Reds Fire On 2 More Peacekeeping Copters
In Saigon today Communist forces fired on two peacekeeping helicopters in the Mekong Delta. One chopper ferrying Joint Military Commission members landed at Vi Thanh with no injuries. the other carrying International Commission of Control and Supervision representatives near Can Tho was not hit. Nine people were killed when an Air America helicopter for the commission was shot down in the northwestern area, including two American pilots, a Filipino crewman, a Canadian, an Indonesian, two Hungarians, and two Viet Cong officers. A Canadian official said his contingent may withdraw truce observer teams from Viet Cong areas pending investigation.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
Vi Thanh
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Can Tho
International Commission
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hun
Gary
Air America
Meat Price Curbs Listed Consumers Weigh Buying
The new signs listing meat price ceilings appear beside roasts and chops while shoppers decide whether to buy items under 75 percent of sales. The Cost of Living Council says ceilings must cover 25 processed-meat items and the top 10 canned or bottled meat products. If prices seem illegal, check with store staff or contact the IRS for possible rollbacks and penalties. Despite a week-long boycott ending without broad price cuts, consumer leaders plan follow-up actions while Agriculture Secretary Butz resists broad food controls.
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Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dn.y
Washington
Consumer Federation of California
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
NBC
Meet the Press
Arab guerrillas attack Israeli residence in Nicosia
In Nicosia Cyprus Arab guerrillas blew up the Israeli ambassador Rahamim Timor residence and tried to hijack an Israeli airliner at Nicosia International Airport. Gun battles followed outside the residence and at the airport with Cypriot police and Israeli guards before Timor and his family escaped unharmed.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Nicosia
Nicosia International
Bassador Rahamim Timor
Rockefeller drops life imprisonment drug penalty plan
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller announced the rejection of his proposal for mandatory life imprisonment for sellers of hard drugs. The move marks a shift in the state’s crime policy as lawmakers weigh alternatives to severe penalties.
Phnom Penh Fuel Shortage Seen Nearing End
Phnom Penh officials announced the fuel shortage was easing as a second river convoy neared the capital. The government said Highway 4 had reopened, restoring land links with Kompong Som. Two fuel tankers and a freighter were reported within miles of the city at nightfall.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Pope Paul VI and Thieu Meet Amid Vatican Protests
Pope Paul VI and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu held a private discussion at the Vatican after a long briefing in St. Peter's Square as riot police battled demonstrators. Thieu traveled by helicopter to and from the Vatican to avoid planned protests by Communists and leftist groups.
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Vatican City
Paul VII
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
St. Peter's Square
Thieu
Vatican
Worst year for defective car recalls noted by NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 1972 had the most recalls for defective autos and unveiled a monthly reporting program to alert consumers to possible safety related vehicle defects as soon as they deem issues serious enough for formal investigation.
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Washington
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Opic Denies ITT Claim Over Chile Seizure
Overseas Private Investment Corp denied a $92.5 million claim by International Telephone and Telegraph for losses from Chilean property seizures. Bradford Mills, OPIC president, said the denial stemmed from noncompliance with contract obligations under the political risk insurance program.
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Washington
Overseas Private Investment Corp
International Telephone and Telegraph Compay
Chile
Bradford Mills
U.S
IRA officers accused of siphoning IRA funds
Northern Ireland reports allege Provisional IRA leaders siphoned more than 375000 dollars in funds for personal use including cars homes and drink. IRA sources say commanders opened an internal inquiry after British press coverage this weekend and cite a letter from Liam Shannon written in a Belfast prison outlining seven leaders cited for personal use of organization money.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Liam Shannon
Visit Abatement Plant Area Charge of Water Pollution Investigated by Aldermen
Part of the Oswego Common Council toured the Pollution Abatement Services plant area on East Seneca Street to inspect claims of water pollution in Wine Creek from Hall Road North to Lake Ontario. Aldermen observed oily slime, colorful puddles and odors around the plant and noted jars of water samples with strange smells and a tree branch coated in slime.
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Don McCann
Common Council of
Oswego
East Seneca St
John Canale
Anthony J. Crisafulli
Fritz Harris
Fourth Ward
Frank Clavelli
Frank Lapetino
Julian Prucnal, Jr
Smith Beach
Wine Creek
Hall Road
Lake Ontario
Prucnal
Princenal
Picasso Dead at 91 Revolutionary Painter Dies in France
Pablo Picasso died at 91 in Mougins France after a heart attack. The Spanish born artist facing flu and grippe seasons, recently finalized a Avignon exhibit of 201 canvases since 1970. Funeral plans not announced. He left behind vast private art hoard and immense wealth.
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Mougins
France
Pablo Picasso
Mediterranean
Picasso
Grippe
Avignon
Jacqueline
Snowstorm spreads across central U S with heavy snow
A winter storm raced up the Mississippi Valley overnight after whitening the Texas Panhandle, western Missouri, and Kansas. Four to six inches fell in many areas with drifts up to four feet. warnings extended into Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Missouri. Temperatures plunged, freezes threatened fruit and vegetables, and flood concerns continued as the Mississippi River crested at St Louis.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Mississippi
Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Ponchartrain
New Orleans
Kansas- Missouri
U. S. Planes Help Convoy Reach Cambodian Capital
American warplanes pounded Communist gunners along the Mekong to push the first convoy through to Phnom Penh in 20 days. Three tankers and two cargo ships reached the city Sunday while two ships were lost and 11 captains abandoned the river voyage.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong
Saigon
C.S. Lo
Extra 2 Days To File State Tax Returns In New York
New York taxpayers gain a 48 hour extension as April 15 falls on a Sunday and Patriots Day in Massachusetts shifts the deadline. The Andover Service Center in Massachusetts handles NY filings, extending the due date to midnight April 17.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Donald T. Hartley
Internal Revenue Service
New York
Massachusetts
Andover
Top Mediator to Seek Pension Reform Compromise
Albany AP lines up Vincent McDonnell as chief mediator to forge a minimal pension reform compromise with public employee unions this session. He will meet labor leaders to gauge acceptable changes, while Gov Rockefeller pushes new watchdog and insurance policy ideas amid budget surplus figures.
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Albany
N.Y
Vincent McDonnell
McDonnell
State Pension Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Office of Education Inspector General
Office of
Edu
Briton Kidnapped in Argentina Amid Ransom Wave
Francis Brimicombe, 57, head of the Argentine subsidiary of British American Tobacco, was seized outside his home in Buenos Aires by a small group of youths. Leftist groups, active in last week’s ransom cases, are suspected. Recent abductions include Antony Da Cruz and Gerardo Scalmazzi, with multi‑million-dollar ransoms paid in dollars and pesos.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Francis Brimicombe
British American Tobacco Co
Antony da Cruz
Kodak
First National Bank of Boston
Gerardo Scalmazzi
Rosario
da Cruz
The
Liberation Armed Forces
Scamazzi
People’s Trotskyite
Francisco Aleman
Hector Camp
House Unit Opens Wounded Knee Hearings
Washington AP reports congressional hearings begin on the Wounded Knee affair as AIM militants refuse to surrender arms and talks with White House aides fold. Rep. Lloyd Meeds leads a three day inquiry into relations between Indians and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Russell Means, main witness, arrived for talks with Leonard Garment. Garment delays negotiations until Means tells followers to lay down arms, which he has not done. The six point Justice Department pact aimed to clear disarmament remains unsettled as Means signals no timetable.
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Washington
Wounded Knee
White House
Housendian Affairs
South Dakota
The
American Indian Movement
AIM
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Russell Means
Lloyd Meeds
D-Wash
Means
Leonard Garment
Garment
Justice Department
Mississippi River diverted to ease strain on levees
New Orleans watched as the Bonnet Carre Spillway opened 33 miles upriver diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain to relieve levee pressure. Army officials said more floodways could open if needed and the spillway would divert about a sixth of the river’s flow, lowering crest forecasts for New Orleans from 20.2 feet to around 17.5 by midweek.
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New Orleans
Mississipi
Big Lake
Pontchartrain
Army
Charles C. Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Bonnet Carre
Washington
Sen
Russell Long
D-La
Army Corps of Engineers
Gulf of Mexico
Slidell
Weather Bureau
River Forecasting Center
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