Last Refugee Flight From Da Nang Ends In Chaos
UPI reports on a crowded World Airways Boeing 727 leaving Da Nang for Tan Son Nhut as refugees scramble aboard. Police fire rockets and a hand grenade damages the plane while desperate crowds seize the aircraft, injuring passengers including Ed O D Aley and civilians.
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UPI
Paul Vogle
da Nang
South Vietnam
Hell
Tan Son Nhut
World Airways
Ed O’daley
Saigon
Daley
Ed Daley
Hac Bao
Black Panthers
Air America
Easter airlift from Da Nang ends in panic and deaths
Pilot Ken Healy battles control problems as fighters shot down people clung to a crippled Air Vietnam jet. A backup 727 guided the evacuation while soldiers were arrested after the landing. A mangled body remained on the undercarriage and several survivors crawled from the wheel wells.
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Ken Healy
Oakland
Calif
UPI
Lien Huong
South China Sea
Healy
Tan Son Nhut
Huong
Saigon
da Nang
Arafat Meets McGovern in First US-PLO High Level Talk
Yasser Arafat and Sen. George McGovern held a 90 minute meeting in Beirut in a landmark encounter between a top American politician and the PLO chairman. They discussed the Palestinian problem and Middle East issues, with Arafat outlining the Rabat decision and PLO aims to negotiate the return of West Bank lands.
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United Press International
Yasser Arafat
George McGovern
D-S.d
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Beirut
Democratic Party
Arafat
Middle East
An Nahar
McGovern
Israel
Sinai
U.S. resumes airlift as Cambodian government troops flee
U.S. airlift to Phnom Penh resumes amid withdrawals by government troops near the capital. Rebels gain ground after six battalions abandon posts at Kap Srauv and Prey Thom, with casualties reported as 28 dead, 46 wounded, and 26 captured.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Kap Srauv
Prey Thom
Pochentong
Cheng Heng
Norodom Sihanouk
Paris
Burglary Report: Chandeliers Stolen From Vacant Home
Janet C. Jamison reports two crystal chandeliers valued over 500 dollars stolen from her vacant north Phoenix home at 7038 N Via De Vida. Police found a kicked front door and broken bedroom window with boot prints size 9 to 10. The lamps and a ceiling fixtures were damaged. no prints found.
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Janet C. Jamison
N. Via de Vida
Jamison
Carson wins picture rights suit in Nebraska
Johnny Carson wins a lawsuit over unlawful use of his name and photograph. Travel Unlimited Inc. and the National Bank of Commerce of Lincoln were defendants in a 1972 suit tied to a tour advertised with Carsons name and photo. A 1973 partial dismissal ruled Nebraska had no right to privacy law.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Johnny Carson
the National Bank of Commerce of Lincoln
Nebraska
Carson
Scottsdale to Honor Sister City with New Alamos Park
Scottsdale receives 90000 from the U S Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to create a three acre neighborhood park at Miller and Osborn Roads named Alamos Park in honor of sister city Alamos Sonora Mexico. Land donated by Continental Homes. Spacewater notes no cash match required.
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U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Scottsdale
L.B. Spacewater
Parks and Recreation Department
Miller and
Osborn Roads
Continental Homes
Schrader
Zimmerman Farms
Jewelry Burglary Involving Suspect Tied to Two Homes
A Scottsdale woman reported more than 2500 dollars in jewelry stolen from her locked home including a 2000 dollar diamond ring. The suspect, linked to a 4000 dollar burglary at a friend's home Thursday, visited Buhrig and Mointes, used her car, and made long distance calls without paying. Police lack witnesses and fingerprints.
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Scottsdale
Dorothy E. Buhrig
E. Cochise Rd
Buhrig
Bonnie Mointes
E. 4Th St
Buhrig and
Momtes
Wisconsin
Churches seek aid for Viets refugees appeal
The World Council of Churches based in Geneva is seeking one million dollars in emergency funds for South Vietnamese refugees. The agency, which has 271 member churches, says the Indochina crisis is changing hourly and creating immense human tragedy.
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Geneva
UPI
World Council of Churches
the Council
Indochina
Warren hearing postponed over public access issue
District Court judge Walter Craig delayed Ned Warren Sr. preliminary hearing to decide if it should be closed to the public and the news media after defense attorney Clark Derrick argued coverage could affect a fair trial.
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Phoenix
Aus
Ned Warren Sr
Walter
Craig
Clark Derrick
Warren
Western Governors Conference on Agriculture gathers eight leaders
Eight governors will attend the second annual Western Governors Conference on Agriculture in Billings with Montana Governor Judge chairing. The meeting aims to build a regional policy on western resource development while Governor Castro is listed as a participant. James Mueller, 65, of Lake Forest Illinois, was detained in Phoenix for a $2900 robbery at an Arizona Bank motor branch with a .22 revolver.
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Cambodia
GAO
Pentagon
Congress
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
U.S
Thailand
Billings
Mont
Montana
Thomas L. Judge
Castro
Phoenix
James Mueller
Lake Forest
Ill
Mueller
Greyhound
Arizona Bank
Sanity hearing recessed for Bill Sturgis case
A sanity hearing for Bill Sturgis 28 was recessed until April 15 in Phoenix to allow psychiatrists to complete examination in the case accusing him of murdering his girlfriend three years ago. The hearing before Superior Court Judge Rufus C. Coulter Jr. will resume then.
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Phoenix
Bill Sturgis
Superior Court
Rufus C. Coulter Jr
Easter Basket Delivery To Arizona Pre-School For The Retarded
The Camelback Jaycees Auxiliary and the Easter Rabbit distributed 68 baskets to 68 children at the Arizona Pre-School for the Retarded. Linda McCormack, chairwoman, thanked supporters including Scottsdale merchants Super X Drugs Thrifty Drugs and the Glop Shop for aiding the project.
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Camelback Jaycees
Arizona
Linda McCormack
Scottsdale
Super X Drugs
Scottsdale Rd
Thrifty Drugs
E. Camelback Rd
Glop Shop
N. Scottsdale Rd
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Red Cross
Canarsie
New Mexico
Scottsdale Holiday Inn
Scottsdale Road
Arizona & Bronco Rooms
Rosenblum & Co
Nat'l. & Cal
Aaas
AAA
Medicare
Raul Castro
Arlyn Larson
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Joseph Kolyszko
Charles L. Hardy
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
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Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
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