American rescues lieutenant as Base 6 comes under fresh attack
Five rocket firing American helicopters rescued Lt. Brian M. Thacker at Fire Base No.6 after he eluded capture for 10 days in nearby jungles. North Vietnamese forces renewed the assault on the base 12 miles from Laos and Cambodia, with antiaircraft fire as troops countered. Thacker, from Hickam AFB, was evacuated in weak condition to Pleiku hospital. North Vietnamese casualties and attacks spread to Dak To and Cang Long, with civilian tolls mounting as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces reported sizable Vietnamese losses and base defenses.
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Cambodia
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Stanford Hospital protest ends in mass arrest and damage
Police battered a door and used tear gas to disperse 50 demonstrators who seized Stanford University Hospital offices over the firing of a black janitor. Twenty two people were arrested including a Palo Alto City Council candidate. more than $100,000 in damage reported and one officer injured.
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Obituary for Theresa Smith of Scottsdale and Scottsdale area
Theresa Smith, 89, born in Schwartzhaven Bavaria Germany, died Wednesday at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital. She lived at 6341 E McKenzie Dr since moving from Tampa Florida three years ago. Her only survivor is her niece Mrs Thomas O Neill of Scottsdale. Rosary Sunday 5 p m Messinger Mortuary 7601 E Indian School. Mass 10 a m Monday Our Lady of Perpetual Help 7655 E Main. Burial St Francis Cemetery Phoenix.
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Schwartzhaven
Bavaria
Germany
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
Smith
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Scottsdale
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Fla
Burglar Steals Television and Rifles in Scottsdale
Scottsdale police investigate a burglary at 2019 E. Cypress where Josephine Hall reported $924 worth of property missing. The break in occurred between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, with firearms among the stolen items.
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Hoffa Gets Easter Furlough to See Ill Wife in California
Teamsters leader James R. Hoffa, released from Lewisburg prison on a weeklong furlough, visited his seriously ill wife Josephine Hoffa at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. He arrived Wednesday and planned to return Monday as doctors said his presence was urgently required and had a positive effect.
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Easter cross atop Skinner's Butte goes unlit in Eugene
The cross on Skinner's Butte in Eugene Oregon remains unlit this Easter weekend after Mayor Les Anderson refused a late request to light it in memory of the Bataan Death March observed 29 years ago. The cross had been designated a war memorial by a 1960s charter amendment after a court ruled it a religious object in a public park.
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Pakistan claims crushing blows in East Pakistan war
Pakistan reports major gains in East Pakistan with control of Dacca and key coastal and border towns including Chittagong and Jessore. Navy gunboats clash on the Padma River as mutinies and defections are noted among Bengali sailors amid martial law restrictions on border crossings.
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Frisco Teachers Strike Ends After 16 Days
San Francisco city teachers union leaders announced settlement talks overseen by Mayor Joseph Alioto. The 16 day strike affected 89 000 students with classes set to resume Monday as terms remain secret until union ratification processes occur.
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UPI
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Alioto
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CTA
Teachers End Stalemate Over Class Size in City Budget
Alioto and labor leaders claim progress on the 1971 72 budget with promises to cut student teacher ratios. Shaheen says exhausted after finalizing details and aides will wrap up. mayor warns against guaranteed ratification amid militant union sentiment. Board president plans special Easter meeting to enable teachers to return Monday.
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Thomas A. Shaheen
Alioto
Shaheen
Zuretti Goosby
Board of Education
Ping-pongers enter China amid political tension
Fifteen American table tennis players crossed the Lowu border into China from Hong Kong for a week long visit viewed by U.S. officials as a step to open the Bamboo Curtain. Chiang Kai-shek called the move a fresh political plot to infiltrate the Free World.
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UPI
China
U.S
United States
Peking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taiwan
Free World
Pope recalls Way of Cross in Rome with cross procession
Pope Paul VI led the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome with a six foot cross in flickering candlelight. Narrators spoke in six languages as an 80-voice Latin choir sang while a crowd prayed and the pope bowed his head. He urged Jerusalem be treated as a Holy City and noted Christian aid for Holy Land communities. Cardinal Angelo Della Acqua carried the cross the final stretch. Good Friday was cold and rainy, but cleared before the procession.
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Infant survives after heart stops for an hour in California
In Sacramento a two week old girl revived after her heart stopped for about an hour following surgery for an aorta blockage and a hole between the heart chambers. Dr Glent Cayler said the team persisted and, just as parents were told she had died, doctors noticed the child showed signs of life.
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UPI
Glent Cayler
Cayler
Nude ballet draws crowds at London pub
Bill Fentiman said 500 customers packed his pub in London to watch dancers perform a nude ballet behind a transparent plastic screen. Patrons complained they could not see, and some received a 24 cent entry fee refund.
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UPI
Bill Fentiman
Fentiman
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