Northern Ireland Leaders Split Over D Day of Disruption Plan
Catholic lawmakers oppose a planned Wednesday protest calling for sit ins and disruptions across Ulster, urging a 24 hour fast instead. Violent clashes persist as guerrilla gunmen target British troops in Omagh and Londonderry with casualties reported among soldiers and civilians.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Civil Rights Association
Omagh
Londonderry
Free Derry
Haldeman urged to name accusers or apologize
Democratic chairman Lawrence O'Brien demanded that H R Haldeman document his charges against Nixon critics or retract the statement and issue a public apology. O'Brien condemned Haldeman's NBC Today remarks as more than personal opinion. Muskie, McGovern responded, urging an end to the war and warning against red baiting.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Haldeman
NBC
O'Brien
White House
Muskie
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Draftees Reprieved as Selective Service Recasts Induction
Washington officials announced that over 11 000 men with induction notices and 115 000 in the 1972 Extended Priority Selection Group are moved to the Second Priority Selection Group. They will not be drafted unless a national emergency occurs. Lottery ceiling set at 200 for 1972 cases.
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Washington
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Plans Upset Thieu in Saigon Rift Over Peace Plan
AP reports a rift between President Nguyen Van Thieu and the Nixon administration over Nixon eight point peace proposals. Thieu insists South Vietnam's political matters be negotiated by Saigon not Washington. Thieu orders ambassador Bui Diem to seek clarification from the State Department on Rogers remarks.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Kent State shootings civil rights suits seek new hearing
Three judges were urged to order an additional hearing in Cleveland on suits alleging the Kent State killings were unjustified. Lawyers argued the students were far from the National Guard when fired upon May 4 1970 and sought $11 million in damages.
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Cincinnati
U.S. District Court
Cleveland
Kent State
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent
6Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
James Conner
Allison Krause
Pittsburgh
Sandra Scheuer
Youngstown
Jeffrey Miller
Plainfield
N.J
William Schroeder
Lorain
Connell
National Guard
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ohio National Guard
Nixon urges executives to stop complaints about wage price controls
President Nixon tells a group of business executives to quit griping about government imposed controls and focus on making them work. The remarks emphasize action over complaint in addressing economic policy.
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Washington
Nixon
Wanted job and got it in Athens area
Lora Brooks of 116 Mill St Athens sought babysitting or elder care work. She reports immediate and ongoing calls after placing the ad, reflecting a typical response to such requests.
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Lora Brooks
Mill St
Athens
Nixon urges businessmen to boost productivity amid inflation fears
President Nixon told 1,500 executives at the White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead that inflation must be tamed through full employment and peace. He challenged them to reject protectionist whining and roll up their sleeves to raise output and adopt wage and price controls if needed.
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Nixon
White House
Busi
Amish Couple May Keep Three Children in Ohio Case
Geauga County Welfare Director W H Chapman reversed course and will recommend to Probate Judge Frank Lavrich that Amish Noah Detweiler and his wife be allowed to adopt the three children Vicky 5 David 3 and Theresa Lynn 2 whom they have reared since infancy. Public pressure and publicity had once pushed the department to seek another adoptive family but Chapman said continued media attention could jeopardize the children's welfare.
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Chardon, Ohio
Geauga County
W.H. Chapman
Frank Lavrich
Noah Detweiler
Vicky
David
Theresa Lynn
Chapman
Fanny Detweiler
Welfare Department
Lavrich
Free Meals Pilot For Needy Persons 60 Plus Approved
The House passed a bill to create a pilot program giving free or low cost meals to needy people aged 60 and over. It would provide 100 million in 1973 and 150 million in 1974 to states via HEW approved programs based on population.
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Washington
House
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ambushers Drive Off U S Truck Convoy in Vietnam
Communist forces fired mortars and rocket grenades on a U S fuel convoy in central Vietnam. American helicopter gunships repelled the attack. one American wounded, a fuel truck destroyed, another damaged, convoy reached Pleiku Province in the central highlands.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Pleiku Province
State Officials Skeptical of Seven Percent Ohio Pay Offer
Ohio officials question a federal Pay Board offer to tentatively approve a seven percent across the board pay hike for state employees while the legislature had approved ten percent. State leaders consider legal issues and possible need for new legislation before acting.
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Columbus, Ohio
Federal Pay Board
State of Ohio
General Assembly
Judge Orders Writing Sample From Irving in Hughes Book Case
A U S District Court judge ordered author Clifford Irving to submit a handwriting sample to a federal grand jury probing his Howard Hughes autobiography. Irving, advised by his attorney, refused at his first appearance. The judge later ruled the request proper after a closed session with the lawyer and two federal prosecutors.
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New York
USS
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Morris E. Lasker
U.S
H. R. Hughes
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Maine
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Betty S. Pohlman
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Calif
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Pohlman
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