Two Copters Under Ground Fire Near Saigon
Communist forces fired on two peacekeeping helicopters in the Mekong Delta. One CH53-like South Vietnamese helicopter carrying Joint Military Commission members landed at Vi Thanh with no injuries. The other, carrying IC CS reps, was shot near Can Tho but not hit. Nine dead Saturday when an Air America helicopter for the ICC was shot down in northwest Vietnam. Canada weighs withdrawing observer teams. Trudeau pledges no quit. Viet Cong say the incident involved stray aircraft, but deny involvement of the delta mission. Maj. Gen. McAlpine says the downed chopper was hit by a heat seeking missile. Six militia wounded in Kontum clash. seven missing after six hours of fighting. See FIRE, Page 4.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
Vi Thanh
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Can Tho
International Commission
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Air America
Commission
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Ottawa
Delta
Duncan A. McAlpine
AIM Occupation Blasted By Oglala Tribal Leader
Toby Eagle Bull, Oglala Sioux secretary, testified that AIM militants at Wounded Knee cause financial disaster for Pine Ridge. He defended Richard Wilson while urging tribal self governance and jobs, noting schools closed and BIA interference. Peace talks ended as militants refused surrender.
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Oglala
Ashington
South Dakota
Wounded Knee
Toby Eagle Bull
Pine Ridge
Richard Wilson
House
Indian Affairs
Eagle Bull
American Indian Movement
Justice Department
Wilson
BLA
Washington
Dick Wilson
BIA
Killing Freeze To Hit Here Again Tonight
The third killing frost of spring is forecast for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma with temperatures dropping to the mid 20s after weekend lows near 31. Nurserymen warn further plant and tree damage if the frost holds, as snow and showers swept through the region and water levels rose in local lakes.
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Gale A. Sadler
Sadler
Lawton
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Funerals Set For Trio Killed In Sooner Crash
A light plane crash near Blanchard killed Dennis Wade Hamilton 30 his wife Sondra 29 and William A Sherman 2 ½ of Lawton. Hamilton a Fort Sill civil service employee and Jaycees leader died returning from Muskogee after addressing state chapters. Funeral for the Hamiltons is set for Tuesday. Sherman held a Reynolds Army Hospital post in Fort Sill and was a Lawton Jaycees member.
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Oklahoma Jaycees
Lawton
Hamiltons
Sherman
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Civil Service
Fort Sill
Muskogee
Jaycee
Tulsa
Maj
Richard Throckmorton
State Jaycees
Reynolds Army Hospital
Lawton Jaycees
Meat Price Ceiling Signs Posted Across Stores
The Cost of Living Council requires all but the smallest stores to post ceiling prices for 25 meat items and the top 10 canned or bottled meat products. Shoppers worry less about cuts and more about potential price rollbacks and penalties if violations are found, with IRS investigation as a possible enforcement step. A Washington meeting of consumer leaders is planned to discuss follow-up actions, signaling possible further boycotts.
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Cost of Living Council
Council
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Benjamin Rosenthal
DNY
Washington
Consumer Federation
Rural sewer loans aid. Butz announces ten million dollars
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz said $10 million in government backed loans will be available immediately to build rural sewer facilities. The funds can be used for the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30 if needed.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Nixon Sees ICCS Helicopter Attacks as Very Serious
The White House called the recent downing of two ICCS helicopters and shooting at two more in Vietnam extremely serious. Gen. Haig is sending detailed reports as Nixon weighs possible counter-actions, with no timeframe or specifics disclosed.
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White House
Nixon
International Commission For Control and Supervision
Vietnam
United States
Alexander Haig
Southeast Asia
Haig
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Indochina
Warren
ICCS
U.S
Hanoi
Henry Kissinger
Paris
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Peggy JO Ormson
Kansas
Missouri
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53Rd
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Lake Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Meers
Lawtonka
David Houtz
Jina
THE
Associated Press
Blanchard
Nicosia
Cyprus
Congress
Gerald L. Warren
Oklahoma City
Senate
Jim Hamilton
Poteau
Larry Derryberry
Tokyo
Foreign Ministry
Phanom Penh
Bangkok
Wartorn
Cambodia
Gerald Warren
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