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(SAIGON)--A WATCHDOG COMMITTEE OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEGISLATORS HAS CITED A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OF ELECTION RIGGING BY PRESIDENT THIEU'S (TOOS) GOVERNMENT. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR EARLY OCTOBER. IN ONE INCIDENT, THIEU IS SAID TO HAVE TRIED TO MONOPOLIZE ENDORSEMENTS NEEDED BY OTHER CANDIDATES TO QUALIFY FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT. THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ''IT IS AS DISHONEST AS A MERCHANT HOARDING CONSUMER GOODS.'" (SAIGON)--NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS HAVE ASSAULTED TWO AMERICAN ARMORED CAVALRY PATROLS SOUTH OF DA NANG. FIVE AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN ONE OF THE ATTACKS, AND 12 OTHERS WOUNDED. IT WAS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST AMERICAN LOSSES IN MONTHS. THREE ARMORED VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED AND A FOURTH WAS DAMAGED. ENEMY LOSSES ARE NOT KNOWN.