Vietnamese forces push into Xuan Loc test of Saigon defense
In heavy fighting government troops drove North Vietnamese forces from Xuan Loc the provincial capital east of Saigon and destroyed four tanks. The clash marked the first major city assault in the current Saigon region offensive and followed a 2,000 round artillery barrage around the church and bus station.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Xuan Loc
Nguyen van Thieu
Joint Military Commission
Air Force
Long Khanh
Mekong
Cambodia
Battambang
Phnom Penh
Kompong Speu
Long Boret
Lon Nol
Bangkok
Frederick C. Weyand
U.S. Army
Washington
Ford
Congress
John G. Tower
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Administration Foreign Policy
Roswell School Board OKs Bond Sale Amid Market Slump
Roswell board of education approves selling another 2 million in general obligation school building bonds with bids expected in 30 days. Consultant says market may not improve for 3 to 4 months, and bids could affect several upcoming projects. The board also approves Title I and Title VII proposals and authorizes over 800000 in various CDs.
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Roswell
Roswell Independent School District
Hensley
Utton
Trict
New Mexico Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Robert K. Maxwell
Maxwell
Pecos
Edgewood
Military Heights
East Grand Plains
Washington Avenue
First National Bank
Pioneer Savings and Trust
Sandia Savings and Loan
Security National Bank
Roswell State Bank
Honest mistake leads Roswell store to report 10 cent theft apology
A Roswell elementary student confessed by letter to a 10 cent price switch on a 19 cent rubber ball at H and J Farmers Market. The unsigned note, found on child’s stationery and with a taped dime, details the act and asks forgiveness. Store manager Harold Renfro praised the honesty.
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Roswell
H & J Farmer’s Market
S. Sunset Ave
H & J Workers
Heaven
Harold Renfro
Roswell to vote on 1.9 million storm sewer bonds May 27
Roswell City Council set May 27 for a bond election on 1.9 million dollars for storm sewer work along West Second Street Garden Avenue and related routes. Ten polling places will consolidate voting districts. Mayor Smith urged passage noting contingencies keep costs near 1.9 million.
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Marian McQuiddy
Roswell City
West Second Street
Garden Avenue
Jerry N. Smith
Alameda Street
Spring River
Third Street
Smith
Roswell City Council weighs Sunday liquor sales and landfill issues
Roswell officials rejected a proposed $1 000 annual fee for Sunday liquor sales amid voter opposition and a $250 counterproposal. Council members formed a committee to study the new sanitary landfill south of Roswell after residents complained of garbage and high winds at the site. The city granted a lease for the Roswell Community Little Theater to use a hangar at the old airport.
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Stiles
Robert
Bob” Wafful
Smith
Steve Henderson
Sterling Grant
Roy Oldrup
Roswell
Kelly Masters Jr
Robin Drive
Robert J
Bob” Owen
Little Theater
Connally bribery trial uses Jacobsen testimony focus
Prosecutors outline circumstantial evidence to bolster star witness Jake Jacobsen in the John Connally bribery trial. Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allen will visit Washington for talks with Henry Kissinger. Jack and Micki Scott plan a news conference amid Hearst case inquiries. The Senate rejected a move to end federal oil price controls, acknowledging higher U.S. oil costs would follow.
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Washington (Ap
John Connally
Jake Jacobsen
San Francisco
Jack
Micki Scott
Patricia Hearst
Washington
Senate Today
U.S
Domenici seeks U N aid cut over missing Americans
Sen. Pete Domenici introduces a Senate resolution to curb U N funding from 25 to 10 percent unless the United Nations pressures North Vietnam to provide a full accounting of U S servicemen missing in action. The measure ties funding to progress on the Paris agreement and named MIAs.
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Washington
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Senate
United Nations
U.N
North Vietnam
U.S
Ford
John Sack
United States
Southeast Asia
Congress
Paul Fannin
Sen
Domenici
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
New Mexico
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da Nang
Thieu
Red Cross
Prek Phnau
L. C. Stiles
UPI Telephoto
Edward M. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
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