Rioting in Saigon Targets Americans Amid Buddhist Protests
In Saigon a violent night of rioting escalated as a hand grenade exploded near Tan Son Nhut Air Base wounding eight Americans and three Vietnamese. Demonstrators attacked vehicles, police, and U.S. facilities while Buddhist monks and students urged action against the Ky government.
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API
Tan Son Nhut
3Rd Field
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vien Hoa Dao
United States
da Nang
UPI
Martin Stuart-Fox
Stuart- Fox
War Goes On Despite Political Upheaval
Saigon reports show U S forces continuing the war as 44 Viet Cong killed in two ground actions while Air Force and Navy aircraft raid North Vietnam targets. U S Marines reinforce near Da Nang and a Skyraider pilot is rescued after crash. A 101st Airborne unit breaches a fortified Viet Cong position near Tuy Hoa.
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UPS
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Navy
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U.S. Army
S List Air Cavalry Division
101St Airborne
Guam
Viet Nam
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da Nang Harbor
101St
Tuy Hoa
Pope Commemorates Good Friday in Rome
Pope Paul VI led a torch lit procession up Palatine Hill in a Good Friday rite reenacting Christ's march to Golgotha. Earlier he walked barefoot to kiss a crucifix as mournful observances filled Rome and Catholic lands. Bells would soon ring for Easter.
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St. John Lateran
Rome
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Palatine Hill
Mount
Golgotha
Testimony Concluded On Cable Television
Washington UPI reports Congress faced a pivotal decision on CATV after six days of hearings. The House Commerce Committee will weigh promises and dangers of cable TV amid clashes with broadcasters and growing national access to clearer, broader programming. Federal action aims to balance CATV growth with broadcaster interests.
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UPI
Congress
House Commerce Committee
Community Antenna Television
CATV
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Viking Princess Fire Forces Abandon Ship Near Cuba
The Viking Princess a Norwegian registered Flagship Lines cruise ship with about 485 aboard caught fire off Cuba while sailing from a Caribbean cruise toward Miami. Passengers were evacuated with reports that all are safe after 360 plus were rescued by the German freighter Cape Notre and others.
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Viking Princess
Cuba
New York
Flagship Lines, Inc
Cape Notre
Cape Norte
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U.S. Navy
U.S
Owens
Wilkinson
Raleigh
Swerve
U.S. Coast Guard
Cook Inlet
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Sailfish
Caribbean
Haiti
Strachan Shipping Co
Yarmouth Castle
Nassau
Soviet Subs Studied U S Planes and Ships
Soviet nuclear submarines studied U S planes and ships during a six week world tour, with a captain identified as Savimhev noting encounters and periscope sightings. Submarines reportedly closely watched American activities while navigating international waters and maintaining safety protocols.
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Moscow
UPD
Red Star
Savimhev
Old Soldier Reveals 44 Year Murder Flight
In Columbus the ex soldier Leroy Dunlap using alias Harry Walker spent decades as a quiet pinochle player in a veterans home. After a 1920 Akron murder conviction and a 44 year fugitive status he was caught by police and, at 64, granted a new trial and paroled on a reduced manslaughter sentence. He plans to live with his son in Missouri.
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UPI
Washington, D.C
Harry Walker
Walker
St. Louis
Leroy
Dunlap
Steven Bossos
Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Rochester
N.Y
Stephen Colopy
Missouri
Display of Lost H-Bomb Aboard USS Albany
A 10 foot U S hydrogen bomb was displayed aboard the USS Albany after being recovered from 1,800 feet of water off Spain. The weapon, still partly in parachute shrouds, was shown to newsmen to counter Soviet propaganda about radiation risk.
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UPI
U.S
Mediterranean
Patrel
Spain
Angier Biddle Duke
Adm
William Guest
Home Are the Sailors Home from the Sea
Saratoga Springs New York two 15 year old boys returned safely after a 120 mile Hudson River voyage in a home made six foot dinghy They launched from Albany last Saturday visited Germantown Kingston West Point Nyack en route to Manhattan and docked near the George Washington Bridge William Armstrong and Robert Furman were later picked up in Washington Heights by Williams father Arthur Armstrong The final 22 miles took eight hours due to motor trouble and waves from tugboats nearly swamping the craft
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N.Y
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Robert Furman
William Armstrong
New Jersey
George Washington Bridge
Albany
Germantown
Kingston
West Point
Nyack
Manhattan
Armstrong
Washington Heights
William
Arthur Armstrong
Untidy school nurse case drawns editorial note
Editorial on the unresolved school nurse case labeled untidy by the editor. Columnist Sam Ogden weighs in on American involvement in Vietnam. Stamford man is indicted in Cambridge school robberies.
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Viet Nam
Stamford
Cambridge
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Michael E. DeBakey
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