Nixon ends hostile comments pledge amid Cambodian protests
President Nixon told eight college presidents the administration would halt hostile remarks toward students as protests over U S intervention in Cambodia swell in Washington. Harvard’s Nathan M Pusey spoke of a possible opportunity to test the pledge, while Vice President Agnew left Washington for unspecified duties.
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UPI
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Cambodia
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Harvard University
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Southeast Asia
Pledges End to Hostile protests as Nixon talks unfold
Eight university presidents met Nixon at the White House for an hour and 20 minutes to press for action on campus unrest amid protests planned in Washington and a mass rally near the White House on Saturday.
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Nixon
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University of California
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Cambodia
David Dellinger
Chicago Seven
Dellinger
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Mitchell
Nixon Calls Meet Of All Governors
UPM reports a major communists forces center in South Vietnam captured by American troops 75 miles northwest of Saigon. The Fishhook area near Cam Shiaters housed COSVN and the Vietnamese Pentagon directing war zone operations. The complex contained stores of ammunition and medical supplies.
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U.S
Unemployment Jump Marks Sharp 10 Year Rise In U S
The Labor Department expected to report April unemployment rising from 4.4 to 4.8 percent, about 300000 more jobless, tallying around 4 million. Inflation fears prompt warnings from AFI CIO and political leaders about recession risk amid Nixon policies.
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Labor Department
Nixon
Afi-Cio News
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Nixon to meet governors on peace disruption crisis
President Nixon plans a 1:30 p.m. White House meeting with 50 governors to discuss violence and campus turmoil amid Cambodia involvement and Kent State killings. Gov. Shafer canceled the Republican Governors Conference after only 13 governors attended. New Mexico’s David Cargo ordered the National Guard for security.
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White House
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UPD
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Pennsylvania
Shafer
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Kent State University
David F. Cargo
New Mexico
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Brooks Found Guilty of Rape. Receives 99 Year Term
Arlington man Curt is Brooks, 21, was found guilty of rape at 47th District Court and sentenced to 99 years in prison after a four day trial for the January 19 attack on an Amarillo housewife. The jury of three women and nine men deliberated 1 hour 45 minutes.
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News Conference Slated Tonight
President Nixon’s news conference is set for 1 p.m. EDT at the White House. Ronald S Ziegler said the event will be broadcast live by radio and television marking the first full scale broadcast since January 30.
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Amarillo Weather Forecast for 1970 Weekend
The sun shines over Amarillo marking day 117 of 1277 in 1970. Expect variable high cloudiness and warm temperatures with fair skies and cooler days through Saturday. Highs reach the mid 90s, tonight lows around the mid 50s, with southerly winds gusting to 30 miles per hour.
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Amarillo
Shamrock mulls repeal of city manager ordinance
Shamrock considers repealing Ordinance 209 after City Attorney Guy Hardin said the 19 month old measure creating a city manager post is illegal. If repealed the city would revert to mayor council government and W A Sims could be ousted. Mayor Troy Johnston doubted voter approval for new manager, citing cost and local candidate limits.
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Johnston
Durward Vineward
June Blakemore
Blakemore
Truman Adkins
Governor Cargo Wrecked by Conference Cancellation
New Mexico Governor David F. Cargo expressed distress as the Spring Republican Governors Conference was canceled due to a national crisis. He said the decision reflected events on campus and across the country, and that many governors chose not to travel amid disturbances.
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New Mexico
David F. Cargo
U.S
Cambodia
White House
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University of New Mexico
UT Regents deny suspension of classes after Kent State protests
UT regents voted unanimously to keep all UT system schools open for the remainder of the semester despite calls from the general faculty and law faculty for a class suspension. Several thousand students continued protests on campus as they awaited a parade permit for Friday to the federal building.
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Nixon Youth Adviser Moffett resigns over dissent stance
Anthony J. Moffett, 25, head of a new Office of Students and Youth, quit citing concern over what he calls an approval of vicious tactics against dissent. He blamed remarks by the President and said top officials do not act in youth's best interests.
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UPI
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Toby” Moffett
James E. Allen
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Department of Health, Education
Judge Orders Damages Against Two Amarillo Officers
Federal judge Halbert Woodward ruled on a 1969 arrest of Bruce Sexton by Amarillo Police officers Bruce Gibbs and Terry Stephens. Sexton, a 22 year old Sunset School of Preaching student, alleged violations of his constitutional rights. Gibbs owes $500 and Stephens $250 for humiliating conduct and rights violations after an unlawful arrest and car search without warrants. The case, brought by Sexton of 4012 Terrace, remains potentially appealable per city attorney Bruce Aycock.
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Terry Stephens
Amarillo
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Stephens
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