U.S. helicopters halt tank-led attack on Kontum defense
U.S. helicopters stopped a North Vietnamese tank assault on Kontum outer defenses and airfield as fighting raged across Highway 1 and 13. Reports say more than 500 Communist troops were killed, with U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties and continued clashes around My Chanh and Ai Loc. US Navy strikes included Haiphong area bridges. MiG downed near Haiphong.
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Saigon
Kontim
Bate
Song Highway 1
Hut
Aii Loc
U.S
Midway
Haiphong
Chicago
Kontum
Franjola
Kondan
Kentum
My Chanh
Suth
Piercing voice at Bolshoi mars Nixon Moscow outing
A dramatic interruption at the Bolshoi during Swan Lake saw a red haired woman shout Free to Viet Nam at the Nixon entourage. Security escorted Miriam Fracassi from the theater, released with a warning, while Pat Nixon enjoyed the performance. Mrs Nixon later toured the Bolshoi Choreography School and attended a fashion show.
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Moscow
Pat Niwin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Secret Service
Natasha Besmerinova
Swann Lake
Cliax
Orérs
Miriam Fracassi
Claudio Fracassi
Puese Sera
Nixon aide disputes Brookings tax study and outlines plan
White House says Nixon will not pursue tax increases and will curb government operating costs. Ehrlichman rejects Brookings critique of economy measures, cites expansionary budget now ending, hints at a value added tax proposal as substitute for property taxes. Democrats push tax reform to raise revenue while Nixon seeks program cuts and devolution of 110 federal programs to states.
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UPI
White House
Nixon
Ling
John D. Ehrlichman
Brookings Institution
Wednew
Meney
Brookings
Ehrlichman
Malawi hijack attempt ends as plane stormed
Police at Chileka Airport stormed the South African Airways 727 hijacked in flight. Two gunmen, Arabs A Yaghl and F Gamil, were captured after the hijackers forced the jet to return to Blantyre for refueling. Passengers and crew escaped as authorities regained control.
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Blantyse
UPI
South African Airways
SAA
Chileka
A. Yaghl
F. Gamil
Thur
Origit
Johannesburg
Paul Weinbren
Weinbren
Charlie
Air Malawi
Salisbury
Blantyre
Malai
Fragile calm ends with Ulster blast
A 100 pound bomb wrecked a police station and family quarters at Moneymoore in Belfast, causing no injuries but shattering a two day lull in Northern Ireland violence. A 24 year old Catholic man was tarred and feathered in Belfast market area amid ongoing tension.
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Belfast
Northen Ireland
UPN
Northern Ireland
Moneymoore
Irish Republican Army
TRA
Ulster
Andersonstown
Ulster Defense Regiment Part- Hme
IRA
Londonderry
Mary Barr
Posters in Honduras offer $25,000 reward for hijacker
Posters in Honduras show a middle aged man with glasses offering a 50 000 lempira reward for the hijacker of an Eastern Airlines 727. The plane diverted to Dulles and landed in New Orleans before the hijacker fled into Honduran jungles. The case echoes D B Cooper like escape with $303 000. Rumors spread as authorities question foreigners and a parachute harness is found near San Juan Pueblo Honduras.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
UPL
Eastern Air Lines
Guatemala
Eastern Airlines
Allentown
Miami
D. B. Cooper
Cooper
FSI
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
Wash
Reno
Nev
Dulles St
Washigton
D.C
Ahange
New Orleans
San Juan Puebla
U.S
Ramon Garces
Virginia nuke plant gets first full power license
The Atomic Energy Commission grants Virginia Electric and Power Co. the first full power license since environmental rules revision. Unit 1 at Gravel Neck on the James River in Surrey County near Norfolk, Va., will operate at 50 percent capacity until spray unit tests are evaluated.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Gravel Neck
James River
Surrey County
Norfolk
Virginia Electric
Surrey
Tales from the Crypt and Concert for Bangladesh at area cinemas
Local listings reveal Tales from the Crypt at Cinema I through Memorial Day weekend with a PG rating. The Concert for Bangladesh performs at Cinema II, a benefit for refugees, rated G. Additional showings include Goodbye Columbus at the Harle, A New Leaf with Walter Matthau, and Disney fare Lady and the Tramp with other family titles. Multiple towns list double bills and times across Bennington Coury’s, North Adams, Adams, and Williamstown theaters, with varied schedules through the weekend.
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Cinema &It
George Harrison
Ravi Shankar
Bob Dylan
Bangladesh
William Istown
Ccoury's
North Adams
Hogsac Adams
Mass
Jules Verne
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