GNP Decline Signals Deepening 1960s Recession
James L. Pate predicts the first quarter GNP fell at over 10 percent annual rate, possibly 12 percent, the worst since 1947. Fed data show factory capacity at 68.3 percent, a new low since 1948. Ford forms a fact finding board to avert a rail strike as housing and income figures shift. Dow closes near flat after early weakness.
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Federal Reserve Board
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Fed
Ford
Brotherhood of
Treasury
William E. Simon
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Four Knox County youths killed in Mount Vernon crash
Four Mount Vernon teenagers died when their car failed to stop at a intersection on U S 36 and Knox County 8, slamming into a large tree. Two others were seriously injured as police cited excessive speed. Names of victims were Anthony Barrios James Brooks Anna Neibarger and Judy Sleeman.
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Mount Vernon, Ohio
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Mount Vernon
Anthony C. Barrios
James K. Brooks
Anna Neibarger
Judy L. Sleeman
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Middletown Weather: Showers Forecast Tonight Through Monday
Showers expected in the Middletown area tonight and Friday with lows in the mid-50s and highs in the upper 60s. Yesterday peaked at 61 with a 43 overnight. Extended outlook shows showers Saturday and fair skies Sunday and Monday.
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Middletown
White flags of surrender in Phnom Penh as Khmer Rouge take city
White flags and banners spread across downtown Phnom Penh as Khmer Rouge fighters visible in victory parades greet Cambodian troops. Armored vehicles and government gunboats display surrender markers while residents cheer under now calm streets. Police and civilians witness a swift capitulation amid earlier shelling outskirts.
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Cambodia
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Mekong
Tonle Sap
Monivong Boulevard
Sihanouk predicts limited role after Khmer Rouge victory
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia's former ruler, says he expects little power if he returns to a country led by the Khmer Rouge. He told a French reporter in Peking that the future belongs to the Khmer Rouge and compared Cambodia to China under Mao Tse tung.
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Associated Press
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Peking
China
Mao Tsetung
Cambodian capital falls to Khmer Rouge ending long war
Phnom Penh capitulates after a three month siege as Khmer Rouge forces seize the city and establish headquarters in the Information Ministry building. Sihanouk refuses to return, Lon Nol loyalists seek refuge, and fighting diminishes across South Vietnam as Cambodia’s regime collapses.
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Associated Press
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Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Hem Ket Dara
Information Ministry
Lon Nol
Lon Non
le Phnom
International Red Cross
Sirik Matak
South Vietnam
Indochina
Saigon Command
Xuan Loc
Saigon
Long Boret
Sak Suthsakhan
Lon No
Sihanouk
Battambang
Svay Rieng
Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Secret Vietnam report accuses ambassador of delaying evacuation
A congressional secret report says U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin is delaying Americans evacuation plans in Saigon. It also notes virtually all Vietnamese leaders agree Thieu must go to rally forces for Saigon defense amid a collapsed northern two thirds to the Viet Cong and North Vietnam.
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United States
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Charles E. Meissner
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Cambodia
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Nguyen van) Thieu
Food Day drive faces mixed reception nationwide
Consumer groups, college students, and charities join a nationwide Food Day effort to combat hunger and malnutrition. Activities include fasting and farm sales, provoking controversy before starting. Participants dispute the nature of the problems and solutions while focusing on hunger abroad, high prices, and American diet nutrition.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
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al Rockoff
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