Siestas and Markets in Hanoi Under Communist Rule
William C. Baggs reports from Hanoi on life in the capital, noting its unusual blend of private markets with a state economy, the absence of children, early shopping hours, and a mix of Buddhism and Catholic presence. He contrasts private enterprise with socialist planning and examines the social fabric amid the Vietnam War.
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William C. Baggs
Miami News
North Vietnam
Mr. Baggs
Bill Baggs
Miam
Hanoi
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Cities Ease Back To Normal After Riots
Associated Press reports a second night of racial violence in Kansas City left five dead, raising the national toll to 39 as many cities returned to normal. Newark imposed a 12 am to 6 am curfew after looting near burned stores. 47,000 National Guardsmen and 20,000 federal troops remained deployed in 15 states and DC. Chicago lifted curfews for minors. Pittsburgh kept 4,473 guardsmen active with no withdrawal date. Across the country three days of violence killed 11 and injured about 500. total arrests reached 1,265 with 515 fires since the unrest began.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Martin Luether King Jr
Newark
States
District of Columbia
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Woman's Body Found in Kansas City Area
The badly charred body of 47 year old Blanche Blair was found Tuesday in weeds near a gravel road northwest of Kansas City Kansas. Blair who was acquitted in May 1966 of shooting another woman faces a prior 1956 manslaughter sentence in Missouri. A shotgun was recovered, and a relative identified the victim from dental work a shoe buckle and clothing fragment. Police noted she left home with 300 to 400 dollars in a purse.
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Kansas City
Kan
Blanche Blair
Miss Blair
Ground fighting slows as Viet Cong pause offensive
Saigon AP report shows last week yielded the lowest U.S. combat deaths in 214 months, amid a lull before a major spring sweep. U.S. wounded rose to 3,190, while Vietnamese casualties reached 407 deaths on their side and enemy claimed 2,251 killed per U.S. and 4,012 per South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
William C. Westmoreeland
Meikong
Khe Sanh
Machine
Demilitarized Zone
States act to clear legal hurdles for organ transplants
A nationwide AP survey shows lawmakers in several states moving to ease transplant barriers. Virginia, Kansas, Maryland, California, South Carolina and Oklahoma have enacted or proposed laws to govern organ donation, death determinations, and donor rights while major medical groups urge cautious, tightly overseen transplantation practices.
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Chicago
Associated Press
National Academy of Science
New Board of Medicine
Virginia
California
Kansas
South Carolina
Maryeland
Oklahoma
Virginia General Assembly
Medical Society of Virginia
Robert Docking
Joint Assembly Senate
Los Angeles
Evelle Younger
California Institute of Technology
Lee Dubridge
Senate
House
Tough Role for Actor in Coventry Drama
In Coventry England AP Peter Needham a 35 year old actor plays a hen pecked husband in Saturday Night at The Crown. He guzzles seven pints of beer per show and 14 pints for matinees the same day. He refuses cold tea and jokes about drinking wine himself.
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Coventry
England
Roger Redfarn
Peter Needham
the Crown
Needham
Mourning Ends march in Houston after MLK observance
A march through a predominantly Negro area in Houston will conclude the mourning period for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Rev. Earl Allen announced that after the march plans will be discussed to strengthen Houston's black community.
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Houston, Tex
Maretin Luther King Jr
Earl Allen
Houston
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