South Vietnamese Marines Launch Counteroffensive in Quang Tri
South Vietnamese marines opened a counteroffensive in Quang Tri Province and, with US Marine helicopter airlift, landed 1 000 troops to recapture Hai Lang district. An Loc near Saigon faced heavy fighting as North Vietnamese attacks continued. U S air power supported the Saigon forces with B 52 strikes and ground fire from helicopters.
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Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Quang Tri
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Associated Press
Peter Arnett
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Okinawa
Hai Lang
Quang Tri City
Arnett
Hue
Richard Pyle
21St Infantry Division
Chon Thanh
My Chanh
Nixon to visit Moscow amid Vietnam halt reports
AP dispatches from Paris and Moscow indicate Nixon may halt B52 bombing of North Vietnam during his Moscow trip beginning May 22. Le Figaro cites an assurance from Nixon. Moscow press notes escalation fears and protests but no word of Soviet ships damaged.
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Badger yearbook to be suspended at Wisconsin campus
The Badger yearbook at University of Wisconsin Madison will be suspended after this year as a lagging student interest drives the decision. The board placed the publication’s financial assets in a student loan fund and stored its office furniture.
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L.H. Adolfson
University of Wisconsin Center System
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Wisconsin Officials Propose Two Year State Construction Moratorium
Rep Hebert Grover urged Gov Lucey to declare a two year moratorium on all state construction citing planning errors. The piece also notes a pusillanimous stance by critics of the Presidents policy on Vietnam and lists five southeastern Wisconsin beer distributors and their trade association agreeing not to conspire to fix prices or limit competition in wholesale beer to retailers.
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Dshawano
Patrick J. Lucey
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Triangle Wholesale Co
Kenosha
Huitsmann Distributing Co
Pewaukee
Ray Kallies Distributors, Inc
Milwaukee
Paul Rose Distributors, Inc
Badger Beer Distributors
Wisconsin Beer Distributors Association
Shorewood
Car Crash Kills 20-year-old Michael Bloor in Portage Area
A Columbia County accident Friday killed Michael Bloor, 20, of Kendall. Authorities report his car left a rural road two miles north of Portage, causing a broken neck and skull fracture. The day raises Wisconsin’s 1972 traffic fatalities to 317, up from 276 at this time last year, according to Coroner Kenneth Ruehl.
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Columbia County
Wisconsin
Michael Bloor
Kendall
Portage
Kenneth Ruehl
Bloor
Bus Tractor Collision in Tennessee Kills Up to 30
A Greyhound bus and a paint truck collided on U S 11 W near Bean Station Tennessee early today. Authorities estimate 10 to 30 dead and 35 to 45 aboard the bus. Injured were sent to Knoxville area hospitals.
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Bean Station
Tenn
Greyhound
Upper East Tennessee
Harold Buck
Knoxville
U.S. 11-W
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