North Vietnamese assault on An Loc amid massive B52 bombing
North Vietnamese troops and tanks pressed an assault on An Loc as 70 U S B52s dropped over 1700 tons of bombs on the besieged provincial capital 60 miles north of Saigon. American advisers were killed or wounded and planes were shot down as the fighting widened toward Chon Thanh.
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An Loc
U.S
Chon Thanh
Quang Tri
Nixon
Jackson
Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Demilitarized Zone
Protests sweep nationwide over Vietnam policy
U N officials order the New York headquarters closed to tourists amid escalating demonstrations against Nixon’s Vietnam plan. Across 23 states and Washington DC, more than 500 arrests occurred as protests remained largely peaceful. A UN security council protest and an Albuquerque campus emergency marked the day.
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New York
Nixon
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Lieberman Research, Inc
Cent
United Nations
Security Council
William Kunstler
Kurt Waldheim
Albuquerque
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emmy Awards Slated as Limited Series Dominate
TV’s limited series are major Emmy contenders as the ceremony nears. Columbo earns 10 nominations including best new series and best actor for Peter Falk. Elizabeth R leads with seven nominations for Glenda Jackson and others. The Six Wives of Henry VIII gains five nominations including two acting bids. Miss America Laurie Lea Schaefer, 22, remains in satisfactory condition at Grant Hospital after recent illness and prior hospitalization in Atlantic City.
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Elizabeth R
Glenda Jackson
Henry the VIII
CBS
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Columbus, Ohio
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Bexley
Grant Hospital
Atlantic City
Truck Crash Kills Four in Kanawha County
Four people died and a fifth was injured when a car was crushed by a large coal hauling truck near Winifrede Kanawha County. The driver, William S. Bass 24 Campbells Creek, remained unconscious and was flown to a Charleston hospital after over three hours of rescue work.
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W. Va
Kanawha County
William S. Bass
Campbells Creek
Bass
Charleston
Protests at OSU Kent State Lead to Arrests and Walkouts
In Columbus at Ohio State University 76 protesters were arrested and as many as 30 were injured as police dispersed a late night antiwar sit in near the ROTC building. Kent State saw about 200 students block streets while 1 000 planned a national vote in a 15 minute work stoppage.
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Associated Press
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
ROTC
OSU
Army
High Street
Kent State University
Glenn Olds
Legislator calls for probe into Ohio primary issues
Rep. Robert Levitt of Canton urged a joint House Senate inquiry into the May 2 Ohio Primary citing wasted tax dollars and chaos from paper ballots and election machinery failures in Cuyahoga County. He proposed a resolution to study and improve presidential delegate selection. The General Assembly adjourned for the weekend after ten House measures and one Senate measure were introduced.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Levitt
House
Senate
Canton Republican
General Assembly
House Votes to Raise Minimum Wage to Two Dollars Next Year
The House passed a bill by 330 to 78 to raise the current $1.60 minimum wage to $1.80 in two months and $2.00 a year later, preserving youth and student exemptions. Senate plans a $2.20 raise this year with broader coverage, while a conservative coalition blocked immediate expansion.
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Washington
Senate
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
House
Hijacker Escapes After Mountain Find in Honduras
An Eastern Air Lines hijacker who fled with 303000 in ransom apparently landed in Honduras and escaped into the countryside. Agents recovered a parachute harness and jumpsuit on Mt Sorocon near Atlántida and Yoro counties, suggesting the suspect may still be nearby.
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Honduras
Eastern Air Lines
Ness
Mt. Sorocon
Atlantida
Yoro
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