Cambodian Capital Sealed As Viet Cong Attacks Near Border
Cambodian provisional head Cheng Heng reports Viet Cong actions against Cambodian troops in border provinces near Phnom Penh. Tanks patrol streets, bridges guarded, and villagers pressured to sell rice to Communist forces. Demonstrations pro Sihanouk erupt. border tensions escalate as security tightens at the airport and routes out of the city.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Cheng Heng
Mekong River
Vietnam
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Sihanouk
Kampong Cham
Government of Salvation
North Vietnam
Sisowath Sirik Matak
U S Attack Kills 88 North Vietnamese
American forces reported an attack in thick jungle near the Cambodian frontier that killed 88 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters. Two U S soldiers died and 23 were wounded as the battle unfolded on Thursday three miles from Cambodia.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Mekong
Laos
Florida Cropland Flooded By Heavy Spring Rains
Heavy spring rains flood thousands of acres of pastureland across Florida from Fort Myers to Palm Beach threatening crops and livestock. Authorities warn more land could go underwater as officials seek federal loans for growers and farmers shift pumps to save melons tomatoes peppers and other produce while cattle suffer in flooded pastures.
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Bean City
Fla
Florida
Fort Myers
Gulf Coast
Palm Beach
Atlantic
Hobe Sound
Stuart
Ed Dail
Central
South Florida
Lee County
Don Lander
Collier County
Corry: Roads funds rise in 1972 under new fuel tax
A North East memo outlines 1972 liquid fuels tax allocations with Corry set to gain from the penny increase. Corry’s 1972 receipts jump to 44108 for roads and population based on 1960 Census, plus 27277 this year, under a 50 50 formula. Nearby towns also see sizable rises in fuel tax allotments as the city collects funds for roads and bridges.
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Corry
Forest Hopkins
North East
Elgin Borough
Wayne Township
Wattsburg
Union City
Concord Township
Amity Township
Union Township
Mill Village
Talks Lay Groundwork For Postal Settlement Near
Washington AP reports negotiators for the union and government made progress toward settling the postal dispute after a long bargaining night. Postmaster General Winton M Riount and AFL-CIO’s James Gildea led teams as Congress eyed pay rises and approval remained with lawmakers and the President. Soldiers and National Guardsmen on alert in New York were not slated for action unless a wider strike occurred.
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Washington
Nixon
Key Biscayne Fila
Congress
Ikeamen
Winton M.riount
Afl-Cio
James Gildea
Capitol
Rouse-Senate Post Office
Eerie Lieves
Lea Wiles
Thaddeus J
Dulaki
Gale W. McGee
Senate Post Office Panel
McGee
Dulski
Pentagon
New York
Air Controllers Call Nationwide Walkout Threat
The PATCO call for a nationwide air controllers walkout threatens Easter weekend airline disruption. FAA telegrams warned absent controllers of action within 24 hours to obey a court order and return to work. Bailey accuses FAA of waiving qualifications to replace strikers as 259 controllers were absent in the east and midwest. contacts indicate about 8,500 controllers nationwide could be involved.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
F. Lee Bailey
PATCO
Midwest
West
Far West
Bailey
Air Transport Association
Salt
CHEER Elects and Maps Plans For This Year
CHEER, Inc. held its annual meeting in the Moose Lodge Colonial Room last night. Mrs. Norman Tarbell was reelected president, Samuel J. Baressi reelected vice president, Samuel Antrim again as treasurer, and Miss Clara Hill named secretary. Mrs. Tarbell named Mrs. Lester Danner as corresponding secretary, with Holcomb and Eaton retained on the ways and means committee and Willman and Ficcardi joining from the Corry Ellis Lodge. C. Conrad Monroe, RN, became nursing chairman, and new craft chairmen were appointed.
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Cheer, Inc
Moose Lodge
Norman Tarbell
Samuel J. Baressi
Samuel Antrim
Clara Hill
Tarbell
Lester Danner
Ways and Means
Withlifford Holcomb
William 8. Eaton
Ronald Willman
Alfred Ficcardi
Corry Ellis Lodge
C. Conrad Monroe
Four Killed In Separate Car Crashes OIL, CITY
Four people die in two Route 8 crashes south of the Routes 8 AIT intersection near Cherrytree. Victims are John L. Feely Titusville Ardelle Gifford Titusville 45 Donald Kozaczki Oil City 25. James Kostek 19 Rouseville survived with serious injuries. Coroner cites skull fractures and multiple injuries.
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Oil, City
Cherrytree
John L. “Jaci” Feely
Titusville
Ardelle Gifford
Donald &. Kozaczki
Oil City
James Kostek
Rouseville
Oil City Hospital
Venango County
Jnathan H. Hutchinson
Feely
Kozicrki
Gifford
Franklin
Kozacek
Three Controllers Sparked Slowdown Washington AP says three Louisiana based controllers were transferred triggering a slowdown
The slowdown follows the FAA transfer of three Baton Rouge control tower controllers. PATCO leaders demand immediate reversal while citing a presidential panel report on radar shortcomings and working conditions. FAA denies feud, says moves aimed to upgrade Baton Rouge facility and morale.
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Washington
Baton Rouge
Federal Aviation Agency
F. Lee Bailey
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
PATCO
Michael J. Rock
Patco Board
FAA
John J. Carson
Rock
John H. Shaffer
Louisiana
Shaffer
Court Rules Man's Age Dates From Birth Not Conception
Harrisburg AP The Commonwealth Court blocked Dae Check a 23 year old Monongahela candidate from appearing on the ballot arguing nine months of gestation counts toward age The judge ruled age for Congress starts at birth and may predate Magna Carta in rejecting the gestation claim Check intends to appeal to the state Supreme Court noting his religious beliefs but the court did not consider them decisive
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John Joseph Willis
South Center Street
West Bend Street
Pittsburgh
William Schmader
Warren County
John Grady
Western Correctional and Diagnostic Classification Center
Willis
Carter
Harrisburg
Commonwealth Court
John Doe
Monongahela
Dae Check
Congress
Stratford Academy
New Jersey
William W. Lipsitt
Lipsitt
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Penh
Koh Ky
Bar
Chandigarh
India
Secretariat
Talks
Newbird
York
LaGuardia
CHEER
Cornon Committee
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