Ceasefire talks loom as prisoner exchange set under Paris accord
Saigon and Viet Cong announced a 1,387 civilian prisoner exchange on Friday under the Paris peace terms. Saigon planned to release 750 of 5,061 civilians while the Viet Cong would free 637 prisoners. Both sides reported more civilians held than admitted, and Kissinger Tho talks were deemed significant amid warnings of possible North Vietnamese offensives before the rainy season.
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Paris
Saigon
Washington
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Kissinger
Nixon
Tho
Saigon Command
le Trung Hien
Sai- Kon
Hien
Ringo Play seeks permit for Pike amusements
Ringo Inc led by C. Ray Shira seeks a special use permit to run a Bingo like game in a Pike area general commercial zone. City departments weigh fire traffic and health concerns while the Police warn the game may be gambling despite claims of skill. Planners meet May 3 to hear both sides with a possible 10 day appeal period to the city council.
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Pike
Ringo
General Commercial Enterprises
C-3
Jease
Sperling-Altman
Fire Prevention Bureau
Health Department
California
Ringo, Inc
Jergins Trust Building
C. Ransom Samuelson
Shira
Samuelson
Rock musician Sly ordered to stand trial on drug charges
Sylvester Stewart known as Sly of Sly and the Family Stone was ordered in Los Angeles to stand trial for possessing marijuana and cocaine. At his Feb. 2 arrest a search found three quarters of a pound of marijuana and 42 ounces of cocaine. Charges on 600 placidyl pills and PCP were dismissed but will be reapplied when the case goes to Superior Court May 9. In Long Beach, Albert Griffin reported burglars stole a television set valued at $410 from his apartment.
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Sylvester Stewart
Sly
Sly and the Family Stone
Los Angeles
Stewart
Max
Zimmerman
Richard Chrystie
Superior Court
Albert Griffin
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
Young giant Kemper waives extradition in California killings
Edmound Kemper, 24, a 5 foot 9 inch, 280 pound laborer, agreed to return to Santa Cruz to face charges of beating his mother and her friend to death with a hammer in Aptos. He confessed to six additional murders of hitchhiking college coeds in the Santa Cruz area and is linked to other killings reported this year.
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UPD
California
Edmound Kemper
Pueblo
Colo
Rey
Kemper
Reno
Nev
Dist
Peter Chang
Clarewell Strandberg
Sara Taylor Hallett
Aptos
Charles Sherer
Colorado
Aes Kemper
Jack F. Feaby
Chang
Berg
Thang
Mountain Res
San Francisco
Herbert W. Mullin
Felton
Calif
Flood Threat Deepens As Rivers Surge Across Midwest
The Mississippi nears a crest of 43.5 feet at St Louis amid sandbag shortages. Lincoln County’s Pin Oak levee weakens under Missouri River pressure as Grafton Illinois faces near total inundation. 10,000 families in 25 counties across Missouri and Illinois are seriously affected by widespread floods.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Ilinois
Army Corps of Engineers
Lincoln County
Winfield
Missouri River
Grafton
Ill
Illinois
Mississippi Valley
The
American Red Cross
Illnois
Man leaps to death from Gerald Desmond Bridge
A 36 year old Elsinore man Kent DeGrande was found beneath the Gerald Desmond Bridge after a suspected suicide. Long Beach officer Ed Wysocki said the body was discovered around 2 p.m. with wrists cut and a throat wound. his Navy discharge papers noted an end in 1967. a car with blinking lights was found on the bridge.
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Elsinore
Gerald Desmond
Long Beach
Ed Wysocki
Kent de- Grande
Wysocki
Harbor Channel
Lakewood
Lyan Snyder
de- Grande
NeGrande
DeGrande
Navy
12 arrested in Southland bookie raid
Sheriff's investigators with Gardena police arrested twelve people on suspicion of running a Southland bookmaking ring that reportedly handled up to 150000 dollars a month. The sweep, part of a three month probe, also led to the arrest of a 13th suspect tied to a major pornographic film distributor. A West Hollywood man and two alleged lieutenants, identified as Sam Straub 36, and others 48 Hawthorne and 42 Los Angeles, were taken into custody at a bar on May 1 at Vermont Avenue in Lenox. Nine clerks were later detained at undisclosed locations.
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Gardenalice
Wednes
Southland
Alies
West Hollywood
Sam Straub
Eesides Clay
Hawthone
Boyd Allar
Los Angeles
S. Vermont Ave
Lenox
Haldeman Power Wanes Amid Watergate Shakeup
The White House signals major staff changes as Haldeman's influence declines while Nixon relies on Leonard Garment for advice. Ziegler roles blur amid ongoing Watergate investigations and questions about presidential oversight. The president concentrates on the case, assigning aides to investigate and consulting with Henry Kissinger era appointees and John Wilson, amid uncertainty over a special prosecutor.
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White House
Haldeman
Watergate
Nixon
Leonard Garment
Ziegler
Florida
Tme
Henry Note
John Wilson
Ehrlichman
Wilson
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Binh Dinh
Vo Minumiets
United States
Edmund Kemper II
Robtain Lion
Eeener
North Fork
S. Calif
Catalina
Rcos Atkins
Los Cerritos Center
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