Viet Cong ready to seek cease fire if Thieu ousted
Viet Cong diplomats told UPI they are prepared to halt fighting immediately and enter negotiations if President Thieu is removed. Archbishop of Saigon Nguyen Van Binh and Buddhist leaders join calls for leadership change amid anti Thieu protests. Curfews tighten, refugees flood Saigon, banks see withdrawals as the government bans demonstrations and issues shoot to kill orders. The exchange rate nears 2000 piasters per dollar while Can Tho weighs curfew changes. Thieu's hold weakens as military leaders question his leadership over the rapid Communist advance.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
PRG
Nguyen van Binh
Government Immigration Department
Leaders to discuss cost of special education programs
Phoenix legislators and Gov. Raul Castro to meet next week over the price tag for special education. The Department of Education estimates about 30 million dollars may be needed next year, while the governor urges 16 million. House majority leader Burton Barr calls special education a major remaining budget hurdle.
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Phoenix
Raul Castro
Department of Education
House
Burton Barr
Orphans Fly to United States Amid White-Knuckled Flight
Fifty eight Vietnamese orphans flown from Saigon by a World Airways pilot defied air controllers and landed in Oakland. They were cared for at the San Francisco Presidio as two needed medical checks occurred. The Friends for the Vietnam Children sponsor group said the rest will be placed with new families across the United States. about 500 other orphans were left behind due to safety concerns.
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San Francisco
UPI
Saigon
Gary Feldman
San Francisco Presidio
Japan
Friends For
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
United States
Feldman
Legislature OKs 750000 for crippled children services
Phoenix lawmakers approve a special 750000 appropriation to fund crippled children services through the end of the fiscal year, after earlier backing 1.2 million. In Page, 11 candidates run for seven seats on the town council in the April 15 primary.
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Phoenix
House
Senate
Page
Suspects to wed after alleged Phoenix murder plot
Justice of the Peace Harold Lee granted permission for Herbert F. Mogel, a Phoenix police technician, and his girlfriend Kathleen Devane to leave the state to marry in Las Vegas. They were arrested March 21 over a proposed contract killing of an Air Research employee.
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Phoenix
Justice of the Peace
Harold Lee
Herbert F. Mogel
Kathleen Devane
Las Vegas
Air Research
Prison Population Reaches New High at Florence Facility
Florence reports an inmate count of 1,800 at the state prison, a new record for the 67 year old facility. Warden Harold Cardwell notes 1,458 inmates are housed in the main prison built for 850 capacity.
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Florence
Harold Cardwell
Cardwell
Obituary Dale Eugene Lee
Services for Dale Eugene Lee 40 will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Southern Baptist Church Scottsdale Interment Greenwood Cemetery He died Tuesday at Mesa Lutheran Hospital He was born Mishawaka Ind and moved to Arizona in 1956 from South Bend Ind Survivors include wife Patsy sons David and Danny daughters Linda Lihosii Merry Lee mother Carrie Stubert brothers Richard E Lee James P McBride Vernon Stubert Terry G McBride and one grandchild
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Dale Eugene Lee
First Southern Baptist Church of
Scottsdale
N. Scottsdale Rd
Greenwood Cemetery
Messinger Mortuary
E. Indian School Rd
Lee
74Th Way
Mesa Lutheran Hospital
Mishawaka
Ind
Arizona
South Bend
Moyer's Contracting Co
Patsy
David
Danny
Linda Lihosii
Merry Lee
Carrie Stubert
Richard E. Lee
Denver
Colo
James P. McBride
Saratoga
Calif
Vernon Stubert
Terry G. McBride
Staunton H. Ryrie dies at 74 after Scottsdale hospital stay
Staunton H. Ryrie 74 a former self employed public relations man died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital He was born in Alton Illinois moved to Arizona twenty years ago from San Francisco He served as a corporal in World War II and is survived by his wife Leda Services were held today at Messinger Mortuary Chapel with cremation to follow
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Staunton Henry Ryrie
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Alton
Ill
Arizona
San Francisco
Ryrie
N. 70Th St
Leda
Messinger Mortuary Chapel
Johnsons Obituary: Foundry Supervisor Dies in Phoenix
Harry L. Johnson 81 a former foundry supervisor from Chicago died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital. He lived at 6801 E Camelback Rd and belonged to Bethelem United Church of Christ. Survived by son Harold C. and three grandchildren. Services and burial in Chicago per Mercer Mortuary.
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Harry Lesser Johnson
Chicago
Doctors Hospital
Mr. Johnson
Camelback Rd
Bethelem United
Church of Christ
Harold C
Mercer Mortuary
Connally urged Nixon to raise raw milk price supports
A White House tape played at John Connally Jr.'s bribery trial shows him urging Nixon to boost raw milk price supports for political gain. The 1971 meeting, attended by top aides, preceded a 5 percentage point rise in parity. Prosecutors allege Connally took $10,000 for aiding dairy price increases.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
Richard Nixon
White House
Connally
Midwest
America
Nixon
Agriculture Department
U.S. District Court
John D. Erhlichman
Clifford Hardin
George P. Schultz
United States
Watergate
Frank M. Tuerkheimer
Don Paarlberg
Jon A. Sale
Jake Jacobsen
Rose Cicala
Rose Cicala, A Secretary In the Office of the Treasury
John Connally
U.S. District Court Today
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Anti-litter bill feared to cripple Arizona recycling efforts
A.J. Petrie of Beverage Industry Recycling Program argues that SB 1017 modeled on Oregon’s bottle bill would wipe out aluminum can sales and harm recycling in Arizona. He notes BIRP’s 500000 pounds of aluminum monthly intake and $1.75 million paid to residents, and prizes cans for energy savings, while opposing returnable bottles due to higher shipping costs.
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Mike Petryni
Oregon
A.J. Petrie
BIRP
Petrie
Arizona Senate
Steven Davis
Santa Cruz County
Phoenix
Mesa
Tucson
Glendale
Arizona
Rebels Press Offensive Near Phnom Penh Amid Heavy Fighting
Government rushes reinforcements five miles northwest of Phnom Penh where rebels breached the perimeter. Government losses include three M113 units. new ground ceded south of the city. Rockets strike the capital and airport as U S aircraft evacuate staff to Bangkok.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Puon Phnom
U.S
Bangkok
Thailand
Kukrit Pramjo
Scottsdale osteopath to be sentenced on drug prescribing case
Superior Court Judge Rufus Coulter will sentence Dr. James White of Scottsdale for illegal Percodan prescribing after hearing four defense motions for a new trial. Defense claims a plea bargain influenced a key witness, LeRoy O Neal, who allegedly faced a dropped felony charge in exchange for testimony.
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Superior Court
Rufus Coulter
Scottsdale Osteopath
James White
Coulter
James Brook
Brook
LeRoy O’neal
White
O’neal
Department of Public Safety
Robert Stocksdale
Stocksdale
Scottsdale
O'Neal
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Mekong
Can Tho
South Vietnam
United Press International
Dale E. Lee
Harry L. Johnson
Odd Dinette
Berkline
Battress and Box Seeie
Pegan Desk
Kroemler
Kamer
Thomas Road
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