Compromise sought in U.N. on Middle East resolution
United Nations diplomats pressed for a wind up of the Security Council debate on the Beirut Israeli commando raid with a compromise resolution. Western and Arab backers seek to avoid a veto by major powers while avoiding one sided condemnation of Israel or Arab actions. The debate adjourned with no reconvening time set as Yugoslavia and Sudan push for a mutually acceptable text amid U.S. opposition to a lone condemnatory stance.
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Lebanon
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United States
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Cyprus
Yugoslavia
Sudan
Soviet Union
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Mexican president greeted by cheering crowds in Peking
Mexican President Luis Echeverria arrived in Peking to a tumultuous welcome from thousands of Chinese students and officials. He met Premier Chou En-lai, with plans for talks three times during a six day stay and a probable meeting with Mao. He seeks closer cultural and technical ties and support for a charter of economic rights at the United Nations.
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Mao
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Honolulu
Florida colleges flood beaches with spring break revelry
Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale brace for 200 000 students as Florida hosts a spring holiday influx. Police anticipate limited arrests but report many incidents tied to alcohol and marijuana. Officers note two groups, locals and visitors, with authorities wary amid nightly noise and intoxication.
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Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
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Pele
Florida
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U S suspends mine sweeping in North Vietnamese waters
The Pentagon announced the United States again suspended mine sweeping in North Vietnamese waters for the second time since the Paris cease fire. Hanoi called the move a blatant violation while U S sources cited ongoing cease-fire violations in Laos and South Vietnam as the reason. The suspension follows prior pauses and amid reports of intensified clashes in Cambodia and Laos.
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United States
Vietnam
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Hanoi
Jerry W. Friedheim
Washington
Paris
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Laos
Friedheim
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VNA
Saigon
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North Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
Vientiane
Congress seeks to trim hawks wings with bills and suits
UPI reports antiwar lawmakers in Congress push to curb Vietnam era U.S. military involvement. Senators Church and Case propose a funding ban on operations in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia without explicit congressional authorization while Rep Bingham and Rep Holtzman file measures and suits to challenge presidential war powers. Kennedy cites photographic evidence of heavy bombing damage around Hanoi.
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UPI
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Southeast Asia
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D-Idaho
Clifford P. Case
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D-N.y
Cambodia
Laos
Bingham
Thas
Iran
Elizabeth Holtzman
DNLY
U.S. District Court
New York
Nixon
United States
Pentagon
Okinawa
Defense Department
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Meany accuses Teamsters of union busting drive
AFL-CIO President George Meany labels the Teamsters drive to sign up grape growers as union busting aimed at smashing the United Farm Workers led by Cesar Chavez. Meany orders AFL-CIO support for Chavez and promises help, while Teamsters President Fitzsimmons calls Chavez a propagandist and asserts the Teamsters offer growers a superior contract.
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Teamsters
Washington
UPL
Afl-Cio
George Meany
United Farm Workers Union
Ifarnia
Farm Workers
UFW
Cesar Chavez
Wiliam Kircher
Chavez
California
Teamster
Thayea
Tigers
Frank B. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Teamstars
Tennessee Senate Bans Teaching Evolution as Fact
Tennessee Senate votes 26 to 1 to prohibit teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution as fact amid warnings from Lt. Gov. John Wilder. The measure, aimed at keeping a courtroom ready presentation, moves to the House after swift passage in the Senate.
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Nashville
Williamstown at the Movies and Local Debate on Evolution
Williamstown screens Cries and Whispers and The World’s Greatest Athlete plus The Godfather in a weeklong cinema run. The town hosts Harte Theatre’s George the St. Bernard comedy with showtimes listed, while a Tennessee bill on teaching evolution sparks renewed national attention as State Sen Jim White opposes difficulty by framing a comic, historic replay of the Scopes trial.
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Hamilton
Dayton
Tenn
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H. L. Mencken
Tennessee
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Senate
Jim White
Memphis
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