U S and South Vietnam Press Attacks in Laos and Cambodia
U S and South Vietnamese forces press operations across Laos and eastern Cambodia with heavy air strikes, helicopter missions, and ground advances around Sepone and Lepone. Reports note losses include several U S helicopters and missing crew, amid broader campaigns begun February 4.
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Associated Press
Koichiro Morita
Sophia 2
Sepone
U.S
Pham van Phu
509Th
South Vietnam
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Lepone
Laos
Saigon
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Stunday
Soviet claims of three secret Egyptian air bases raise alarm
UPI reports Senator Jackson says USSR operates three covert air bases in Egypt and has 15,000 troops and 60 generals there. He warns Moscow directs Cairo during cease-fire lapse with Israel and pushes to reopen the Suez Canal to access the Mediterranean. Jackson criticizes limited Egyptian access to the bases and fears strategic gains for the Soviets.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Sadat
Moscow
Kremlin
Israel
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington Democrat
Nasser
Cairo
Middle East
Middle East talks bog down as Sadat rejects longer truce
President Nixon says the U S will handle the crisis quietly and realistically. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat rejects another truce extension and demands progress in U N mediated talks led by Gunnar V Jerning. Israel’s Golda Meir signals withdrawal only to a negotiated border between cease-fire lines and the 1967 frontiers.
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Henry J. Jackson
D-Wash
Egypt
Nixon
Jackson
Segyptian
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Moscow
Rogers
Kegypt
Sadat
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarting
Jordan
Golda Meir
British Independent Television News
Peter Snow
Jerusalem
Yellow Cab Service to Face City Probe
Los Angeles Board of Public Utilities and Transportation orders a full investigation into Yellow Cab Co. poor service. The Department must file by April 15 a report on cab availability at the International Airport and in downtown Wilshire, following January and February spot checks. Robert W. Russell, DP&T general manager, cites city wide phone call requests and airport wait times as concerns.
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Yellow Cab, Co
Los Angeles Board of Public Utilities and Transportation
Department of Public Utilities and Transportation
Yellow Cab
International Airport
Wilshire
Department
Robert W. Russell
Ho Trail traffic doubles as trucks move toward Laos
American military sources report the Ho Chi Minh Trail traffic to southern Laos has doubled in days reaching pre invasion levels. About 800 trucks operated daily last week, rising to 1600 nightly on Thurs Fri Sat as Hanoi sends supplies to northern depots and troops.
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Alvin Suuster
New York Times
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Chepone
Hanoi
Ammuni
California coed slain at campus ravine. mystery persists
Lynda Christine Kanes, 20, Pacific Union College student, vanished February 26 and was found Friday in a Napa County ravine two miles from the Angwin campus. Sheriff says murder likely. lab tests to determine exact cause of death. Pathologist notes skull fracture and head laceration near the left ear.
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Napa
Lynda Christine Kanes
Napa County
Earl Randol
Pacific Union College
Lynda
Angwin
Tom Johnson
Owen Thomas
Santa Rosa
Fire destroys storage sheds at 1163 Te. 15th St Long Beach
A Sunday night fire destroyed a wood frame building containing three storage sheds and a vacant apartment at the rear of 1163 Te. 15th St in Long Beach. Battalion Chief Tom Cady led fire crews to fight the blaze with damage estimated at $2,000 and no injuries reported.
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15Th St. Vive
Long Beach
Tom Cady
Laos gains lift as US to pull 100,000 more troops from Vietnam
Defense officials say progress in Laos and South Vietnam's Sepone capture boost optimism for accelerating the withdrawal over the next six months. Melvin Laird cautions Sepone was not an objective, but the area's routes are important. The Army faces risks from North Vietnamese reinforcements as March and April pullout totals edge higher.
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Washington
Laos
South Vietnam
Sepone
Defense Department
U.S
Melvin RK
Laird
Lepone
Vietnam
Nixon
Los Angeles Councilman Faces Trial With Eight Chinese-Americans
Los Angeles city councilman Robert Stevenson heads to superior court to face conspiracy and bribery charges alongside eight Chinese-Americans. The case centers on alleged illegal political influence and payoffs connected to city governance and development projects.
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Los Angeles
Robert Stevenson
Fo Oon
Inmate on San Quentin death row stabbed during exercise
Million L. McShane, 29, was knifed in the left breastbone by a fellow condemned prisoner who crafted a 30 inch dagger from a bed spring and broom handle. A suspect was detained after guards recovered the homemade knife beneath a cell bed. Debord said Sirhan Sirhan is not involved. McShane remained in hospital under observation with no vital organ damage.
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San Quenttin
UPL
San Quentin
Million L. McShane
Lee Debord
Debord
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
McShane
Los Angeles
State Prison
Gas blast in Palmdale injures five
A natural gas explosion Sunday afternoon blasted two houses and damaged about 20 more in Palmdale. Five people were injured, including Edna Woodward 37 hospitalized in serious condition. Jerry Shelton 31 helped pull a woman from a flaming home as debris flew.
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Palmdale
Jerry Shelton
Edna Woodward
Woodward
Soviet Missile Advances Raise Arms Control Stakes
Senator Jackson, on a television program, warned that the Soviet Union is building missiles more capable than the SS9 and urged that any arms limitation cover offensive systems as proposed in Helsinki. He called the developments ominous and said the new weapon may exceed the SS9 in quality.
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Russia
Jackson
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