Global war brief and political shifts across North America and Vietnam
U S and allied forces report over 30 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed with about 70 000 wounded in a nine week offensive while 2 360 Americans are dead and 16 681 wounded. Ottawa sees Transport Minister Paul Hellyer resign over housing reform disputes. Prague cancels May Day parade amid tightened controls. Belfast police and army bolster defenses amid sectarian violence. Nixon proposes postage hike to 7 cents, tariff reforms to end deficits. Hijack plot foiled on Miami bound flight. two suspects arrested. Minot teachers strike ends with jail terms and fines. Kennedy cites inflationary psychology hindering price restraint and notes progress in curbing inflation.
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Heart Project kept secret over fear of pressure
Dr. Denton Cooley said he hid the artificial heart project fearing pressure to halt it. He noted Pasteur as a comparator and said the first U.S. implant targeted in New York. Haskell Karp of Skokie, Illinois, lived 65 hours with the device before dying 36 hours after a transplant.
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Heaviest Vietnam War bombing on Cambodian border near Saigon
Friday raids by high altitude bombers dropped almost 3,000 tons on the Cambodian border area northwest of Saigon. The daylong operation marked the heaviest bombing concentration of the conflict to date.
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Raid near border rattles area near Communist HQ
Report states B52 raids hit within 2000 yards of the jungle border and caused earth tremors for miles. Military officers believe the strike targeted the main Communist headquarters just across the frontier.
Concessions Move Widens Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris reports say the United States backs simultaneous political and military negotiations. Communists call the move a ploy to break the deadlock. South Vietnam softens terms, accepts mutual withdrawal of foreign troops as a key issue and drops demands that the Viet Cong renounce Communist ties for political participation.
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Loretta Young Seeks Divorce After 29 Years
Actress Loretta Young files for divorce in Los Angeles from Thomas H A Lew is after 29 years of marriage citing his desertion in 1956. She seeks alimony of one dollar a year and Lew is is an advertising executive who produced The Loretta Young Show in the 1950s.
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Television producer Gail Patrick Jackson divorces in Los Angeles
Gail Patrick Jackson, 56, won a divorce Thursday from Thomas Cornwell Jackson, 67, after testifying their 22 year marriage failed over parenting discipline and religious differences. The couple produced Lassie and Perry Mason for CBS and Jackson did not contest the action.
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Lebanon government collapses amid pro‑Mando protests
Lebanon faced a political crisis as the government collapsed after violent pro‑Mando demonstrations. Police fired on protesters wounding many while Premier Rashid Karami resigned after 47 days in office. Egyptian snipers near the Suez Canal killed an Israeli soldier and wounded nine others as Israel warned of retaliation.
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