Lon Nol plans to leave Cambodia this week likely for good
President Lon Nol will depart Cambodia within days probably for good according to government sources in Phnom Penh and Bangkok. Officials said he may leave today or Tuesday possibly via Utapao air base near the Gulf of Thailand as Communist rebel advances threaten his hold on power.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Thailand
Utapao
Doy
United States
Long Boret
U.S
John Gunther Dean
Dean
Boret
Indonesia
Hawaii
Sosthene Fernandez
Cheng Heng
Sihanouk
Paris
Kap Srauv
Pochentong
Mekong River
Neak Luong
Banam
Kampong Cham
Haldeman claims Agnew wanted TV career and Connally as replacement
H R Haldeman told CBS that Spiro Agnew sought to quit the vice presidency for television work. He said Nixon considered replacing Agnew with John B. Connally Jr. Connally later faced bribery charges linked to Nixon’s re election bid, while Cambodia’s fighting worsened with rebels firing on Phnom Penh and Lon Nol weighing exit plans aided by Long Boret and U S diplomats.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
John B. Connally Jr
H.R. Haldeman
Agnew
Haldeman
CBS
Mike Wallace
Wallace
Connally
Treasury
California Housing Fund Nears Start As Legislature Returns
After Easter recess the legislature resumes work on a nearly 1 billion housing finance measure sought by Gov. Brown to fund low interest loans for rental housing. The bill would create a housing finance agency funded by state bonds and enable urban homesteading schemes while also pairing cabinet confirmations in a crowded agenda.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Rules
Brown
Assembly
George Zenovich
Fresno
Housing and Community Development Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Peter Chacon
San Diego
Business and Transportation
Donald Burns
Newsmen to face contempt charges in California case
The Supreme Court cleared the way for contempt sentences against Fresno Bee reporters William K. Patterson and Joe Rosato and Managing Editor George F. Gruner. The case stems from publishing grand jury testimony about Fresno officials including City Councilman Marc A. Stefano and developer Ilius Aluisi. They refused to testify, were held in contempt, and await sentencing.
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William K. Patterson
Joe Rosato
Denver C. Peckinpah
5Th District Court of Appeal
California Supreme Court
Court suspends Mitchell and Mardian from practice
The Supreme Court suspended former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and his deputy Robert C. Mardian from practicing before the court and gave them 40 days to contest disbarment. Both were convicted in the Watergate cover-up with Ehrlichman and Haldeman. Rehnquist did not participate. Mitchell listed as member of New York and DC bars. Mardian based in Phoenix and formerly Pasadena practitioner. The DC district court had suspended them indefinitely from law practice.
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District of Columbia
Mardian
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Pasadena
Supreme Court
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John N. Mitchell
Robert Mardian
Hillary and family die in Katmandu plane crash
The wife Lady Louise and daughter Belinda of Sir Edmund Hillary were killed along with three others when a single engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Katmandu airport. Sir Edmund inspected the scene and had been directing a Nepali hospital project at Phaphlu.
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UPI
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mt. Everest
Sir Edmund
Louise
Belinda
Phaphlu
Hillary
Peace Corps
Barbara Wylie
Alama
Royal Nepal Airlines
P.C. Shand
Connally Trial Nears in Milk Fund Bribery Case
Former Treasury Secretary John Connally faces a U S District Court trial for allegedly taking 10 000 in bribes from AMPI linked to a 1971 milk price support increase. Jake Jacobsen faces bribery charges and is a key witness in the case tied to money from milk producer interests.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John Connally
Associated Milk Producers Inc
U.S. District Court
Milk Fund
Nixon
AMPI
Jake Jacobsen
Connally
Jacobsen
Texas
Supreme Court to rule on entrapment by narcotics agents
The Supreme Court will decide if federal narcotics agents improperly entice a suspect to commit a crime by supplying heroin to sell. The case could define entrapment and impact convictions. Also noted are contempt actions against Fresno Bee staff, Reserve Mining appeal, and a 40 day suspension of John Mitchell and Robert Mardian in Watergate matters. Connally faces up to 19 years and $50 000 fines on five counts. AMPI officials pleaded guilty to illegal campaign contributions.
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Watergate Grand Jury
Jacobsen
Texas Saving and Loan Association
Connally
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Fresno Bee
AMPI
Harold Nelson
George Hart
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Texas
Kennedy
Dallas
Richard Nixon
Nixon
San Antonio
Tex
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Easter observances span globe with refugees, parades and prayers
Christian communities mark Easter across the world. In Jerusalem the Church of the Holy Sepulchre hosts a high Mass for about 2,000 pilgrims. In Saigon American air crews attend mass for Da Nang refugees. Pope Paul VI preaches hope for all mankind at the Vatican. In Palm Springs President Ford attends Easter service. New York hosts the Easter Parade amid wet weather. In Tennessee Ike Taylor wins the Peters Hollow egg fight, donating broken eggs to an orphanage.
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United Press International
Vietnam
Paul VI
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem
Msgr
Giacommo J. Beltritti
Saigon
da Nang
World Airways
Ford
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
Palm Springs
Calif
Robert Wolterstor
Christ
New York
Fifth Avenue
Tennessee
Ike Taylor
Carter County
Peters Hollow
Taylor
Elizabethton
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