An Loc Battles and U S Navy Air Actions Escalate
Heavy fighting resumes around An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon after a 1600 round artillery bombardment. Reports say 6 North Vietnamese tanks destroyed. U S destroyer Higbee and cruiser Oklahoma City damaged. 4 Americans wounded. South Vietnamese and U S command tallies show high casualties. B 52 strikes target northern siege lines. fresh clashes reported near Dong Ha and Hue with multiple tanks and aircraft involved.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
U.S. Ith
Higbee
7Th Fleet
Oklahoma City
Navy
Midway
Hill 169
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Democrats Demand Withdrawal Action After Vietnam War Spikes
Washington AP: House Democrats condemn renewed U S bombing of North Vietnam and Hanoi invasion of the South and order action within 30 days on withdrawal deadlines. The caucus adopted 135 66 condemning the bombing as a dangerous escalation and ordered deadline measures by the Foreign Affairs Committee, then added the invasion condemnation.
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Washington
House
Democrats
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South
Democratic Caucus
Hanoi-Haiphong
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lunar Craft Separates Orion Moon-Bound
Apollo 16 mission advances as John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr separate Orion from the command ship to descend toward the Descartes Mountains. They will spend about 73 hours on the lunar surface, with potassium guidance and orbiting support from Thomas Mattingly and mission control.
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Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Orion
Mission Control
Don Peterson
Descartes Mountains
Thomas K. Mattingly
Young
Duke
Descartes
Earth
Descartes Plateau
Mattingly
Lunar
Casper
Moon
Failure To File Taxes Cockfight Operator Faces State Charges
Franklin County charges against W R Thompson of Ottawa RFC 2 allege seven year sales tax deficits of 7987.20 plus income tax nonfiling for 1971. Thompson ran cockfights at his Ottawa area barn and admitted 2 per person at the concession stand. Warrant filings and misdemeanor charges stem from a raid by Kansas officials earlier this month.
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W. R. Thompson
Ottawa Rfc
Thompson
Kansas
Vern Miller
Franklin County
R. Michael Latimer
State of Kansas
Dwight Parscale
Franklin County District Court
Parseale
Kansas Department of Revenue
Revenue Department
Ottawa
Re-Elected Ottawa Mayor Faces Ballot Controversy
Steve Ralph was re-elected mayor at a City Commission meeting by ballot amid objections from Commissioner Fred Zook who questioned rotation of the mayor’s seat and voting methods. Hysom named mayor pro-tem after ballots, while other actions included precinct reallocation, a pool contract with the Ottawa Recreation Commission, a Miss Ottawa Day proclamation, a Main Street parade, OU music festival plans, and designating US-59 as a one way street south of Gibson shopping center.
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Robert B
Wellington Steve Ralph
Ottawa
City Commission
Fred Zook
Zook
Ralph
Lee Hysom
Hysom
Robert Mills
Steve Ralph
Planning Board
Davie Morford
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Jim Hepner
Jaycees
Main Street
Jack Patty
Ottawa University
17Th
Gibson Shopping Center
McGovern Seeks Ohio Bid Amid Primary Push
AP report notes George McGovern predicts victory Tuesday in Massachusetts and strong showing in Pennsylvania while announcing an all-out bid in the May 2 Ohio Democratic primary. He argues the Vietnam war now tops campaign issues as he courts blue collar voters in key industrial states.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
George McGovern
Ohio
South Dakota
Columbus
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Fort Wayne
Ind
McGovern
Pittsburgh
Erie
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Milton J. Shapp
Edmund S. Muskie
Shapp
Humphrey
Harrisburg
Muskie
Cleveland
Youngstown
Toledo
Boston
Convention Site Woes For GOP
Top Republicans warn the 1972 GOP National Convention in San Diego faces rising costs and delays and may move to Miami Beach. Sen. Robert Dole said a decision is imminent on whether to fix San Diego or switch venues. Officials cite arena modification delays and hotel reservations, with critics suggesting broader politics at play.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Miami Beach
Robert Dole
Kansas
Republican National Committee
New Orleans
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
The
Miami Herald
R.L. Herman
Committee On
Peter Graham
San Diego Union
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U.S. Command
Qui Nhon
Highlands
Demosurge
Pamela Rose Rapp
Albert F. Rapp
Kansas City
Pamela
Susan the
State Department of Revenue
Topeka Capital Journal
Latimer
Mills
Ottawa High School
Sharrell Howell
OHS
Miss Ohs
Graham
California
Halphong
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