South Vietnam abandons fourth province as civilians flee
South Vietnam aims to relinquish Quang Tri and potentially Thua Thien Hue as North Vietnamese forces press near the coast. About 100,000 panicked civilians flee toward Da Nang from Quang Tri and Hue while Hue residents are urged to evacuate and military units stay on duty.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Fire in downtown building set by vandals
A fire gutted parts of an abandoned building at 24 S Clinton St scheduled for demolition. Fire officials say vandals started a trash fire inside. the Castaways bar adjacent suffered only smoke damage. Fire crews contained the blaze in about 20 minutes with four units.
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S. Clinton St
Vic Anvil
Castaways Bar
Middletown
Ptls
John Reiring
Don Wallace
Wallace
Curtis Peck
Fourteen Bar
South Vietnam Losing District Capitals in War Tied Regions
Western and Vietnamese analysts say Saigon pulled from Quang Tri for strategic reasons approved by President Nguyen Van Thieu. North Vietnam concentrates four infantry divisions and two antiaircraft divisions in the area, outnumbering South Vietnamese troops two to one as Quang Tri Province remains largely under Hanoi control except for Quang Tri City and coastal Highway 1 strip.
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Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri City
Thua Thien
Quang Tri
Hue
Senate Reopens Debate on Oil Depletion Cut in Tax Bill
The Senate resumes work on a 29.2 billion tax cut after a 47 to 41 vote to repeal the oil depletion allowance for major oil firms while preserving it for about 10,000 independents who supply roughly 80 percent of U.S. oil drilling.
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Central Highlands
Kontum
Pleiku
Barlac
Washington
Senate
United States
Middletown Weather: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy skies forecast for the Middletown area tonight and Thursday with lows in the low 40s and highs in the mid 50s. Yesterday’s high reached 60 and overnight low 42, with 2 inches of rain recorded. The outlook calls for fair skies Friday and a chance of showers Saturday and Sunday.
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Middletown
Armco announces layoffs at Middletown Works open hearth
Armco Steel Corp warns of indeterminate shutdown of No 2 open hearth at Middletown Works with about 400 production workers laid off effective March 30 and 55 office staff cut back by April 4. The cutbacks reflect weak demand as three of six furnaces go idle and overall staffing falls to about 5,600 from 7,000.
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Armco Steel Corp
Carl Fiora
Middletown
Armco
Middletown Faces Deadly Heroin Wave Straining Police
Police Capt. Wilford Palmer warns that powerful heroin has reached Middletown and killed two men, while only two narcotics officers and limited resources hinder hunting the source. He cites 16 hour shifts, a failed interception of a $100,000 shipment, weak tips, Ohio shock probation, and court hurdles as obstacles to arrests and convictions. Federal help is sporadic and uncertain.
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Tom Muchmore
Middletown
Wilford Palmer
Dayton
Palmer
Set
Arnold Ferguson
Smith
Cox Municipal
Ohio
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Bob Neel
Joseph Adams
Cincinnati
Thomas Senften
Oxford State Road
Adams
Senften
Vinces
Ee Ann Landers Bridge
County
Eere
Area
U.S
Criminal Investigations Division
Niel Buckley, III
Fisher Ave
Larry Smith
11Th Ave
Ferguson
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