Vietnamese assault to retake base near Tay Ninh
South Vietnamese forces launched a helicopter assault on North Vietnamese units threatening a provincial capital 55 miles north of Saigon to retake a base and communications center northeast of Tay Ninh City. The base had fallen to the North on January 6. In Cambodia, a Mekong convoy reached Phnom Penh with 4,000 tons of ammunition, but a tug was struck by a rocket near the former royal palace.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Nation in Brief roundup from 1975 political events
FBI chief warns records cannot be purged without archivist approval. Meany convenes AFL-CIO to craft job recovery plan amid recession. LAPD trains for civil disturbances over potential food riots. Sen Jackson may announce 1976 bid on Feb 6 pending Ford TV time. Seals to press U N action on terrorism after hijack incidents. Saudi Sheikh offers to gift Alamo site to his son. Sharply rising then easing white male heart attack deaths noted by Stamler.
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Marco Island
Fla
Jeremiah Stamler
Northwestern University
Man Shot Himself During Radio Broadcast
A 39-year-old man, Benjamin Powell, told a radio audience he would kill himself and then shot himself in the upper left arm with a rifle while on air at about 5:40 a.m. He was reported in good condition at Presbyterian University Hospital after his wife intervened and confirmed the incident at KDKA.
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Pittsburgh
Benjamin Powell
KDKA
Powell
Presbyterian University Hospital
Six Children Die In Reading Fire At South Side Home
Six children were killed and eight others wounded when an explosion and ensuing blaze ripped through a South Reading frame house before dawn. Millisock family losses included five of ten children and an overnight guest, with several relatives and siblings reported among the injured. Officials described three dead upon arrival at hospitals and identified victims as Paul Millisock, Stacy Medero, and a third unidentified girl, while other injured youths were treated at Community General Hospital and Reading Hospital.
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Reading
Melvin Millisock
Millisock
Annabelle
Stacy Medero
St. Joseph's Hospital
Millisack’s
Ethel Sims
St. Joseph's
Reading Hospital
Safe mystery on Erie bay ice puzzles police
Erie police search for origin of a green safe found on bay ice near Perry Shipbuilding by Henry Wodzikowski. Deputy Chief Jack Cousins says the 38 by 18 by 18 inch safe had its door peeled off and no markings. Investigators note Protectar Products of Syracuse as a possible maker and plan hoisting to safety. General Telephone cuts 1% federal excise tax in 1975, saving customers over 780 thousand dollars. tax to drop further yearly until 1982.
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Erie — Bhe
Bay Ice
Jack Cousins
Perry Shipbuilding
Cousins
Henry Wodzikowski
Millcreek
Protectar Products
Syracuse
N.Y
General Telephone
Pennsylvania
Two Railroads Need Help Or Will Shut Down
Northeast railroads Penn Central and Brig Lackawanna warn they may cease operations without federal aid. Trustees seek 14 million for payroll, 100 million to stay open into summer, and 10 million plus 5 million later for Brig Lackawanna. Transportation officials estimate about 250 million needed for 1975.
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Washington
Northeast
Congress
Robert Blanchett
Senate Transportation Subcommittee
Penn Central
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Cleveland
Ohio
Lackawanna
Transportation Department
Northeast Railroads
John W. Barnum
Barnum
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Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
James B. Rhoads Kelley
Labor Leaders Meeting
Ford
America
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
Cmdr
Frank Brittell
Brittell
Jackson
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
United Nations, N
Alamo
San Antonio
Tex
Masoud Al-Sharif al Hamdan
Saudi Arabia
Texas
Houston
Air Force Bases
Ft. Sam Houston
Iowa
Ori
Atlantic Ocean
Penn Central Railroad
C. J. Peterson & Son
Clayton-Marcus
La-Z-Boy” “Bassett
Thomasville
Sterlingworth
Jamestown
Ellis
GE — Whirlpool
Hardwick —Hoover
Corry Foodliner
North Center St
Inet
Hollywood
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