Reds Capture Combat Base North of Quang Tri
Communist troops seized a combat base two miles north of Quang Tri City as U S forces evacuated advisers. Marines and American staff pulled back under heavy fire and destroyed a bridge on the Thach Han River. Artillery base Lima near Kontum faced attack while B52s conducted 19 missions against targets in Quang Tri Kon Tum Binh Duong and Tay Ninh provinces.
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Saigon
CPB
South Vietnam
Quang Tri City
U.S
Quang Tri
Thach Han River
Lima
Konlum City
Kontum
Pleiku
Kontum City
Binh Duong
Tay Ninh
Rogers Reaffirms Administration Aim
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said Nixon would use all military measures short of nuclear war and ground troops to stop the North Vietnamese invasion while pursuing a Paris peace settlement. He noted hope of secret talks resuming with Le Duc Tho back in Paris and Kissinger’s diplomatic moves, but offered guarded details on who would participate.
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UPI
William P. Rogers
Nixon
U. S
South Vietnam
Rogers
United States
Paris
NBC
Meet the Press
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Tho
Henry A. Kissinger
Ropers
Dr. Kissinger
Moscow
Hanoi
Le Duc Tho arrives for renewed Paris Vietnam talks
Le Duc Tho, a top North Vietnamese negotiator, reached Paris via Beijing and Moscow and expressed hope for a peaceful, just, and fair Vietnam solution. He declined questions and did not signal resumption of secret talks as Nixon’s visit raised tensions and Kissinger traveled to Moscow to prep a potential arms deal.
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Paris
UPI
le Duc Tho
United States
Lam Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Oriy
Iam
Vietnam
Phe
Nixon
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Two Women Apprehended for Marijuana Possession in Fort Walton Beach
Teri Jean Johnson aged 22 of Mars Hill Indiana and Sandra Sue Tschabold aged 30 of Indianapolis Indiana were arrested at 6 15 p m Sunday at Apartment 30 Texas Courts Miracle Strip Parkway Fort Walton Beach after an investigation. Officers Grover C Ayers Jr Ken Crowder and Big John Lay conducted the arrest. Bond set at 500 appearance or 215 cash. Both held at Okaloosa County jail in lieu of bond.
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Teri Jean Johnson
South Holt Road
Mars Hill
Indiana
Sandra Sue Tschabold
Union Street
Indianapolis
Fort Walton Beach
Texas Courts
Miracle Strip Parkway
Grover C. Ayers, Jr
Ken Crowder
FWB
Big John Lay
Lay
Apt
Texas
Miss Jolson
Miss Tschabold
Howard Gill
Okaloosa County
Reuben Hendrix
Bond
Security Starts Plans for Trip To Soviet Union
Washington report says planning for President Nixon's Moscow summit will begin in detail this week after the advance party returned. Led by Gen. Brent Scowcroft the team arranged security and logistics for Nixon's May 19 or 20 departure to Salzburg and the May 22 summit in Moscow.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Moscow
Brent Scowcroft
Salzburg
Austria
White House
State Department
Nixon Declares Law Day USA Across Nation
President Nixon marks the 15th Law Day USA urging renewed faith in law and civic duties. Proclamation notes aims to strengthen government, legal structure, and citizen responsibilities, tracing Law Day back to 1958 and congressional action in 1961.
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Nixon
USA
Nation
Washington
Congress
Ping Pong Tourists Leave U S After Mexico Trip
China’s 13 table tennis players and 25 officials wrapped a 19 day U S visit with a flight to Mexico City. They toured eight areas from Detroit to Napa and Palo Alto, enjoyed sights, and noted a warm reception amid occasional antiwar demonstrations.
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San Francisco
UPL
China
United States
Pan American Airways
Mexico City
Mexico
San Francisco International
California
Detroit
Thhem
New York City
Washington
Memphis
Los Angeles
Colonial Williamsburg
Virginia
Huntsville
Ala
Napa
India and Pakistan Plan Peace Talks To End War
New Delhi reports indicate Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi will meet in late May or early June to draft a peace treaty ending the Indo Pakistan war. The summit would be the first heads of government meeting since 1966 and would address issues including POW repatriation and Kashmir.
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New Delhi
UPI
Pakistan
Zulfikar al Bhutto
Indira Gandhi
Bangladesh
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
East Pakistan
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Tashkent
Shastri
Alexei N. Kosygin
Bhutto
Mujib
Mrs. Gandhi
Muji
Authorities raid downtown mod shop Stoned Indian arrest two
Fort Walton Beach police and Okaloosa deputies arrested manager Bennett Musco, 23, and employee Patricia Liles, 17, after a search warrant at 202 Miracle Strip Parkway. Musco faced possession of peyote and Liles possession of marijuana charges. bonds set and both arraigned by Judge Howard Gill.
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Bennett Sebastian Musco
Patricia Honnalore Liles
DeLuna Road
Fort Walton Beach
Musco
Miss Liles
Miracle Strip Parkway
S.E
Okaloosa County
Howard Gill
Justice of the Peace District 6
Okaloosa County Singles Outnumber Women Says Census
Census data show Okaloosa County has 9 855 single men over 14 compared with 5 078 single women. Nationally and in Florida single rates vary, yet marriage remains strong with 20 773 married men and 21 150 married women in the county, median ages 23.2 for men and 20.8 for women.
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Okaloosa County
United States
State of Florida
Department of Commerce
Florida
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John Stephen Adamson
Emma Goggin
Niceville
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Chuang Tse-tung
Palo Alto
Stanford University
Abby Ree
Rey Gada
Niel
Kashmir
Grover Cn Ayers, Jr
Paula Applewhite
Danny Weldon
William Grigsby
John
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