Congress votes to sever Cambodian bombing funds
Congress cleared a measure to cut off funds for bombing Cambodia and Laos, sending the resolution to President Nixon as House members argued over timing and the risk of a veto. The continuing resolution shifts spending rules for the new fiscal year, while antiwar amendments tighten limits on U.S. attacks in Indochina.
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Washington
Legisistiar
Cambodia
Congress
Nixon
House
Independence Bay
Mosher Tex
Deive
Stantim
Mahon
Senate
Robert N, Giaimo
Dconn
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Laos
United States
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Mike Mansfield
John L. McClellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S.A
Viet general threatens action to oust Reds in highlands
In Saigon Brig. Gen. Tran Van Cam warned Viet Cong forces in the Central Highlands to withdraw or face wholesale bombing and shelling. The ultimatum followed reports of a new offensive against Kontum City, 260 miles north of Saigon, amid the cease fire tensions.
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Cam
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Kontum City
Saigon
Husband charged in killing wife and two children
IPSWICH, Mass. A pregnant black mother and her two children were suffocated. Her white husband Gordon Haas was charged with murder after police found a note stating blacks and whites don't mix. Bodies were found with plastic bags on their heads at about 10:30 p.m. after a call to the husband at work.
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Ipswich
Mass
UPI
Armand Brouillette
Brouillette
Haas
U S jets aid Cambodians in battle near Phnom Penh
UPI reports American jets bombarded Communist troops around the Kompong Ran toll bridge near Phnom Penh, with four waves hitting guerrillas near government outposts. A 45 minute attack wounded 10 government soldiers and a West German photographer, while refugees fled toward the capital. government officials emphasized ongoing need for U.S. air support as North Vietnamese presence continues.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
Kompong Rantout
U.S
Dieter Ludwig
Am Rong
Ex POWs face possible death on mutiny charges
Navy charges against Marine Lt. Col. Edison Miller and Navy Capt. Walter Wilber allege aiding the enemy and mutiny while in captivity. Rear Adm. James Stockdale, who led POWs, filed seven charges including conspiracy and disobedience. If found true, some counts could carry the death penalty. others cap at life imprisonment or hard labor.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
Navy
Edison W. Miller
Walter E. Wilber
James B. Stockdale
Stockdale
U.S
Delenie Deneces
Jleg
Wilber and Miller
Prison camp officers face misconduct charges after POW release
Wilber of Columbia Cross Roads and Miller of Tustin Texas, both Marines, state they will not discuss the case further while in civil and military systems of justice. Eight enlisted men were charged May 29 with leaking prison camp secrets to North Vietnam. Stockdale defied Flynn’s forgiveness stance after return.
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Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Miller
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Base
Air Force
Theodore W. Guy
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