Allies Expand Cambodian Campaign With 5000 More Troops
Allied commanders pushed 5,000 additional troops into the Cambodian operation over the weekend as crossborder drives entered planning stages. By midweek, about 30,000 troops, including 8,000 Americans and 22,000 South Vietnamese, were inside Cambodia with several log-cabin guerrilla bases found. Casualties reportedly rose with 1,952 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed and 359 prisoners taken, while 13 American and 151 South Vietnamese deaths were noted.
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Saigon
API
Cambodia
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Svay Rieng
Hanoi Radio
North Vietnam
China Calls U S Cambodia Intervention Provocation
Hong Kong dispatch reports Beijing denounced U S armed intervention in Cambodia as a provocation. The report notes the Parrot's Beak area 35 miles west of Saigon and the Fishhook 67 miles north of the capital, with 5 000 extra government troops deployed into the Parrot's Beak weekend fighting.
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UPI
China
Peking Radio
U.S
Cambodia
Saigon
Ba Thu
Red forces press toward Phnom Penh near Mekong ferry
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops pushed west within 30 miles of Phnom Penh after crossing the Mekong at Neak Leung. Cambodian defenses formed along Highway 1 with Neak Leung and Kompong Phnom captured, severing supply flows and prompting questions about the objective of the drive.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Mekong River
Neak Leung
Maj
Leavkar
David Stuart-Fox
Koki Thom
U.S
Svay Rieng
Kompong Phnom
Mekong
Samrong
Vietnam
Cambodia
Saigon
Atery
Supreme Court Upholds Church Tax Exemption
The Supreme Court upheld New York State’s tax exemption for church owned property used solely for worship, in a 7 to 1 decision written by Chief Justice Burger. Justice Douglas dissented. The case, brought by Frederick Walz of Staten Island, involved a 22 by 29 foot parcel taxed at $5.24 yearly. The ruling reaffirms religious bodies’ tax treatment while noting broader implications for religious liberty. The court also opened an inquiry into capital punishment, considering single verdict procedures versus separate guilt and punishment determinations.
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Judge Revokes Bond as Rap Brown Fails to Appear
Ellicott City Md UPI Judge James MacGill orders arrest and revokes the $10,000 bond after H Rap Brown fails to appear for the riot and arson trial opening. The bailiff circulates the courtroom reading orders for Brown to present himself. Brown has been missing since March 7 and the FBI may assist in locating him.
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Bond
Ellicott City
UPI
James MacGill
H. Rap Brown
Brown
MacGill
FBI
New York
Bel Air
Mt Anthony Teachers Take Case to Voters
Mt Anthony Union High School teachers have accepted the fact finding recommendations on salary but will present the dispute to district voters at the annual meeting next Monday. The report sets a starting bachelor degree salary at 6400, a figure the board originally approved but teachers had rejected earlier, with a narrowed fringe benefit dispute over full family hospitalization coverage. The board and teachers differ on whether to cover full family Blue Cross, aligning with tax payer concerns, as they prepare to discuss the matter before voters.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Daniel G. Cadiz
Robert T. Holden
Alfred F. Torrisi
Stephen F. Gilman
William F. Lally Jr
Lally
Gilman
New Party Seeks To Impeach Nixon
The Vermont New Party executive committee urges impeachment of President Nixon for violations of international agreements and actions in Cambodia. The statement accuses Nixon of deception in speeches and calls for Stafford to back Ottinger’s impeachment bill while urging draft resistance and urging Vermonters to support those who resist the war.
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Norwich
Vermont New Party
Nixon
Cambodia
New Party
Richard Nixon
Gerald Witherspoon
Goddard College
Richard A. Clark
Rutland
Lin Webster
Plainfield
Arthur Wright
Springfield
Pennington Haile
Alexander Laing
Nora Jacobson
John Lamperts
Peter I. Diamondstone
Brattleboro
Senate
Vermont
Robert T. Stafford
Richard Ottinger
R-N.y
Special Session Urged Over Vermont Blue Laws Fight
Rep Joseph J Caracciola pushes Gov Davis for a two day joint session to review Vermont Sunday Blue Laws amid a Mammoth Mart seizure of non essential goods. State troopers at Bennington Plaza watched crowded checkout lines as stores face court questions over Sunday sales and shoppers.
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Joseph J. Caracciola
Bennington
Gov
Davis
Vermont
Caracciola
Mammoth Mart
Bennington Plaza
Neil S. Moss
Robert J. Collins
Mart
Collins
Earl P
Butler
State Supreme Court
Editorial praise for Rep Marshall Witten Law Day speech
Inside editorial commends Rep. Marshall Witten for his Law Day remarks last Friday. Columnist Tom Wicker questions Nixon's claimed plan to end Vietnam involvement. Equinox House opens in Manchester benefiting Mark Skinner Library.
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Marshall Witten
Tom Wicker
Nixon
Manchester
Mark Skinner
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