ARVN unveils first major stockpiles near A Shau Valley
South Vietnamese infantry on jungle slopes near the A Shau Valley uncover a significant Communist arms cache including 461 mortar rounds 200 rocket grenades and 4 000 rounds of ammunition. The find comes as Lam Son 720 aims to clear the valley used for infiltrating troops into South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
A Shau
1St Infantry Division
Lam Son
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
Nguyen van Thien
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
A Shan
Valley Long
Hue
da Nang
North Vietnam
SCLC Joins Washington Antiwar Demonstration
Several hundred May Day demonstrators backed by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shifted their focus to HEW. Police reported 221 arrests as protesters aimed to convince draft workers that U S involvement in Vietnam causes bloodshed.
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Washington
UPI
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Selective Service
Vietnam
Rains Leave 120 Dead in Bahia Brazil
Salvador, Bahia state Governor Magalhaes reports three days of heavy rains, floods and landslides killed at least 120 and left 2,000 homeless. Property damage $6 million. More than 50 homes collapsed and 20 slides reported. City largely underwater, communications down, access blocked.
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Salvador
Brazil
UPI
Antonio Carlos Magalhaes
Bahia
Magalhaes
Department of Public Works
Rio de Janeiro
Paraguaca
Atlantic Ocean
McGovern panel probes cut in food stamp aid
Sen George S McGovern opened the Senate Hunger Committee session amid evidence the Agriculture Department plans would cut food stamp aid for up to 3 million poor Americans. Proposals would aid the poorest while cutting those slightly better off, with up to 1.7 million paying more cash and about 340000 losing eligibility. Other figures range widely, and a NY official testified up to 600000 of 1 million New Yorkers could lose stamps. Separately Gaylord Nelson introduced a bill to bar draftees from combat roles after year end unless they volunteer or re-enlist, calling the war a misstep and urging pullout.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Senate Hunger Committee
Agriculture Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Arthur Schiff
New York City
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate
Southeast Asia
Nelson
Conflicting views on U S help for Lockheed loan
Washington reports split on a possible 250 million federal loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Treasury Secretary Connally argues the defense contractor must be supported to avert national harm, while Admiral Rickover says bankruptcy would not alter the firm’s defense work.
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Hyman Rickover
Lockheed
Nixon
Connally
White supremacy fades as Southern voters shift
Washington Window notes a political turn in the South as black enfranchisement grows and white voters reject racist appeals. In South Carolina, 35 percent of registered voters are Black, and Dan Republicans like Albert Watson falter while Democrat John C. West pursues a color blind government. Strom Thurmond seeks to shed racial image ahead of reelection as ally Harry Dent warns he must move to high ground on race.
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Washington
UPI
South
South Carolina
South Atlantic
Albert Watson
John C. West
West
Columbia
Watson
Sen
Strom Thurmond
S.C. Thurmond
Thurmond
Harry Dent
Dent
45 GIs Die in Action Last Week in Vietnam
UPI reports 45 American servicemen killed in action in Indochina last week, raising total KIA since 1961 to 45,019 and the war’s dead toll to over 45,000. Wounded rose to 518 as rocket and mortar attacks hit U.S. bases. non-hostile deaths added 27, with two air actions over Jaos noted.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Jaos
Michigan Farm Sign Destroyed Sparks Vengeful Complaint
Mrs Leonard Spooner of Rives Junction Michigan laments damage to a billboard on her family farm blamed on midnight sign vandals. She complains she needs the sign to shade cows in the summer and jokes about a man eating dog or a bull for protection.
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Rives Junction
Mich
UPI
Leonard Spooner
Michigan
Couple sends table tennis set to break Paris talks deadlock
Whitehall Michigan couple John and Oliva Reid ship a full table tennis set to U.S. and North and South Vietnamese delegates in Paris hoping Ping-Pong diplomacy can thaw deadlocked talks. The kit arrived at the Majestic Hotel but officials would not sign for delivery. a street setup is planned with a poster urging peace through play. Total costs including shipping and communications exceed $200.
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Paris
Whitehall, Mich
UPI
John Reid
U.S
China
Reid
Oliva
Majestic
Sonia de Brie
Little Big Man Owns Spotlight Amid Oscar Drama
At the Movies notes Chief Dan George earned praise but did not win for his film debut in Little Big Man. John Mills surprises by winning for Ryan's Daughter. Little Big Man plays at College Cinema Williamstown with Dustin Hoffman star and Custer Last Stand angle. The Owl and the Pussycat screens at De Harte Theatre with Barbra Streisand and George Segal. The Last Valley with Michael Caine and Omar Sharif plays at Manchester Cinema. Time clock shows one 8 p.m. show at all three theatres.
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Dan George
John Mills
Ryan
de Harte Theatre
The
New Yorker
Barbra Streisand
George Segal
Michael Caine
Omar Sharif
Show Magazine
Manchester
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ARVN
Highway 7
Marine Corps
SCLC
National Welfare Rights Organization
Capitol Hill
HEW
George McGovern
McGovern
Donald Pollack
Food Research and Action Center
National Poverty Law
Bill
CSA
Air Force
Rolls Royce
Great Britain
Airbus
Ua Ae
Bennington
Treadway Williams Inn
Lynn
Treadway Williams
Inn
Williamstown
Mass
Williams Campus
Louis Cassels
College Cinema
Dustin Hoffman
Arthur Penn
Thomas Berger
G.C.C
FBI
SUN
James
Wicholson
Samuel 2
Arkoff
Mea Aay
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
Bennington RD
Monument Plaza
Kodak
Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Evans
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