Lam Son 720 Operation Quiet as Troops Hold Positions
Reports say Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units remain across the Cambodian frontier near Saigon with no large Allied units entering the valley. South Vietnamese spokesmen gave few details as Lam Son 720 was announced by President Thieu. A routine U S patrol near Dau Tieng was attacked by rocket grenades, destroying three tracked vehicles.
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Nguyen van Thien
Saigon Post
Laos
Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Dau Tieng
U.S. Army
Cambodia
Earth Week rites spark nationwide conservation push
Tens of thousands join Earth Week events across the United States to spotlight pollution and action. Activities include a zoo exhibit in Atlanta, a Plum Island beach cleanup, St. Louis bottle collection, Sacramento park restoration, and New York City car free lunch hours on Madison Avenue to monitor smog levels.
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Atlanta Zoo
Plum Island
St. Louis
Sacramento
Calif
Madison Avenue
42Nd St
57Th St
Indianapolis
Jonn Tannerill
Middleport
Ohio
New York City
China
Cowan
David Frost
Life Magazine
Americans Return from China Amid Mixed Impressions
The article describes U.S. table tennis players led by Cowan returning from China after a state visit. Players recount experiences with Premier Chou En Lai and Mao posters, praise Chinese warmth, and note anti-American signs they observed. Steenhoven stresses no political questions were asked.
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Tim Boggan
Merrick
N.Y
New York
China
Boggan
Table Tennis Association
Long Island University
Mao
U.S
Nagoya
Japan
Steenhoven
George Hi. Brathwaite
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Resek
Braithwaite
Delays in Outdoors Gear Refunds Draw Reader Advice
A reader reports slow refunds from Alaska Sleeping Bag Co and Bauer Co amid inventory delays and computer system changes. Company reps say stock shortages and a new system caused the backlog and refunds are being issued. The writer asks for guidance after receiving only generic checks.
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J.0.s
Hemet. A
Lynn Rosenquist
Bauer Co
Marlinda West Nursing Home Seeks In Kind Donations
A Lynwood facility housing 27 children ages 5 to 17 in wheelchairs requests donations of wooden puzzles large dolls stuffed animals books finger paints play dough and cardboard blocks. Two younger children need outdoor play pens. contact Pauline Norheim to arrange pickup or drop off at the residence.
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Marlinda West Nursing Home
Imperial Highway
Lynwood
Pauline Norheim
Lome
City to clean up vacant lots after 20 day notice period
The city sent weed cleanup notices to vacant lot owners including Union Pacific. Owners have 20 days to comply before the Public Service Department acts and bills the railroad. Cleanup typically starts in May or June due to spring rains and fire restrictions until then.
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Q. I
West 48Th Street
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
N.R
Long Beach
Public Service Department
Utility bills rise citywide in Long Beach
Long Beach City Council approved a Gas Department increase of about 3 cents per day for the typical household effective May 14. Water rates last rose over a year ago with no further changes planned. Edison has applied for rate relief and is awaiting PUC hearings which may shift rates to September or October.
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R.J.P
Long Beach
Gas Department
Action Line
Soviet focus shifts to space station building and orbital crafts
The article notes the Soviet space program has spent over two years linking up, navigating, welding, and communicating for space station construction. It cites Soyuz missions from 1969 to 1970, including docking and long endurance flights, as evidence of progress after losing the race to reach the moon.
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Tass
Andrian Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastianov
Laos bombing and refugee claims raise White House doubts
Rep. McCloskey said at CBS that Ambassador Godley told him 700 000 Laotian refugees did not abandon homes due to bombing. He cited a report claiming destruction of villages drove refugees and suggested restrictions near villages were lifted after July 1969. He declined to accuse Nixon of ordering village destruction, criticizing military and State Department for withholding full facts.
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U.S
Vientiane
McCloskey
George M. Godley
Monteagle Stearne
Godley
Nixon
Laos
State Department
United States
California
Psychiatrists Dispute Link Between Marijuana and Mental Illness
Two experts challenge a Journal of the American Medical Association report by Kolansky and Moore that moderate to heavy marijuana use may trigger serious psychological problems. Snyder and Pillard cast doubt on the evidence for a direct connection, citing insufficient data to prove causation.
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Combined News Services
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
AMA
Solomon H. Snyder
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Ile
Richard C. Pillard
Boston University
Harold Kolansky
William A. Moore
The
Philadelphia Association For Psychoanalysis
United States
Kolansky and Moore
Snyder
Pilard
Canadian colon cancer test promises early detection
Life magazine reported a supersensitive colon cancer test developed by Canadian researchers may detect cancer before other methods. The procedure uses a cancerous goat blood sample with radio tagged antigens to reveal cancer presence. Field trials in five labs and clinical trials planned in 20 centers push Hoffmann LaRoche to a possible year before general use.
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New York
UPI
Life Magazine
Hoffman-LaRoche
Life
U.S
Phil Gold
Montreal General Hospital
McGill University
S. 0. Freedman
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Tere Rere
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Gassetin
Ceewe
Chaneson
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Camelot Golf Cart
Wilson
Sportsman’s Shop
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la Habra
Newport
San Diego
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