Viet Showdown Yet To Come
UPI dispatch reports North Vietnamese gains in the 27 day South Vietnam offensive as forces overturn government regiments and seize bases. Officials say the decisive showdown will come if Hanoi presses toward major cities. The fighting has left up to 2,000 government and 13,000 North Vietnamese killed, with expected urban battles shaping at Kontum and hints Thieu may be forced to concede if Balangon is attacked.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Hanoi
The
Saigon High
U.S
Aillien Rman
South Vietnamese
Tres Nonin
Begone
Nics Miles
Quang Tri
Kontum
Central Highlands
Gon
Nguyen van Thieu
Balgon
London
England
Southern Hallway Board
No Romance Yet In Pacific Rowers Journey
Pacific rowers John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook stated their 8000 mile voyage in a 35-foot boat bred respect but no romance. Fairfax said rowing isn’t romantic and vowed not to undertake another sea trip. Cook will not join a world voyage with an all-female crew.
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Sydney
UPI
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
Fairfax
London
Miss Cook
Summit faces overload of priorities says Thorn
Luxembourg foreign minister Gaston Thorn warned the autumn European summit could be swamped by too many priority demands from many countries. He noted planning shows the agenda stagger under such pressure with 36 to 48 topics deemed impossible to detail. Thorn cited consensus on a centerpiece goal of economic and monetary union by 1980, while other nations pushed topics from regional development to ecology and price stabilization.
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Luxembourg
UPI
Gaston Thorn
Common Market
Council of Ministers
Four die as Taiwan quake rocks Huasien area
A earthquake lasting about five minutes killed four people and wounded 11 as they were thrown from a commuter train in Huasien near Taipei. Ten houses were razed and two bridges damaged in Hualien while Taipei felt a three on the local scale with no casualties. Earlier, Honshu near Aomori Province measured three on Japan's seven-point scale with no damage reported.
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AYPEI
UPI
Taiwan
Huasien
Taipei
Hualien
Japan
Honshu
Aomori
Lebanon meat processor loses license over horsemeat case
Tennessee official upholds ruling that Dixie Sausage Co. cannot operate after a hearing found horse meat was added to ground beef and sold to Tennessee Preparatory School. Witnesses alleged theft and conspiracy by a former employee, while owner denied wrongdoing amid extensive publicity.
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Nashville
UPI
Lebanon
Gil F. Thornton
Eugene Holeman
Cat Ray Copleanor
Dixie Sausage Co
Carl Murray
Watertown
Copleanor
Tennessee Preparatory School
Ali McFarland
Murray
McFarland
Judas Iscariot
TPS
Robert Laws
Agriculture Department
Cordell Hunter
James
Buck) Davia
Buck Davis
Davis
Hunter
Thornton
Ray Copleanor
Memphis Board votes to appeal federal desegregation busing order
The Memphis Board of Education voted 5 to 4 to appeal a U S district court order mandating busing 13 789 students and seek a stay pending appeal. The move follows the desegregation hearing and includes instructions to pursue state funds and review bus purchasing or contracting.
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Memphis
UPI
Memphis Board of Education
U.S. District Court
Robert M. McRae Jr
McRae
Maxine Smith
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
NAACP
Smith
Court Postpones Richmond Vote
The Supreme Court indefinitely postponed Richmond's May 2 councilmember elections over violations of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In a brief order seven justices accepted Justice Department objections to the at large plan and delay. Curtis Holt Sr. argued for deannexation to restore voting strength to Black residents.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Richmond
Justice Department
Warren Burger
Harry Blackmun
William Rehnquist
U.S
Robert R. Merhige
Curtis Holt Sr
Chesterfield County
U.S. Supreme Court
Holt
Norfolk man freed in flag case ruling by Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court reversed Ronald T. Herrick's 30 days in jail and $280 fine for defacing a flag. The court held the display referenced was not an official U S flag, noting its design was similar but did not claim to be the real flag, thus the conviction could not stand.
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Fuchmond
America
Virginia Supreme Court
Norfolk
Ronald T. Herrick
Herrick
Néwfolk
Virginia
U.S
Battle Of Sandy Hook fuels antiwar clash at sea
Seven sailors jumped overboard into the icy Sandy Hook Bay as the ammunition ship Nitro neared the Atlantic, seeking to reach Vietnam. Protesters in 17 canoes tried to block the ship, but Coast Guard pulled sailors back, ending the confrontation with no casualties or clear victor.
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Leonardo
N. J
DPI
Sandy Hook Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Vietnam
Coast Guard
USS Nitro
Earle Naval Depot
Coast Guardsmen
State Marine Police
Navy
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts primaries shape 1968 Democratic field
United Press International notes Senators Humphrey and McGovern favored in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts respectively with Muskie needing delegates to stay viable. The two states offer 239 delegate votes and could realign paths to Ohio and Indiana primaries. McGovern targets a Massachusetts sweep while Muskie relies on Shapp’s machine in Pennsylvania. Wallace expected to perform modestly in Pennsylvania.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
George 3
McGovern
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Edmund
Muskie
Humphrey
Milton J. Shapp
Democratic Organization
Wisconsin
Bay State
Boston Globe
Keystone
Shapp
Boston
Kevin White
Indiana
Michigan
Maryland
Permanen
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Ship Repairs Faked: Jury Indicts Newport News Firm
A Newport News shipfitting company Horne Brothers Inc and two subsidiaries face a 21 count federal indictment charging false statements and concealment of graft in a Navy repair scheme. Officials allege use of surplus and reused parts, false invoices, and hidden profits from 1987 to 1990. The case followed two years of Navy agent investigations.
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Alexandria
UPI
Newport News
Navy
Richard Khendienst
Horne Brothers, Inc
U.S
Brian Gettings
Microphones Found In Nets Near Cherbourg Area
Maritime authorities report fishermen found brick colored plastic microphones in nets off the Normandy coast near Cherbourg. The discovery comes as the French atomic submarine La Terribles is slated for a May test run and amid a Soviet fishing fleet seen in the area two months earlier. Naval security and the French secret service investigate the objects as a site of a first.
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Cherbourg
France
UPI
Normandy
Defanne de Securite Territoire
Secret Service
Kingsport Times News Listing of Publication Details
The Kingsport Times News operated as Sunday only and other day editions with morning and Sunday issues. It lists pricing, circulation notes, and service details for subscriptions and notices, including advertising and republication policies. The notice references publishers, distributors, and organizational associations while noting restrictions on republication and copyright.
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Kingsport Times
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