McCarthy calls for Rusk firing and Hoover retirement
Sen Eugene J McCarthy urged firing Secretary of State Don Rusk with Mansfield as a potential replacement He also charged J Edgar Hoover leads the FBI like a feudal fief McCarthy criticized Nixon and spoke on ABCs Issues and Answers in Washington Cincinnati and Cleveland reports note Rhodes creation of a workforce education task force Stokes blasted Nixon on inner city policy Windhoek diamond jetliner crash kills 122 with 6 survivors including US courier Thomas Taylor and recovered diplomatic pouches
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Pirates bats in doubt as Veale questions pack
In a page six note AL McBean insists the Pirates have power at the plate while Bob Veale doubts the swing. Meigs County politics show little heat before the May 7 primary, as reported on page ten dh in.
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Saigon Braces for Major North Vietnamese Attack
Saigon and surrounding provinces go on 100 percent alert amid reports of a large scale assault by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. U S and allied forces report ongoing offensives, defections, and heightened air power as monsoon weather eases.
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Three Koreans and an American Die in Latest Clash
In a fresh flare up in the Korean front U N Command reports three North Koreans and one American killed after a two hour exchange in the U N sector. The fighting follows an Easter Sunday ambush that killed two Americans and two South Koreans.
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Memphis Police Acknowledges Discrepancies in King Suspect Descriptions
Assistant Chief Bill Price says there are a whole lot of discrepancies in official descriptions of the man sought as the King slayer. James Earl Ray, 40, an escaped Missouri convict, and Eric Starvo Galt were named in initial statements as linked to the April 4 King assassination.
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Discrepancies in Ray and Galt Linked to King Slaying
The Memphis murder case tied to Martin Luther King Jr. shows conflicting FBI notes as investigators chase a conspiracy claim. Galt and Ray are identified as the same man after a fingerprint match, though earlier reports placed them separately.
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Hanoi Presses U.S. for Talk Sites in Vietnam Peace Talks
Hanoi criticizes Washington for demanding conditions before talks and rejects 10 proposed sites. Nhan Dan defends two favored venues Phnom Penh and Warsaw while noting U.S. concerns on neutrality and access. McCarthy says a South Vietnamese coalition including the Viet Cong is needed to negotiate.
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Telephone Settlement Chance Dim
The AFL CIO Communications Workers defied back to work orders in Alabama and Kentucky as the fifth day of a nationwide telephone strike began. President Joseph A Beirne warned the injunctions block any quick settlement and accused Bell and AT T of preferring to keep fighting the wage dispute rather than bargain.
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Negro Methodists quit merger session over segregation concerns
In Dallas a walkout by about 40 Black Methodists and 20 supporters during a Holy Communion service protested that racism remains in the plans for the United Methodist Church merger. They condemned continued separate Negro Methodist structures and warned against excluding Negro representation on official boards. The drama occurred as the United Methodist Church prepares to form from the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches.
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Troop Reductions Seen As Vietnam War Progress
Secretary of Defense Clifford said Vietnam’s growing fighting effectiveness may allow a leveling of U S efforts and gradual troop cuts in due time. He spoke at the AP annual meeting and cited a policy review after the Tet setbacks.
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Conservatives Split Over Powell Firing Racial Speech
London AP reports Britain’s Conservative Party torn by the dismissal of Enoch Powell after a racialist speech. Edward Heath reshuffled defense and Commonwealth posts, prompting attacks from right wingers like John Jennings as Labour capitalizes on the split.
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