Little Progress Seen In Talks With Viet Reds
Washington reports secret contacts with Communist negotiators show little progress toward ending the Vietnam war. U S officials say North Vietnam and the Viet Cong seem convinced they will win and want pressure on Nixon for terms. Secretary Rogers notes some interest in a negotiated settlement but uncertainty remains.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Paris
Nguyen Kao Ky
Rogers
United States
U S May See Moon Mission On Color TV
Apollo 10 may be televised in live color if the first manned spaceship color camera is ready by the May 18 liftoff from Cape Kennedy Florida. Commander Thomas P. Stafford says he is pushing to include the color camera and show LEM undocking and descent as the craft nears five miles above the lunar surface.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Thomas P
Staford
Publisher Says She Had Written Most Of His Book
New York AP report says former President Dwight D. Eisenhower authored more than 20 000 words of a new book on the Atlantic alliance and related topics before his death on March 28 Five weeks before that date he stopped writing as doctors ruled out further work He collaborated at Walter Reed with Samuel Vaughan executive editor of Doubleday and with Kevin McCann longtime aide and speech writer
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic Alliance
Doubleday & Co
Eisenhower
General
Walter Reed General Hospital
Samuel Vaughan
Doubleday
Kevin McCann
Senator Tower Witnesses Vietnam Battle from Air Support
In Vietnam 40 miles northwest of Saigon fierce fighting raged as Sen John G Tower watched American bombers gunships and M48 tanks strike 200 North Vietnamese troops in bamboo and spider holes. The fight lasted seven hours with 33 enemy bodies found and three U S soldiers killed. Tower toured the 25th Division and inspected the Sheridan tank at Boi Loi Woods amid ongoing spring offensive actions. U S Command reported 13 NVA killed in a late night bunker assault and 15 rocket and mortar attacks on allied bases.
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Saigon
U.S
Senate
Armed Services Committee
John G. Tower
R-Tex
S. 25Th Division
25Th Division
Vietnam
Tower
Mahone II
Boi Loi Woods
Robert S. McGowan
Washington
D.C
Samuel S. Stratton
Dn.y
Demilitarized Zone
Nine Die In Swiss Explosives Plant Blast
An explosion at a nitrate plant in Dottikon near Aarau killed nine people and injured 40 as sirens sounded and the mushroom cloud rose. Police report roofs and walls damaged in Dottikon while the blast was felt miles away. cause under investigation.
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Aarau
Switzerland
Dottikon
Lausanne
Hergiswil
Jet Powered TurboTrain Begins Regular Boston Run
Penn Central launches jet powered TurboTrain service between New York and Boston aiming to cut travel time from about four hours to two and a half hours.
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Boston
Penn Central
New York
McGovern Accuses Pentagon of Shifting Safeguard Rationale
Senator George McGovern charges the Nixon administration keeps changing its reasons for the Safeguard missile defense system. He cites Defense Secretary Laird’s warning that the Soviet SS9 could deploy triple warheads, prompting debate over deployment and U S deterrence.
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Senate
Nixon
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Laird
Russia
America
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Defense
Jackson
United States
Russell
U S Extends Olive Branch To Red China
Washington report says the Nixon administration seeks friendlier ties with Communist China while avoiding pitfalls of exploiting Beijing for U S advantage against the U S S R. Talks eyed for Feb 20 in Warsaw were canceled after a Chinese diplomat defected. Pressure grows for Okinawa’s return to Japan as bases remain under U S supervision and B 52s operate from the island.
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Nixon
China
Peking
William P. Rogers
Communist Party
Red China
Soviet Union
U.S
Warsaw
State Department
Rogers
Asia
Okinawa
South Vietnam
Bomb Explodes Killing Woman in Chicago Toy Dept
In the Goldblatt Department Store on the South Side a 6 inch black powder bomb in a brown paper bag exploded in the basement toy department. Mrs Catherine Lebeter 65 died and eight others were injured including six year old James Aldrich and his parents who were hospitalized in critical condition. The store evacuated quickly as police investigated the device and threats.
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Chicago
Goldblatt
Arthur Nolan
James Aldrich
Frank
Aldrich
Catherine Lebeter
Josephine
South Chicago Community Hospital
Bill Aims Insurance for City Ghettos in Ohio
Columbus AP reports a bill to assure insurance availability for city ghettos will be introduced in both House and Senate as they reconvene after Easter recess. The measure, drawn from 1968 Insurance Study Committee findings, would have the state assume part of the risk.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
U S Drops Demand For Inspection Of Soviet Bases
At the Geneva disarmament conference the United States abandoned its demand for American inspections of Soviet bases. U S Delegate Adrian Fisher offered a revised pact to halt fissionable material production with IAEA safeguards and a swap of enriched uranium for peaceful use, removing the prior insistence on reciprocal on site inspections.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Soviet Union
Storms Sweep U S Midcontinent With Snow And Rain
A spring storm moves through the northern Rockies and adjacent Plains bringing snow from Montana to Colorado. Stockmen’s warnings cover parts of the Dakotas Western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming as rain hits the Plains east of the snow belt. Thunderstorms erupt from Kansas to Minnesota as the day stays cloudy and warm. At 11 a.m. the temperature reached 76 degrees with an overnight low of 41.
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Rockies
Montana
Colorado
Dakotas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Kansas
Minnesota
Hocking Valley
Cold snap and flooding hit Midwest and West
A night of hail and freezing temperatures spread from Kansas to Arizona as Flagstaff recorded 28 degrees. Eastern states saw southerly winds and 50s to 60s. The warmup caused flooding in the northern Midwest with the Little Sioux River flooding Cherokee and forcing about 200 people to move.
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Kansas
Arizona
Flagstaff
Midwest
Little Sioux
Cherokee
Stock List On Upside Stock List On Upside
The stock market rose early in moderate trading with the Dow up 2.74 at noon to 921.52. Gains edged ahead of losses to just over 100 issues as brokers cite selective bargain hunting by institutions and individuals among cheaper stocks.
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New York
Dow Jones
Dow
Transplanted Heart Replaces Mechanical Support
Houston aged 47 year old Haskell Karp received a transplanted heart from 40 year old donor Barbara Ewan of Lawrence Massachusetts after 65 hours on a mechanical device Doctors said rejection is unlikely and the operation marked the 19th such transplant by Dr Denton A Cooley The donor died minutes after jet ambulance arrival and the device was temporary while awaiting a human donor.
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Houston, Tex
Haskell Karp
Skokie
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Denton A. Cooley
Karp
Cooley
Barbara E
Find Color TV Sets Emitting Perilous Rays
A Suffolk County survey of 5 000 color television sets found 20 percent emitted dangerous radiation regardless of maker or model. County executive Lee H Dennison announced free inspections and repairs. owner costs ranged from 15 to 25 dollars for some services.
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Riverhead
N.Y
Long Island
Suffolk County Public Health Service
Lee H. Dennison
Seymour Becker
Ohio Senate tackles pork barrel politics in job training reform
Senator Ralph Regula introduces a bill to consolidate five federal manpower programs under Ohio Department of Education. The plan creates a manpower training fund with county units receiving half of federal funds and adds 2 million dollars in state money to reduce waste and duplication.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
State Department of Education
Ralph Regula
Navarre
Regula
Regu
Nixon
Department of Education
Routine Soviet bomber patrols near North America
Soviet bombers have pressed near North American coasts in repeated flights over 15 months, rarely crossing into U S or Canadian airspace. Pentagon sources say interceptors are not always scrambled though radar tracks continue from within hundreds of miles.
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Washington
North America
U.S
Pentagon
Alaska
Canada
Canadian
Continental
North American
Alaskan Air Command
Newfoundland
Labrador
Iceland
Aleutian
Pacific
United States
NATO
Strategic Air Command
Arctic
Hussein Arrives in Washington for King Hussein Talks
Jordan's King Hussein arrived in Washington to meet President Nixon amid fears of a new war threat in the Middle East with the possibility of outside involvement.
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Washington
Jordan
Hussein
Nixon
Middle East
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