Reds Push Toward Hue in Quang Tri Siege
North Vietnamese forces laid siege to Quang Tri and moved toward Hue with about 40 000 troops. South Vietnamese bases near Hue fell as Hue's population swelled with refugees and U S backed bombing intensified. A North Vietnamese tank column cut off a base near Quang Tri and damaged a bridge south of the city.
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Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri
Hue
South Vietnam
Donald A. Davis
da Nang
Truck Struck Mine Near Quang Tri Injures Civilians
A South Vietnamese medic treats a woman and child after a civilian truck struck a land mine south of Quang Tri on Friday. Three trucks carrying evacuees from Quang Tri were hit, injuring the child and others as the blast spread through the convoy.
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Quang Tri
UPI
Nixon expands women in federal policy making to 105
President Nixon announced 105 women have been placed in high level federal policy making roles, the most ever, with over half occupying positions previously held by men. He said over 1,000 women reached middle management in the past year amid a 5 percent federal workforce cut.
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Washington
Apollo 16 Astronauts Return From Moon Mission
Astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke and Thomas K. Mattingly depart the USS Ticonderoga by helicopter around noon EST for Honolulu after a 1.4 million mile mission. They transfer about 245 pounds of moon rock samples to a C141 jet for the flight to Houston.
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Uss Ticonderoga
UPS
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke
Thomas K
Ken’’ Mattingly
United States
Honolulu
Air Force
Houston
Housing agency resumes Dun & Bradstreet contract
Washington HUD has resumed most of its suspended contract with Dun and Bradstreet as investigators warn staff to avoid petty chiseling and bribery. HUD paused the deal after a March 30 indictment in Brooklyn charging the firm and more than 70 others with falsifying credit reports for low income housing buyers. The case alleges a $2 million treasury defraud.
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Washington
UPI
Housing and Urban Development Department
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
HUD
Dun & Bradstreet
Brooklyn
N.Y
Weather Brief and Local Notices from Norwalk Area
Mostly cloudy with showers possible today tonight and Sunday highs in the 60s lows in the 40s precipitation chances 50 percent today 40 tonight 30 Sunday east to southeast winds 8 to 15 mph Norwalk readings show 60 high 38 low humidity 85 percent at 7 am 35 percent at 1 pm 37 percent at 7 pm no precipitation listed marriage licenses issued Kenneth N Oney and Joyce A Hunter both of Willard death notices for infant Lem Miller son of Earl and Mrs Miller in Berlin Heights and Nell G Henry 86 of Norwalk
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Norwalk
Lem Miller
Earl Miller
Berlin Heights
Nell G. Henry
Ohio Supreme Court removes lottery and amendments from ballot
Ohioans will not vote on the state lottery proposal or 14 proposed constitutional amendments in the May 2 primary after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled both questions be struck from the ballot. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown ordered county boards to cover or cross out the questions on ballots and machines.
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Lee Leonard
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
Brown
Ohio
C. William O’neill
General Assembly
O'Neill
Paul Minns
Earl Cunningham
Supreme Court
Ronald M. Mottl
D-Parma
United Methodists
Methodist Church
Planet X predicted by Lawrence Livermore scientists
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory predict a new planet nearly 6 billion miles from Earth on the edge of the Milky Way. The planet X would take 600 years per orbit and is about 65 times farther from the Sun than Earth, with its existence inferred from Halley’s Comet deviations.
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Livermore
Calif
UPI
Earth
Milky Way
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Pluto
Joseph L. Brady
Lawrence
Brady
Halley
Olbers
Pons-Brooks
Neptune
Uranus
Four Norwalk High seniors sweep Main Street sidewalks
Four Norwalk High School seniors Mark Fogg Dave Pierce Jeff McDonald and Mark Zorn began at 5 30 am on Main Street north side Case to Prospect sweeping sidewalks and gutters for about two and a half hours. Businessman Ed Fessenden praised the effort noting it’s the cleanest in years and the group plans to repeat on the opposite side next Saturday.
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Norwalk High School
Mark Fogg
Main Street
Fogg
Case Street
Prospect Street
Dave Pierce
Jeff McDonald
Mark Zorn
Case To
Prospect
James Justice
Spector’s
Humphrey aides outline two state talk show plan
Media consultants for Senator Hubert H. Humphrey say they will use a unique two state hookup for an hour long prime time television talk show Monday night to win the upcoming Democratic primaries in Indiana and Ohio. Dr. Leary of Creative Media Consultants based in Washington described the plan as the backbone of the campaign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Indiana
Ohio
Dr. Leary
Creative Media Consultants
Washington
Circus Performer Plunges 45 Feet in Oakland Show
Daniel Acosta a Colombian circus high wire performer fell 45 feet during Gene Kelley’s Clownaround in Oakland Coliseum. He was unconscious with injuries but revived to fair condition after hospital treatment as the 6000-strong crowd watched the act resume.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Gene Kelley
Daniel Acosta
Colombia
Oakland Coliseum
Acosta
Pedro Carrillo
Charlie Chaplin
Carrillo
Norwalk to discuss taxi franchise and parking lot plans
Norwalk City Council will consider a one year taxi franchise for Service Cab Co. Ray Fuller of Tiffin and a companion taxi regulation ordinance with emergency passage. A West Main and South Hester Street parking lot project plus water service for Royce Shopping Centers are on the agenda along with several electric and infrastructure measures.
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Norwalk
Service Cab Co
Ray Fuller
Tiffin
Wayne Goodsite
West Main
South Hester Street
Royce Shopping Centers, Inc
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Hubert
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Water Committee
Shipley
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