Allied losses mount as 275 Vietcong slain in Saigon push
American and South Vietnamese forces report 275 Communist deaths in clashes near the DMZ and Saigon area on the 34th day of a major offensive. U.S. bases and outposts across Mekong Delta Tay Ninh Phu Bai faced shelling as Marines and Special Forces pressed containment efforts.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
Tay Ninh
Phu Bai
USS Marines
U.S
Soviet China clash on Damansky Island escalates border fire
Pravda reports renewed Chinese shelling and a Chinese patrol penetration repelled by Soviet forces on Damansky Island. Borzneko notes fortifications and earthworks across the Ussuri River at Kirinsky Island. The two sides fought multiple times since March 2 with casualties.
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Moscow
UPD
Red China
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Pravda
Damansky
Sergei Borzneko
Borzneko
Ussuri
Kirinsky Island
Airliner report divides SST decision debate grows
The Nixon SST review panel delivered a final report to President Nixon outlining arguments for and against the controversial supersonic transport. The 11 member subcabinet committee, chaired by James M. Beggs, reviewed the plan for an SST carrying 300 passengers at speeds near 1800 mph and submitted individual letters to Transportation Secretary Volpe detailing each member's stance.
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Washington
APT
Nixon
James M. Beggs
Transportation
Beggs
John A. Volpe
Kennedy Dirksen duel shows old pro tips young star
In a formal Senate hearing Dirksen clashed with Kennedy over civil rights enforcement. Alexander testified on EEOC issues as Dirksen pressed for accountability. Kennedy urged restraint while Dirksen claimed loyalty to law and warned of Senate scrutiny, concluding with a pointed quip about 100 senators.
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William B. Mead
Washington
UPI
King
Prince
Senate
Weerett Dirksen
Edward M. Kennedy
Dirksen
Congress
Teddy Kennedy
Kennedy
Committee
Nixon
Smites
Alexander
County Denies CHARGE Funding Request Over Legal Limits
The county commissioners refused a 10000 dollar CHARGE Inc request, citing no legal provision for allocations to such agencies. CHARGE president Kovach had asked to supplement 43000 in Office of Economic Opportunity funds, with CHARGE CFO budgeting 10000 from the county and city and 2000 from Ellwood City. Executive director Rewane said a written opinion from solicitor Rea is awaited. City council will monitor county action, while Ellwood City officials commented.
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Charge Inc
Edwar M. Rea
Martin J. Kovach
Charge
Office of Economic Opportunity
antiPoverty Agency
Ellwood City
Rea
D. John Rewane
City Council
Ellwood
Wilson opens talks to end Biafra war in Nigeria
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson began the first full day of discussions with Nigerian officials in Lagos as he seeks a peace settlement and relief aid. He met Maj. Gen. Yakubu Gowon and planned to inspect Enugu relief work and review aid shipments of feed and medical supplies to affected areas.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Harold Wilson
Wilson
London
Yakubu Gowen
Gowen
Enugu
Biafra
Gowan
Britain
Abernathy faulting Nixon on poverty at Pittsburgh meeting
Rev Ralph Abernathy head of SCLC and the Poor People's Campaign criticized President Nixon saying he does not understand the plight of the poor because he is affluent. He noted the administration is new and cannot be judged fairly. He will reveal the campaign's second phase next Friday in Memphis. He recalled security checks after Dr King’s assassination and urged progress from constitutional promises to reality. Abernathy, ill with an ulcer, spoke over soup about his heavy duties and his Atlanta church income.
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Joseph Barsotti
Pittsburgh
Nixon
Ralph Abernathy
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Poor People
Pittsburgh Press Club
Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Aber
Nathy
Martin Luther King
King
Atlanta
SCLC
USW backs government action in Dallas conglomerate deal
United Steelworkers president J W Abed says USW supports antitrust intervention over Ling-Temco-Vought’s takeover of J&L Steel. He warns conglomerate growth hurts firms and urges laws to curb expansion. USW cites Wheeling Steel and Hunt Foods mergers as harmful precedents.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Dallas
Ones & Laughlin Steel Corp
J. W. Abed
USW
Justice Department
Ling-Temco-Vought
J&l
Abel
Old Wheeling Steel Corp
Hunt Foods and Industries Inc
Wheeling
Hunt
Wheeling Steel Firm
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Beamskill Tragedy at East Pennsboro Junior High Site
A constriction worker was killed and three others injured when 100 foot steel beams fell during construction of the East Pennsboro Junior High School in Enola. Victims include Carl Ft. Miller Pottsville and two injured men Dennis Miller Robesonia and Samuel Zimmerman Shiremanstown. Gorge E Lopuhovsky Highspire released after treatment. Police and state Labor and Industry Department investigate.
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Barrisburg
UPI
East Pennsboro
Enola
Carl Ft. Miller
Pottsville
Harrisburg Hospital
Dennis Miller
Robesonia RR
Samuel Zimmerman
Shiremanstown
Gorge E. Lopuhovsky
Highspire
Lopuhovsky
Laos and Cambodia to enter Vietnam peace talks
U8 and South Vietnamese negotiators urged including Laos and Cambodia as part of Vietnam negotiations. They warned unresolved proxy forces threaten Southeast Asia peace. Pham Dang Lam demanded withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops from Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam, while Henry Cabot Lodge cited 40,000 North Vietnamese troops in Laos and violations of Cambodia’s territorial integrity.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Man cashes, deposits fake checks at Western PA bank
An unidentified man aged 25 to 30 passed three worthless checks totaling 1515 at Peoples Bank of Western Pennsylvania in Westgate Plaza yesterday. He kept 410 and deposited the Test into another person’s account. Checks were drawn on three North Carolina banks.
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Peoples Bank of Western Pennsylvania
Westgate Plaza
North Carolina
Youth services fet by New Castle area Christian Youth Council
The New Castle Area Christian Youth Council sponsors early morning church services for area high school students. New Castle High School meets at Highland UP Church from 7 55 to 8 15 a m and Washington attends at Clen Moore Church. Contacts include Rev Hid Hartman Rev Jack Parsons and Rev Ross Byers for Ben Franklin and Neshannock students. Services run Monday to Wednesday next week.
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New Castle
Ross Byers
City pays off loan to Citizens National Bank
City council approved payment of 190533 to Citizens National Bank to settle debt. The funds, including 100000 borrowed earlier this year at 3 percent interest to cover expenses before tax receipts, are now cleared.
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Citizens National Bank
Pennsylvania starts 24 week training for 700 low income workers
Governor Shafer announces a $950,000 24 week program to provide work experience and income for 700 low income residents. It is run by the Public Welfare Department and partners with the Bureau of Employment Security and others at 16 state institutions.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Public Welfare Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Department of Public Instruction
County Boards of Assistance
Shafer
Council approves New Castle workable program plan
City council last night approved New Castle’s workable program and will submit it to HUD. Delays caused by annual submissions previously resolved with a two year cycle. HUD additions extended deadlines, delaying projects including 150 unit elderly housing and a bus purchase grant.
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New Castle
Carl A. Cialella Jr
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Richard H. Biddle
Thomas A. Shumaker
Shumaker
W. Moody Ave
East Brook Rd
Bailey Oil Co
4 & B Heating and Plumbing Co
Bruce Merrilees Electric Co
George C. Stevens
Augustine
Council
Kwiatkowski
S_ Mill
Division Streets
City Recreation Board
Sealab project to continue after aquanaut death
SAN DIEGO Calif UPD The Navy will push ahead with its Sealab II project to test living and working in deep ocean despite aquanaut Berry Cannon death Rear Admiral Waters announced the decision was made despite the setback The undersea program had been suspended after Cannon died from carbon dioxide poisoning Feb 17 while swimming to the habitat 610 feet below the Pacific Officials said no resumption date is set and project manager Capt William Nicholson had earlier said it would not resume before fall Meanwhile a separate incident reports 57 year old William J Burney charged with reckless driving after a two car crash at Long and Clearview Avenues involving 19 year old William Ange
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San Diego
Calif
UPD
Navy
Berry Cannon
P. D. Waters Jr
Cannon
Pacific
California
William Nicholson
Navy Board of
William J. Burney
Summit St
Long and
Clearview Avenues
William Ange
Reynolds St
Long Ave
Burney
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