B 52 Crewmen Die Trying to Save Stricken Bomber
In Florida near Orlando, seven Air Force crew members died as a burning B52 disintegrated after attempting to steer the craft away from houses and toward a lake. Eight civilians were injured, including seven children, as the eight-jet plane crashed near McCoy Air Force Base. The crew stayed with the plane to reach the base or ditch safely, but all perished.
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Orlando
Fla
Air Force
Silver Beach
McCoy Air Force Base
Russel E. Dougherty
2Nd Air Force
McCoy
Wendell W. Campbell
Washington,d.c
Dougherty
America
McCoy Base
Anthony Ellington
Brooke Army Medical Burn Center
San Antonio
Tex
Billy Garland
Donald Garland
Charles Garland
Nancy Robertson
Robin
Danny
Laura
Air Strike Escalation Reported Near DMZ Battles
Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam said 36 000 North Vietnamese forces crossed into Quang Tri Province as three divisions three artillery regiments and antiair craft units entered the area. U.S. intelligence listed two divisions in the north, with a third north of the DMZ. The DMZ base at Quang Tri City faced heavy fire as U.S. carriers and strategic bombers boosted support for South Vietnamese forces.
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Hoang Xuan Lam
Quang Tri Province
Lam
Saigon
U.S
Dmz
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S. Air Force
Giant Belfast bomb in hearse rocks city center
A stolen hearse packed with gelignite exploded in Belfast causing shop damage and shock among bystanders. No serious injuries were reported as British troops brace for Easter clashes amid renewed tensions. a warning call preceded the blast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Maidstone
Britain
William Whitelaw
Clemson Receives Third Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam
Claude L. Clemson son of Mrs. Margaret B. Clemson received his third Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service with the Food Management Division US Army Depot Long Binh Vietnam He entered the Army in October 1967 and trained at Ft. Bragg before last stationed at Ft. Jackson His 1961 Staunton Military Academy diploma and University of Maryland attendance are noted His wife Dorothy resides in Walkersville Maryland Also noted Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini’s canonization as the first U.S citizen saint in 1946.
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Claude L. Clemson
Margaret B. Clemson
RFC 9
Vietnam
Clemson
Food Management Divsion
US Army Depot
Long Binh
Army
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Staunton Military Academy
Staunton
University of Maryland, College
Tragic Maryland Car Crash Kills Six Penn State Men
Six Penn State graduates and a senior, all Sigma Chi brothers from Pennsylvania, died in a 1972 crash near Urbana Maryland. Police traced the wreck to a southbound Dodge that swerved into a guardrail and hit a concrete column. Funeral homes and families mourn the Bowers Frederick County victims with medical examiner citing multiple head and internal injuries.
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Penn State
College
University Park
John W. Oswald
Penn
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Urbana
Pennsylvania
MD. 80
I-70s
Terrace
Frederick
Washington
Sestus Ambrose
Ambrose
Oriam
Rodney McGready
McGready
Gaithersburg
College Park
Sigma Chi Brothers
Frank McGurk
Baltimore
Harrington
Eminhizer
Swartz
Jack Marsh
Marsh
Pye
Ronald McGurk
Quince Orchard Road
Maryland
Withholding Too Much Could Trim Fiscal Gap
Government economists warn excessive withholding from paychecks under new schedules effective Jan 16 may slow economic recovery. Treasury says January collections exceed expectations by about $1 billion, potentially reducing the current-year deficit by roughly $5 billion.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Nixon
Office of Management and Budget
Treasury
Wisconsin Voters Face Split Choices In Wisconsin Primary
Wisconsin polls show 26 to 30 percent undecided as 12 Democratic candidates compete in the Wisconsin presidential primary alongside a Republican ballot. Notable figures include Nixon Wallace Muskie McGovern and Lindsay with crossovers and labor reactions shaping the contest.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Florida
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Oregon
Nixon
Ashbrook
Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey
California
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Shirley Chisholm
John V. Lindsay
New York
McGovern
Humphrey
Muskie
Organized Labor
Wallace
Labor
William Proxmire
Lindsay
Weather outlook for Easter weekend in lower and middle 50s
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a low in the mid 30s and a high in the lower 50s. Rain chances are 10 percent today and tonight and 20 percent Sunday with light variable winds around 10 mph.
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Lenon Breault
Mt. Airy
Blue Ridge German Shepherd Dog Club Inc
Jim Moses
John J. Siler
Indiana
Frederick Fairgrounds
Barry E. Applebee
Dormansville
N.Y
James J. Hammons
Shawnee
Ala
Robert Heatherly
Mount Vernon
William E. Kesler
Fukuny-Varina
Allen H. Murray
Air Strike
Astee Nook
Rosemont Ave
Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini
Etchison
Francis M. McGurk
Lansdowne
Norristown
Kenneth G. Ruhle
West Chester
John R. Harrington
West Miflin
Ronald A. Swartz
Harrisburg
Dennis E. Eminhizer
Lemont, Pa
Rhule
East Goshen Pa
eTerra
Lawn Supplies
Michigan
eCanadian Peat
Frederick, Md
Frederick County National Bank
Frederick County National Bank OF
North Market Street
Rosemont Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
McCloskey
Gulf of Tonkin
House
Allen
Chevrolet
International
Cyll., Ltd
RADIA
FORD
KEY Chevrolet
Cadillac Sales, Inc
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