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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1971
Page
3
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Paris AP reports a Laotian youth at a red draped podium in French proclaims the total defeat of an American South Vietnamese operation in southern Laos. He cites fifteen thousand enemy captives including 200 GIs and 496 planes destroyed, with North Vietnamese ministers crediting Laotians as the campaign’s voice in Paris.
Gov. Shapp faces a rift with organization Democrats over patronage affecting his administration. The Senate adjourned without approving Walter Arader as Secretary of Commerce amid bargaining over patronage jobs, signaling a split between independents and organization Democrats with potential policy impact.
Washington AP Senate Judiciary subcommittee opened a two day hearing on the 1968 Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act amid rising youth crime. Sen Birch Bayh said federal efforts fell short and questioned extending the program beyond June 30. He cited a 148 percent rise in violent juvenile crime and 85 percent in property offenses in the 1960s, with many juveniles returning to custody after release. Bayh blamed the Nixon administration for delays and underfunding, noting only 30 million of the 150 million authorized was appropriated.
Washington AP reports Construction Union leaders plan a legal challenge to President Nixon’s wage stabilization order while signaling they will comply with the landscape. AFL CIO official C J Haggerty says they will fight for more equity and may not set on wage stabilization review boards yet. He stresses unions rejected a voluntary plan and warns against vague price and profit controls.
U S helicopters carried elite South Vietnamese commandos into southern Laos for a raid on a North Vietnamese base near the border as North Vietnamese forces struck Duc Duc, burning much of the district capital. The operation Lam Son 719 continued with 22 000 South Vietnamese troops and U S support in a two to three day raid aimed at inflicting maximum casualties with minimal friendly losses.
A Pittsburgh mother of five told the state Milk Marketing Board that large families cannot afford to buy milk for their children. She described consuming four to six gallons weekly as the board weighed a two cent per quart hike in 14 counties. The court-ordered hearing questioned producers’ accounting methods and the board chair refused to revoke the increase.
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