Invasion Continues Across DMZ in Vietnam War
Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedheim says North Vietnamese forces are moving men and supplies into South Vietnam through the DMZ in a conventional combined arms battle. He estimates over 30,000 troops have crossed and notes preparations for a prolonged attack. US and naval aid will support Saigon as the fight becomes Vietnam’s responsibility.
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Washington
Pentagon
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Jerry W. Friedheim
Vietnams
Friedheim
Dmz
United States
Vietnam
Saigon
Indochina
Laos
U.S
Law Son
MACV
Nixon rules out return of U S ground forces in Vietnam
President Nixon has ruled out for now the reintroduction of U S ground forces to stop the North Vietnamese offensive into South Vietnam. He may, however, consider waves of American air attacks as advisers briefed reporters after urgent sessions. The White House stresses the effort is a South Vietnamese operation and notes no details on potential actions.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Washington Special Action Group
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Vietnam
Moscow
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Demilitarized Zone
Master Photographer's Art Exhibit at Commerce Bank
Color photographs from Afghanistan to Paris will be on display in the Commerce Bank lobby beginning Thursday, part of David Douglas Duncan's collection. The 36 prints feature Notre Dame de Paris, Picasso, Afghan tribesmen, Pakistani women in purdah, the Kremlin, and Montmartre, among others, and run until April 23.
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Afghanistan
Champs Elysees
Commerce Bank
David Douglas Duncan
Notre Dame de Paris
Pablo Picasso
Connemara
County Mayo
Ireland
Church of the Sacre Coeur
Montmartre
Purdah
Kremlin
Picasso
Nelson Gallery
Kansas City
Time
Life
Wisconsin primary turnout nears state record in Milwaukee
Milwaukee voters faced chilly weather as Wisconsin braces for a record primary turnout likely surpassing 1.2 million with first time enfranchised 18 to 20 year olds. McGovern and Humphrey top the Democratic hopes while Nixon is favored in the GOP contest. Sixty seven Democratic delegates and 28 GOP delegates are at stake across nine districts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
George $. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Nixon
Madison
Eldon Hoel
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Florida
New York
John V. Lindsay
McGovern
Humphrey
Muskie
Wallace
Voters Start Slow In City School Election
Voters turned out slowly in the city election with about 25 percent of Mexico's registered voters expected to vote. By noon only about 10 percent of 6,085 registered in nine precincts had cast ballots. Polls close at 7 pm as four council candidates compete: Dr. John Boyce James A Greenburg Harry Hildebrand and Mayor Leonard Snyder. Three school board seats are on the ballot with one year term and three-year terms for three candidates. No school levy is on the ballot this year. Channel 12 See TV will report results after polls close at 7.00 pm with city and school tallies.
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Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey
California
McCloskey
New Hampshire
Ashbrook
Wisconsin
Nixon
Florida
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Lindsay
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Sharon Eikel
Mexico City
Eugene Field
Eikel
Sidney Eikel
Bougainville
Mexico
Richard Vance
Mannneha
AWU
Thgnutls VL
Wigal Council
John Boyce
James A. Greenburg
Harry 0. Hildebrand
Leonard Snyder
Randall Weber
James E
Pap
Channel 12
See Tv
Sarah
Russell Springs
Lobbyist Dita Beard Leaves Hospital After Stay
Denver reports that lobbyist Dita Beard, a central figure in the ITT contribution controversy linked to the Republican National Convention, ended a month long stay at Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital. Beard, 53, exited just before midnight Monday and planned outpatient treatment in a nearby apartment for several weeks after a heart ailment diagnosis on March 3 following a memo printed by columnist Jack Anderson.
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Denver
Colo
Dita Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Rocky Mounain Osteopathic Hospital
Jack Anderson
Plan to use campuses fifteen hours a day in Missouri
The Missouri Commission on Higher Education proposed a plan to spend 110 million dollars next year to renovate existing structures and extend class hours to fifteen per day. The plan, based on a six year utilization study, aims to increase space per student to national norms, with total eight year costs nearing 500 million if new construction is required.
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Jefferson City
Commission On Higher Education
Missouri
Jack I. Cross
Commission
Cross
C. Brice Ratchford
University of Missouri
Wisconsin primary election overview from Associated Press
Wisconsin voters face a 4 am to 9 pm voting window with about 1.5 million of 2.9 million eligible casting ballots. GOP ballot features Nixon opponents McCloskey and Ashbrook. Democratic ballot lists 12 contenders plus “None of the above” and writeins. Delegates total 28 GOP across districts and 10 overall, 67 Democratic with 56 district and 11 overall.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Nixon
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Edmund
Muside
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
George C. Wallace
Alabama
John V. Lindsay
New York
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Shirley Chisholm
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
GOP
Biologists Float South Fork To Assess Oil Damage
Biologists James Whiteley and Frank Ryck from the Missouri Conservation Commission planned to float the South Fork to gauge damage after a Kaiser Refractories fuel oil spill traced to drainage ditches near an oil storage area. Kaiser crews worked around the clock, 25 volunteers, to pump and skim oil through seven dams over about 20 miles, with 90 percent containment and estimates of 3,000 barrels lost.
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Missouri Conservation Commission
South Fork
Kaiser
Sally Hightower
Kaiser’s
Hightower
Kaiser's
Mexico
Santa Fe
Gene Baldwin
City of
The
Conservation Commission
James Whiteley
Frank Ryck
Columbia
State Department of Conservation Fisheries Research
Everett Fuchs
Conservation Commission At
US Recognizes Bangladesh in Landmark Diplomatic Move
The United States agreed to formal recognition of Bangladesh, noting the new state after its December split from Pakistan. Washington plans to establish full diplomatic relations with the Dacca government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with a State Department announcement expected.
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Washington
United States
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nixon
U.S
Dacca
Mujibur Rahman
State Department
$296 Million VD Control Plan Urged by Commission
Washington AP. The National Commission on General Disease urged a $296 million five year federal VD control program. Plan includes school education by seventh grade, vaccine development, and nationwide case tracking. Estimated last year 80,000 infectious syphilis and 2.2 million gonorrhea cases. under 20% reported.
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Washington
U.S
National Commission On General Disease
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
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