Communist Offensive Near Phnom Penh Claims First U.S. Life
Khmer Rouge forces push within four miles of Phnom Penh as a UPI report details the first American fatality in the campaign. An American pilot aboard a Sorya Airlines DC3 was killed when a rocket hit during approach to Kompong Chang. The crash followed heavy shelling of the airport and ongoing government reshuffles amid deteriorating conditions.
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Kompong Chang
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Saigon
Thailand
Ford
Congress
Cambodia
Khmeung
Macumber marriage dissolved by judge
A superior court judge dissolved the marriage of William Wayne Macumber and Carol Macumber. He was convicted Jan. 25 of the 1962 Scottsdale and Phoenix killings and sentenced Feb. 18 to life. Custody was awarded to Mrs. Macumber with limited visitation for Macumber and his father accompanying some visits.
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Joyce Sterrenberg
Scottsdale
James Timothy McKillop
Ed W. Hughes
Harold Macumber
Hughes
Betty Ford aide's husband dies of gunshot wound
James Howe, 52, husband of Nancy Howe, died at George Washington University Hospital after being found unconscious in his Washington homeBathroom. Police said a single gunshot to the temple was self inflicted or related to personal safety concerns. The incident follows scrutiny of Mrs Howe over a Dominican Republic visit with Park business associates. Authorities found a note but did not release its contents. Howe was a West Point graduate, former Army colonel, and former languages head at Trenton State University. President Ford and the First Lady provided support to Mrs Howe after the tragedy.
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Tongsun Park
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Larry Speakes
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Trenton State University
Trenton
N.J
Ford
Congress
Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld
Paratroopers Drop at Xuan Loc Amid Heavy Fighting
An armada of helicopters ferried 3 000 elite paratroopers toward Xuan Loc as battle rages with Communist forces. South Vietnamese air support presses the assault while Hanoi troops shell and defend the provincial capital 38 miles northeast of Saigon. casualties include 17 government dead and 110 wounded with about 1 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops killed in two days.
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UPI
Xuan Loc
Joint General Staff
Leon Daniel
Hung Nghia
Highway 1
Poll shows U.S. public against military aid to Vietnam and Cambodia
A Harris poll released April 14 finds 57 percent oppose resuming U.S. military aid to South Vietnam and Cambodia, 29 percent support aid, and 14 percent undecided. The public rejects further aid despite coverage of Vietnam and Cambodia.
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New York
UPI
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Cambodia
Harris
Ford
Frederick Weyand
Saigon
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