16th B52 Shot Down in New North Vietnam Raids
North Vietnam claims 1318 killed and 1261 wounded in raids on Hanoi while U S forces report 106 fighter bombers and 33 B52 strikes in the panhandle from Thanh Hoa to the DMZ. Navy Corsairs destroy 13 barges near Song Ma River and start a large fire at Phu Dien Chao depot. Cambodian reports 18 rockets hit Pochenlung killing two and wounding nineteen as fighting continues along Routes 2.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Panhandle
U.S. Command
Panhande
Thanh Hoa
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Navy
Enterprise
Song Ma Iuiver
Phu Dien Chao
Vinh
Dmz
Phnom Penh
Pochenlung
Pact clash reopens peace talks in Paris
The resumed talks at the Paris conference see North Vietnam denounce U S aggression while Saigon argues for a two state Vietnam with sovereignty and decries reunification by Hanoi. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho planned to reconvene the talks after a two week suspension.
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Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Search crew of 80 hired by airline
SAN DIEGO in Pacific Southwest Airlines hints at 80 new hires to bolster passenger and baggage searches as part of a national crackdown on hijackers. American United and Western Airlines prepare extended scans a day ahead of the Friday deadline per the U S Transportation Department. Relatives entering terminals may also be searched, the spokesman said.
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San Diego
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Frida
Lindbergh Field
American
United
Western Airlines
U.S. Department of Transportation
Computer errs orders infant to pay tax bill in Norway
A Norwegian infant, aged about one year, was wrongly billed for taxes after a computer error. Oslo reports that a faulty system added years to the child’s age, issuing a tax card and creating a mistaken claim. Authorities say the glitch misrepresented the child as an adult owner of a tax obligation.
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Oslo
Norway
L— Hornee Oseid
Pors+arunn
Sheeliy
Jumbo jet bomb plot diverted to block altitude threat
A derailed narrative cites an extortion plot involving a jumbo jet and a ransom of 15 million pesetas claimed to be linked to a bomb aboard a large aircraft. Officials say no one retrieved the ransom, as the tale connects to a TV dramatization with statements from Rod Serling and historical air line incidents.
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TWA
Serling
Los Angeles
Ser- Ting
Quantas Airways
Australia
Covernor
Hong Kong
Ward seeks gift probe sparks county rift
The board chair and several supervisors clash over campaign contributions linked to county actions. Ward urges full disclosure and accuses shadows over governance while Debs Hayes and others defend independence, warning against tainting public perception.
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Ward
Pete Schaharam
Schabarum
Ernest Debs
Ron Science
Del
Ugo
Debs
Hayes
Malibu
Ashe Ward
Secret Witness rewards and DIY paper logs inquiry
A reader asks about the origin of the Secret Witness column and who pays rewards. The Detroit News started the concept, other papers followed, and UP began on June 1 last year with rewards totaling $11.00. Typical rewards are about $200 for murder convictions and $50 for fugitive arrests, with anonymity guaranteed. The piece includes a quirky note on making oyster shell hour and mentions a supplier in Arbor for oyster shell hour and related materials.
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Independent, Press-Telegram
Wilmington
The
Detroit News
Colum
Len
Aturderer
Hotel Fire Claims One Life in Texas Building
Fire at a Texas hotel left one person dead and four injured. James Foreman, 25, a resident, credits saving an older woman by rushing her to a window and down a ladder while Sandra Thurman and her four children escaped on an elevator to the lobby. Carl Ferguson, 78, also reached the lobby and rescued a dog amid the smoke.
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James Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Sandra ‘Thurman
Mrs.Thurman
Carl Ferguson
Ferguson
Senate endorses Vietnam war fund cutoff in vote
Senate Democrats push for an Indochina cutoff as Nixon aides convene a general review of Paris talks. President Nixon meets Kissinger and Richardson after a Senate vote, while Waite House press secretary Ziegler warns Congress about raising enemy doubts as the 93rd Congress opens.
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Rosenthal
State Department
White House
Nixon
Indochina
Paris
Gerald L. Warren
Defense
Melvin J—. Laird
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer Jr
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kissinger
Alliot L. Richardson
Laird
Senate
Senate Republicans
Waite House
Ronald Ziegler
Congress
United States
Queen and Heath Booed at Covent Garden Europe Festival
Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Edward Heath were jeered by about 2,000 anti-Market protesters at the Covent Garden opening celebration for Britain’s entry into the European Common Market. Protesters, chanting and carrying placards, also threw stink bombs as the royal party arrived for the fanfare for Europe.
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London i
Queen Elizabeth
Edward Heath
Covent Opera
Plane crash kills five in Iowa snowstorm a private twin engine crash
Five Cedar Rapids men died when a Bescherail Kingair crashed in a farm field four miles northwest of Blairstown during a snowstorm. The plane owned by Moramerican Corp. employed four victims, including pilot Alden Stradling. Copilot Ronald Eden and four other Moramerican workers perished. Fire in Fresno destroys Bruce's Lodge on old U S 9B.
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Blairstown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Here
Bescherail Kingair
Moramerican Corp
Morey Hospital
Alden Tr. Stradling
Ronald B. Eden
Clarence D. Hahn
Dennis Otting
Neldon Wood
Waod
Moramerican
Fresno
UPI
Bruce
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