South Vietnamese Fight Enemy on Dozen Fronts
South Vietnamese forces battled North Vietnamese and Viet Cong across a dozen fronts from the northern border to the southern tip. The command reported 77 enemy killed and 20 South Vietnamese soldiers dead with 59 wounded. One American was killed and five injured by an accidental shell blast at Da Nang.
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U Minh Forest
Mekong
Kontum
Enmy
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Nixon
Red China
Central Highlands
US Army strength in Vietnam dips below 100000
In Saigon AP reports the US Army in Vietnam fell to 99,700 last week with total American forces at 133,700, a drop of 2,800. Command must cut 64,700 more by May 1 to meet Nixon’s 69,000 ceiling, excluding forces in Thailand and ships off Vietnam.
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Vietnam
U.S
Coast Guard
Nixon
Thailand
Arkansas forecast and 24 hour report summary
Experiment Station notes a 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. with a high of 68 and a low of 32 and trace precipitation. Forecasts show decreasing clouds and much colder conditions today in Arkansas, fair and colder tonight, and sunny, not so cold Tuesday. Temperatures: today mid 20s to upper 30s, tonight teens to 20s, Tuesday mid 30s to mid 40s.
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Arkansas
Manpower program boosts funding amid unemployment concerns
The White House unveiled a $2 billion Manpower proposal a 25 percent rise from existing programs. It ties July 1 1973 as the implementation date and adds funds for high unemployment areas when joblessness stays above 4.5 percent for three straight months. The plan forms part of Nixon's $12.3 billion package for urban and rural development and related services.
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White House
Nixon
Pay Board Chief Claims Media Skews Wage Hikes
Tucson AP report quotes Robert P. Tiernan, Pay Board executive director, blaming radio, TV, and newspapers for public criticism of wage hikes. He notes Congress mandated large signals raises before the freeze, coal miners contract timing, and reductions from 12.5 to 8.3 percent for aerospace workers while cost-of-living provisions in 1968 helped push totals.
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Tucson
Ariz
Robert P. Tiernan
Pay Board
Tiernan
Kaiser Industries Corp
Carpeted Classrooms Debate Sparks School Costs
In Chicago a Seattle physician questions carpeting in ordinary classrooms citing costs care and acoustics. She favors carpet in open spaces for group instruction as better for acoustics and use. The piece notes modern schools favor open areas alongside traditional single-group rooms.
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Chicago
Seattle
Vivian Harlin
Journal of the American Medical Association
Mystery Before Jury in Hughes Irving Case
Key figures in the Howard Hughes Clifford Irving autobiography mystery face a federal grand jury opening its second week of investigation in New York. The panel weighs tangled allegations and potential perjury questions as proceedings begin today.
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Marcia Chambers
Associated Press
NEW York
Howard Hughes
Clifford Irving
Winter Returns to Arkansas Cold air floods state as arctic high shifts winds
The Associated Press reports a cold front sweeping Arkansas with arctic high pressure from the north. Temperatures will rise to the mid 20s to upper 30s today with teens to 30s tonight and no precipitation through Tuesday. Overnight lows include Fayetteville 21 and Little Rock 30 among others. Rain totals over 24 hours vary across cities from trace to 0.39 inches in Memphis, with Little Rock at 0.312 inches.
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Obituary notices for Thornton Burnsides and others
Obituaries reported for Elizabeth Copeland Thornton 61 of Nashville and Loraine Moses Burnside of El Dorado. Thornton survivors include husband Roy and children Oris Barney others. Burnside survivors include husband Curtis and sisters. Additional death notice for Moon Sik Park of Yoong Dung South Korea and brief items on Nancy Reagan remarks and a sprawling look at the Hughes Irving Look/McGraw Hill case with Nina van Pallandt and others.
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Texas
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Life Magazine
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McGraw-Hill
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Nina van Pallandt
Mexico
England
Grand
Newsweek Magazine
Look Magazine
Stephen White
Look
Newsweek
Five Drowned in Texas Dam Gate Accident
AP reports four missing after a gate failure at Anzalduas lake near Mission Texas. Mexican victims include a 14 year old Reynosa boy. Witnesses say warning sirens and lights failed due to a wiring short. The International Boundary Commission operates the dam on the Rio Grande.
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Ray Landry
Anzalduas Lake
Landry
Mexico
Reynosa
Rio Grande
International Boundary Commission
Arabs Say Soviet Arms Outdated
Arab military officers in Syria and Egypt complain that Soviet heavy artillery is outdated and lacks spare parts, hindering upkeep. U S defense sources note friction with Soviet advisers, who influence promotions and training, with an estimated 12 000 to 15 000 advisers with Egyptian armed forces. The Cuban case is cited in an intelligence report describing Cuban views of Soviet advisers as dour and aloof.
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Hoffman
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
House Foreign Affairs
Cuba
Dacca
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Mujib
Indira Gandhi aids Bangladesh with transport aid
India presents Mujibur Rahman with 14.7 million dollars in aid including 50 jeeps 136 ambulances and 800 trucks each loaded with 200 bags of powdered milk after talks in Calcutta. New tensions rise over Bihari detention and Mirpur arms caches as Pakistan and Bangladesh strain diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Calcutta
Indira Gandhi
Mujibur Rahman
Bangadesh
Mujib
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