August 26, 1973

Cambodian insurgents reptd in intense battle with N Vietnamese troops at 5 points within 50 mi of Phnom Perth; battle reptd by Cambodian refugees coming into Kompong Trach area along S Vietnamese border; refugees say fighting was initiated by Cambodians after a conflict over scarce rice supplies and territorial controls and has resulted in hundreds of casualties on both sides; Amer officials consider repts highly significant as first firm evidence of open conflict between insurgents and Hanoi supporters; rept parallels repts from intelligence agents of such fighting for the last mo over a wide area near the S Vietnamese border in SE Cambodia; 1 refugee says insurgents appeared to be doing badly in the fighting because they were outnumbered and outgunned by the N Vietnamese; map; illus of refugee family who fled their village near Phnom Penh

Fire in North Caldwell, NJ, home kills family of F J Stock Jr and 2 visiting nieces on Aug 25 after heat and smoke from downstairs fire spread through central air conditioning system, causing all 7 to die from suffocation and extreme heat; firemen put out fire and attempt to revive victims; exterior of house gives no sign of fire

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Provisional wing of IRA is keeping silent about bombs in London as is coalition Irish Repub Govt of Prime Min L Cosgrave; Irish Govt is apparently waiting for factual evidence of IRA involvement, when emphatic denunciation is likely; is worried about possible hostility in Eng toward Irish population there and about possibility that traditional freedom of movement between GB and Irish Repub may be jeopardized

D E Freed, in lr with special ref to US, sees need for new econ theories to deal with new problems of industrialized economies