Vietnamese forces narrow defense around Quang Tri amid siege
North Vietnamese troops pushed toward Quang Tri with tanks and heavy artillery, forcing South Vietnamese troops to withdraw five miles from the Cua Viet defense line. An American helicopter was shot down near Quang Tri, killing two crewmen as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attempted to counterattack and locate additional tanks. Heavy fighting raged at artillery bases Pedro and Nancy, with reports of hijacked tanks and intensified clashes along the DMZ area.
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Saigon
UPS
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Cua Viet River
UPI
Stewart
Kellerman
Dang Ha
Hoang Xuan Lam
Wo ¢An
Lam
Pedro
Nancy
Muskie remains choice of Democratic leaders
A poll of 236 Democratic officials shows Edmund S. Muskie of Maine as still the party’s likely nominee with 32 percent support. Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern gain, while others trail. poll conducted by Martin Hanan in Oklahoma City before key primaries.
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Oklahoma
Humphrey
McGovern
Sen
Henry Jackson
Gov
George Wallace
Edward Kennedy
Muskie
Jackson
Wallace
Kennedy
Hogan
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Haven
Los Angeles
California
Maine
FBI tracks photo of D B Cooper suspect in Bremerton
FBI agents showed pictures of a possible D B Cooper to Bremerton businessmen as part of an ongoing effort to identify the hijacker who extorted 200000 and parachuted from a Northwest Airlines jet. A wig store owner described a man resembling the image trying on wigs, with a tip arriving by mail last week.
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Bremerton, Wash
Seattle
J. Earl Milnes
FBT
Oren Campbell
Denise Kalete
Mark Kaie fFip
Sun
L.t. King~ Importe
FAY
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Woodland
Washington
Cooper
Coury’s Drive-In Plays New Double Feature This Weekend
Bennington theaters offer R rated Straw Dogs opener at Coury’s with The Grissom Gang as cofeature. Williamstown College Cinema shows The New Freedom in Germany, plus The Hospital with strong reviews. Other venues screen Mary Queen of Seats and Captain Nemo, with Hathaway’s offering Sometimes a Great Notion and Play Misty for Me. Bennington Drive-In lists Tower of Virgins and The Next Victim. ratings unclear.
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COURY
Bass
Cinema I
Mary
Vanessa Redgrave
Glenda Jackson
Captain Nemo
Bennington Drive-In
Bennington
Tower of Virgins
First woman named U S Navy admiral
Navy nurse Alene Duerk, born in Defiance and raised in Ohio, was nominated to be the first female U S Navy admiral and head of the Navy Nurse Corps. She recalled hearing the news during a drive on the Ohio Turnpike and noted her duties would not change while holding flag responsibilities.
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Holgate
Ohio
UPI
Alene Bertha Duerk
Ohio Turnpike
Nixon
Miss Duerk
Navy
Navy Nurse Corps
Senate
Aga Rer
Duerk
Army
Air Force
Defiance
Toledo School of Nursing
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Pentagon
Navy Narse Corps
Foreign trade deficit grows in early 1972 report
The United States posted a March trade deficit of 584.3 million dollars as imports exceeded exports. For the first quarter of 1972 the deficit reached a record high 1.5 billion dollars, larger than the prior quarter. Commerce notes both imports and exports rose, partly due to the end of the West Coast dock strike.
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Washington
UPL
United States
Commerce Department
Michigan to Washington Women end 620 mile march
Mrs Irene McCabe led a 620 mile antibusing march from Michigan to Washington with a White House visit planned. She spoke with Congress members and Nixon aides while urging curbs on court-ordered busing. About 9,000 protesters arrived, led by McCabe and joined by others from Richmond Virginia.
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Washington
UPI
Irene McCabe
Michigan
White House
McCabe
Congress
Nixon
Mra. McCabengald
House
Gerald R. Ford
Pontiac, Mich
Whaites
John Ehrlichman
Soviet U S Shipping Pact Expands Port Access
Washington reports a new agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union would grant each side access to about 40 ports. The pact, reached in Moscow discussions, will be formalized during President Nixon’s Moscow visit starting May 22. It lowers entry hurdles, requires 14 days advance notice, and covers calls at Baltimore Philadelphia Boston New York Norfolk and likely Miami New Orleans Galveston Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Nixon
Moscow
U. S
Nonce
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Norfolk
Me Oalsac
Miami
New Orleans
Galveston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seatte
State Department
Film Schedule Note Sparks Between Timings and Titles
A hurried cinema listing cites Time Clock showings at Cinema I tonight and Saturday with matinee at 2. Cinema II runs 3 18 and 8 30 10 45 tonight and Saturday and 5 7 15 and 9 30 Sunday. Captain Nero plays at Williamstown 7 and 9. Drive-ins begin at dusk.
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Harte
Cinema I
Cinema II
Nero
Williamstown
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Home At
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the Hospital
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Berkshires
Eagle
Paddy Chayefsky
George C. Scott
Diana Rigg
Wes
Caporann
Frese
JC Laurie Aerator
ERSTE
Berkshire
Jack Mullan
Mullen-Mayflower
Jack
Mullens
Berkshire County
Bob Johane
Mayflower
Bob
Barkshire
Mullen
North Adams
Mass
U.S. Navy
Supreme Court
Richmond
Nichals
Rennington Banner
Dennington Banner
Hecinglan
Benes Publishing
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shaina & Cullentec
Fiame
Kad Motor
Vermont
Mark of the Devil
Reggie Nalder Baron Kier
ST Hull
Edi! Wallis
Glens Redgrave
Queen of
Scais
Arent Gion
Stan Earpo
Rela Hd
Paul
Newmall
Nenad
Forica Lee Remick
Mmichael Sarazin
Ere A
Aa Lila
Alienyeatt
Crnman
Clint Eastwood
Misty
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