Rogers Seeks Mutual Vietnam Troop Withdrawal This Year
Secretary of State Rogers voiced hope for a mutual withdrawal of troops from Vietnam this year. He outlined no specifics on progress or a peace plan and said details remain undisclosed. He also noted plans to visit South Vietnam after a Southeast Asia meeting in Bangkok in May.
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William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Rogers
South Satnam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Bangkok
Thailand
Nixon
Paris
U. S
Thieu
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Rescuer Drowns Saving Dog on Crow River
John Fenske, 60, drowned Sunday in the Crow River near Hutchinson Minnesota while attempting to rescue his dog from a chunk of ice. The McLeod County sheriff's office said he fell into the swift current after stepping onto the ice.
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Hutchinson, Minn
John Fenske
Crow River
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Sheriff's Office
Fenske
Justice Douglas Kept Appendix Operation Secret
Justice William O. Douglas of the Supreme Court, 70, underwent an appendicitis operation. He left the bench for Walter Reed Army Hospital to have stitches removed and returned home after the procedure. He previously had a pacemaker implanted last June and had resumed his activities.
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Washington
Douglas
Walter Reed
Freighter and oil barge collide on Mississippi River
A head on collision between the freighter Union Faith and an oil barge caused dramatic blaze under the Greater New Orleans bridge. Twenty five crew members from the Union Faith were unaccounted for or hospitalized as flames swept the river and nearby vessels. The barge broke in two, releasing crude oil while crews battled fires and ferried survivors to safety. The bridge was reopened about two hours later.
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Mississippi River
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Union Faith
Warren Doucet
Elysse Landry
Arnold Regouffre
New Orleans Mississippi River
Landry
Brewer
West Bank
Helena
White Alder
North Viet infantrymen attack two U S groups killing 14
North Vietnamese infantrymen attacked two American units Sunday night near Bao Loc and Tay Ninh, killing 14 and wounding 28 as U S forces fought back with mortars artillery and helicopter gunships. Three enemy bodies were found after a 24 hour battle near Bao Loc.
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173Rd Airborne Brigade
Bao Loc
Tay Ninh
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Supreme Court Tightens State Apportionment Rules
The Supreme Court in a 6 3 ruling requires states to justify any variance from exact population equality in legislative and congressional districts. Justice Brennan says states must show a good faith effort to achieve precise equality and justify each variance, even small ones, citing Missouri's 1967 plan as non unavoidable.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
William J. Brennan Jr
Eight Die in Kentucky Crash Both Families Involved
In Corbin, Williamsburg family members died in a two car collision on U S 25. William Ball 41 his wife Vergene 36 and six children Daniel 16 Mark 14 Timothy 12 Beverly 9 Luke 7 Holly 5 perished. Steven Ball 17 remains in critical condition at a Lexington hospital. Carolyn Sue Falkner 19 of Corbin also died in the crash.
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U.S. 25
Easter Weekend Antiwar Protests Draw Thousands Across U S
Tens of thousands protested the Vietnam War in major cities led by New York where about 50 000 gathered in Central Park. A single violent clash occurred in San Francisco injuring 13 MPs as demonstrators faced base security, while Chicago and Los Angeles hosted peaceful marches with minor scuffles and arrests.
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National Action Coalition
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Los Angeles
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Searchers Seek Boy 13 in Chateaugay River
Dale Manning, 13, of Chateaugay was presumed drowned after slipping along the riverbank. State Police said he disappeared in the rapid current about a mile west of the village. dragging operations resumed today.
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Supreme Court bans making private possession of obscene material a crime
The Supreme Court ruled that criminalizing possession of obscene films or printed matter in a private home is unconstitutional. Justice Thurgood Marshall stated that the right to receive information and ideas, regardless of social worth, is fundamental to a free society.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Family of Five Shot to Death in Margate Home
Police report a family of five including three children was found shot to death at their Margate New Jersey residence. Authorities said it appeared to be homicide and possibly self-inflicted. victims identified as Robert Mayer, his wife Nancy, and their three children.
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N. J. Vp
Robert Mayer
Nancy
Korean forces clash briefly across DMZ in central sector
In a 40 minute exchange near the DMZ central sector, South and North Korean troops fired at a guard post. No South Korean casualties were reported as the UN Command noted North Korean fire and several hundred rounds were exchanged before the clash ended.
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Demilitarized Zone
U.N
Wedding Party Crown KAVADAR Disaster on Lake Turned Over
Eleven people drowned when an overloaded boat carrying a wedding party on a lake near Kavadar Macedonia overturned. Nine persons swam ashore.
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Kavadar
Yugoslavia
Gunfire Tensions Rise Near Jordan Israel Border
In the Jordan River Valley an exchange east of the Sheikh Hussein Bridge damaged an Israeli tank and destroyed a jeep. A Jordanian army spokesman confirmed no Jordanian casualties after the dawn incident along the cease-fire line following Easter Sunday outbursts.
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Israel
Sheikh Hussein Bridge
Jordan Valley
Man Charged With Threat to President Nixon
An unemployed factory worker, Michael Shesky, 20, was arrested in Hudson for threatening the life of President Nixon. Secret Service agents detained him at the Federal House of Detention in New York City after the threats were made to a telephone operator and a Hudson police officer.
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Federal House of Detention
New York City
Shesky
Stepin Fetchit's Son Drives Turnpike Rampage to Tragic End
Donald Martin Lambright 31 son of actor Stepin Fetchit unleashed a one hour gun spree on the Pennsylvania Turnpike killing four and wounding 17 before dying by his own hand. His wife Annette was beside him and both died. a 13-year-old boy witnessed shattered glass as two victims, Ignatius Keenan and Ruby Keenan, perished in the crash. Vincent Saitta and Ernest Stevens were among the wounded in Harrisburg area hospitals.
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Donald Martin Lambright
Lambright
Stepin Fetchit
Howard Johnson
New York City
Cleveland
Winifred Lee
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Ignatius Keenan
Philadelphia
Harrisburgh
Vincent Saitta
Framingdale
N.Y
Ber Marlin
St. Louis
Keenan
Pennsylvania State University
Ruby
Paul
Coast Guard Icebreaker Edisto Returns from Antarctica
The Edisto, an icebreaker from the Coast Guard, docked in Boston Sunday ending a five month Antarctic voyage. Under Capt. Henry Steel, it carried supplies for scientists studying oceanography depths and currents. Several researchers completing duties also returned aboard.
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Edisto
Henry Steel
Antartica
Nixon Hosts Easter Egg Roll Then Opens Baseball Season
President Nixon enjoyed Easter fun on the White House lawn rolling eggs and watching baseball. He threw out the first ball at the Senators Yankees opener in RFK Stadium and reviewed domestic policy plans during the Florida stay. He met with Peru envoy John H. Irwin II over the International Petroleum Co dispute and prepared for talks with King Hussein. The schedule includes NATO ministerial remarks and visits with Jordan's king amid the Arab-Israeli tension. The Nixon family attended Easter services at Key Biscayne.
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Jordan
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Mechanical Heart Keeps Man Alive 65 Hours
In Houston AP reporting, Kell Earp survived 65 hours with a compact artificial heart before a donor heart was transplanted. Dr. Denton Cooley led the two hour 45 minute operation to replace the device with a heart from a Massachusetts woman for 47 year old Sko k ie, Ill printing estimator. The procedure followed a prior temporary implant that saved the patient life by delaying surgery until a human heart could be found. The donor heart began beating after a single electrical shock and doctors called the outcome satisfactory.
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Haskell Earp
Denton A. Cooley
Massachusetts
Skokie
Ill
Karp
Barbara Ewan
Vic
Cooley
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
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