Heaviest U.S. death toll since Cambodian incursion
Saigon reports 320 NVA killed near Fire Base 6 on the Laotian border as U.S. weekly deaths top prior Cambodian-era toll. American losses for the week ending April 3 reach 88 killed and 347 wounded, with 44,876 U.S. troops killed in the war overall. Saigon and U.S. commands note heavy fighting around Fire Base 6 and Mary Ann in the Da Nang region.
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UPI
U.S
Stewart Kellerman
Vietnam
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Cambodia
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Missing UPI chief Kate Webb in Cambodia assault
UPI bureau chief Kate Webb and four others are officially listed as missing after Communist troops overran an area about 55 miles southwest of Phnom Penh on Highway 4. Surviving reporters, including Robin Mannock of AP, sheltered at a brigade post. Webb reportedly moved forward before the attack.
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UPI
Catherine M
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Toshishi Suzuki
Nihon Denpa News
Chhim Sarath
Tea Kim Hieng
Suzuki
Robin Mannock
Associated Press
Ly Eng
Khmer Ekareach
Mannock
Soviet leaders face party vote test today in Moscow
Soviet leaders faced a delegates vote at the 24th Communist Party congress in secret balloting to select the Central Committee and Politburo. Brezhnev Kosygin Podgorny were expected to be unanimously confirmed as the leadership held firm amid calls for more consumer goods and disarmament efforts. A second item notes Ripon College's spring issue printed on 100 percent recycled paper highlighting ecology.
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Moscow
UPI
Troika
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Ripon, Wis
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Pakistan accuses India of planning invasion to aid rebels
Pakistan claims India may invade East Pakistan to support Bengali rebels amid a two week civil war. Lahore radio said Indian Border Security Force battalions moved to frontier points and air bases near East Pakistan placed on high alert. Islamabad alleges India moved six divisions into West Bengal, though Delhi denies supplying military aid.
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UPI
Pakistan
India
East Pakistan
Lahore
West Bengal
In Depth Look at Alex in Wonderland Husbands and Chips
A review notes Alex in Wonderland stars Donald Sutherland as a director in a complex maze of personal choices. Husbands features Cassavetes Falk and Gazzara in a semi improvised drama about three married men. Goodbye Mr Chips offers Peter O Toole in a remake with Petula Clark in fine voice.
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Alex In Wonderland
Harte Theatre
Donald Sutherland
Fellini
S “Pope
Wonderland
Cassavetes
Peter Falk
Ben Gazzara
Mr. Chips
Manchester
Peter O’toole
Petula Clark
Washington Window Calley conviction raises moral questions
The Calley conviction prompts national debate on fault for My Lai. Readers split between viewing him as scapegoat and condemning overall policy. The piece weighs orders, personal responsibility, and whether corporate guilt or government actions define blame in wartime.
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Washington
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Congress
Lt. Calley
Vietnam
My Lai
Calley
America
Chicago gang leaders charged in job training fraud case
Twenty three leaders of Chicago's Black P Stone Nation were indicted on 132 counts for defrauding a federal antipoverty program of 927,341 dollars. The OEO grant to TWG funded a job training effort on the South Side. Indictments allege Stone leaders obtained center administrator and staff roles and salaries for work not performed. Nine indicted members, including Jeff Fort, were jailed on other charges. seven arrested, seven at large.
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Chicago
UPI
Black P Stone Nation
U.S
William J. Bauer
Jeff Fort
Stones
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Woodlawn Organization
TWG
South Side
Bauer
Stone
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