities and states over five years. The measure, revised by the Ways and Means Committee, passed 223 to 185, with final passage likely today.
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Washington
George Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Carl Albert
House
Hale Boggs
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Nixon
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