Fierce fighting across South Vietnam as North attacks continue
Reports from the front describe intensified clashes near An Khe Pass and Quang Tri. North Vietnamese forces pressed the central coast and highlands while U.S. and South Vietnamese units conducted strikes on supply lines and bases. Casualties rose with 1,149 South Vietnamese killed and 3,376 wounded over three weeks, and 10 Americans killed last week.
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Associated Press
Peter Arnett
U.S
An Khe Pass
Highway 19
Arnett
Highlands
Dau Tieng
An Loc
Saigon
North Vietnam
Dmz
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Cua Viet-Dong Ha
Quang Tri
Vu van Giai
Lynn C. Newland
Highway 1
da Nang
7Th Fleet
Commerce Dept cites deficits amid import growth and dock strike
The Commerce Department attributes March US deficits to divergent growth abroad and domestic trends, the dollar realignment, and a dock strike backlog. Imports reached 4.475 billion while exports were 3.89 billion, with hopes of gradual improvements and a possible small 1972 surplus. Congress may begin hearings on protective trade measures as foreign competition concerns rise.
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Commerce Department
United States
Department
Nixon
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Navy appoints first woman admiral in historic promotion
Navy promoted Capt. Duerk to admiral as Secretary Melvin Laird praised the move, noting it marks the first time a woman holds the rank. Duerk had been serving in nursing and administrative posts and was serving on leave en route to her mother's home in Holgate Ohio when the announcement came. Laird highlighted the administration's push for women to advance to higher ranks in the armed services.
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Navy Nurse Corps
Navy
Capt
Duerk
Holgate
Ohio
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Nixon signals resumption of Paris talks on Vietnam peace
President Nixon vows to resume Paris negotiations with aims to curb the North Vietnamese invasion and free American prisoners of war. Kissinger cites renewed diplomacy and Le Duc Tho's return as signs progress may emerge before Nixon's May trip to the Soviet Union.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Soviet Union
U.S
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George McGovern
Vietnam
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Thailand
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Apollo 16 astronauts skim moon rocks on splashdown approach
Apollo 16 crew John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly II briefly fired small jets for four seconds to align with a Pacific splashdown 178 miles southeast of Christmas Island and 1 519 miles south of Hawaii. They reported volcanic features and a crater wall with oozing material as Mission Control noted an earlier alarm was a stray signal.
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Christmas Island
Hawaii
Penrhyn
Tinconderoga
Mission Control
Noth
Duke
Mattingly
Moon
Major rainfall floods Lawton area as Ellsworth drains
City reservoirs receive runoff from Ellsworth Lake with pumping planned to move water to Lawtonka. Lawton reports extensive street flooding, low water crossings closed, two fire calls, and a tornado warning issued for eastern Jackson and northwest Tillman counties after a funnel cloud near Headrick.
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Second
Frisco
20Th
14Th and Park
Euclid
Sheridan Road
Tomlinson Junior High School
South 24Th Street
24Th Street
Forrest Drive
KSWO
Lindy
Ozman
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G Avenue
The
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Tillman Counties
Headrick
Nixon and Hanoi clash over invasion and peace talks
Porter urged North Vietnam to end its invasion and begin withdrawing troops from the South, warning of reduced retaliation if progress occurred. Hanoi disputed the invasion charge and Thuy said Le Duc Tho would soon be in Paris, reigniting hopes for secret talks with Kissinger.
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South Vietnam
Porter
Hanoi
U.S
South
Thuy
Politburo
le Duc Tho
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Cityan Wins $500 Medical Summer Fellowship
Don Bendure son of Mrs Lloyd Bendure 711 Euclid and the late Mr Bendure has been awarded a 500 fellowship for this summer at the Southwest Medical Research Foundation San Antonio Texas Bendure is a senior at the University of Texas.
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Don Bendure
Lloyd Bendure
Euclid
Mr. Bendure
Southwest Medical Research Foundation
San Antonio
Tex
Bendure
University of Texas
Satellites Track Global Storm Births
Satellites monitor the formation of tropical storms around the world, providing early data on potential cyclone development and atmospheric patterns.
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