Viet Peace Show Held In Richmond
A Richmond peace rally at State Capitol Square drew 300 to 400 students and officials. Speakers denounced the Vietnam War especially the Cambodia invasion, with Mike Smith of California urging power to the people and taunting President Nixon as paranoid. A teach-in followed, and a student argued violence cannot cure violence. An upside down American flag was torn from a bank site by a construction worker during the event.
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Richmond
Vietnam
State Capitol
Edgar Allan Poe
Cambodia
Mike Smith
California
Smith
Sen
George McGovern
South Dakota
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Southeast Asia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Capitol Square
Financial
Youth International Organization
Washington
Nixon
Gulf of Siam
Dien Bien Phu
North Vietnam
Two Students Killed by Police at Jackson State College
The death of two African American youths at Jackson State College in Mississippi after police fired into a campus crowd sparks national student protests. Demonstrations spread as colleges report strikes and campus closures while officials review the Kent State shootings and prepare a Justice Department inquiry.
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Mississippi
Jackson State College
Ohio University
Athens
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Kent State University
Kent
Ohio
Jackson State
Jackson
Miss
Vietnam
University of Miami
Henry King Stanford
Millsaps College
Fayette
Charles Evers
Millsaps
Kent State
Key Biscayne
Fla
Justice Department
White House
Atty
John N. Mitchell
State College
Hahn Refuses To Bow To Students At Tech Protest
Virginia Tech President Dr T Marshall Hahn Jr rejects amnesty for suspended students labeled Blacksburg 107 and vows disciplinary action. About 25 to 30 protesters near War Memorial site hunger strike after campus occupation and large rally on the president lawn. Police surrounded protesters with 36 carloads enforcing camp removal while some students questioned the tactic as political pawns. In Richmond, UVA board of visitors met informally to discuss Charlottesville unrest without president Shannon present.
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T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Virginia Tech
At Tech
Blacksburg
Hahn
VPI
War Memorial
Dr. Hahn
Virginia
Capitol Square
Richmond
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Edgar F. Shannon Jr
Universiy
Quiet March in Charleston protests Vietnam war
About 500 students and area residents marched to the West Virginia Capitol with police escort to deliver a peace petition urging protection of West Virginians from combat. Speakers criticized the war while maintaining a peaceful, silent procession that drew no major incidents.
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Charleston
U.S
Southeast Asia
Morris Harvey
Marshall University
West Virginia Wesleyan
West Virginia State
Watt Powell Field
Kanawha City
Capitol
Kanawha City Bridge
Arch A. Moore Jr
Sons of West Virginia
Congress
Massachusetts
Moore
Peter Cohen
Danbury
Convicted Murderer Given Life In Mercer Court
In Mercer County Inter mediate Court three men were sentenced with Clinton Jackson of Princeton to life for stabbing Terry Lee Robertson to death. The jury had mercy recommendations allowing parole after ten years. John Anderson, Jackson’s attorney, received a stay of execution pending possible appeal. Two Bluefield men, Phillip Williamson and Carl Bryant, drew one to ten year terms for breaking into Bluefield Seat Cover Center. Detective Jimmy Dent led the investigation.
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Mercer County
Moundsville
Howard M. Jarrett
Clinton Jackson
Princeton
Jackson
John Anderson
Terry Lee Robertson
Bluefield
Bluefield Seat
William “Bill” Christian
Phillip Williamson
South
Mercer Street
Carl H. Bryant
Hardy Street
Jimmy Dent
Efforts Accelerate To Halt Nixon's Move In Cambodia
In Washington AP reporting, Senate supporters failed to block new restrictions on U.S. actions in Cambodia. Debate centered on Nixon's deadline to withdraw forces by July 1 and potential amendments limiting funding. Mansfield argued the Cooper-Church plan strengthens the president while Republicans weighed delaying tactics and possible amendments to authorize action for protecting troops.
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Nixon
Cambodia
Washington
Senate
U.S
Mike Mansfield
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
John C. Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Fulbright
Stennis
Mansfield
White House blasts Senate move on Cambodia powers
The White House warns Senate plans to cut funds for future Cambodia involvement infringe the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief. Ronald Ziegler says no restraint on presidential power and rejects Cooper Church amendment despite it aligning with Nixon’s Cambodia withdrawal pledge.
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Montana
Hugh Scott
GOP
Scott
Cooper Church
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
White House
Senate
Key Biscayne, Fla
Ronald L. Ziegler
Sens
John Sherman Cooper
R.ky
Frank Church
Didaho
Capitol Hill
Ziegler
U. S
Hanoi Viet Cong Drives In Cambodia Face Strong Resistance
North Vietnam and Viet Cong launched new drives west of the sanctuaries in Cambodia targeting Phnom Penh's government forces. U.S. and South Vietnamese troops pressed the search for depots while Laos saw intensified operations. Cambodian defenders near Kompong Cham asked for aid as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces crossed the Mekong River to outflank defenses.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Laos
U.S
Associated Press
South Vietnam
Kompong Cham
Do Cao Tri
Mekong River
Phan Moeung
Tonhe Bet
Population patterns reflect migrations in Southeast Asia
The article traces centuries of movement across Vietnam Laos and Cambodia, noting Chinese influence in Vietnam since 111 A D and Vietnamese southward migration, French colonial impact, and large Khmer Lao communities. It cites about 17 million in South Vietnam with 90 percent ethnic Vietnamese, mixed Chinese and Montagnard groups, and half a million Vietnamese in Cambodia.
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Vietnam
China
Red River
North
South Vietnam
Cambodian
da Nang
Laos
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N. ¥. Times News Service
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