First major assault on Saigon begins with shelling
Communist forces shelled an oil storage area near Saigon and shifted their action toward the Mekong Delta. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacked six delta provinces with over 100 assaults, 113 shellings, and 19 ground attacks. Saigon reported casualties, and a U S Navy task force stood offshore for possible evacuation. Babylift operations paused while mercy flights continued. Banks pulled staff and assets amid the exodus.
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Saigon
UPS
Mekong
Vi Thanh
Nha Be
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
United States
First National City Bank of New York
Bank of America
Chase Manhattan Bank
Communists Close in on Phnom Penh Airfield Area
Communists now within four miles of Pochentong airfield threatening Phnom Penh’s supply line. Prime Minister Long Boret called for negotiations as rebels press attacks while caretaker officials refuse surrender and vow unity to resist the insurgents.
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Phnom Penh
API
Long Boret
Thailand
Lon Nol
Bangkok
Teens surrender after hit run injures Lompoc man
A 65 year old Lompoc man was listed in good condition after a collision with a stolen car driven by teenagers who fled on foot. The driver, a 14 year old, surrendered to police after the crash near M Street and Pine Avenue. Additional crashes Saturday and a drunken driving arrest are noted in nearby incidents.
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Lompoc
Cottage Hospital
M Street
Pine Avenue
John Peto
N. Lupine St
Lompoc High School
Peto
Chip
Highway 1
Highway 135
Timothy Anthony Pippins
Lime Ave
Kenneth Borner
Ocean Ave
California Highway Patrol
Pippins
Michael Denny Stemen
W. North Ave
Apt
Vandenberg Village
William Donald Cawley
W. Laurel Ave
Steve Janos
North Z St
North D St
Louis Orem
South M St
Orem
Lompoc Hospital
Rustlers Take Dennis Holmdahl's 4H Angus Calves
Dennis Wayne Holmdahl, 13, lost two Angus cows and two calves bought as a 4H project to fund college expenses. Authorities report the missing calf valued at 500 dollars, with blood traces and a rustlers trail from the pasture near Lompoc. A $750 reward has been offered by the Cattlemen's Association for information leading to conviction.
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Dennis Wayne Holmdahl
Lompoc
Young Holmdahl
DeWayne Holmdahl
el Capitan Ranch
Walter Holmdahl
Dennis
Cattlemen’s Association
Holmdahl
DeWayne
Boy helps raise funds for kidney machine with pop tops
Glimpses, son of Nikki and Sgt. Steve Layton of Vandenberg AFB, turns in many aluminum pop tops to aid in acquiring a kidney dialysis device. The machine mirrors one that kept his great uncle alive before a successful kidney transplant. Ken and Norma Stillman mourn the loss of their German Shepherd.
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Nikki
Sgt
Steve Layton
Vandenberg Afb
Ken
Norma Stillman
Weather outlook with clouds and frost risk ahead
Variable clouds through Tuesday with a slight chance of showers today. Cool with frost risk tonight but not as cool Tuesday. Highs mid 50s to low 60s, lows tonight mostly in the 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with small craft advisory along the coast. Tuesday tides show high tides of 4.5 and 4.8 feet and low tides of 0.8 and 0.5 feet.
Operation Babylift resumes after halt in Saigon
United States and allies pressure resumes the evacuation of about 18,000 homeless Vietnamese orphans. Saigon allows further departures if adoptions are guaranteed. Agencies report about 1,400 flown out so far, with 900 arriving in the United States. Forty children were hospitalized on arrival.
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United Press International
United States
Saigon
San Francisco
Seattle
Travis Air Force Base
Vancouver
B.C
Prisoners seize four hostages at Tennessee state prison
About a dozen inmates armed with knives seize four civilian hostages and barricade in a windowless counseling building at Tennessee State Penitentiary. They submit grievances including alleged guard harassment. No injuries reported. overcrowding noted as the cause. Guards patrol the lone exit as officials monitor the standoff.
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Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Tennessee State Penitentiary
Herman Yeatman
Lompoc Unified Trustees to Welcome Two New Members
The Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees will welcome Barbara Berg and Jack Helman while bidding farewell to Archie Nagle and John Beattie. The meeting will address salary schedule clarifications, music learning centers for all 13 elementary schools, elimination of five subject coordinator roles, a 3 percent COLA for certificated staff, and review summer school courses.
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Lompoc Unified School District
Goodby
Barbara Berg
Jack Helman
Archie Nagle
John Beattie
Glen Wegner
Ford calls for firm American commitment to aid orphans
President Ford urged a firm American commitment to humanitarian aid for civilians and orphans in Vietnam in a Las Vegas address. He again did not request $300 million in military aid, stressing budget limits and a need for policy review.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Ford
South Vietnam
National Association of Broadcasters
Las Vegas
Nev
Saigon
Vietnam
California
Washington
San Diego
Russ Soyuz launch failure fuels July deadline doubts
UPI reports the abortive Soyuz 18 mission in Siberia raises questions about the July 15 deadline for the joint Soyuz Apollo flight. Officials in Moscow and Houston planned a Tuesday technical review as U.S. astronauts prepare for training and a Baikonur site inspection.
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Russ
Washington
UPI
U. S
Glynn S. Lunney
Houston
Konstantin D. Bushuyev
Moscow
Russia
Soyuz
Baikonur
Tass
Vasily Lazarev
Oleg Makarov
Siberia
America
American technicians disable South Vietnam nuclear reactor
A team of U S technicians flew to Dalat during Easter weekend and removed the fuel rods from South Vietnam s 250 kilowatt reactor to prevent Communist diversion. The fuel was sent to Johnston Island while Dalat s plant remains surrounded by opposing forces.
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Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
Energy Research and Development Administration
Dalat
Saigon
Pentagon
State Department
Johnston Island
U.S
Pacific
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Santa Barbara Hospital
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Salyut Space Station
S. Vietnam
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