US Air War Rages Across Vietnam Laos And Cambodia
U S fighter bombers and Cobra gunships claim 10 North Vietnamese tanks knocked out near Laos border as ARVN troops retreat. A second day of heavy bombing targets North Vietnam while Tass warns Moscow will aid Hanoi. Casualties and evacuations reported across Laos, Cambodia, and border areas with massed artillery and persistent harassment noted.
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Saigon
Ups
USS
Laos
U.S
North Vietnam
Tass
Ussr
Hanoi
W-O
Gregory Fleming
Columbus
Fleming
Route 9
United States
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Cambodia
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
Siem Reap
Angkor
Protesting Jews Arrested Near Soviet Embassy in Washington
About 700 Jewish demonstrators and 2,500 participants gathered in a mass sit-in near the Soviet Embassy led by Rabbi Meir Kahane of the JDL. The protest included a rally on the Ellipse and a march past the White House with chants of Never Again. Police guarded the area as the group faced federal limits on demonstrations near foreign missions.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Meir Kahane
Jewish Defense League
JDL
Soldier clings to life after fatal Lompoc crash
A Fort Ord soldier Anthony J. Vidal 21 remained seriously ill at Goleta Valley Community Hospital with a head injury after a Lompoc crash that killed Air Force Sgt Leonard J. Bucao 19 of Vandenberg AFB. Army Pvt Puletasi Magee of Fort Ord was treated at the Base Hospital with a concussion and jaw fracture.
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Fort Ord
Goleta Valley Community Hospital
Lompoc
Air Force
Anthony J. Vidal
Goleta Hospital
Leonard John Bucao
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Bucao
Army
Puletasi M. Magee
Ford Ord
Secretary Rogers May Visit Israel for Middle East Assessment
U S Secretary of State William P Rogers may visit Israel and other Middle East states in April or early May for a firsthand look at the conflict, with Assistant Secretary Joseph J Sisco likely to accompany him. Plans depend on CENTO and SEATO meetings in Turkey and London.
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United Press International
U.S
William P. Rogers
Israel
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Rogers
Joseph J. Sisco
Isco
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Turkey
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
London
U.S. State Department
Washington
Egypt
Ankara
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Yasser Arafat
Beirut
al Asba al Arabi
Hafez Assad
Nouvel
Graham named undersheriff for Los Angeles County
John Graham 41 an inspector with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was named the new undersheriff by the board of supervisors on Sheriff John W. Carpenter's recommendation. The appointment begins April 12 with a salary of 1785 dollars per month matching the retired undersheriff’s pay.
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John Graham
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Board of Supervisors
John W. Carpenter
Graham
Carpenter
Richard King
Santa Barbara
Raymond D. Johnson
Goleta Valley
North Vietnamese threat to Luang Prabang escalates
North Vietnamese forces overran positions and threatened Luang Prabang as reports said six battalions pressed the defense. Six government positions were wiped out, and the city lay 3 to 5 miles from the assault, while thousands of refugees fled toward Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Luang Prabang
U.S
CIA
Air America
Defense Ministry
Thongphan Knocksyn
Plain of Jars
Senate split edge in SST funding vote debate
A UpI informal poll shows 48 opponents and 46 backers with four undecided and two ill, amid talk the Senate may reject funding for SST prototypes. Supporters warn of layoffs and lost prestige if financing ends, while House action previously cut 134 million dollars.
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UPI
George Aiken
Vermont
Senate Republicans
House
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Highway 246
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Solvang
Niels Petersen
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Cairo
al Ahram
Sadat
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