South Vietnam crisis deepens near Da Nang and Qui Nhon
The Saigon government clings to coastal enclaves as North Vietnamese forces push from the central highlands toward the central coast. Evacuations of Americans and Vietnamese refugees escalate while Da Nang falls without a fight, fueling calls to replace President Thieu.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Qui Nhon
Central Highlands
Tuy Hoa
Nha Trang
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Cam Rahn
Lon Nol heads to U S as Khmer Rouge push advances
Cambodian president Lon Nol leaves Phnom Penh for Hawaii and then the United States amid Khmer Rouge advances in northwest Cambodia. Rockets hit near the U S embassy and Phnom Penh airport as U S aid flights continue. Government reports note reinforcements and battles near Battambang Kampot Kampong Cham and Siem Reap with civilians wounded.
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Lon Nol
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Indonesia
United States
Kukrit Pramoj
Thailand
Kukrit
U.S
John Gunther Dean
Hawaii
Long Boret
Battambang
Kampot
Kampong Cham
Mekong
Siem Reap
Angkor
Egyptian Israeli border clash and Suez canal move provoke mixed signals
Lebanese artillery repelled a 20 man Israeli foray near Bustan as a border flare coincides with Sadat announcing canal reopening on June 5. Cairo officials say Egypt will bar Israel from the canal under the 1888 Constantinople Convention and extend UN Sinai peacekeepers for three months, while Rabin calls for Geneva talks and US mediation.
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Bustan
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Israel
Egypt
Cairo
Thsan Abdel Kaddous
al Ahram
Sadat
United Nations
Sinai Desert
Syria
Yitzhak Rabin
United States
Middle East
Kuddous
Libya
Iraq
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Geneva
Soviet Union
Rabin
Kissinger
Faisal’s assassin faces trial in Saudi Arabia
King Faisal's nephew Prince Nayef says the 27 year old Prince Faisal Ibn Musaed was sane and will stand trial by a panel of Ulema for the murder of his uncle. The Sharia penalty for murder is public execution, with a possible reprieve by King Khaled.
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Riyadh
Faisal
Faisal Ibn Musaed
Nayef Ibn Abdul Aziz
Khaled
Fahd
Berut
Trudeau backs Thetford Mines asbestos miners in strike
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau sent a telegram of solidarity to 3,500 strikers in Thetford Mines Quebec in response to a union appeal. He cited labor law limits but expressed sympathy and hopes for resolution under Quebec labor regulations amid a five month 1949 era dispute.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Thetford Mines
Que
Jean Marchand
Gerard Pelletier
Quebec
Asbestos
IRA Leader Warns of Return to War in Northern Ireland
In Belfast at a Milltown cemetery rally Seamus Twomey of the Provisional IRA warned that guerrilla war will resume if Britain does not withdraw troops and grant amnesty to IRA political prisoners. Sinn Fein urged boycotting the May 1 constitutional assembly and criticized the British plan as a conmanship.
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Irish Republican Army
Provisional
IRA
Northern Ireland
Seamus Twomey
Dublin
Mountjoy
Milltown
Irish Republic
Twomey
Provisional Ira
Britain
Sinn Fein
Sinn Féin
Train crash at unguarded crossing kills ten in Sweden
A car collided with a crowded express train near MJOLBY Sweden killing ten people and injuring forty. Witnesses report the crossing had light and sound signals but no gates, catching Easter travelers by surprise.
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Mjolby
Sweden
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Pease
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