Vietnam War Front Shifts From Ground To Air Combat
AP reports that after heavy artillery and infantry offensives South Vietnamese defenders retreat. North Vietnam's main ground push near the demilitarized zone slows, with only small ground assaults and tank moves near the Dong Ha and Cua Viet defenses. Observers say the lull may be time to resupply before renewed southward drive toward Quang Tri and Hue as enemy offensives erupt elsewhere.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha
Cua Viet River
Quang Tri
Hue
Vietnam
Analysis of Vietnamese offensive in South Vietnam shifts reinforcements
Commanders fear they were outguessed as North Vietnamese forces moved quickly from Loc Ninh to An Loc, threatening Saigon. U.S. and Vietnamese officers debate whether the DMZ invasion is the main effort or a diversion. Reinforcements from Loc Ninh An Loc area and Mekong delta divisions have been redeployed. Air power and raids into North Vietnam are planned to stem the offensive.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh-An Loc
Loc Ninh
Binh Long
An Loc
U.S
Ion
Nguyen van Thieu
Xuan Loc
Mekong
South Vietnam
Dmz
North Vietnam
Hijacker Leaps From Jet After $500,000 Ransom
Provo, Utah scene as a United Airlines 727 hijacker who demanded $500,000 and four parachutes leaped from the aircraft near Provo after a nine hour West Coast to Utah odyssey. The flight originated in Newark and routed via Denver and San Francisco before the jump. The FBI and authorities pursued with aerial flares lighting Utah Lake as crew and passengers were safely landed.
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Provo
Utah
United Air Lines
Utah Lake
Salt Lake City
OSU appoints Harold Enarson as president to start Sept
Harold Enarson, 52, named Ohio State University president with plans to assume duties Sept. 2. He comes from Cleveland State University where he transformed a small campus into a growing 27 acre, 459 faculty, 15,000 student institution. Enarson praised OSU but admitted butterflies in his stomach as he prepares for leadership of one of the nation’s largest universities with 50,000 students and $380 million in public investments annually.
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Enarson
Cleveland State University
OSU
Novice Fawcett
Fawcett
Offensive Shifts to Mekong Delta Battles
In South Vietnam the Communist offensive slowed north of Saigon but surged in the Mekong Delta with rocket and mortar attacks nearly doubling. The U S expanded air and sea strikes on North Vietnam while An Loc remained under siege. A 2,500 strong paratrooper brigade moved toward An Loc from Lai Khe as forces pull back along Route 13.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
An Loc
Lai Khe
Highway 13
Central Highlands
Tran Ai Quoc
Chon Thanh
Route 13
Muskie May Skip Indiana Primary Face uncertain plan
Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie, a front runner, may skip Indiana on May 2 as his campaign weighs the decision over the weekend. His staff in Indianapolis told supporters to curb spending while workers endured pay cuts for about two weeks around the Wisconsin vote. Humphrey shifts focus to Ohio, leaving Indiana as a secondary contest.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Indiana
Muskie
Indianapolis
Florida
Wisconsin
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Ohio
Ruler Of Zanzibar Is Killed
AP reports Sheik Abeid Karume the leftist ruler of Zanzibar was assassinated Friday and a top Revolutionary Council member wounded. One assassin shot three escaped. Karume died almost immediately. Officials say it appears an isolated political act, not a broader overthrow. Armed patrols and guards deployed as Communications with the mainland were cut. Karume, 67, led since 1964 after a revolution, shaping Zanzibar's autonomy within Tanzania.
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Tanzania
Sheik Abeid Karume
Zanzibar
Revolutionary Council
Radio Tanzania
Karume
Zanzibars
Indian Ocean
Britain
Tanganyika
United Republic of Tanzania
Karame
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Norwood GM plant hit by United Auto Workers strike
In Cincinnati Ohio the United Auto Workers struck the Norwood General Motors assembly plant at 130 this morning after two weeks of talks over manpower and speed failed. GM had closed the plant 7.5 hours earlier when 409 of 1750 workers on the Friday night shift did not report. Talks were to resume at 2 pm. Richard Minton president of Local 674 said 8800 employees were represented at GM Norwood until March 1971. The third shift had been eliminated at nearby plants in May 1971 and the August consolidation left about 3850 GMAD workers in Norwood, a GM spokesman put the current total at 4075.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
United Auto Workers
Norwood
General Motors
Richard Minton
Chevrolet
Fisher
GM Assembly
Minton
GMAD
Unseasonably cold spell continues into April
The calendar shows April but a cold snap remains. Tonight will be clear and cold with a low near 25. A sunny day tomorrow will bring higher temperatures only into the 40s, not much warmer overall.
Late-Season Cold Wave Freezes Much Of U S
An arctic cold outbreak draped the nation as far south as Virginia and Texas, following violent storms in Tennessee and Georgia. A 50 mile wide thunderstorm band spawned tornadoes, damaging mobile homes and roof tiles. Two believed drowned at Kentucky Lake near Paris Tennessee. Ohio reports rain sleet and snow with minor flooding and evacuations. Red Cross aid and school shelters used as residents sought refuge.
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Associated Press
Virginias
Texas
Tennessee
Georgia
Ohio
Indian Lake
Logan County
Red Cross
Little Miami River
Warren
Clermont
Hamilton
Lakes Clean Up 12 Billion Dollar U S Pact
Washington officials say the Great Lakes clean-up agreement to be signed by Nixon and Trudeau could cost the United States up to 12 billion dollars. Earlier estimates of two billion are deemed too low for the first year of a three year construction program. The Canadian share is expected to be smaller. Details remain unpublicized. The pact reportedly will be signed just before Nixon ends a three day Ottawa visit.
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Washington
U.S
Great Lakes
Nixon
Canada
Ottawa
Dent Nixon
Pierre Trudeau
Arch Underwood Dies In Texas
Arch Underwood, 79, longtime cotton magnate and confidante to three presidents, died Friday in Texas. He led the TexasCompress & Warehouse Co until retirement five years ago and was known as a friend of presidents Roosevelt Truman and Johnson.
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Lubbock, Tex
Underwood
Texas Compress & Warehouse Co
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson Johnson undergoes tests after chest pains
In Charlottesville Virginia former President Lyndon B Johnson, 63, is resting comfortably after an attack of severe chest pains. He was rushed to University of Virginia Hospital and placed in the cardiac care unit. Doctors said the pains subsided but did not confirm a heart attack.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Virginia
Johnson
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