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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1972
Page
4
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South Vietnamese commanders and 75 U.S. advisers abandon Quang Tri as North Vietnamese forces close in. About 19,900 ARVN troops retreat toward Highway 1 while communications fail and air support is shot down, signaling a potential provincial capital fall for the first time since the March offensive.
British born actress Gia Scala was found dead in her Hollywood Hills home at 36. Detectives said an apparent accidental overdose of drugs caused her death. Larry Langston found her body while thanking her for hospitality. Police found multiple medication bottles in her bedroom and noted she had been drinking. Her film credits include Don't Go Near the Water Never Say Goodbye Garment Jungle and The Guns of Navarone.
May 1 marks the 122nd day of 1972 with celestial notes and Taurus births. American painter Cecilia Beaux was born May 1, 1863, noting a historical anniversary. In this day’s history, penny post cards began in 1873.
Economic Prospects predicts a strong 1972 with a GNP around 1.132 trillion dollars and 8.1 percent growth. Yale economist Henry C. Wallich sees a balance between growth and inflation risk while noting consumer uncertainty and tighter fiscal monetary policy. The report contrasts Wallich’s view with a 60-economist forecast of 1.140 trillion GNP and gains in industrial production, capital spending, and defense.
The text traces skyscraper development from Chicag o’s 10 story start in 1884 to New York City’s Empire State Building dedication in 1931 at 102 floors and 1250 feet. It notes Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 prediction of a woman chief executive and ends with a quotation from Gen Kenneth Claiborne Royal about a brass hat in military slang.
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