Lam Son 720 Offensive Aims To Protect Vietnam Election
UPI reports South Vietnamese senator Huynh Van Cao says Lam Son 720 in the A Shau Valley is ordered to prevent a Communist attack that could threaten the October presidential election and cause national loss. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces establish bases and supply lines as air strikes report 12 NVA killed and 18 bodies found.
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UPI
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Huynh van Cao
U.S
Laos
Cao
Lam Son
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
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Kontum
Pleiku
Vietnam
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Shan
Black Panther
Railway Express files $5 million strike damage suit
New York reports REA sues BRAC for 5 million and vows to add 1 million daily until the walkout over 17 new highway runs in the northeast ends. About 25,000 workers involved as BRAC protests bargaining, REA president Tom Kole calls the strike illegal and refuses to participate in good faith.
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UPI
Railway Express Agency
Striking Clerks Union
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
BRAC
United States
REA
Tom Kole
Hereford Tornado Causes 2 Million Dollars In Damage
A white tornado cut a seven mile path through Hereford Texas injuring about 40 people and causing an estimated 2 million dollars in damage. The storm damaged more than 150 homes along with several businesses while two people in nearby Muleshoe were hospitalized and others treated for injuries.
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UPI
West Texas
Deaf Smith County
Travis McPherson
Texas Panhandle
Muleshoe
Paul Revere
Lubbock
Amarillo
Ambarger
Dalhart
Dimmitt
Body found in battle area believed to be Kate Webb
In Phnom Penh a body presumed to be Catherine M. Kate Webb UPI Bureau Manager in Phnom Penh was discovered 55 miles southwest of the capital after the April 7 battle on Highway 4. Webb and five others were missing. witnesses described her advancing toward Cambodian forces before fire overran the position.
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UPI
Catherine M
United Press International
Miss Webb
Toshishi Suzuki
Nihon Denpa News
Chhim Sarath
Tea Kim Hieng
Robin Mannock
Associated Press
Mannock
Cambodia
Soviet jet base in Ceylon signals Cold War push
Soviet crews reportedly arrived secretly in Ceylon to establish a MIG17 base near Colombo at the request of Prime Minister Bandaranaike. The facility would be the USSR's first military installation in non Communist Asia, with questions pending on its permanence and role amid student unrest and Indian air support limitations. Diplomats noted talks of granting Soviet naval access at Trincomalee as Moscow seeks a foothold in the Indian Ocean.
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Ceylon
UPI
Siramavo Bandaranaike
Asia
Egypt
Pyongyang
Indian Ocean
Moscow
Trincomalee
Judge dismisses suit to block phosphate warning rules
UPI reports U.S. District Judge Edward Gignoux in Portland dismissed Lever Brothers Co and Colgate Palmolive Co’s bid to stop FTC proposed rules: detergent packaging must list ingredients and carry a phosphate warning. Public hearings on April 26 27 planned. plaintiffs argued the rules violate the 1966 Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and NEPA.
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Portland, Maine
UPI
Lever Brothers Co
U.S
Edward Gignoux
Lever Brothers
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Colgate- Palmolive Co
Fear for future resources and U.S. demand rise
UPI report warns natural resources dwindle as American consumption soars. It cites dependence on foreign minerals, unstable supplier regions, and the need for accelerated discovery and efficient use. Space-based prospecting via ERTS is proposed, with government scientists stressing population control and wiser resource management as critical to sustaining civilization.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Earth
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ERTS
Interior Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
William T. Pecora
U.S. Geological Survey
Interior
National Academy of Sciences
Seaborg
Academy of Sciences
Academy
Salute leads unmanned orbit as first Soviet space platform
Moscow reports an uncrewed Sputnik named Salute circled Earth in what officials call Cosmonaut Alley. It steadied into an orbital path for future manned Soyuz ships and could serve as a keystone in a planned permanent space platform with potential weeks of experiments.
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UPI
Earth
Baikonur Space Center
Soviet Central Asia
Manent
Sputnik
TASS
Agnew Criticizes Ping Pong Team China Visit
Vice President Spiro Agnew, in a secret late night session with reporters in Williamsburg, assailed the American ping-pong team's trip to Communist China. He warned the trip benefited Beijing, urged support for Nationalist China, and said his views were his own, not discussed with President Nixon.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
China
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Agnew
United States
Nixon
Post-Dispatch
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