Talks likely held in former Gestapo HQ in Paris
Paris sources say initial Vietnam talks between Hanoi and Washington will probably be at the International Conference Center near the Arch of Triumph, a building used as a Gestapo headquarters in World War II. Officials discussed sites around the arch and a two-site plan with suburban talks and Paris residences for easy communications.
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UPI
Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
International Conference Center
Arch of Triumph
Herve Alphand
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Woodruff Wallner
Mai van Bo
Europe
Marie Antoinnette
Madame de Pompadour
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Belgium
de Gaulle
Arch
State Department
John O’brien
Richard Moose
Peking
Moscow
Operators Return to Work in Bennington Amid Picket Lines
Telephone operators in Bennington resume work today after seven days off the switchboards in sympathy with a strike by the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers. The broader New England IBTW strike, involving about 12,500 members, remains unsettled as talks continued since April 25.
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Bennington
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Pleasant Street
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
IBTW
New England
Federation of Telephone Traffic Workers
Boston
Connecticut
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell System
Hoff Urges Sit-In to Turn Concern into Action
Gov Philip Hoff urged Goddard College students at the Vermont State House to translate poverty concerns into action while they staged a sit in. About 35 demonstrators refused to sit in provided chairs arguing the protest seeks federal reform and social change.
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Hoff
State House
Sargeant-at-arms
Reid Payne
Payne
Joseph Jamela
Tax Department
Roland Hayes
New York City
Washington
Hayes
Undergraduates Clash With Columbia Pickets Over Campus Return
New York UPI report on Columbia University reopening classrooms after a two week strike. Scuffles occurred as undergraduates tried to enter Butler Library and Hamilton Hall while pickets discouraged entrances. Faculty canceled formal classes to May 15. options offered to students include passing grades or incompletes. Commencement unchanged for June 4. seniors may graduate if they pass by April 23.
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New York
UPI
Columbia University
Columbia College
Park Land
Columbia
Butler Library
Hamilton Hall
Inside The Lilacs Outline by Gerald Raftery
Editorial by Gerald Raftery discusses Viet war peace talks with a critical, reflective tone. Mentions Bondville airport remains socked in as a backdrop to regional news and travel disruptions.
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Gerald Raftery
Bondville Airport
Allies Hold Firm as Viet Cong Surge Fails in Saigon
In Saigon, Communist rockets hit the city while Viet Cong forces pressed toward Tan Son Nhut. Allied lines held. U.S. reports say 1,300 Reds killed nationwide with no major targets taken. A photographer, Charles Eggleston, was killed covering the fighting in Cholon. Civilian casualties rise as 14 dead and 235 wounded are documented locally.
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Saigon
UPI
Tan Son Nhut
Cholon
U.S
U.S. Public Affairs Office
Charles Eggleston
Gouverneur
N.Y
Cholon Chinatown
Four Newsmen Die In Cong Ambush In Saigon Street
Australian freelancer Frank Palmos described a Viet Cong commander executing four newsmen in Saigon Chinatown. Bruce Pigott, Ron Laramy, Michael Birth, and John Cantwell were killed as a mini jeep entered a smoke column. Palmos escaped by playing dead. The VC pistolero and bursts from a burp gun ended the convoy amid explosions and fear.
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UPI
Frank Palmos
Chinatown
Bruce Pigott
Reuters News
Ron Laramy
Reuters
Michael Birth
Associated Press
John Cantwell
Time Magazine
Palmos
Cholon
Cantwell
John Don’t
New Communist Offensive Seen Plan To Help Hanoi in Talks
Western diplomats say the weekend Communist barrage on Saigon aims to strengthen Hanoi at the Paris talks and shake the South Vietnamese regime. U.S. envoy George Ball warned the tactic could backfire. Officials see a shift toward broader negotiations possibly leading to a full Viet peace conference, potentially in Paris with wider participation akin to the 1954 Geneva conference.
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London
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Paris
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U.S
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North Vietnam
United States
Geneva
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Philippines
South Korea
Australia
New Zealand
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
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