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VIETNAM
SLIDES COMING
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Reliable sources in Saigon say American Marines
have crossed the
border into Laos several times and engaged North
Vietnamese troops in the supposedly-neutral country.
Such authority has been given Field Commanders, ifnecessary, to protect their troops.
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[o the Northwest of Saigon, U.S. B-52's unloaded
2,500 tons of bombs on suspected enemy troop
concentrations...and two traps set by Army troops for
the Viet Cong near Saigon back-fired.
L 3Americans were killed, 43 wounded. Enemy deadwere put at 34.
Y Tonight, enemy gunners shelled at least 30
military bases and installations. /u, the o-ver-all
level of attacks appears lower As the communist
offensive enters its third week.SLIDE: NIXON FOR NEXT STORY
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Vietnam], script, March 9, 1969; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1040960/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.