War Toll Rises as First Week of Viet Offensive Clashes Kill 453 U S personnel
U S and South Vietnamese forces report 453 Americans killed and 2 593 wounded in the first week of the Viet Cong spring offensive near Saigon. Allied losses include 6 752 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths, with Saigon reporting 521 government soldiers killed and 208 civilians dead. The toll marks the highest weekly U S death figure since May 1968 and raises total U S combat deaths to 32 376 since 1961.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
United States
Fire losses in city drop from 1967 total to 1968
Chief Jerome Davis told City Council that 1968 fire losses were 41,495 down from 48,695 in 1967. Firemen responded to 113 incidents in the city, a reduction from 122 in 1967.
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Jerome Davis
Penn Central Railroad
Mercantile
Cubans Arrest Planejacker Acknowledged by Granma
Cuba reports the arrest of an air hijacker identified as Anthony Gadner Bryant after a National Airlines jet from the US to Cuba. Granma notes Bryant had prior arrests in the United States for robbery and drug trafficking and says a passenger was robbed of 1700 dollars.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
National Airlines
Communist Party
Granma
Anthony Gadner Bryant
Bryant
Miami
Fla
Jimmy Cadver
California
Burglars Loot Rural High School Office Desks
State Police report burglars broke into the Sparta rural high school damaging desk drawers and a boiler room window. A small cash amount and a ring of keys were taken while classrooms remained mostly secure. No comment from troopers. Supervising Bertrand Hover noted systematic desk rummaging. Injuries and fatalities not clearly linked in available text.
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Bertrand Hover
Guild Strikes Erie Papers in Contract Dispute
Local 167 of the American Newspaper Guild struck the Erie Daily Times Erie Morning News and Sunday Times News in a contract dispute. About 140 editorial circulation advertising and office workers posted picket lines outside the building. A publisher spokesman said printers refused to cross the line. The old contract with Local 187 expired August 1.
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ERIE
American Newspaper Guild Today
Times Publishing Co
Erie Daily Times
Erie Morning News
Sunday Times News
Youngsville Man Jailed In Burglaries
Jamestown city detectives have arrested 20 year old John C. Bromley of Youngsville on burglary charges. At least 19 third degree burglary counts are filed for break ins at doctors offices and the Medical Building on Prather Avenue Associates and the Physicians Building. Two additional break ins involve the Chamber of Commerce Building and Acme Sales and Appliance Service.
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Jamestown
Youngsville
John C. Bromley
Richard D. Ream
Bromley
Prather Avenue Associates
Physicians
Chamber of Commerce
Acme
Bolan and McKeta Enter City Council Race
Democratic committee closes session with two candidates John Bolan of East Main Street and Thomas McKeta of East Irving Street circulating petitions for City Council. Bolan works for Corry Jamestown Corp and presides over the CJ local of the International Association of Machinists for over 15 years. McKeta is a machinist at Raymond Manufacturing Division.
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Democratic Committee
John Bolan
East Main Street
Thomas McKeta
East Irving Street
Bolan
Corry Jamestown Corporation
International Association of Machinists
Union
McKeta
Raymond Manufacturing Division
Jaycees Elect Robert Grice President at Corry Chapter
The Corry Area Jaycees elected Robert Grice president at a dinner meeting. Grice is a charter member alongside William Wilt Larry Sheehan Michael Fava and George Smith. Awards were presented for completed Jaycee work as installation was planned for April 19 at Perry's Inn.
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Corry Area
Jaycees
Robert Grice
Young Men's Army
Wiliam Wilt
Larry ,Sheehan
Michael Fava
George Smith
Jaycees Group
Jaycee
We Eneree Ie
Perry's Inn
Space Walk by Schweickart Opens Apollo 9 Extravehicular Test
Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart stepped from the lunar module for a 45 minute spacewalk, aided by a life support pack and safety cord. Apollo 9 commander James McDivitt and fellow astronaut David Scott remained docked as Schweickart explored the vacuum and reported the view while wearing a $250,000 suit and gear.
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Sfauk Center
Houston
Russell L. Schweickart
Air Force
David R. Scott
Schweickart
Sily
James A. McDivitt
McDivitt
LEM
Scott
U.S
Lamar Module
Russell Schweickart
James McDivitt
Viet Cong Defends Shelling of South Vietnam Centers
In Saigon and at the peace talks, the Viet Cong defended its shelling of civilian centers and launched a new attack on President Nixon. Than Buu Kiem of the National Liberation Front asserted the right to self defense while accusing U S Saigon leaders of exaggerating defeats.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Nixon
International Conference Center
Saigon
Than Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.S
Kiem
Sirhan says he went to parade by mistake on wrong date
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan testified he was drawn to downtown Los Angeles by a Mirage anniversary ad for a pro Israel parade and shot Kennedy accidentally after misreading the date. He described a driving frenzy and said the impulse arose from anger toward Zionists while at Kuchel's campaign HQ.
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Los Angeles
Siraan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Israel
Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Thomas Kuchel
U.S. Senate
Pentagon to request 500 million for 60 more F111 jets
The Pentagon plans to ask Congress for about 500 million dollars to buy at least 60 more F111 fighter bombers, boosting planned production to about 400 aircraft. The move follows the aircraft's 13th crash in 26 months and comes amid a broad defense review by the Laird Pentagon team.
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Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Capitol Hill
General Dynamics
Melvin R. Laird
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