Nixon Leans Hard on Vietnam War in Texas Dinner Remarks
President Nixon urged critics to tell Hanoi to stop pressuring for faster troop withdrawals while defending the bombing posture and warning against civilian casualties. He dismissed links between the war and domestic unrest and backed tax policies favoring depreciation and air depletion allowances.
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North Vietnam
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White House
Soviet Union
China
Homosexual gains ordination as church minister
William Johnson of North Hollywood was approved for ordination by 62 of 96 ministers and lay delegates at a 214 hour United Church of Christ meeting. He will be ordained June 25 in San Carlos, becoming the church’s first known homosexual pastor, despite opposition from the Golden Gate Association credentials committee.
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UPI
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Wiliam Johnson
North Hollywood
John ‘Son
United Eh of Christ
Johnson
California
Houston
Texas
San Carlos
Henry H. Hayden
Hayden
Berkeley
Pacific School of Relgion
Firemen Respond To Tipped Tank Car On Fremont Street
Firefighters sought to right a tank car carrying 5982 gallons of flammable solvent after it toppled near Thornton Avenue and Paseo Padre Parkway. The long Beach driver was uninjured as crews used foam and heavy tow equipment to secure the scene. About 22 firefighters and five engines were on site.
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Paseo Padre Parkway
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Bay Area yachting season opens with Blessing Pageant
The San Francisco Bay Area kickoff ceremony for yachting season featured a parade of yachts reviewed by the Navy Destroyer USS Perkins near Angel Island. On board were clergymen and notable figures including Rear Admiral Clyde J. Van Arsdale, California Congressman William S. Maillard, and Melville Owen representing Governor Ronald Reagan.
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UPI
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Navy
Perkins
Treasure Island
Angle Island
Corinthian Yacht Club
Clyde J. van Arse
North Naval District
California
William 8. Maillard
Ronald Reagin
Melvile Owen
Red Cross holds San Francisco convention
Red Cross volunteers from around the nation gathered in San Francisco for a four day convention. About 4000 delegates registered, with an opening Monday featuring world flags and a parade. The national convention acts as the advisory meeting and makes policy recommendations to the Board of Governors. The theme is Red Cross The Good Neighbor. The last San Francisco gathering was in 1958.
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Red Coss
Teers
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Boy Hit By Car On Mowry Avenue In Newark
An 11 year old Newark boy, Timothy Wescoll of 624 Smith Ave, was struck by a car while walking along Mowry Avenue near the Highway 17 overpass. He was in serious condition at Washington Hospital after reaching into the roadway to retrieve a towel blown into traffic. Police said no citations were issued as the investigation continued.
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Washington Hospital
Mowry Avenue
Highway 17
Timothy Wescoll
Smith Ave
Rockefeller rejects Attica visit over worldwide theater fear
Gov Rockefeller refused a last minute staff appeal to visit Attica Prison during the September riot to avoid turning the scene into a worldwide theater. Oswald suggested he visit only if hostages were released and inmates returned to cells, a plan Rockefeller deemed unwise after negotiations stalled. The commission later noted inmates prepared for a violent outcome, with media figures blamed for sensational coverage and the unrest tied to broader revolutionary activism in society.
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Atticca
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Robert McKay
Aeting Digest
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Manhattan
Reds seize two South Vietnam bases amid wider offensive
Communist forces pressed the attack around Quang Tri and Kontum as raids extended toward Pleiku An Loc and Binh Duong near Saigon. Cambodian fronts saw Kompong Trach and Bavel fall to Cambodian-South Vietnamese forces. Vietnam refugees swelled Hue evacuations amid ongoing air strikes and naval shelling.
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An ‘Loc
Binh ‘Duong
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Kompong Trach
Bavel
Phnom Penh
Navy plan to build two ships and two minis sparks cost overruns
Rep. Les Aspin charged the Navy plan to deploy two rescue ships and two minisubs will become a costly mess. He cited GAO figures showing overruns from 12.9 million to at least 28 million and questioned the mini-subs depth and reliability.
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Nixon signals all-out war effort short of nuclear force
Secretary William P. Rogers said President Nixon would take all military measures necessary to defend South Vietnam short of nuclear arms and reintroducing ground troops. Rogers stressed continued troop withdrawals on schedule while hoping Paris talks can produce a settlement. He noted North Vietnam’s offensive with 12 of 13 divisions active and US forces in South Vietnam.
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Meet the Press
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Lz Duc Tho
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Moscow
Hamgress
North Vietnamese envoy in Paris seeks fair Vietnam peace
Tho, a senior North Vietnamese official who has held secret talks with the United States, arrived in Paris via Peking and Moscow. He urged a peaceful, just solution to the Vietnam War, urged withdrawal of U.S. forces, and repeated the seven point peace plan while condemning Nixon’s policy and secret talks’ disclosure.
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UPI
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Vifman
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Hanai
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Belfast unrest leaves casualties with IRA survey in London Derry
In Belfast gunmen killed a man and IRA figures surveyed public opinion in London Derry while the Protestant Ulster Defence movement warned of possible civil strife. A Catholic priest urged residents to reject the gunmen as Francis Gavin mourned his daughter killed in the violence. In Seoul two South Korean officers and two soldiers drowned in a reservoir when an army truck went off a road.
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Ulster Vanguard Movement
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Ulster Protestantg
Edward Heath
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