North Vietnamese Tanks Hit An Loc In Major Assault
North Vietnamese armor and hundreds of infantry launched a wide assault on An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon, with tanks entering the city and heavy street fighting ongoing. Reports said 9 of a 20-tank column were knocked out, and air raids targeted Da Nang and Phu Bai as U S forces bombed across North Vietnam.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
da Nang
Phu Bai
South Vietnam
Can
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Bai Thuong
Slayings Case Pins 19-Year-Old in Two Murders
Cameron County prosecutors charged Antonio Rios Zepeda Jr. with the strangulation slayings of Patricia Segura and Maria Delgado, 15, in San Benito. Zepeda was ordered held without bond after arraignment as details of the double homicide emerged, including Delgado’s alleged sexual assault. The suspect, speaking softly, asked for a lawyer as his father stood by.
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San Benito, Tex
Cameron County
San Benito
Antonio Rios Zepeda Jr
Justice of the Peace
Romeo Garza
Rios Zepeda
Patricia Segura
Maria Norma Delgado
Segura
Delgado
Garza
Texas
Jack Dean
McAllen
Diego Leal
Menton Murray Jr
Ee Station
Official Charged in Yablonski Conspiracy Case Rises
Federal indictment charges William Prater of District 19 with conspiring to interfere with union rights and obstruct justice in the 1969 Yablonski murders. The case links to Annette Gilly and Silous Huddleston as witnesses, with Yablonski slain to impede testimony. Bond set at 200000.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
United Mine Workers
UMW
Joseph A
Jock"’ Yablonski
William Jackson Prater
LaFollette
Tenn
Lake City
Prater
Tennessee
Kentucky
Knoxville
U.S
Gerald Weber
Annette Gilly
Silous Huddleston
Plains Heat With Winds Mark Day In Texas Panhandle
Heat and winds dominated the Panhandle on Wednesday with 91 in Amarillo and 102 in Childress. West winds fluctuated above 50 mph at times as forecasters said the day would ease to the 80s with winds dropping to 15 to 25 mph.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Childress
Mercury
National Weather Service
NWS
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy to Friday With Windy Cool Days
Partly cloudy conditions continue through Friday with breezy west winds. Temperatures peak in the mid 80s today and Friday, while nights drop to the mid 40s. Wind speeds range from 15 to 25 mph today.
Suits Filed To Force Hair Here In Texas Cities
Two suits filed in U S District Court seek injunctions to compel Amarillo and Lubbock to allow the musical Hair at their auditoriums. Southeastern Productions of New York argues the cities violate First and Fourteenth Amendments and seeks a court declaration that Hair is not obscene. The Amarillo Civic Center would host May 1 2 or 3 while Lubbock dates were April 26 and 27. Amarillo officials and residents opposed the production. Lubbock blocked it on April 7 citing a conflicting evangelical event.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
U. S
Ron Nickum
Southeastern Productions, Ltd. of
New
Sion
Civic Center
Lubbock Auditorium
Civic Center Board
Nobel Physicist Urges Nuclear Power Amid Energy Crisis
Nobel Prize winning physicist Dr. Ralph E. Lapp warned the energy shortage may force public demand for nuclear plants by 1985. He cited rising fuel and electricity shortages, lagging oil and gas exploration, and safety concerns near population centers, urging expanded energy research. Rep. Morris Udall echoed fears of environmentalist constraints succumbing to power needs.
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Washington
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
Inside News Lone Wolt He Hated Texans Merit Awards Five Honored
Five individuals receive Merit Awards as LBJ tops Texans in a Texas page feature. The section highlights honors and regional interests across LBJ era politics and cultural notes.
Isa Pig Invasion at Craymarsh Farm
Brian King sued Wilfred Grist claiming 968 pigs caused chaos at Craymarsh Farm. Damages included four gates hay wagon asbestos sheets cattle food electric wires and three acres of pasture. King's Auster aircraft fabric was eaten. damages about 460 dollars. Grist denied the charge of intentionally freeing the pigs.
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Devises
England
UPI
Brian King
Wilfred Grist
Grist
King
Craymarsh Farm
Mark Dyers
Panel Avoids Clash With Nixon on ITT Hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee refused to order White House aides to testify in the ITT hearings. Two Denver heart specialists were appointed to examine lobbyist Dita Beard to see if she is fit to testify again. The panel, now in week seven, faces questions raised by Columnist Jack Anderson about a memo linking DOJ settlements to ITT’s support for the 1972 Republican National Convention.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
White House
ITT
Denver Heart
Dita Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Jack Anderson
San Diego
Beard
Anderson
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
John N. Mitchell
Osorio Indicted for Perjury in NBL Case
Federal grand jury in Houston returns a third indictment against John Osorio former president of National Bankers Life Insurance alleging perjury for denying knowledge of a 641 250 loan used to buy NBL stock The case ties to Frank W Sharp led stock manipulation saga involving the NBL empire and other lawmakers is connected to past investigations.
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Houston
John Osorio
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
NBL
Dallas
Osorio
Frank W. Sharp
NBL Pension Fund
Austin
Travis County
State Insurance Board
Gus Mutscher
Rush McGinty
Fort Worth
Tommy Shannon
Abilene
Texas
Allan Shivers
Sharp
Grayson pressing to cut rising food prices in hearings
Price Commission chair C Jackson Grayson Jr opened public hearings urging action as wholesale food prices showed a March dip but retail costs are expected to rise about 4 percent this year. Witnesses including Vivien Leland and Ralph Olsen pressed for or against controls on farm products, detailing shopper abuses and farm impacts.
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Washington
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Commission
Agriculture Department
Grayson
Labor Department
Asst
Agriculture
Richard E. Lyng
Richard Frank
Consumers Union
Nixon
Frank
America
Vivien V. Leland
Wauconda, Ill
Leland
Olsen
Ellsworth
Iowa
Farmland Foods
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Ron Mars
Jo Besselman
Morris K. Udall
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Udall
Inside News
Aspen
Mons
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Flanigan, Timmons
Executive Department
Chicago Area
Ralph Olsen
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