U.S. Force Seizes Real Paydirt in A Shau Valley
U S forces in a ten day offensive called Delaware made initial gains in the A Shau Valley near Hue. Helicopters from the 1st Air Cavalry found enemy camps and supplies despite heavy anti aircraft fire. Casualties were light for both sides in the first three days with 16 helicopter crewmen wounded.
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Saigon
U. S
A Shau
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
John J. Tolson
Flying Horsemen
Delaware
Hue
Jimmy R. Rose
Smithfield
N. C
Hillary Craig
Winter Park
Fla
Gen. Tolson
Advance Scouts To Open Poor People's Campaign
About 100 advance scouts from the Poor People Campaign begin a potentially record setting camp in Washington. Organizers aim for hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the city while pledging nonviolence and negotiating with federal leaders through May 13.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Dean Rusk
Senate
SCLC
Abernathy
Congress
King
Rockefeller Percy Ticket Approved by Ohio Delegates
More than 500 people attended a Point Pleasant coin show over the weekend highlighting local numismatic interest. Athens couple marks a busy week with two birthdays and their 64th wedding anniversary.
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Ohio
Ibaa
Cdeepschavser
Point Pleasant
Athens
Anniver- Oig
Diawsa Sk
Pate Vannadale
Columbus
Continental
Putnam County
Sheriff's Department
Program For Poor Appears Unlikely
Washington AP reports that Congress shows little appetite for broad new anti-poverty programs beyond possible housing subsidies. Despite proposals in jobs income housing and education, lawmakers may resist. the Poor People's Campaign begins with protests in Washington. Senator Stennis warns large-scale protests could provoke riots and looting if tolerated by the government.
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Washington
Congress
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Senate
Indiana primary race enters last week clashes loom
The Associated Press reports Kennedy and McCarthy begin their final week of campaigning in Indiana for the May 7 primary. Nixon plans to campaign in Indiana Thursday and Friday. Humphrey stays in Washington asserting the U S must pursue an honorable peace but warns against a claim that power would not be used. Rockefeller backers anticipate a potential Republican candidacy announcement possibly before May 16.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Indiana
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Washington
Humphrey
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hundreds of Columbia Students Sit In As Campus Closed
Columbia University remains closed while a student sit-in continues across five buildings. About 400 protesters supportive of the action and 250 opposing sleep on campus amid patrols of Low Memorial Library by Students for a Democratic Society members. Campus authorities say 500 to 600 occupy four buildings and Kirk's Low Library offices, with classes suspended and amnesty rejected.
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NEW York
Columbia University
Sun Dial
Low Memorial Library
Kirk
Harlem
Columbia
Patrolmen guard OSU administration building standoff
State patrolmen guarded Ohio State University's administration building as officials weigh action against students who seized the building Friday. Off duty officers hired by the university guarded entrances while others patrolled the campus. Negro students supported by antiwar demonstrators sealed themselves inside for four hours. one trustee suggested dismissal.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
18 Year Old Accused in Five Child Murders
Charleston Illinois AP report says 18 year old Thomas Charles Fuller is jailed without bond awaiting a Tuesday preliminary hearing on charges he killed five Cox children aged 16 to 5 and injured their sister Louise 16 who had dated Fuller. The slayings occurred near Mattoon after police found the bodies in a barn on the family farm.
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Charleston
Ill
Thomas Charles Fuller
Coles County
Eastern Illinois University
William Cox
Mattoon
Jess Caudill
Lewis
Theresa
Mary Ca
Fiery Lamar Tech crash mourns campus in Beaumont
Lamar Tech in Beaumont, Texas mourns seven dead after a private plane returning from Drake Relays crashed in a rice field near the airport. Among the victims were the coach and five Lamar Tech track team members, with the pilot also killed.
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Beaumont
Tex
Lamar Tech
Southeast Texas College
Des Moines
Plane Crash Injures Test Pilot Near Circleville
A test pilot was injured when a twin engined military plane from North American Aviation crashed about nine miles east of Circleville near Leiptville southwest of Laurelville close to Route 56. The pilot parachuted before impact and was taken to Berger Hospital. no injuries or property damage were reported on the ground.
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Circleville
North American Aviation
Columbus
Leiftville
Laurelville
Berger Hospital
Pickaway County
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