Bomb Shortage Slows Viet Nam Bombing Campaign
A critical shortage of bombs limits American bombing of Communist targets in South Viet Nam. Air Force Marine and Navy leaders order emergency targets only as the crash effort to restock bombs continues. 500 sorties daily dropped to 300, payloads fall from 750 to 250 pounds per aircraft, with port delays and strikes hindering shipments. 240,000 U.S. personnel are in-country as of April 7, plus 60,000 sailors of the 7th Fleet.
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South Viet Nam
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Navy
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South Vietnamese
U.S
Cam Ranh
Green Berets
Viet Nam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Greek tanker defies embargo at Beira port
Greek tanker Sonna V docked at Beira, defying a British oil embargo to Rhodesia, while a sister vessel was turned away by an armed British boarding party. The Manuela, intercepted near Beira with 16,000 tons of oil, headed south as UN backed force authorized a blockade to prevent oil flowing to Rhodesia.
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Mozambique
UPI
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Hun
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Durban
South Africa
Britain
Smith
Buddhists Charge U.S. Supports Dictator Governments in Viet Nam
In Saigon Premier Nguyen Cao Ky secretly redeployed loyal army troops from the front to the city to meet Buddhist protesters amid charges that the United States backs dictatorial regimes in Vietnam.
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U.S
Viet
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Swanton Man Shot by Son in Family Tragedy
Herman Gibson 36 of Swanton died at St. Albans Hospital from a shotgun wound fired Sunday by his 16 year old son David Lee. Gibson was shot during an argument. David held on a breach of peace warrant at Franklin County Jail. Autopsy pending. The report also covers Viet Nam Buddhist protests and Ky government tensions.
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LT. Albans
UPI
Herman Gibson
Swanton
St. Albans
Gibson
David Lee
David
Franklin County
Miners Strike Over Wage Contract Across Five States
About 40,000 soft coal miners in Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Illinois walked out in a wage contract protest. The action affects four U S Steel mines and pits the Bituminous Coal Operators Association against the United Mine Workers though not officially sanctioned.
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UPI
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
Harlan County
U.S. Steel Corp
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Peabody Coal Co
St. Louis
Peabody
Masontown
State Education Board Under Fire
Vermont education leaders demand answers as four statewide groups plan a Tuesday night meeting to challenge leadership decisions by Education Commissioner Richard Gibboney and the state board. Agenda items include staffing problems and a proposed Addison County plan for a county-wide high school and three middle schools, amid opposition from the VSSDA.
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Vermont
Charles Nichols
Montpelier
Vermont State School Directors Association
VSSDA
Nichols
Nichol
Department of Education
Vermont Education Association
VEA
Vermont Headmasters Association
VHA
Fnew
Gibboney
Tom S&s
Arthur
Orwell
USSDA
Addison County
Weston A. Cate
Adirondack Authority reports profit for year ending March 31
The Adirondack Mountain Authority, operator of Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway and Gore and Whiteface ski centers, reported an operating profit of 57 845 33 for the fiscal year ending March 31. The authority also repaid 62 000 00 of its bonded indebtedness during the year.
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Adirondack Mountain Authority
Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway
Gore
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Prospect Mountain
Lake George
Adirondack Park
State of New York
Man Threatens Self Immolation Near White House
A 20 year old New York student, Arthur Hilary Zinner, doused himself with gasoline near the White House in a protest against the Viet Nam war. A Secret Service agent and two police restrained him before he could strike a match. He was taken to St Elizabeths Hospital for observation after the incident reported by WTOP newsman John Lennon.
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UPI
White House
Arthur Hilary Zinner
New York
Viet Nam
Secret Service
Zinner
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Johnson
John Lennon
WTOP
Radford Jones
Jones
Senate Committee Blocks Consumer Protection Bills
In Washington two disclosure bills seek truth in lending and truth in packaging faces in Senate committee. Despite White House backing the measures are stalled, with House action unlikely without Senate passage. Bills target clear loan costs and supermarket labeling for consumer clarity amid long-running lobbying resistance.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
House
Inside Arlington top honor names students
On the Inside Arlington’s top honor students named. Page seven notes this school recognition reflecting local achievement and community pride.
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Arlington
Page
Johnson Keeps Open End on Texas Holiday Stay
President Johnson, buoyed by Easter sun, remains at his Lyndon B. Johnson ranch in Texas with an open end to his holiday. He skipped the opening day of the American League season, designating Vice President Humphrey to pitch in as relief. Johnson attended church at St Barnabas in Fredericksburg and enjoyed boating on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson amid warm 80 degree weather while White House aides offer no date for his return to Washington.
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Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
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White House
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Fredericksburg
Lyndon Johnson
J.W. Langford
Lynda
George Hamilton
Pat Nugent
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