Sinking of USS Force After Fatal Mine Sweeper Fire
The Navy minesweeper USS Force, en route from Subic Bay to Guam, caught fire in the Philippine Sea and sank after the crew of 70 abandoned ship. All 63 enlisted men and 5 officers survived, with airsea rescue gear deployed and three ships rushing to aid. The cause remains unknown. the ship, commissioned in 1965, had a wooden hull and normally housed 72 to 78 crew.
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Kissinger Calls for a New Atlantic Charter to Guide West
In a policy speech Kissinger urged a new Atlantic charter to ease strains between the United States and Europe. He said Nixon will directly engage European leaders this year to lay the basis for a future-oriented Western order with Japan playing a larger role. Rogers stressed maintaining military commitments to deter isolation and avoid reduced defenses.
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UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
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Europe
Kissinger
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
Japan
United States
Nixon
Britain
Italy
West Germany
France
NATO
West
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
William P. Rogers
Rodgers
U.S
America
Elisberg defense gains aid from government witness testimony
Elsbeg defense receives unexpected support as Leslie Gelb testifies the Pentagon Papers classification as Top Secret-Sensitive was hastily decided by low level officials without content review. Gelb described consulting Halperin and military advisers before stamping the papers and noted his own idea to release studies to scholars.
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Angeles
Leslie Gelb
Daniel Elisberg
Ellsberg
Anthony Russo Jr
National Secnery
Robert McNamara
Fnally
Gelb
Morton Halperin
Haperin
McNamara
Charles Nelson
Nesson
Pilsberg
Pentagon
Utah mother to cross Atlantic in canoe for senior center
Shirley Haycock, a 40 year old survival training teacher from Utah, plans to sail a 17 foot fiberglass canoe with companion Bob Geedy from Manti to Lisbon in about 27 days. The voyage aims to raise funds for a rural senior citizens center in Carbon County where she directs services. The boat named Senior Citizens Ark will be lashed to a Volkswagen and tested on the Great Salt Lake before departure.
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Utah
UPL
Shirley Haycock
Washington, D.C
Bob Geedy
Manti
Atlantic Ocean
Lisbon
Portugal
Particuar
Carbon County
Senior Citizens’ Ark
Limited truce broken by Ulster street violence
BELFAST United Press International reports Catholic youths rioted at a Londonderry housing estate amid a seven day truce by the IRA. Cars burned, windows smashed, troops pelted with stones as snipers fired at patrols. One teenager escaped Belfast prison. A Red Paisley criticizes police over not arresting IRA commander David O Connell at a cemetery ceremony.
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Shentellow
Irish Republican Army
TRA
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Daniel Kennan
Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Coalisland
Bok
Tan Paisley
The
David O’connell
Monaco Royal Party Visits Palm Springs Including Sinatra Home
Prince Rainier of Monaco Princess Grace and their two children visited Los Angeles and Palm Springs and praised Frank Sinatra as a perfect host. The family split up afterward with the prince and children flying to Paris while Grace Kelly headed to Washington for a White House reception.
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UPI
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Grace
Frank Sinatra
Palm Springs
Sinatra
Paris
Princess Grace
Grace Kelly
Washington
White House
Man claims killings ordered by God in San Benito case
Gladie Pool 45, who confessed to killing two shrimp fishermen near San Benito on orders from God, refused to let his attorney enter an insanity plea. District Judge Darrell Healer set May 1 for a sanity trial. Pool, captured after the Nov. 18, 1972 slaying of Jesse Bridges, claimed mental illness and said he was Jesus Christ and an agent of the CIA.
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Tex
UPL
Gladie Pool
San Benito
Darrell Healer
Pool
West Texas
Jesse Edward Bridges
Bridges
Tee Arnett
Arnett
Hester
San Antonio
Paul
Peal
Jesus Christ
Paol
Central Intelligence Agency
God
Senators Meet Brezhnev in Moscow on Trade Visions
Seven U.S. senators from the Commerce Committee met Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow for nearly four hours. They reported the Soviet leader urged closer U.S.-Soviet cooperation focusing on trade and long term deals. Brezhnev indicated openness to extensive trade and energy exchanges, while discussions touched the Jackson Amendment and emigration concerns. The senators described Brezhnev as eager to improve relations, with a favorable view toward cooperation and potential long term agreements.
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UPI
U.S
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Washington
Senate Commerce
Sen
J. Glenn Beall Jr
ReMd
Fienry Jackson
Brethneau
Nixon
Russia
Senate
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
Vance Hartke
Dind
Baltimore reporter weighs talking after high court denial
Baltimore journalist David Lightman, 23, who protected a tobacco shop salesgirl who offered him marijuana in Ocean City, faced a possible jail sentence after the U S Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. He was held in contempt for not naming his source, a stance that may end with him revealing information or serving time as prosecutors seek dismissal.
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Baltimore
Ocean City
David Lightman
Lightman
Supreme Court
Worcester County
Baltimore Evening Sun
John Sanford
Harte Clint Eastwood Double Feature at Local Theaters
Clint Eastwood headlines a double bill Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More at Harte Cinema. Disney's The World's Greatest Athlete continues at Cineaial with 11. The Godfather shines at Cinema II in a one week engagement with Marlon Brando. Grief and Whispers screens at Williamstown College Cinema starring Inga Twin and Liv Ullman. Showtimes include Harte 7 and 8:46, Cineaial 7 and 9, Williamstown 6 p.m.
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Clint Eastwood
Cineaial& 11 Cinema
Marlon Brando
Williamstown
Inga Twin
Liv Ullman
Tax hike eyed to curb inflation by Stein
Washington UPI says administration economist Herbert Stein, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, notes inflation pressure and contemplates tax increases as a possible tool to slow growth. He avoids endorsing a tax rise, cites Phase II wage price controls, and stresses holding federal spending at 250 billion in the current year and 268 billion in 1974 to avoid tax hikes.
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UPI
Herbert Stein
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Congress
White House Easter egg roll sets new attendance record
In Washington the White House Easter egg roll drew 14,292 people to the south lawn, eclipsing the 1987 record of 11,422 as balmy upper ten temperatures drew families. President Nixon and his family were in Key Biscayne, Florida, with a fry dressed Easter bunny greeting children. entertainment included the U S Army band and Emmett Kelley Jr All Star Circus.
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UPI
White House
Executive Mansion
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
U.S. Army Band
Emmett Kelley Jr
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