Fighting Heavy in Indochina Pushes on Fronts Near Phnom Penh
Cambodian rebels and North Vietnamese troops overran Saang Baren and Kompong Svay, 15 miles southeast of Phnom Penh, clearing the way toward Takhmau as infiltrators clash northwest of the capital. In South Vietnam, the heaviest fighting in six months stretches 25 miles north of Saigon with hundreds of casualties.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Saang
Baren
Bassac
Kompong Svay
Takhmau
Prek Thaot
Sostene Fernandez
South Vietnam
Saigon
Rioting Oklahoma convicts begin freeing hostages
In McAlester Oklahoma state prison rioters released four of 19 hostages after Gov. Hall initiated talks. National Guard and police surrounded the facility as fires raged and two inmates were killed Friday. Guards injured and many inmates moved to local jails as negotiations continued.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State
David Hall
National Guard
Rafael Cott
Paul Graham
Graham
Corrections Department
Thomas Payne
C.C. Smith
Three Astronauts Launch To Skylab For 59 Day Mission
Three American astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 1B to rendezvous with the Skylab space station. They aim for a 59 day stay studying the sun stars earth and man and will test endurance for future long voyages. The crew anticipated a tethered linkup at 3 41 p.m. EDT and planned to surpass the prior 28 day spaceflight record set by Skylab 1.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Earth
Man
Alan L. Bean
Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Globe
Hunter
Hunted
Pacific
Navy
Garriott
Lousma
Mission Control
KSC
Control Center
Kennedy Space Center
Cape
Atlantic Ocean
Contributions Cap Set For Federal Campaign Giving
The Senate adopted a Stevenson Mathias amendment to limit individual contributions to all federal candidates to 25 000 annually. The bill previously set a 100 000 family cap and 3 000 to a single campaign. The change reduces the family total to about 50 000 if both spouses give 25 000.
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Washington
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Dill
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Stevenson-Mathias
Search Resumed for Third Flood Victim
Rescuers planned to resume the search for 4 month old Shawn Anders, the third flood victim in Toms Brook Virginia. Authorities described the flash flood that swept through the Shenandoah Valley town as rivers of water and debris surged over Interstate 81 trapping a family. Two other victims, including Shawn’s mother, were recovered along the watershed as Red Cross aid moved into the flood zone and the Department of Agriculture delivered surplus food.
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Toms Brook
Shenandoah Valley
Shawn Anders
Brook Creek
Scott Michael Anders
Bernice Orndorff
Shawn
Mrs. Anders
Anders
Orndorff
Arnold Mauck
Lewis Pierce
Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Ehrlichman Says Drinking Habits Valid Campaign Subjects
Former White House adviser John Ehrlichman tells the Senate Watergate committee that campaigns may focus on drinking problems, sexual habits, and domestic situations. He cites incumbents' inebriation affecting judgment while defending Ulasewicz and noting Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick incident as part of probe scope.
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Ehrlichman
Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Congress
Lowell P. Weicker
R Conn
United States
White House
Weicker
Connecticut
New York
Anthony Ulasewicz
Ulasewicz
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mass
Senate conferees near final farm bill edges
Senate and House negotiators pressed toward a final tax for farmers with a plan to guarantee income while debating a House ban on food stamps for strikers. They also weighed restoring food stamp eligibility to about 1.5 million aged and disabled recipients and rejected a House provision to curb subsidy overpayments to rich cotton farmers.
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Washington
Senate
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