Saigon Drives Into Cambodia in New Offensive
A 100-vehicle South Vietnamese armored column and thousands of troops entered eastern Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases. Initial reports say under 5,000 troops on day one, with plans to expand to as many as 80,000 by next week. Casualties: 35 enemy killed in a southwest drive. two South Vietnamese killed and eight wounded. U.S. air support with B52s softened targets as ground forces moved north from the Saigon–Phnom Penh corridor. A reconnaissance clash near Saigon wounded one American detective, with unknown enemy losses. a U.S. OH6 helicopter was shot down northeast of Saigon. Air missions over North Vietnam continued with fighter escorts targeting anti-aircraft sites.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Saigon-to- Phnom Penh
Tay Ninh City
South Vietnam
U.S. Ard
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Chiang Kai shek accepts fifth six year term nomination
Chiang Kai shek, 84, accepted the Kuomintang call to remain president of Nationalist China for a fifth six year term. The Kuomintang controlled National Assembly will elect him March 21. Chiang spoke after the nomination and said he wished the assembly to choose his successor, while supporters framed the move as the people’s will.
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Taipei
Chiang Kaishek
China
Kuomintang
National Assembly
Chiang
Ku Cheng-kang
Republic of China
Mao Tse-tung
Taiwan
Dollar Market Calm But Shaky
The U S dollar steadied in several financial centers after Thursday’s sharp plunge though traders cautioned it remained volatile. Tokyo trades closed at 301.90 yen, unchanged, with the Japanese central bank absorbing 56 million dollars to defend the rate. In Europe the dollar firmed in London and Paris but fell in Swiss, West German and Italian markets.
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London
U.S
Tokyo
Europe
Paris
Air carriers meet in Washington on security threat
Top officials from the nation’s largest airlines were summoned to Washington to discuss thwarting extortion plots after a $2 million blackmail attempt against Trans World Airlines and bomb threats that disrupted flights nationwide. The meeting followed President Nixon’s order mandating immediate security rule implementations for all scheduled airliners.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Trans World Airlines
Britt Hume
Jack Anderson
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Hume
Atty
John Mitchell
Justice Department
ITT
Missouri's first heart transplant patient goes home
Vincent H. Dobelman 44, the state's first heart transplant recipient, leaves Firmin Desloge Hospital after surgery to replace his own failing heart with that of Claytus Williams 45. Jeannette Dobelman scrubbed their home with surgical soap to fight bacteria. Dobelman, a meatcutter by trade, quit work two years ago due to heart disease and says it is hard to realize the heart is in him.
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Louis
Vincent H. Dobelman
Missouri
Jeannette
Claytus Williams
St. Louis
Doberman
Jennings
Income Tax Figured Six Times Comes Out Six Different Ways
In Charlotte six tax consultants gave six different results for a joint return with itemized deductions. Differences included a $454 spread and varied deductions such as car damage, sunglasses, alimony, crutches costs, and education expenses. Only one consultant flagged possible capital gains errors, and several issued divergent fees from $27 to $50.
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Internal Revenue Service
David Kestler
IRS
Kestler
Predator Pesticides Are Banned Across Interstate Trade
The EPA ordered an immediate halt to interstate shipment of predator control pesticides and recalled stocks. Thallium sulfate and four other poisons including cyanide, strychnine, and 1080 are being removed from the market after prior federal limits excluding emergencies. The action, led by Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus, follows concerns over wildlife harm and accidental kills of non target species.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Wyoming
Hearnes to Speak at MMA 83rd Commencement
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes will review the cadet corps and deliver the commencement address at Missouri Military Academy in May. It marks the 83rd MMA commencement and his second appearance in six years at the school, per President Col. Charles Stribling III.
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Warren E. Hearnes
Cadet Corps
Missouri Military Academy
Academy
Charles Stribling III
MMA
White Parents Adopt Black Sons Draw Stares in Atlantic City
Atlantic City AP report follows Wells family, Artie and Rosemary, white parents who adopted two light skinned Negro sons, David four and John 15 months. They face stares and questions from whites and blacks, yet value fatherhood over prejudice. The piece notes growing white interracial adoptions amid shrinking white child availability due to birth control, abortion laws, and social shifts.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Wells
Artie
Rosemary Wells
Mrs. Wells
David
John
South
Dawn Drug Raids At Warrensburg
At least eight persons were arrested in pre dawn drug raids in Johnson County by sheriff officers local police highway patrolmen and college police. Raids occurred at six locations within a six mile radius of Warrensburg. Undercover agents had purchased marijuana cocaine LSD and other drugs from local sources. Some drugs were seized.
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Warrensburg
Johnson County
Highway Patrol
Central Missouri State College
Prelates Call For Irish Day Of Prayers
In Belfast Ulster church leaders urged a Good Friday March 31 national day of mourning repentance and renewal as bombs continued to erupt with a wallpaper shop wrecked by the latest blast No injuries were reported Protestant primate George O Simms Methodist president Dr Charles Bain and Cardinal William Conway urged Christians to join in three days of prayer to save the country from its troubles
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
George O. Simms
All Ireland
The
Methodist Church
Charles H. Bain
William Cardinal Conway
Cardinal Conway
Community PTA Elects New Officers
The Community R-6 PTA met Monday and elected new officers. Co-presidents are Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kauble, 1st vice president Mrs. Frank Robison, vice president Mrs. Robert Fort, secretary Mrs. Robert Lay, treasurer Mrs. Clarence Phears, historian Mrs. Donn Brooks. The officers will be installed at the April meeting and assume duties at year end. The group voted a donation to State PTA for the Emotional Health program to sponsor a teacher for child psychology studies. The meeting featured a band concert conducted by Hazelrigg. William Hale's eighth grade class won the flag. Cookies and punch followed. Next month includes a project night with class displays and a 5th grade band concert directed by Dameron.
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Scott's Corner
R-6
PTA
Eugene Kauble
Frank Robison
Robert Fort
Robert Lay
Clarence Phears
Donn Brooks
State
Hazelrigg
William Hale
Dameron
Firemen Recover Their Dalmatian in Massachusetts
New York fire officials say Engine Company 2’s Dalmatian Avis is back after being stolen by Massachusetts youths. Fire Capt. John Downs and Fireman Michael Andreachi recovered the dog in Methuen after tracing the license plate on the youths’ car. The dog’s name reflects the engine house number, No. 2.
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New York
Engine Company 2
Massachusetts
John Downs
Michael Andreachi
Methuen
Mass
Avis
Longtime Head Of March Of Dimes Dies
Bagil O Connor, longtime president of the National Foundation March of Dimes, dies at 80 from a heart ailment with pneumonia complications in Phoenix while en route to a March 20 science advisory meeting. He led the foundation since 1938, advised by Roosevelt’s polio fight, and chaired the American Red Cross in 1944. He is survived by Hazel and five grandchildren.
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Phoenix
O’connor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
O'Conner
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hazel
Cantrell Pushes Restoration of ADC Welfare Funds
Missouri House Appropriations Chair E J Cantrell says welfare programs deserve funding even as treasury balances dip He urges Senate panel to restore ADC aid and day care funding arguing 3800 children would benefit and federal matching money could follow He notes ADC is statewide not urban or racial in scope and warns of ADC cuts barring restoration
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Jefferson City
House Appropriations
E.J
Lucky Cantrell
D-Overland
Associated Press
Cantrell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Missouri
ADC
Donald Manford
Kansas City
Nixon Poll Rating Up 56 Percent
Gallup finds Nixon's popularity at 56 percent the highest in 14 months after his China trip. The March poll of 1,567 adults shows 50 percent believe the visit will be fairly effective for world peace, with 24 percent not at all, 18 percent very, and 8 percent no opinion.
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Princeton
Gallup
Nixon
China
Senator McIntyre Recovers After Abdominal Aorta Surgery
A spokesman says Senator Thomas J. McIntyre is doing extremely well after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital replaced a section of his abdominal aorta with a plastic graft. The 53 year old Democrat from New Hampshire was admitted Monday after a routine physical uncovered the condition.
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Washington
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
McIntyre
Mexico Hedger Delivery Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Hedger lists publication details, daily schedule except Sundays and holidays, address at 300 N Washington St, subscription rates by area, and office hours from 8:00 to 5:30 weekdays and 8:00 to 3:00 Saturdays. Rates include local, county, state, and armed forces memberships with varying monthly or yearly payments.
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Mexico
Audrain
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