North Vietnam Presses In With Eight Mile Advance On Quang Tri
North Vietnamese divisions with tanks broke through South Vietnam’s northern defense, driving toward Quang Tri from Dong Ha. Major bases near Quang Tri were abandoned under heavy shelling as U S air and naval power tried to halt the advance. U S destroyers fired 10 000 rounds as fighting spread around the provincial capital and critical Highway 1 was disrupted.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Dong Ha
United States
Demilitarized Zone
Holger Jensen
Hue
U.S
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Highway 1
7Th Fleet
Thua Thien
Dmz
Dong Ha-Cua Viet River
Marshall Troubles Continue
Riot conditions engulf Marshall University as rock-throwing students clash with riot police for a second night. City and state officers use tear and pepper gas after drug arrest raids, injures reported and demonstrators jailed. President Barker says classes and finals remain unaffected.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall University
Marshall
Milton Herndon
16Th Street
John G. Barker
Hoover Says FBI Permits No Hippies or Gays
J Edgar Hoover told the House Appropriations subcommittee that the FBI bans all hippies and gay activists from the bureau. He defended no phone tapping of Congress members and urged stricter rules on youth crime, including lowering the juvenile age to 15.
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Washington
Bureau
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Congress
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee
John J. Rooney
D-N.y
McGovern Gains New Supporters After Muskie Withdrawal
After Edmund Muskie's withdrawal, George McGovern gained endorsements from Sen Fred Harris and Iowa party chief Cliff Larson and planned to court labor and party leaders nationwide. Sen Abraham Ribicoff was anticipated to endorse McGovern as well, potentially narrowing the race to McGovern Humphrey with George Wallace complicating some states.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Muskie
Fred Harris
McGovern
Harris
Cliff Larson
Iowa
Miami Beach
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Chicago
Organized Labor
Democratic Party
George C. Wallace
Split Tickets Split Tickets Are Problem
Columbus Ohio AP reports Sen Hubert Humphrey and Sen George McGovern lead in Ohio Democratic primary delegates with seven major hopefuls and favorites competing. A new law allows straight or split tickets of 38 at large plus 115 in districts, delaying tabulation and creating ballot confusion. Nixon faces no GOP contest.
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Columbus, Ohio
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Ohio
Adlai Stevenson
Ted Brown
Richard Nixon
Kentucky Court Awards Derby Purse to Forward Pass
The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a Court of Appeals ruling awarding the 1968 Derby first prize of 11,600 dollars to Forward Pass over Dancer's Image eight days before the 1972 Derby. Dancer's Image finished first but had phenylbutazone in its system, prompting the Racing Commission to deny the purse.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Dancer
Court of Appeals
State Racing Commission
Forward Pass
Ex-Dictator Nkrumah Dies in Exile
Kwame Nkrumah, 62, former Ghanaian dictator and first prime minister, died in exile in Conakry Guinea. Deposed in a 1966 military coup, he had lived under Sekou Toure’s protection in Guinea while vowing to return to power in Ghana.
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Dakar
Senegal
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Conakry
Guinea
Nkrumah
Sekou Toure
Bobby Baker Granted Parole
Former Senate Democrat secretary Bobby Baker wins parole from federal prison for attempted tax evasion grand larceny and related charges. He is at Allenwood prison camp in Pennsylvania and parole takes effect June 1.
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Bobby Baker
Washington
Senate Democrats
Baker
Allenwood
Wage-Price Controls May Stay
Price Commission Chairman C. Jackson Grayson Jr. says there is a better than average probability that the nation will need a lasting set of wage price controls after Phase 2 expires.
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Washington
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Apollo 16 Crew Returns to Hawaii Landing
Apollo 16 astronauts John W Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly II head for Hickam Air Force Base after a South Pacific splashdown ending an 11 day lunar mission. They carried 245 pounds of samples and hope to study moon volcano activity at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory.
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USS_ TICONDEROGA
Hawaii
John W. Young
Young
Nixon
Duke
Air Force
Mattingly
Ticonderoga
Hickam Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Young and
Moon
Descartes Mountains
Thomas Mattingly
John Young
Charles Duke
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Kleindienst Wins Committee's Okay
Rich ard G. Kleindienst gains Senate Judiciary Committee approval to become attorney general after a two month probe into Justice Department improprieties in the ITT antitrust settlement. Liberal Democrats vow floor fight as full Senate debate looms. reports due by May 5.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Kleindienst
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Amendment Ruling On Ballot
The Ohio Supreme Court considers two disputes over ballot placement of 14 legislative amendments and a single state lottery proposal. Opponents challenge the General Assembly’s method, with rulings expected to determine if the measures go before voters in Tuesday’s election.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
General Assembly
Kings Island Amusement Park Opens Amid Water Recall
Kings Island near Cincinnati opens Saturday after earlier Ohio River flooding at Coney Island. General manager Gary Wachs says the $30 million park is 99 percent complete with 33 rides, some up to $3 million, ready for operation despite minor finishing touches.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Cincinnati
Coney Island
Gary Wachs
Warren County
Ohio River
Kings Island
Wachs
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