Vietred offensive expands from Saigon to north
Communist forces launch a nationwide drive pushing government troops back with tank and infantry assaults from Saigon to Quang Tri. In Ban Me Thuot nine Americans and civilians remain pinned down as street fighting erupts. Casualties mount with 891 communists and 125 government soldiers killed, the heaviest one day toll since 1973.
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Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri
Ban Me Thuot
Dau Tieng
Hien
Thuan Man
Phu Bon
Phuoc Long
Cambodia names new army chief amid Phnom Penh rocket siege
Cambodian army sources report Lt. Gen. Sutsakhan will replace Lt. Gen. Sosthene Fernandez as Commander-in-Chief to lift morale after heavy rebel rocket attacks on Pochentong Airport. U.S. airlift from Saigon continues, despite peril, as Britain evacuates civilians and rebels press advance near the capital.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Sosthene Fernandez
Pochentong
U.S
Saigon
Thailand
Fernandez
Sutsakhan
Britain
Tuol Leap
Samrong
Cyprus Talks to Resume After Kissinger Visit
Turkish Foreign Minister Melih Esenbel announced talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots over Cyprus would resume very shortly after meetings with Henry Kissinger. Kissinger aimed to restart intercommunal talks and considered sending Arthur Hartman to Brussels to speed arms spare parts delivery to Turkey, in response to U.S. arms shipments cutoff.
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UPI
Melih Esenbel
Henry A. Kissinger
Cyprus
Kissinger
Esenbel
Arthur Hartman
Brussels
America
Turkey
Air Force
U.S
Congress
Dimitrios Bitsios
Israel
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Greece
Bulent Ecevit
Fahri Koruturk
Sadi Irmak
Bitsios
Gunaydin
Ford Opposes Jobless Health Insurance Subsidies
Washington reports the Ford administration rejects unemployment health subsidies citing higher costs inequities and administrative chaos. Weinberger tests against coverage for the unemployed while labor and health groups urge swift passage citing broader need and support from AMA unions insurers and hospitals.
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Washington
UPI
Ford Administration
Capitol Hill
American Medical Association
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
Labor Department
Weinberger
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Richard Schubert
Simon says recession will bottom out by middle of year
Treasury Secretary William Simon told Girard Bank luncheon the recession would bottom out by mid to late this year though inflation could surge to 7 to 8 percent later on. He warned deficits near 100 billion dollars and a gradual weakening of free enterprise as major long term threats.
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Simon
Philadelphia
UPI
Treasury
William Simon
Indiana Senate rejects equal rights amendment 27 21
The Indiana Senate rejected the proposed ERA by 27 to 21. Sen. Thomas Teague remains hopeful Indiana will ratify, possibly in 1976, as national pressure mounts. The piece also notes three months of wholesale price declines and a drop in the prime lending rate, with unemployment likely lingering into 1976.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Indiana Senate
U.S
Senate
Thomas Teague
Indiana
Teague
Simon
No guarantee on Cambodia aid from U S officials
UPI reports President Ford aides hedge on whether the 220 million dollar aid package can save Lon Nol's government in Cambodia or alter the course of the war. Nessen says aid aims to keep Cambodia afloat and deter insurgents, while critics press for leadership change and ceasefire talks.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
U.S
Ron Nessen
Lon Nol
Nelsen
Cambodia
Congress
Senate
Hugh Scott
Phnom Penh
Scott
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Kissinger
Mansfield
Norodom Sihanouk
Amtrak warns of drastic cuts without subsidy
Amtrak officials told Congress that without immediate funding of 63 million dollars plus 14.9 million more, service could be drastically curtailed or halted by mid April. They cited a 325 million dollar operating deficit for the year and noted 247.1 million already appropriated with 77.9 million still needed.
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Washington
UPI
Amtrak
Congress
National Railroad
House Commerce
Asaph H. Hall
Paul H. Reistrup
National Railroad Corp
Weeks
Hall
Appeals Court Reverses LA Desegregation Ruling
The California Court of Appeals overturned the 1970 Gitelson decision that mandated desegregation for Los Angeles schools. It ruled no evidence showed intentional district-wide segregation, saying segregation was ignored rather than fostered. ACLU plans further appeals to state and possibly U.S. Supreme Court.
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Los Angeles
UPI
State Court of Appeals
Alfred Gitelson
Gittelson
ACLU
Mary Ellen Crawford
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles Superior Court
Gitelson
William Johnston
Picket Planned at NIT Over Black College Exclusion
The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced that civil rights groups will picket the National Invitational Tournament in New York next week to protest the exclusion of basketball teams from black colleges. He said the action aims to draw attention to racial discrimination in college sports.
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Chicago
UPI
Jesse Jackson
New York
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