Easter family massacre shocks Hamilton Ohio
Eight children, parents, and grandmother were shot to death Easter Sunday at Charity Ruppert’s home in Hamilton. James Ruppert, the victims’ uncle and an unemployed draftsman, is charged with 11 counts of homicide. Police found the dozen involved in the two story house with no sign of struggle.
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Hamilton, Ohio
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Aife
Ruppert
Charity Ruppert
Leonard Ruppert
Leonard
Alma
James
Garrett Boone
Butler County
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Rockwell B1 layoff hits Los Angeles workers
About 300 Rockwell International B1 bomber division employees in Los Angeles are told not to report to work as the plant winds down. Union spokesman cites parts shortages from the McDonnell Douglas machinists strike and reduced funding for a fourth airplane. Douglas Aircraft Long Beach and Torrance plants also cut jobs amid the strike, with thousands laid off or furloughed.
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Armed man seized on 80-foot cabin cruiser Delight
Federal marshals boarded the 80-foot cabin cruiser Delight 300 miles south of San Diego and arrested armed passenger George Henderson after he barricaded himself in a cabin. Skipper Ken Stockwell and owner George Brice Jr. are tied to Portland. Henderson faces high seas crime charges at the San Diego federal center.
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Coast Guard
George Henderson
George Brice Jr
Stockwell
Henderson
San Diego
Stuart
Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
Portland
Brice
U S ships ready off Vietnam for refugee evacuation
Ford administration pledges naval vessels will not enter combat zones as they prepare to anchor off Da Nang and later ports to rescue refugees. Ships including Dubuque Blue Ridge Frederick and Durham await orders while Saigon fears North Vietnamese attacks.
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Palm Springs
Ford Administration
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
da Nang
Qui Nhon
Nha Trang
Dubuque
Amphibious Command
Blueridge
Federick
Durham
Ford
Washington
U.S. Military Sea Command
North Vietnamese advance after Da Nang fall threatens central coast
North Vietnamese troops poised to strike remaining South Vietnamese enclaves on the central coast after capturing Da Nang. Evacuations by sea halted as rescue ships came under fire. The offensive has seized nearly half of South Vietnam, triggering massive displacement. The U.S. embassy began semiofficial evacuation of staff families. President Ford called the loss an immense human tragedy.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Pentagon
Lon Nol to fly from Phnom Penh via Thailand and Indonesia
Cambodian President Lon Nol plans to leave Phnom Penh this afternoon for Thailand then Indonesia and on to Jakarta for medical treatment. He aims to influence U.S. Congress to approve military aid as Khmer Rouge insurgents press toward Phnom Penh amidst fighting near Prek Rang and along Highway 5.
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Phnom Penh
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Saukham Khoy
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Paris
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Highway 5
Khoy
United States
U.S
Kissinger May Stay On As Ford Seeks Indochina Insight
Nessen confirmed Kissinger told newsmen Ford may keep Kissinger on until end of term after a White House meeting last week. Ford, at a nine day working vacation, discussed Indochina with Kissinger and NSC aides while Kissinger planned to join the President in Palm Springs. Rumors of Kissinger’s resignation circulated amid tensions over Indochina and the Middle East.
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Nessen
Ford
Kissinger
White House Oval Office
Ton
Indochina
Palm Springs
Ford foresees trouble in U.S. economic trends
President Ford warns of potential difficulties in the country’s economy as he analyzes recent trends. Other brief items note Israel opposing Egypt’s UN peacekeeping time limit, a diet derby priced at three dollars, and a claim about abortion rates in nature with reference to Medicine and You.
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