Troops Enter A Shau Area In Vietnam Operations Lam Son 720
U S and South Vietnamese battalions move into the A Shau valley near Saigon with no significant contact reported. About 400 U S troops from the 161st Airborne Division and allied units are committed. Monsoon rains expected in three weeks. Allied air support includes B52 strikes and helicopter gunships. South Vietnam reports clashes in the Mekong delta with 39 enemy killed and 1 Saigon fatality. Three Seabee units to withdraw, totaling 1 700 men.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Min
Laos
U.S. Command
A Shan
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laotian Panhandle
Mekong
Minh Forest
Supreme Court Allows Federal Busing for Desegregation
The U S Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling says federal courts may order busing to desegregate public schools. Chief Justice Burger notes plans need not mirror whole district demographics and limited race ratios may be used in specific cases like Charlotte Mecklenburg. Justices address Mobile County Clarke County and Charlotte disputes as part of the term defining desegregation remedies.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
N.C
Mobile County
Ala
Clarke County
Action Adt Echoes as Sale Ads Spark Market Interest
Fragmentary ad copy notes a dinging telephone ring signaling an offer for sale of unwanted items. Refrains emphasize the familiar action ad and the recognizable sound, suggesting a quick response in a local marketplace.
Manson Receives Death Sentence For Tate Murders
In Los Angeles Judge Charles H Older formally sentences Charles Manson and three female followers Patricia Krenwinkel Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins to death in the gas chamber for the Sharon Tate murders. The defense argues juror influence by a moratorium on executions may keep the sentence from being carried out.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Agnew raises concerns over Taiwan trip impact on China ties
Vice President Spiro Agnew privately questions the China tour by the 15 member U S table tennis team and the U S reporting of the trip. He warns about potential harm to Nationalist government in Taiwan and doubts about current China policy moves. He also notes a focus on the tour could trap the United States in a poor world opinion position.
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Williamsburg
Spiro T. Agnew
China
U.S
Peking
Taiwan
Agnew
United States
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ohio U Alden letters misled firms over campus commitments
Former Ohio University president Vernon R. Alden allegedly wrote letters implying firm university commitments to developers of Bromley Hall and Monticello Village. Tishman Realty and Dale Howe say these assurances influenced multi million projects, though lawyers say they were not legally binding. Suit talks continue as firms retain counsel to review potential actions.
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Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Alden
Boston Company
University
Ohio
Tishman Realty and Construction Co
New York
Bromley Hall
Tishman
Monticello Village
Dale Howe Corp
Monticello
Howard Metzenbaum
Cleveland Law
Dale Howe
Athens
Peter V. Tishman
Alan V. Tishman
the Messenger
Ohio magazine may shut down. refunds due
Columbus reports that if the Wonderful World of Ohio magazine is discontinued the state must refund 85 000 in subscriptions. Deputy director John Mountain says the future is under study, with recommendations to Gov. Gilligan this week.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Mountain
Department of Development
John J. Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
Obituaries Notice In Local Classifieds
A brief obituary notice appears in the classified section. The readable lines mention a deceased individual and standard memorial phrasing, with no further personal details or dates clearly legible from the fragment.
Newswoman Kate Webb Believed Found Near Phnom Penh
The body found southwest of Phnom Penh is presumed to be Kate Webb UPI correspondent who disappeared in an ambush April 8. Webb was a New Zealand native and Australian citizen and the ninth foreign journalist killed in Cambodia since the Vietnam conflict began, with 19 other reporters unaccounted for.
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Phnom Penh
Kate Webb
United Press International
Cambodia
UPI
Miss Webb
New Zealand
Heavy Losses Seen If Railpax Delayed by Political Appeal
Cleveland reports that five governors and multiple mayors urged a six month halt on the Railpax plan delaying AMTRAK start from May 1 to November 1. Norfolk & Western president John P. Fishwick warns losses could reach 3 million dollars for his road and more for others like Penn Central. The Great Lakes Committee for an Improved Railpax coordinates the effort. Cleveland not in the initial route that covers 114 large cities plus 200 smaller ones with 184 trains.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Nixon
Congress
John P. Fishwick
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Penn Central Transportation Co
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Cleveland
Toledo
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newark
Trenton
Amtrak
Great Lakes
Soviet Ship Salute Still Alone in Space
London AP reports Jodrell Bank shows the Soviet vessel Salute traveling solo with no escort or accompanying cosmonauts. Moscow sources had said Monday’s launch would begin a space spectacular with at least two more craft, including a manned orbital station.
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London
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Moscow
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