Battle of Good Friday near Saigon leaves heavy losses
Communist forces estimated at a 40 man battalion overran a U.S. Army position 30 miles northwest of Saigon in the Battle of Good Friday. 129 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were reported killed, with 11 U.S. soldiers dead and 47 wounded as fighting raged from 1:30 am. The 217th Viet Cong Battalion led the assault into War Zone C.
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25Th Division
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UPI
Nat Gibson
Race tensions rise as violence fades in Kansas City and Baltimore
Relative peace returned to American cities but Negro spokesmen and white authorities clashed over weekly racial violence techniques. In Kansas City three nights of fire left six dead and tear gas claims surfaced. A Trenton grand jury would review a fatal police shooting of a Negro student and Baltimore saw exchanges between Gov Agnew and Negro leaders. Violence eased by Thursday night with sporadic gunfire and minor fires noted.
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Lincoln
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City Hall
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Wealthy Newark victim shipped in San Francisco trunk
Homicide detectives say the man found in a sealed steamer trunk in San Francisco, a likely well-to-do citizen, was killed by a heart wound. The shipper, a small older woman described with fictitious names, sent the body April 1 from Newark. Police traced fingerprints to Newark and Washington as they search for the truth behind the bizarre transport and identity.
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West Berlin riots stain holiday crowds with antiwar anger
Leftist youths clashed with police along Kurfuerstendamm sparking water cannon and baton charges as 1,000 protesters seized a truck, hurled objects, and set a vehicle ablaze. Dutschke, shot in the head and chest, remained in critical condition with a possible turn for the better. Police identified the shooter Josef Bachmann, a 23 year old painter, before his arrest after a gunfight in a cellar.
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White Mustang linked to MLK assassination probe
A white Mustang resembling the car linked to the King assassination was under FBI scrutiny in Atlanta. No warrant for owner Eric Galt, 37, of Birmingham, was issued as Florida police issued and then canceled a statewide alert.
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UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Tenn
FBI
Eric Starvo Galt
Birmingham
Ala
Florida
Galt
Nigeria considers driving side shift to align with neighbors
Officials say Nigeria will scrap left hand driving to the right side to conform with former French colonies. In Atlanta, a white 1968 Mustang linked to James King was found near Capitol Homes with Mexican stickers, while FBI inquiries continue and witnesses describe a masked, well dressed man seen in the area after the King shooting.
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Minor Blaze Likely Started by Child At Texas A&M Area
Rural Fire Department handled several calls including a brush fire at 6601 BE McDowell probably started by a child with matches no damage reported a garage fire at 6423 E Sheridan causing about 150 dollars in damage from a fuse box short and a brush fire at 7802 E Thomas cleared before arrival plus a street washdown after an accident at Cholla and Scottsdale Roads.
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Scottsdale
Polo matches benefit AFS at Scottsdale ABC Ranch
The American Field Service Polo Tournament is held today and tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the ABC Ranch in Scottsdale. Proceeds go to four Scottsdale High Schools to aid foreign exchange students with each school raising 750 dollars and parents supplying an equal amount.
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Scottsdale
Anglican minister washes feet of 12 children in Maundy act
The Rev. Jack Putterill of THANTED England knelt before 12 Negro children and bathed their feet on Maundy Thursday as penitence for the death of Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Senator Fannin blasts NLRB and EEOC as law flouters
Sen. Fannin charged the NLRB and EEOC with defying congressional intent and outside-the-law actions. He urged a watchdog Senate Oversight Committee, citing pro union bias and stiff standards on management in a copper strike and in voluntary EEOC agreements that harmed the employment climate.
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UPI
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EEOC
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Arizona Republican
Tucson Trade Bureau
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Fannin
Congress
Adolph Renas Dies at 74 in Scottsdale Hospital
Adolph Renas, a retired farmer who had moved from Gladwin Michigan a month ago, died yesterday at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital at age 74. He is survived by a son Walter of Scottsdale, four other sons and five daughters living out of state, 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral and burial are in Gladwin, with arrangements by Green Acres Mortuary.
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Gladwin, Mich
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
Renas
Germany
Walter
Scottsdale
Green Acres Mortuary
Gladwin
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