Wiped Out Behind Enemy Lines Three U.S.-Led Teams in Asia
Three MACSOG teams led by Americans were reported wiped out in South Vietnam and Laos. Two teams operated across the Laotian border. the third fought at Hickory on a mountaintop near Khe Sanh where two Americans and 23 to 25 Montagnard tribesmen died after two days of combat.
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Vietnam
Hickory
Putzel
U.S. Command
Command and Control North
CCN
Military Assistance Command Studies and Observations Group
Macsog
Central Intelligence Agency
5Th Special Forces Group
Fuller
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri Province
Dmz
Richmond officer slain in street shooting
Richmond police and FBI swarmed the case as Patrolman Harry Charlton III lay dead after three gunshots on a city street. Witnesses recalled a tall suspect fleeing in a red and white car, and investigators believe Charlton may have known his killer. Charlton’s widow spoke of his lifelong dedication to the bureau.
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Richmond, Va
FBI
Richmond
Harry Charlton III
Charlton
Junitta M. Charlton
Harry
Bureau
Republicans Plan a Norfolk Convention for Lt Governor Nomination
Richmond AP reports state GOP leaders set plans for a August 2021 convention likely in Norfolk to nominate a candidate for lieutenant governor after J Sargeant Reynolds death. Arlington lawmakers George P. Shafran and George Mason Green Jr. are named candidates, with fundraising hints up to 250000 dollars.
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Richmond
Warren B. French Jr
Republican State Central Committee
Ray L. Garland
U.S. Senate
French
Norfolk
J. Sargeant Reynolds
Arlington
House of Delegates
George P. Shafran
George Mason Green Jr
Virginia
General Assembly
Defense Dept Announces 16 000 July August Draft Quotas
The Defense Department says 16 000 draft calls are planned for July and August 1971, split evenly between the two months. Officials note the two year extension of the draft law and possible troop withdrawal plans from Vietnam influence the numbers. Curtis W. Tarr will issue calls once Congress acts.
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House
Senate
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Defense
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Curtis W. Tarr
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Stanley R. Resor
All Volunteer Army
Supreme Court Hears Pentagon Study Freedom Challenge
The government argues that publication of the Pentagon war study by the New York Times and Washington Post threatens more than free speech, risking the government’s ability to function as Erwin Griswold opens the Saturday session before Chief Justice Burger.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Pentagon
Erwin N. Griswold
New York Times
Washington Post
Griswold
Warren E. Burger
Burger
the Times
the Post
State Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Times
U.S
Indochina
High Court
Hughes Threatened by Addict in Harlem Drug Scene
Senator Harold E. Hughes leading a Senate group into a Harlem basement encounter with addicts. He and colleagues faced threats as they witnessed heroin use and retrieved envelopes believed to contain heroin. The visit highlighted urban drug conditions and security risks during the tour.
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New York
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Harlem
Hughes
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Harlem Hospital
137Th Street
Israeli antiaircraft guns fire on Egyptian jets over Suez
Israeli authorities report antiaircraft guns engaged two Soviet Sukhoi S47 jets flying over Israeli positions along the Suez Canal. The planes were not hit. This marks the sixth such incident since the cease-fire began last August. The UN Truce Supervision Organization was again asked to note the violation.
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Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Israel
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Faisel
Saudi Arabia
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Jerusalem
Cairo
Riyadh
Faisal
Clarke County considers readoption of thistle control ordinance
Clarke County Board of Supervisors, urged by Edward Durell, Col. Graham Dougherty, and P T McIntire, to readopt a thistle control ordinance, tabled the measure for study at the July 6 meeting. Chairman Lee will consult the Highway Department on roadside thistle control. The board rescinded Welfare Department salary raises for 1970-71 and approved travel funds for the Local Officials Conference in Charlottesville. Temporary trailer permits were issued to John A. Miller and George Bowman. a permanent installation near Springsbury for the McDaniels was denied amid property value concerns.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Edward Durell
Col
Graham Dougherty
P.T. McIntire
Edward B. Lee
Highway Department
R.C. Carter
John A. Miller
George Bowman
Springsbury
Jonathan McDaniel
Publisher seeks court blocks on articles from LBJ memoirs
Holt, Rinehart and Winston seeks injunctions in New York and California to stop Newsday and The Los Angeles Times from publishing material from Lyndon B. Johnson memoirs. The publisher claims protection of unpublished private works and cites a Newsday story based on galley proofs alleging the memoirs support a 1964 Pentagon study.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Newsday
Long Island
Los Angeles Times
Johnson
Pentagon
Vietnam
U.S
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Superior Court
The
Times
Times-Mirror Co
Los Angeles Court
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc
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