GI Deaths Highest in 7 Months
SAIGON AP report shows cumulative U.S. casualties rising as the communist spring offensive continues. Last week 141 Americans killed in action, 457 wounded, with 3,468 enemy deaths noted. South Vietnamese losses were 342 killed and 1,336 wounded. U.S. airstrikes and combat actions, including at Dak Seang, marked intensified fighting across Cambodia and the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Mekong
First Air Cavalry Division
Dak Seang
72 Dead in Sanatorium Avalanche in France
A massive avalanche struck a children's sanatorium near Lallanches, France, killing 72 people mostly tubercular boys under 15. Rescue teams recovered 19 bodies after 19 hours of digging. 14 children and three adults in a different wing were saved. An additional avalanche mass loomed on the adjacent mountainside as the region endures a deadly winter.
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Lallanches
France
Robert Boulin
Europe
Geneva
Alps
Plateau d’Assy
Fortas Defends Douglas Against Impeachment Move
Former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas denounced congressional efforts to impeach Justice William Douglas. He called Douglas one of the greatest Americans, a genius in law, and a dedicated judge.
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New York
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
William Douglas
Nixon Seeks Eight Cent Stamp and Postal Overhaul
President Nixon asked Congress to raise the first class stamp to eight cents and keep air mail at ten cents while expanding the postal service as an independent establishment. He proposed wage boosts, a bipartisan commission, and a phased path to self sufficiency by 1977 with federal subsidies transitioning to self funding. The plan includes collective bargaining with unions and arbitration to settle disputes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Treasury
Legislature Delays as Conference Struggles on School Costs
Des Moines reports the 1970 Iowa legislature battles over a bill to slow local school district spending. A second conference committee negotiates while tension rises between house Republicans and Democrats. The chamber remains in session past planned adjournment as timing confusion and a 5 p.m. adjournment hour dispute unfold. The senate vets a beef checkoff and a county wide voter registration measure as lawmakers slog toward a final report.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Richard Rade
Lisbon
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Ed Skinner
Daltoona
Skinner
Iowa
Czech Red View of Apollo Trip
Prague based Rude Pravo the communist party newspaper questions Apollo 13 launch questioning if it served propaganda more than science while noting Western reports of inadequate preparations yet stating the crew should still be lucky to return to Earth.
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Prague
Rude Pravo
West
Earth
Nixon seeks third Safeguard site approved by House
The House Armed Services Committee narrowly backs President Nixon's plan to add a third site to the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system. The vote signals broad support for expanding the controversial system amid ongoing defense concerns and strategic balance debates.
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Washington
UPS
House
Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Clifford DuPont Becomes Rhodesian Republic President
Clifford DuPont, a former London lawyer, took the oath of office Thursday and became the first president of the Rhodesian republic in Salisbury. The historic ceremony marked a new constitutional era for Rhodesia.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Clifford DuPont
London
Move Made To Sidetrack Douglas Foes
Washington UPI. House Judiciary Chairman Celler announced the panel would consider impeachment charges against Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. The move could sidetrack a Republican Democrat drive for a six member special panel. Ford accused Douglas of prejudice conflicts decorum rebellion and lewd magazine ties, and urged impeachment action with a majority of House members now seen as favorable.
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Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
House
G.O.P
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Ford
Special Committee
Albert Parvin Foundation
Apollo 13 Back On Course For Earth Return
Apollo 13 crew led by Lovell Haise and Swigert prepared their command ship for Friday re entry after a mid course correction saved the mission from disaster. They monitored batteries rationed oxygen and water while LM power supported the long final run to splashdown in the Pacific near Iwo Jima with a weather margin improving.
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James Lovell
Fred Haise
John Swigert
Pacific
Space
Lovell
Earth
Mission Control
Gerald Griffin
Lowell
Haise
Swigert
Samoa
Iwo Jima
Blackmun holdings in Ford and AT T cases disclosed
The Justice Department told the Senate that Judge Harry Blackmun held stock in Ford Motor Co and AT and T. the holdings were described as insignificant. Blackmun had 50 Ford shares bought before joining the bench and 22 AT and T shares acquired in 1963 64. He participated in cases involving Ford and an AT T subsidiary, including a 1960 Ford case yielding a $24,500 verdict later set aside, and a 1964 related decision upholding a lower court's reversal of a $12,500 Ford verdict.
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Washington
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harry Blackmun
Richard Kleindienst
Eastland
D-Miss
Kleindienst
Blackmun
Supreme Court
Department
U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ford Motor Co
Federal
Ford
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
SALT talks open in Vienna with Nixon call for verifiable arms curb
The United States and Soviet Union opened full SALT discussions in Vienna at Belvedere Castle. Nixon urged a early equitable verifiable agreement to curb the nuclear arms race and read his letter to Gerard Smith. The Soviets pledged goodwill and urged a reasonable accommodation as they entered secrecy in embassies. Vladimir Semenov said the talks aim for meaningful positive results despite complexity.
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Vienna
Belvedere Castle
Nixon
Gerard Smith
U.S
Kurt Waldheim
Helsinki
Vladimir Semenov
Soviet Union
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