Viet Cong Steps Up Attacks Before Ho Chi Minh Memorial Truce
Viet Cong intensified attacks across South Vietnam three days before a three day cease fire in memory of Ho Chi Minh. UPI reports mortar and rocket fire on at least 66 Allied installations, base assaults repelled, with American and South Vietnamese casualties. Viet Cong Radio urged Allied troops to join the truce, warning violators of severe punishment.
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Go Dau Ha
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Saigon
Viet Cong
Six Airlines Seek Another Fare Hike
Six U.S. carriers including American Braniff Continental Eastern Northwest and United ask the Civil Aeronautics Board to approve fare increases up to eight percent to offset rising costs and inflation. They cite first quarter earnings down 40 percent from a year earlier and warn mergers may follow if returns on investments remain low.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
American
Braniff
Continental
Eastern
Northwest
United
Congress Funds Building Costs Rise to New Heights
UPI reports Congress faces surging costs for the James Madison Memorial Library and west front extension. Builder estimates jump from 75 to 90 million for the library and 35 to 45 million for the Capitol expansion. Hearings seek 18.4 million to plan and start excavation and walls. Rising rent of 1.6 million yearly pressures project, while Congressional Record publishing costs climb from 4.4 to 6.5 million.
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Congress
Washington
UPI
Congressional
Capitol
Joint
House Senate Committee On
Congressional Library
Madison
Congressional Record
Libya's Junta Vows Iron Fist Against Ouster Attempt
Cairo reports indicate resistance to Libya's four day old Socialist Revolutionary Council regime. Tanks moved into Benghazi as doctors and nurses were ordered to Tripoli Central Hospital. Britain Greece and Turkey rejected Idris bid for backing, while the regime claimed Soviet recognition. Oil interests worth $340 million annually would be left untouched.
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UPI
Libya
Tripoli
Rome
Socialist Revolutionary Council
Tripoli Radio
Benghazi
Idris
Tripoli Central Hospital
Lufthansa
Heinz Roeffen
Frankfurt
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Soviet Union
Arab Bloc
U.S
Official Search Ends For Missing Dr. Pike
Officials halted the search for Dr. James A. Pike after desert terrain and Bedouin guides could not locate him. The 56 year old former Episcopal bishop of California disappeared Monday when the car he and wife Diane Pike were in became stuck west of the Dead Sea. Bethlehem Police Chief Enosh Givati said Pike could not have survived three days without food or water unless befriended by Bedouin tribesmen.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
UPD
Judean Hills
James A. Pike
California
Diane Pike
Pike
Dead Sea
Enosh Givati
Givati
Giddens Named Head of Voice of America Operation
Kenneth R. Giddens, 60, president of WKRG TV in Mobile Alabama, is appointed to lead the Voice of America. He is married with three daughters. The Voice of America operates as the U.S. government’s worldwide broadcasting network.
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Washington
UPD
U.S. Information Agency
Kenneth R. Giddens
Wkrg-Tv
Mobile
Ala
Voice of America
Giddens
McCormack 77 Holds Firm Grip on House Speakership
Washington insiders note Speaker John W. McCormack at 77 shows relentless stamina as he contemplates a possible sixth term. Democrats tilt to Carl Albert while conservatives back Wilbur Mills, with Morris Udall once challenging him but losing decisively. If Democrats retain the House, McCormack is expected to seek another term despite liberal calls for a younger leader.
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Washington
UPI
John W. McCormack
Ploc
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
McCormack
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
House Democrats
Udall
House
J. Edgar Hoover
Capitol
Senate
Acti
Episcopal Bishops Urge Nixon Amnesty for Draft Resisters
The Episcopal Church house of bishops in South Bend urged President Nixon to grant amnesty to draft law violators and to end the draft. The resolution also called for rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam and immediate fighting reductions.
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Nixon
South Bend, Ind
UPH
House of Bishops of the
Episcopal Church
U.S
Vietnam
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Black Economic Development Conference
Integration Proceeds In Southern Schools
United Press International reports that southern schools show general progress toward integration under federal pressure, with pockets of unrest. Alabama sent 100 National Guardsmen to Aliceville to maintain order after demonstrations closed two black schools. Attendance rose in some areas as boycotts continued, while Alabama officials urged parental choice within federal guidelines.
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Albert Brewer
Aliceville
Ala
Roy Kelly
George C. Wallace
Clay County
Miss
Florida
Tampa
Leon
Tallahassee
Washington Parish
Wesley Bay
Angie
Westlake High
Calcasieu Paris
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Richard Burton
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National Council of Black Churchmen
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