North Viets launch 3rd straight counterattack
Between 5 000 and 6 000 American troops have been withdrawn from operations inside Cambodia in the past five days with 9 000 to 10 000 remaining beyond the border. The U S command ended the American portion of a major Se San base area operation begun May 5 amid higher allied losses and Vietnamese claims of 184 enemy killed and 599 tons of rice captured. On the border, North Vietnamese forces launched a third counterattack against U S bases as Fire Base Branch came under heavy fire. Five U S soldiers died and nine were wounded with eight enemy corpses found at dawn.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Se San
Pleiku City
Highlands
Associated Press
Ter Arnett
Austin's Citizens for Peace rally models peaceful dissent
Despite damp weather about 400 to 500 Austin residents joined a Friday night rally at the Community Park bandshell to urge end to the Indochina war. The march from North Main St. Park ing Lot drew roughly 275 participants, with teens and students prominent. police provided heavy protection. At the bandshell, speakers including Mayor Leo Reding and Rev. Stanley Hanks urged orderly demonstrations and early withdrawal of U.S. forces, noting high war costs. A meeting was announced for Wednesday at St. Augustine Church basement. This was Austin's second peace rally, following a similar event in fall 1967.
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Darrel Koehler
Austin
Citizens For Peace
Community Park Bandshell
Indochina
North Main St
Leo Reding
U.S
Hamilton
St. Augustine Church
Main St
Jury rebukes Panther raid
A federal grand jury rebuked law enforcement agencies over their fatal raid on Black Panther members and the ensuing investigation. No indictments were issued. The 252 page report criticized the raid as ill conceived and faulted Panther tactics while noting tension caused by their actions and the refusal of seven Panthers to testify.
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Chicago
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
Hampton
Panther
Black Panther Party
Schedule of Pages Editorial Farmers Markets Society Comics
The page listings show the newspaper's layout with page designations for Editorial on page 4, Farm Page 12, Area News on page 9, Markets on page 14, Society on pages 10 and 11, Comics on page 15, Sports on pages 5, 6, and 13, and Classifieds on pages 16 and 17.
UAW Board to choose Reuther successor this Friday
DETROIT AP The International Executive Board of the United Auto Workers plans to elect a president to replace Walter Reuther who died in a plane crash. Front runners are Leonard Woodcock and Douglas Fraser, as negotiations with the Big Three loom ahead with contracts expiring September 14.
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Detroit
International Executive Board
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Douglas Fraser
Woodcock
Search at Kent State finds arms
Kent State University dormitories were searched after the May 4 campus closure and deadly antiwar protests. Authorities displayed items found by the State Patrol including a shotgun, a damaged pistol, knives, air pistols, slingshots, blank starters, marijuana plants in milk cartons, and pornographic pictures, with nonstudents occupying some rooms.
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Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
National
Portage County
Ronald Kane
State Patrol
Military bases cancel Armed Forces observance
Armed Forces Day observances were canceled at multiple bases across the United States after announcements of planned antiwar demonstrations. At least 22 local base commanders scrapped parades and public observances, while the Pentagon reported no plans to cancel speeches by about 50 defense officials. Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base canceled public programs, with demonstrations tied to a 43 installation protest network. Fort Hood kept events as scheduled, though a peace march was planned by the May 16 Committee. Other bases including Ft. Rucker, Ft. Dix, and Great Lakes canceled activities due to antiwar rallies expected to draw thousands. The Pentagon cited no uniform nationwide cancellation.
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Joe Nicholson Jr
Associated Press
Pentagon
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Pope Air Force Base
Gis United
Investigators seek details in Jackson State deaths
In Jackson Mississippi investigators search for details of the deaths of two Black students during police gunfire on the Jackson State University campus. Gov. Williams said details remain obscure as about 75 officers faced a crowd near a women’s dormitory. Dist. Atty. Travis noted no city officers fired first. Justice Department agents join the probe.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson State University
John Bell Williams
Dist
Atty
Jack Travis
White House
Justice Department
Waltham, Mass
Jackson State College
Mississippi
Brardeis University
Waltham
Mass
Emotional emptiness blamed for unrest
Harvard psychiatrist Dr. A M Nichols II told the American Psychiatric Association that emotional vacancy in homes fuels campus unrest as parents spend little time with children.
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San Francisco
Harvard
American Psychiatric Association
A. M. Nichols II
Marines set to try four for Vietnam killings at Da Nang
The U S Marine Corps will try four young Marines for murder in the deaths of 16 Vietnamese civilians last Feb 19 near Da Nang. Unofficial sources say the corps is also probing an alleged massacre of 38 civilians at Le Bac village on April 15, about 12 miles southwest of Da Nang.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps
le Bac
Nixon nominates 2 veterans as 1st Army women generals
President Nixon nominated two longtime Army officers to become the service’s first women generals. Col. Elizabeth Hoisington and Col. Anna Mae Hays would reach brigadier general if confirmed, marking a historic step for women in the Army. Hoisington, 51, Newton Kansas, heads the Women’s Army Corps, while Hays, 50, heads the Army Nurse Corps.
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Elizabeth P. Hoisington
Army Women’s Corps
Anna Mae Hays
Army Nurse Corps
Nixon
1St Army
Washington
Pentagon
Army
Women's Army Corps
Col. Hoisington
Newton
Kan
West Point
WAC
Col. Hays
Hays
Drive For Liberation
Women's Liberation Movement
LeVander backs Head over Blue Shield insolvency charge
Gov. Harold LeVander rejected Lt. Gov. James Goetz’s claim that Minnesota Blue Shield is insolvent and that state officials used poor judgment in the April 25 Blue Cross merger. Atty. Gen. Douglas Head called the charge unwarranted while acknowledging Blue Shield’s financial problems. The dispute mirrors older GOP battles over risky insurers, with Blue Cross serving hospitals and Blue Shield doctors. both firms stress policyholders have nothing to fear.
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ST. Paul
James Goetz
Minnesota Blue Shield
Atty
Douglas Head
Head
Goetz
Blue Shield
Harold LeVander
Thomas C. Hunt
Minnesota Blue Cross
LeVander
Hunt
American Allied Insurance Co
DFL
Statehouse
Capitol
Blue Cross
GOP
Crist
Minnesota
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