Nixon Says No U S Ground Forces To Be Recommitted
President Nixon told a Texan crowd at Connally ranch that no U S combat troops will be redeployed in the Vietnam War. He warned Hanoi faces a very great risk with its offensive and argued bombing should target military sites with minimal civilian harm. Nixon credited Gen Abrams with a plan for South Vietnam to deny the North and said continued American air and naval support is essential.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
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Hanoi
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John B. Connally
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Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Controls Off For Many Small Units
Washington AP a government move gifts wage and price controls from small businesses and small government units generally those with 60 or fewer employees The Cost of Living Council said the aim is to streamline the program not end it Health and construction remain controlled Rent controls unchanged The council broadened scrutiny on construction and health firms expanded Pay Board and Price Commission staffs by about one third and moved hundreds of IRS employees from small business to remaining control groups The action reduces exempt firms to about 5 million and removes about 50 billion in annual sales from price controls representing 28 percent of all sales The council called the move a step to cut red tape and said it helps focus controls where no longer needed
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President Arthur's Grandson Dies in California
Chester A. Arthur II, grandson of President Chester A. Arthur, died Friday at 71 in San Francisco. He was a writer, astrologer and physician who sold newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s to fund his book Circle of Sex. He served as secretary of the California Democratic Party during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.
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Saigon Nervous Over Quiet War Day Fears
Saigon's mood shifts as Hanoi’s spring offensives surge elsewhere while the city endures an unusually calm April. May Day approaches with fears of a rocket attack, but so far the only disruption is psychological. An American resident notes Saigon’s nervousness grows from the quiet.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
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Hanoi
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Kathleen Kennedy Helps McGovern Campaign in Cleveland
Kathleen Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy's daughter, campaigns for George McGovern in Cleveland ahead of the Ohio primary. She speaks briefly, admits nerves, and explains she is helping because McGovern opposes the war and aligns with her father’s ideals. She has worked with McGovern since Massachusetts and Pennsylvania trips, sometimes without mentioning her Kennedy name.
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Terry Ryan
Associated Press
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Values T and Sheak
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North Vietnam Seizes Quang Tri in Major Offense
North Vietnamese forces capture Quang Tri after five days of fierce fighting, marking Hanoi’s biggest win of a 38 day offensive. U.S. advisers evacuate as South Vietnamese troops abandon the provincial capital, while Marines and rangers push to slow the advance near Hue and Da Nang.
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Demilitarized Zone
North Viet Says DMZ Not Border
North Vietnam's official radio declared the demilitarized zone between the North and South not an international border and that the movement of tanks artillery and troops does not constitute an invasion. It framed Vietnam as two zones of a unified territory and urged defense against the alleged overseas aggressor.
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Billion-Dollar FHA probing of housing losses
Investigators launch a joint House and Senate probe into the Federal Housing Administration’s inner-city ownership program. Hearings will examine alleged ties between financial institutions and speculators who buy, rehab, and flip deteriorating houses to low income minority families, aided by appraiser bribes and high interim financing.
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Associated Press
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Political fund committees fail to disclose corporate ties
Washington AP reports that several political fund-raising committees under a new federal election law have failed to disclose corporate ties when registering. GAO records show 24 committees with officers tied to specific corporations, with 14 naming the corporate link in filings and 10 omitting it.
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Williamsport marchers rally past Fort Frederick in event
Page two summary notes a large turnout in Williamsport with a march toward Fort Frederick and mentions a forthcoming local election. Additional items reference a fatal crash in Maugansville involving youth, plus sections on amusements classified comics family obituaries and opinions, all as listed on the back page.
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