Truce Ends as Allies Renew Offense Near Saigon
U S and South Vietnamese forces resumed heavy operations after a 24 hour Tet truce. B 52s bombed 31 miles north of Saigon and Viet Cong bunker complexes near the capital faced air and artillery fire. Casualties reported include eight Americans killed and 71 wounded with at least 96 enemy killed and seven captured. The Da Nang marine base near the Laotian border faced renewed attacks with 500 North Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
U. S
U.S
da Nang
Cunningham
A Shau
Stock Market Falls Sharply on Tax Surcharge Talk
New York AP reports the Dow Jones fell 14.23 to 937.72 as trading was light. Analysts blamed the drop on speculation the 10 percent tax surcharge could be extended beyond June 30, despite no firm business news.
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New York
Train Disaster Kills 13 in Johannesburg Collision
A crowded passenger train in Johannesburg collided with a derailed gasoline tank car and burst into flames. Railroad officials report 13 killed and 87 hospitalized with burns and injuries. many more treated and discharged.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Gunman Kills Two Children Then Himself in France Siege
In Bordeaux, Andre Fourquet, 38, held three children during a 16 day police siege. He killed his 11 year old son Francis and wounded daughter Aline 13 before fatally shooting himself as officers moved in. Older daughter Chantal 14 escaped earlier and a gendarme was killed.
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Bordeaux
France
Andre Fourquet
Fourquet
Francis
Aline
Chantal
Responsibilities On Becoming 21
The Cedar Rapids Gazette begins a ten part series on turning 21. Topics include car ownership, financial safeguards from the armed services, leases, becoming your own financial boss, and complexities of boy girl legal relationships.
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Cedar Rapids
Armed Services
Chinese Reds Hold Four Americans Aboard Yachts
A Hong Kong yacht flotilla bound for Macao during the Chinese new year saw three yachts captured by Red Chinese forces. Among the 15 holidaymakers aboard were four Americans, plus Swedes Britons Australians French and Chinese. The Morasum’s skipper Simeon Baldwin from Los Angeles and his family members were among those detained.
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Hong Kong
Macao
Royal ‘Yacht Club
Hong Kong Marine Department
Mao Tse-tung
Reverue
Marine Department
Simeon Baldwin
Los Angeles
U.S
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
Revenue
C. F. von Sydow
Joan Hopkins
Spokane
Wash
H. H. Ross
Carol Zinky
Carol
William Zinky
Colorado Springs
C R Woman Dies In Auto Accident Near Gale Ill
Cedar Rapids woman Mrs Louis Golad aged 47 of 2467 Fifth Avenue SE died Sunday from injuries after a car driven by her husband struck a bridge abutment on Highway 3 near Gale Illinois. She had lived in Cedar Rapids about 20 years and was employed at Martins and formerly at Collins Radio. She belonged to Temple Judah. Services Tuesday in Chicago.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Cape Girardeau
Golad
Miami Beach
Fla
Highway 3
Gale
Ill
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Martin’s Store
Collins Radio Co
Temple Judah
Weinstein Brothers Funeral Home
East German Leader Ulbricht Meets Brezhnev in Moscow
In Moscow, East German President Walter Ulbricht and Soviet party secretary Leonid Brezhnev discussed West German attempts to create dangerous tension in Europe. Tass reported they found unanimity on all questions and promised to deepen cooperation among socialist states. Ulbricht then returned to East Berlin after the talks.
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UPI
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Europe
Tass
West Germany
West Berlin
Brezhnev
Ulbricht
Soviet Union
East Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
Aquanaut Berry Cannon Dies During Sealab Deep Dive
Navy confirms civilian electronics engineer Berry Cannon, 33, of Panama City Florida, died of a heart attack during a deep 600 foot dive near Sealab III off San Clemente California. Cannon and three divers entered the habitat capsule at 4 30 a m and he was observed in distress at 5 00 a m. He was revived briefly in the decompression chamber but died. The Sealab program marked its 56th day without a fatality in underwater work.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Navy
Berry Cannon
William Nicholson
Sealab Project
Cannon
Panama City
Fla
Soviet Defense Chief Grechko to Visit India Next Month
New Delhi says Marshal Andrei Grechko, Soviet defense minister, will visit India early next month in a formal official announcement. The visit could bolster defense and strategic ties between the two nations.
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New Delhi
Andrei Grechko
India
Chuckle on Income Department and the Poor
A humorous quip notes that the internal revenue department resembles God in loving the poor, as it creates many of them. The line plays on tax burdens and social irony for comic effect.
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Internal Revenue Department
Notre Dame President Sets Severe Protest Policy
Notre Dame President Rev Theodore Hesburgh vows 15 minutes to stop disruptive actions both violent and non violent and threatens identity card checks and potential trespass and expulsion for noncompliance. He says protesters must respect university and national law and warns against outside or inside groups aiming to destroy or terrorize the campus.
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South Bend, Ind
Theodore Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
Father Hesburgh
Notre Dame
Hesburgh
Guardsmen Move Back To Campus
National guardsmen with fixed bayonets returned to the University of Wisconsin central campus after about 350 student demonstrators march into Bascom hall disrupting classes. Guards were reactivated by Gov. Warren Knowles following a week of blocked buildings and planned disruption.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
University of Wisconsin
Bascom Hall
Commerce Building
Warren Knowles
Bascom
Nixon Meets Soviet Envoy at White House
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin met with President Nixon at the White House in the first official talks since Nixon took office. The White House gave no detail on topics or reasons for the meeting. Dobrynin had met Secretary of State William Rogers after returning from Moscow, and Nixon planned private talks at the State Department ahead of his Europe trip.
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Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
Nixon
White House
U.S.S.R
Dobrynin
William Rogers
Moscow
State Department
Rogers
Europe
Paris Gold Prices Hit All Time High On Free Market
Paris and Reuters report gold on the Paris free market closed at 46.32 dollars per ounce an all time high while the official price stood at 35 dollars. Traders point to President Nixon's reforms statement last week as driving demand for gold.
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Paris
Paris Free Market
Nixon
Bomb blasts at S F State injure security officer
Two homemade bombs damaged San Francisco State University administration building and started small fires just before the spring term. A campus security officer was lightly hurt as two youths fled. Acting President S I Hayakawa blamed neo Fascist actions by dissident students.
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San Francisco State College
Duke University
San Francisco State
S. I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
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