Nixon in West Berlin and Rome amid tumultuous reception
President Nixon received a tumultuous salute in West Berlin as thousands proclaimed freedom for all Berliners. In Rome he was hoisted onto shoulders by crowds, greeted by President Saragat, and pledged talks with Moscow as Europe pursues a united role in peace.Police arrested about 22 demonstrators in Berlin after snowballs and paint were thrown.
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Rome
Nixon
Berlin
Giuseppe Saragat
Italy
Moscow
Permit to Carry Gun Proposed in Minnesota
Gov Har old LeVander proposed a handgun carry permit requiring local police approval and fingerprinting. The plan, tucked in a 14 page crime message, allows ownership without a permit but forces a demonstrated need to carry a weapon.
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ST. Paul
Harold LeVander
New Racial Study Finds Kerner Report Largely Ignored
The Kerner Commission warned of a divided America. One year later Urban America Inc and The Urban Coalition report that progress is slight and blacks and whites live in increasingly separate worlds. The study notes persistent race tensions, police responses, and shifting public focus from civil disorder to crime.
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Kerner
Washington
Kerner Commission
Urban America, Inc
Urban Coalition
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Progress Report
John V. Lindsay
New York
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Congress Urged to Repeal Higher Grazing Fees
Lloyd Sommerville of the Colorado Farm Bureau told a Senate Agriculture sub committee that proposed higher grazing fees on public lands should be canceled. He warned the increases will harm land management and the nation’s economy and urged waiting for Public Land Law Review Commission studies due by June 30.
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Washington
Interior and Agriculture Departments
Clifford M. Hardin
Terior
Walter A. Hickel
Sommerville
Congress
Public Land Law Review Commission
Hardin
Hickel
Apollo 9 launch delayed by astronauts illness
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP The Apollo 9 liftoff has been postponed from Friday to Monday due to colds affecting astronauts James A McDivitt David R Scott and Russell L Schweickart Doctors advised rest and a new 11 am EST Monday launch time was set after a 45 minute medical checkup The countdown will resume nine hours before the original liftoff and then pause until Monday The mission slated for a 10 day earth orbit remains highly complex and critical
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Board Adopts Salary Schedule as Negotiations Continue
The School Board approved a new salary schedule with BA, MA, and six year pay scales and a 42 week contract year costing 3.81 million dollars. Seven negotiating sessions produced no final agreement, and a dispute panel was requested by the Austin Teachers Council with a process to choose a third member if needed.
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Austin Teachers Council
Stephen Wright
Wright
Gerald Wilson
Teachers Council
Kenneth Fossey
Mariner 6 Craft Performing Well
Pasadena based mission control scientists say Mariner 6 is running along like a little clock on its journey toward Mars. The $64 million spacecraft travels about 8000 miles per hour and is slated to pass Mars at under 2000 miles altitude on July 30.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mission Control
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Panel to Probe PX Operations
Washington AP Rep Philip J Philbin was named chair of a House Armed Services subcommittee to probe the PX exchange system. The Army and Air Force exchanges posted 2.2 billion dollars in 1968, second only to Sears Roebuck and J C Penney. Navy and Marine Corps exchanges did 1.5 billion.
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Washington
Philip J. Philbin
D-Mass
House
Armed Services
U.S. Military Services Exchange
Px’s
Army and Air Force Exchange
Sears-Roebuck
J. C. Penney
Navy
Marine Corps
Vietnam Billboard Declared Illegal in Baltimore Case
Dr. Clifford F. Hudson has been ordered to remove from his property a billboard reading Victory in Vietnam. Let's win in Vietnam, then bring our boys home. The action stems from a local ordinance question and cites concerns over public display. The ruling requires removal within a specified period.
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Baltimore (Ap
Clifford F. Hudson
Vietnam
Paris Echoes With Commie Blast at Nixon
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong used the Paris peace talks to denounce President Nixon on the eve of his France visit. Viet Cong and Hanoi delegates accused Nixon of seeking a military position in South Vietnam. The six session talks faced renewed shelling of South Vietnamese cities, with Saigon and U.S. envoys warning of consequences.
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Nixon
France
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong National Liberation Front
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gested
Thuy
Red Offensive Stalls but More Is Expected
Saigon faced a partial easing as the new enemy spring offensive showed less intensity than the prior night. Across South Vietnam Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces carried out rocket and mortar attacks on about 50 towns and allied bases, while U.S. analysts anticipated a second phase targeting cities and population centers to strain Saigon’s government. Casualties mounted with over 9,000 U.S. deaths since last May and 3,572 enemy troops killed or captured nationwide by 6 a.m. today. statements from Hanoi defended actions as necessary and condemned allied bombing.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Paris
Wek
Lam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pine Island Man Dies in Mishap
Olmsted County Coroner Dr. T. O. Wellner reports 53 year old Albert Ganz of Pine Island died in Rochester after becoming trapped inside a laundry machine drum at Model Laundry. The drum filled with hot water and rotated, causing drowning. Autopsy performed.
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Rochester
Minn
Pine Island
Olmsted
T. O. Wellner
Albert Ganz
Ganz
Wellner
Shaw denies Kennedy conspiracy in defense rest
In New Orleans Clay Shaw testified he never knew Lee Harvey Oswald or David Ferrie and did not conspire to murder President Kennedy. In London the Bank of England lifted the bank rate to 8 percent, up one point to curb spending. Washington announced a foreign policy briefing for editors and broadcasters on March 26-27, a tradition from prior administrations.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
London
Bank of England
Washington
State Department
Kennedy
Johnson
American Airlines Grounds Flights in Major Strike
American Airlines suspended all flights as 15,000 workers including mechanics and clerical staff walked out in a contract dispute. The AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union members represent about half of the carrier's staff across 52 cities seeking a 30 percent wage increase over two years.
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New York
American Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
American
Ike's Progress Is Satisfactory After Surgery
Army doctors reported that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's physical course continues satisfactory given his age past medical history and the fact he remains in the critical postoperative period.
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Washington (Ap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Freakouts Over Catnip Boom Stir California Hippie Scene
In California catnip sales surge as hippies seek a marijuana substitute. Pet shops report orders rising from ounces to pounds with buyers in Long Beach Fresno and San Francisco. A narcotics expert notes some sellers may exploit gullible customers seeking pot.
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James E. Walters
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
California
Robert C. Birtness
Long Beach Pet & Seed Co
Long Beach
Birtness
Sweden
West
Fresno
San Francisco
Haight-Asbury
Sullivan
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