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FIFTH FIVE (TAKE 2)
(SAIGON)--ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SAIGON REPORT STEPPED-UP FIGHTING
IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCES OF SOUTH VIETNAM FOR THE THIRD DAY
IN A ROtJ. JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN LAOS, HUNDREDS
OF AMERICAN PLANES CONTINUE TO STRIKE AT NORTH VIET AMESE SUPPLY Y
CONVOYS AND DUMPS.
IT IS THE I17TH. RAY OF TPC MOST SUTAPN P O.rOING CAMPAIGN
OF THE WAR.
THE U-S COMMAND SAID AN AIR FORCE A-37 JET BOMBER CRASHED MONDAY
NIGHT IN NORTHEASTERN CAMiODIA WHILE ON A MISSION AGAINST THE
ho CHI MINH (IIOH CHEEK NEEN) TRAIL. THE LOSS RAISED THE NUMBER
OF AMERICAN AIRCRAFT LOST IN INDOCHINA SINCE JANUARY FIRST,
196G1 TO 7,4 5 '.
STOCKPOTR, NEW YORK)--SEVEN PERSONS HAVE DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE
IN EASTERN NEW YORK'S COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAID ALL THE VICTIMS LIVED IN THE TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE IN A
RURAl. AREA. TWO SURVIVORS WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.
THE DEAD INCLUDED TWO ADULTS AND FIVE CHII DREN.
(WASHINGTON)--SENATOR WILLIAM PROXMIRE SAYS THE ''NATION SHOULD
BE TOLD WHY THE MILITARY BUDGET IS GOING UP, WHILE THE VIETNAM
WAR IS BEING WOUND DOWN.'' THE WISCONSIN DEMOCRAT WILL TELL
THE SENATE TODAY THAT A STEADILY RISING PENTAGON BUDGET HAS
BURIED ANY HOPE OF A POST-VIETNAM PEACE DIVIDEND.
HE WILL SAY THAT PRESIDENT NIXON'S POLICY CHANGES IN THE PAST
TWO YEARS SHOULD .BE CAUSING A SHARP'DECREASE IN MIl ITARY SPENDING.
INSTEAD, PROXMIRE POINTS TO THE INCREASE OF MORE THAN ONE AND
ONE HALF (B) BILLION DOLLARS ASKED BY THE PENTAGON IN THE 1972FISCAL PUDGET.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fifth Five], script, February 3, 1971, 6:30 a.m.; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1429849/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.