Vietnam War Now See It as Vietnam Alone on Battlefield
In Vietnam the war appears to have moved toward a final shape as foreign troops withdraw leaving Saigon’s forces to fight alone. Peter Arnett reports that Vietnamization failed to hold territory or weaponry with North Vietnam expanding control and logistics while U S air power remains decisive.
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Saigon
Vietnam
United States
French Foreign Legion
Paris
Peter Arnett
Ia Drang Valley
Dak To
Khe Sanh
Khanh Hoa
Col
Ly Ba Pham
U.S. Marine Division
Quang Tri Province
Kontum
Loc Ninh
Hanoi
An Loc
Quang Tri City
U.S
Laos
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Watergate Tapes Sought By Senate Committee
The Senate Watergate committee moves to obtain Nixon tape recordings as it continues hearings with Herbert Kalmbach and reviews the White House eavesdropping system. Butterfield says taps existed since 1971 in the Oval Office and related rooms.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Herbert W. Kalmbach
California
White House
John W. Dean III
John D. Ehrlichman
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Moscow
Butterfield
Secret Service
Nixon White House
Oval Office
Cabinet Room
Samuel Cash
Senate Committee
Dean
Cash
Alexander Porter Butterfield
Herbert Kalmbach
Senate
House Set to Settle Food Stamp Disputes
The House lines up final action on food stamp disputes after stripping cotton from the farm bill and expanding Secretary Butz's authority over prices. Amendments on striking Food Stamps for strikers and new eligibility limits face key tests as Congress seeks a broader bargain in the fifth day of floor action.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Senate
Harold V. Froehlich
R-Wis
Nixon
Butz
Senate Fights Barrier to Alaska Pipeline Vote
Senators argued over an amendment claiming federal review satisfied NEPA and allowed congressional judgment over court findings. Environmental groups like the Wilderness Society and Sierra Club urged defeat as a delay-laden lawsuit seeks to halt construction of the 788 mile Prudhoe Bay to Valdez pipeline citing route alternatives and environmental risks.
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Washington
Senate
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Stevens
The
Wilderness Society
Sierra Club
Congress
Mackenzie River Valley
Canada
Mike Gravel
Arctic
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Girl Electrocuted in Culpeper After Contact with TV Antenna
An eight year old girl, Carrie Marie Kennedy, died after touching a television antenna outside her Culpeper home. Police identified her as the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Lee Kennedy. Penneys opens at noon tomorrow with hundreds of summer bargains on sale at 12 noon.
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Culpeper
Carrie Marie Kennedy
Jimmy Lee Kennedy
Lady Bird Johnson and Daughter Arrive in Tehran
Lady Bird Johnson and her daughter Lynda Bird Robb arrived in Tehran as guests of the Shah. The visit underscores U S cultural ties and regional diplomacy with Iran during the era.
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Lady Bird Johnson
Tehran
Iran
Lynda Bird Robb
Shah
Brezhnev Talks May Have Been Recorded
World leaders including Brezhnev Brandt Gandhi Heath Hussein Faisal Meir Tito met Nixon as devices were used in his offices. Butterfield testified Nixon’s calls are recorded with consent for historical purposes and power outages followed a York Ave lightning strike affecting Potomac Edison customers.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Indira Ghandhi
India
Nixon
Edward Heath
Britain
Hussein
Jordan
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Golda Meir
Israel
Tito
Yugoslavia
Alexander P. Butterfield
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Cap David
Brezhnev
Brandt
Gandhi
Heath
Meira
John Lynch
Ireland
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Souvanna Phouma
York Ave
Winchester
Potomac Edison Electric Co
Godfrey Zirkle
Potomac Edison
Zirkle
Afghan Coup Declares Republic Free of Bloodshed
Kabul Radio announces Afghanistan is now a republic ousting King Mohammed Zahir Shah amid a bloodless coup led by Gen Mohammed Daud Khan. Daud vows real democracy and nonalignment while the king travels in Europe for medical care. famine looms in central regions as government changes unfold.
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India
Kabul
Afghanistan
Mohammed Zahir Shah
London
Italy
Rome
Mohammed Daud Khan
Daud
Cabal
Ghor
Abdul Zahir
Musa Shafiq
Columbia University Law School
Shafiq
Soviet Union
United States
Kabul Radio
Pakistan
China
Iran
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Asahau Valley
Kontum City
Quang Tri
Hue
da Nang
Watergate Committee
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Kalmbach
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
New York
Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Stans
James H. O’connor
Phoenix, Ariz
Cammers Cleaners
Girl
Ronald L. Ziegler
Fred Langbein
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Penneys
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