Solons Attack U.S. Role in Laos Entourage on Capitol Hill
A bipartisan Senate group challenges the administration over U S involvement in Laos criticizing concealment of facts. Senator Gore Sen Percy and Sen Mathias compare Laos to Vietnam and call for clearer policy and accountability regarding American advisers and military involvement.
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U.S
Laos
Washington
United States
Tennessee
Albert Gore
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Congress
Vietnam
Green Berets
Laos Victim Of Tactical Needs Analysis
AP News Analysis by William L. Ryan examines Hanoi’s Laos offensive as a test of its aims. It questions whether North Vietnam seeks conquest or to topple Prince Souvanna Phouma to force a neutralist regime. The piece argues the action may advance Hanoi’s broader strategy despite resource strains.
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Hanoi
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Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
United States
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Souvanna
Soviet Union
Vietnam
U S Battlefield Casualties Soar and Laos Debate Rages
Weekly U S battlefield reports show 83 Americans killed and 657 wounded, with South Vietnamese and allied forces reporting heavy losses. The Laos debate centers on U S involvement, use of air power, and Vietnamization amid Nixon administration secrecy.
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Incense
WVII
Mekong
Saigon
Maddox Denies Ax Handle Confrontation in Capitol
Gov. Lester Maddox rejects Congressman Charles Diggs's charge that he distributed ax handles in a Capitol restaurant. Diggs seeks a bar from the eatery after a Tuesday clash over the symbols linked to integration resistance tied to Maddox's Pickrick restaurant.
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Lester Maddox
Capitol
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
Maddox
Washington
Georgia
Diggs
Lincoln Bank to cut prime rate to 8 percent in Philly
President Norman Denny announces a local policy move by Lincoln Bank to reduce the prime rate from 8 to 8 percent, prompting a stock market lift but skepticism from speculators that the decision affects other banks or is nationwide.
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Lincoln Bank
Philadelphia
Norman Denny
Youth Charged in UC Coed Murder Case in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police said Otis Fairbanks 19 is charged with armed robbery and intentional shooting in the Feb 16 wounding of Vincent Johnson and is questioned in the murders of Jerry Carpenter and UC coed Carol Sanders. Ballistics tests awaited to link a .22 pistol to the victims.
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UC Coed
University of Cincinnati
Johnson
Jerry Carpenter
Norwood
Mount Adams
Lind
Fairbanks
Miss Sanders
Israelis Strike Egyptian Missile Base West of Cairo
Israeli planes attacked a missile base 18 miles west of Cairo and returned safely, marking the first far inside Egypt announced since the 1967 war. Arab guerrillas attempted cross border from Lebanon during a mortar exchange, then retreated after a night watchman opened fire. In West Germany a man sought $2000 for information on a plot to assassinate Abba Eban, a police inquiry noted.
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Suez Canal
Egypt
Cairo
Helwan
Sahsjar
Israel
Lebanon
West Germany
Abba Eban
Norbert Oberle
Ford to Lay Off 10,000 Across Auto Trio In Weeks
Ford Motor Co announces 3,000 more layoffs this week bringing total in two months to 10,000 with U.S. assembly plants closed 49 days in March. Chrysler recalls Windsor laid off workers as GM prepares further cuts. Sales across the Big Three fall about 19 percent mid month. Dallas plant to shut permanently with 1,500 of the 3,000 layoffs.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
U.S
Chrysler Corp
Windsor
Ont
General Motors
Dallas, Tex
Wallace Announces Run for Alabama Governor Again
Former Alabama governor and Third Party presidential candidate George Wallace declared plans to seek the Alabama governorship once more. He made the announcement in Montgomery, signaling a renewed bid for state leadership.
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Montgomery, Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
Presidio Texas Drops Daily Heat Checks
Presidio’s new Weather Bureau observer Ted Millington stops daily temperature reports and urges visitors to judge heat by their own thermometers. He notes low humidity makes 86 feel cooler than Dallas readings and cites a rise in tourist traffic since daily reports ended.
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Tex
Ted Millington
Millington
Weather Bureau
Ing
Texas-Mexico
Dallas
Oliver Harper
National Weather Records Center
Asheville
N.C
Nixon Proposes Cuts to 57 Federal Programs
President Nixon asked Congress to scrap or reform 57 federal programs saving 2.5 billion dollars in the coming year. He seeks 1.1 billion in savings from Congress with the rest from administrative moves. The plan includes reform of the school aid program targeting districts with many federal personnel.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Congressional
Middletown Weather Forecast Turns Cloudy With Light Snow
The Middletown area sees increasing cloudiness this evening with a chance of light snow later tonight. The outlook calls for highs in the low to middle 30s, and a cool, partly cloudy Saturday after a cold start. Yesterday’s high was 36 and the morning low was 10.
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Middletown
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