North Vietnam presses toward Hue amid Hue defense line collapse
North Vietnamese forces and numerous tanks attacked the Phu Bai area north of Hue, with control split at the Nancy outpost as U.S. troops stay on yellow alert. Reports say heavy air strikes hit Quang Tri sectors. An Loc remains under siege and Quang Tri province faces a major North Vietnamese push.
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Saigon
UPI
Hue
Phu Bai
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Indochina
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Hoang Xuan Lam
Quang Tri
Quangart
Nancy
My Chanh
Binh Dinh
Qui Nhon
Stewart Kellerman
U.S. Command
Thomas W. Bowen
Imperial
An Loc
Kontum City
Highlands
Cambodia
High Command
Lompoc Builds A Modern Mental Health System
The Lompoc mental health program expands from a three-person team to 17 with a goal to keep patients from state hospitals. Since 1963 the clinic grew from 174 cases in year one to 1,120 in 1970 71, serving about 57 000 people under Santa Barbara County Mental Health System.
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Trudy Schoenfeldt
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Martha Negus
The
Mental Health Association
Mental Health Service
Wallace Aull
GM and Ford indicted for fleet price fixing
A federal grand jury indicted General Motors and Ford on charges of conspiring to fix prices in the automobile fleet sales market to hurt Chrysler. The two count indictment and civil suit accuse GM and Ford of colluding with NADA Peterson Howell Heather and others to restrain and monopolize fleet car manufacture and distribution. The firms deny the charges and vow swift trial on the merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Wright Tisdale
National Automobile Dealers Association
NADA
Peterson, Howell & Heather Inc
NACA
Humphrey Seeks Dual Wins in Ohio and Indiana Primaries
Hubert H. Humphrey faces George S. McGovern in Ohio and George C. Wallace in Indiana as he pursues a historic two victory bid in the Midwest primaries. A Wallace loss or McGovern upset could shift momentum, with Alabama and D C also voting today.
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United Press International
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Ohio
George C. Wallace
Indiana
Midwest
Humphrey
Wallace
McGovern
South Dakota
Senate
Nixon
Alabama
District of Columbia
Named FBI director dies in sleep
J Edgar Hoover dies in his sleep at age 77 after serving 48 years as FBI director. Acting Attorney General Kleindienst announced the death at 8 30 a.m. EDT. President Nixon ordered flags at half staff and praised Hoover as a legend. Clyde Tolson to serve as acting director.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Richard G. Kleindienst
Nixon
Hoover
Lyndon B. Johnson
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
John Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Myles Ambrose
Customs
Mark Felt
Bureau
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Jack Anderson
Hollywood
President Johnson
John Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson
Max Barker
Alvin Karpis
Clyde Tolson
Tolson
Hospital Wins Two Year Accreditation For Lompoc District
Lompoc District Hospital receives maximum two year accreditation after review by physicians and a hospital administrator. The program is sponsored by the American College of Physicians the American Hospital Association the American College of Surgeons and the American Medical Association. Administrator Kenneth Wicks says the accreditation exceeds legal requirements.
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Joint Medical Commission
Lompoc
American College of Physicians
The
American Hospital Association
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Kenneth Wicks
Controversial items carried over by county board
Two items on the Board of Supervisors agenda were continued to next Monday May 8. An appeal hearing and General Plan amendment for Allstate Insurance were pushed to Monday afternoon. A request for reconsideration of the April 17 action also continued for a week. County Supervisor Clyde was absent. The General Plan will be discussed again at 10 15 am with protests expected. The Allstate zoning hearing resumes at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
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Board of Supervisors
Allstate Insurance
George H. Clyde
Clyde
Washington, D.C
Allstate
County Planning Commission
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North
South Vietnam
Laos
Vietnam
California
Emily George
New Left
Kreindienst
Tom Bishop
Bishop
Annie Fields
Mayflower Hotel
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