Viet Cong suffer heavy losses in Saigon area ambush
In a nighttime engagement southwest of Saigon, 47 of about 75 North Vietnamese soldiers died after they mistook silhouettes for American huts and drove into a defense trap by four armored personnel carriers. U S forces reported no casualties.
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George Esper
Saigon
Scullyvest
U.S
U.S. Sth
Cheau
Hielicopter
Bya
Oh Division
Fred
Salegon
Sautlery
Tay Ninh
Viet Cong
Czech Communists tighten grip on journalists in Prague
Prague reports say the 21 member Czechoslovak Communist presidium approved measures to strengthen the party's lead in the mass media and discipline journalists publishing material against party policy. The crackdown includes suspending Listy, a Writers Union organ, amid protests over prepublication censorship and anti-Soviet tensions. Josef Vohnout was ousted as chief censor. Dusef Havlin to replace him.
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Prague
Czechoslavakia
Communist Party
Teaders
Alexander Dubeck
Listy
Czechoslovak Writers Union
Communist Party Congress
Writers' Union
Presidiu
Commienique
Presidium
Journalists’ Union
Prague Radio
Josef Vohnoul
Dusef Havlin
Education Ministry
Bin
Press and Information Office
Vahnout
Wild Symphony Experimental Concert Opens In Denver
Denver prepares May 1 for If Music Be a four movement symphony by Marald Farberman designed to involve high school audiences. The piece mixes rock and jazz with audience participation and three conducting roles. The finale features smashing bottles and an Emshwiller film. outcomes remain uncertain.
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Denver
Marald Farberman
Denver Symphony
Farberman
Farberton
Don Lewis
Firherman
Illinois
New York
Ed Emshwiller
Market Extends Upward Push
New York markets opened higher with the Dow Jones at 929.78, up 4.40 points from Tuesday’s finish. Trading volume was fairly active and several large blocks moved, including Warner-Lambert, American Telephone, and Archibald Stores, with mixed gains and some unchanged issues.
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New York
Daw Jones
Dow
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical
Hann Selection Trust
Benouet
Amevican Telephone & Telegraph
Arku’s Dept
American Smelting
Up Mis
American
Escapee Says He'll Fight Extradition
In Los Angeles Texas convict Simmons 40 says he will oppose extradition to Mexico after fleeing Monterey ten years ago and disguising as a woman. Mexican officials seek transfer to Nuevo Leon state prison for the Monterrey dentist family killing. Simmons faces possible execution if returned and warns of a possible “natural death” to silence him.
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Los Angeles
Simons
Hve
Monterrey
Simmons
U.S. Department of State
State Department
U.S
Mexico
Artillery Duel At Suez Shatters UN Cease-Fire
The Associated Press reports ongoing artillery duels across the Suez waterway after a UN cease fire. Egyptian and Israeli forces exchange fire near Taulik and Bitter Lake, with claims of Israeli losses and Egyptian responses. Talks among Nixon, Hussein, and aides continue amid the flare of fighting and regional tensions.
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Suez
U.N
Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
Pan
Mbith
Rael
Gulf of Aqaba
Africa
Fay
Xrack
Aqaba
Jordia
Nixon
Hussein
Jordan
Washington
Tad
Wilkeim P. Rogers
Todiy le Waa
Magers
Defense
Meigi Ry Lad
Aid
Ragera
Discrimination suit filed against Southern textile firm
The Justice Department charged Cannon Mills with violating federal fair employment laws in a suit filed in Greensboro North Carolina. NAACP Legal Defense Fund also charged Laird Shultz and Packard over defense contracts awarded to Dan River Mills Stevens and Burlington without required equal opportunity programs. The cases hinge on employment housing and contract practices and reference defenses and regulations from the 1960s era.
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William Barton
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
Nixon Administration
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Cannon Mills
Carolin
Haut
Justce
Greensboro
N.C
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Melvin R. Laird
George P. Shultz
David R. Packard
NAACP
Dan River Mills Inc
P. Stevens & Co
Burlington Industries
Shultz
Labor Department
Canpor
Pentagon
Dan River
Stevens
Burlington
Cannon
Lyndon B. Johnson
the Pentapon
Fie
Firas
Canon
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