01 Apr 1975
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1975
Page
1
U S experts privately concede the Communist drive may sweep South Vietnam with Defense Secretary Schlesinger predicting Saigon falls within a month or two. Plans to evacuate Da Nang and Qui Nhon face rapid changes as Saigon seeks to hold, while Thieu's grip weakens and potential leadership shifts surface.
Police continued to probe the Easter Sunday mass murder of an 11 member family at 635 Minor Ave. in Hamilton. James Ruppert, uncle to the victims, is in custody on 11 counts of aggravated murder. Autopsies were ongoing and ballistics tests planned on four firearms found in the home.
Inside the Easter egg hunt and a family dinner, eleven family members were shot to death. The Hamilton case is noted as not the nation's worst mass slaying, though it involved the most deaths within a single family.
Cambodian President Lon Nol departed for Indonesia and the United States with 27 escorts after expressing hope the move would spur peace talks with the Khmer Rouge. Insurgents fired rockets near Phnom Penh as troops pulled back to bolster defenses.
Fighting reported at Duc My and Minh Hoa as Viet Cong push toward key coastal cities. Evacuations of government staff and plans to reduce U S consular presence accompany a rapid airlift of supplies to Saigon to replace losses from abandoned equipment. A C5A transport delivered 14 howitzers and ammunition from California.
Cloudy skies and mid 30s lows forecast for Middletown tonight with tomorrow’s highs in the 40s and showers. Yesterday’s high reached 55 and overnight low 34. Extended outlook shows a chance of rain Thursday then fair skies Friday and Saturday.
New Delhi recognized Prince Norodom Sihanouk's government-in-exile as Cambodia's government. The move followed Lon Nol's Phnom Penh departure and came as Sihanouk emissary Sarin Chhak completed a three day Beijing visit. India had previously maintained ties with Lon Nol via Bangkok and backed Sihanouk at the UN for two years.
West Palm Beach, AP A 71 year old widow named Bertha Adams died of malnutrition after refusing to spend her $800000 cash and stock holdings found in safe deposit boxes. Neighbors and her court appointed attorney described her as frugal and isolated.
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