Battle for Loc Ninh Escalates as Bombardment Opens
North and South Vietnamese forces clash around Loc Ninh 75 miles north of Saigon as U S aircraft and naval bombardment of North Vietnam begins in retaliation for the DMZ offensive. North Vietnamese divisions push across the Cambodian border while An Loc and surrounding routes face heavy resistance. Casualties mount as U S jets strike targets and naval guns pound coastal positions.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Central Highlands
Loc Ninh
An Loc
Binh Long Province
Nguyen van Minh
3Rd Military Region
Creighton W. Abrams
Quest
U.S
Nixon
7Th Fleet
Republic of
South Vietnam
Fire at Doraville tank farm kills one injures several
An explosion at Kerr-McGee Oil Co.s Triangle refinery tank farm in Doraville Georgia killed a man and injured at least four others. About 300 families were evacuated as flames engulfed seven tanks holding gasoline kerosene and diesel. Police declared a state of emergency and fire crews battled the blaze with wide scale evacuations under way.
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Doraville, Ga
Atlanta
Triangle
Kerr-McGee
DeKalb County
F. D. Hand
Doraville
Kenneth Womack
Eight Die In Dallas Chemical Plant Blast
A trio of explosions at Penwall Industries in Dallas killed eight workers and injured several others. The 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of potassium bromate, a baking additive, detonated, sending debris across the one story plant as firefighters tackled potential more blasts. Doctors reported fractures and burns among victims while crews evacuated drums of remaining chemicals.
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Dallas
Penwall Industries
Larry Jones
Dalas Fire Department
Man Charged In Plot To Kill Federal Judge
A 24 year old man, Ronald Frick, was arrested in Diana Texas at the home of former Oklahoma star Joe Don Looney and charged in a federal complaint with agreeing to deduct 5000 from cocaine purchases to slay U S District Court Judge Ben Connally. Looney faced firearms charges after a .45 submachine gun was found, though not tied to the Frick case. Agents posing as buyers alleged Frick sought to kill the judge.
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Dallas
Tex
Ronald Frick
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Diana
University of Oklahoma
Joe Don Looney
Frick
U.S. District Court
Ben Connally
Houston
Looney
U.S. Atty
Cecil Emerson
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Fort Worth
Emerson
Weather outlook with clouds and showers tomorrow
Increasing cloudiness tonight brings a chance of showers tomorrow. Temperatures stay mild with highs in the mid 60s and lows near 40s. yesterday's high reached 64 and this morning's low was 40.
Week's Toll Rises in Indochina War Report
U S command reports 10 Americans killed in combat in Indochina last week, the highest toll in six months, with 15 missing or captured from air crashes and 33 wounded. South Vietnamese losses total 466 killed and 1,073 wounded, 75 missing, amid intensified fighting before the Communist offensive. The Saigon command says 2,150 enemy troops were killed and 80 captured.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Laos
Als
Berlin Wall Closes Again Amid Travel Controls
East Germany tightened border rules and traffic checks around West Berlin on Easter week. West Berliners faced renewed forms and forms for travel, with police reporting predictable refusals of some trucks and a warning tied to West Germany ratifying treaties with the Soviet Union and Poland.
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West Berlin
West Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Wall
Bonn
East Germany
Ohio could form its own EPA by July says governor
Gov. John Gilligan spoke at the fifth Little Miami gathering in Lebanon noting an Ohio Department of Environmental Protection could be created by July to unify agencies. Rep. William Keating joined Gilligan as hundreds attended the event, highlighting pollution concerns and a two year study on U S pollution. The group cited a cleanup effort that removed more than 500 tons of debris including 151 junk cars from the river and banks.
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Greg Suit
Gilligan
Congress
Little
Miami
Ohio Senate
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Corps of Engineers
Keating
Little Miami
U.S
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EPA
William Nye
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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