North Vietnamese Walk Into Saigon Death Trap
A company of North Vietnamese troops reportedly misread armored cars as huts and walked into a death trap 18 miles southwest of Saigon. Forty seven of an estimated 75 enemy soldiers died, with no American casualties. Paratroopers near Tay Ninh and other U.S. losses were reported, as B 52s bombed along the Cambodian border and helicopters and planes faced continued threats.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Nixon Announces $9 Million Immediate Aid to Riot-Scarred Cities
President Nixon unveiled $9 million in federal aid to repair riot damage in 20 cities and ordered HUD to accelerate $200 million in urban renewal and related programs. He cited a January Washington visit showing rotting boards near the White House as a call to action and urged follow-up plans within 60 days after funding is approved.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tomn
HUD
Romney
Congress
Harvard Students Seize Admin Building Over ROTC
About 100 Harvard students seized the administration building in Cambridge demanding an end to ROTC. Police reported reporters were barred while roughly 1,000 booing peers milled outside. Earlier about 500 marched to President Nathan Pusey’s home to press anti ROTC views.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Harvard
Nathan Pusey
Refraining From Explaining How to Break a Habit
A humor line notes the difficulty of resisting telling others how to drop a bad habit. It plays on the urge to share personal method and the social pressure to boast about success. The quip relies on a sharp twist rather than a narrative.
Equal Employment Chairman Resigns From EEOC
Clif ford Alexander resigns as chairman of the EEOC citing Nixon administration inaction on enforcing anti discrimination laws. He will remain on the commission for his five year term through July 1, 1972. White House says he will be replaced as chairman.
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Washington
UPI
Clifford Alexander
Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Nixon
Alexander
Commission
White House
Senate
Senate Repub
Lican
Everett Dirksen
Kennedy
Johnson
Rail Walkout Halts Midwest Freight and Passenger Service
The United Transportation Union strike halted most Illinois Central Railroad freight and passenger traffic across its 14 state system. Supervisors tried to keep perishables moving while two passenger trains were withdrawn after completing runs. The walkout began at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to back crew size demands.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
United Transportation Union
Illinois Central
Illinois Central strike across multiple states persists
Union leader J. P. Saunders said 4000 of Illinois Central’s 19,000 workers belong to the union and crews must stay at current sizes. Pickets formed at stations as talks continued with hopes to avert broader action amid a broader railroad labor dispute.
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M. S. Stuckey
I. C
Stuckey
Illinois Central
Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
J. P. Saunders
UTA
Earl Oliver
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Sioux City Evacuated as Big Sioux Flood Spreads
The entire town of North Sioux City population 800 was ordered evacuated as the Big Sioux river rose. Mayor Albert Streeter moved 150 people at 4 am and then ordered all residents to leave. Hundreds assisted flood relief in Sioux City as river crested higher.
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Sioux City
North
Big Sioux
Albert Streeter
Jackson Hotel
Big Sioux River
St. Vincent's Academy of Nursing
Weather Bureau
North Sioux
Hawarden
Cherokee
Little Sioux River
Artificial Heart Dispute Follows Patient Death
Washington AP reports the National Heart Institute investigates whether federally funded research guidelines were violated in the use of an artificial heart on Haskell Earp, who survived 65 hours on a mechanical heart before receiving a human heart then dying days later.
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Washington
National Heart Institute
Haskell Earp
Karp
Skokie
Ill
Massachusetts
Houston
Reduction in City Budget is Approved
Cedar Rapids approves a $174,533 cut to seven operational funds. The 1969 budget of $15,467,421 is down due to lower than expected mill levy revenue and reduced state apportionments. March auditor figures show 28.6 percent of the budget spent, with higher spend expected under the new reduced budget.
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Cedar Rapids
Shank
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George Esper
Tay Ninh
Viet Cong
Mekong
Eugene V. Risher
Equal Employment
Midwest
Aline Mosby
Soviet Union
Czechoslovak Presidium
Prague
Charles
Communist Party Central Committee
Charles University
Bogdan Dvorak
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Jour
Nalists
Presidium
Reporter
Listy
Josef Vohnout
Czech Press and Information Office
Josef Havlin
Havlin
Antonin Novotny
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Akron
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Institute
Denton Cooley
The
New York Daily News
Domingo Liotta
Cooley
Texas Heart Institute
Cooper
National Institute
Dr. DeBakey
Liotta
Cedar Rapids News
Stewart Shank
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