Czech Education Ministry Urges Calm Amid Husak Rise
Prague the education ministry urged students and teachers to avoid disturbances and back the central committee decisions replacing Dubcek with Gustav Husak as party first secretary. Students at Charles University spoke of a Monday sit-in, while unions voiced support for Husak and the new course.
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Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Gustav Husak
Charles University
Central Committee
Slovak Council of Trade Unions
Husak
Cornell Occupation of Student Union Continues
Black students seize Cornell University’s student union at dawn during parents weekend and broadcast from the campus radio station. A white attempt to retake the building leads to minor injuries, with police not acting at that time.
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Ithaca
N.Y
UPI
Cornell University
Cornell
Edward Whitfield
Whitfield
Student Union
Students For A Democratic Society
Bucher Criticizes Johnson Navy and Rusk Over Pueblo Case
Mrs. Loyd Bucher, widow of Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, calls Lyndon Johnson remiss for delaying Pueblo crew rescue and criticizes the Navy and the State Department. She recounts limited contact and alleges poor handling of information during her 11 month effort to learn the fate of 83 crew members.
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New York
Lloyd Bucher
Johnson
The Husband Believes He Bosses the House
A humorous Louisville style quip notes a husband thinks he rules the home while, in truth, he merely houses the true boss. This witticism reflects domestic power dynamics with a light, playful tone.
River Guard Action As Iowa Floods Continue
A second Iowa national guards unit patrolled Mississippi river dikes while Gov. Ray planned flood prevention talks in Dubuque Marquette and Guttenberg. The Dubuque crest nears 24 feet with 21.8 feet Saturday as sandbagging and evacuations shape a widening response.
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Iowa River
Robert Ray
Dubuque
Marquette
Guttenberg
Ray
Corps of Engineers
Iowa City
Prairie du Chien
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Wisconsin
185Th Iowa Field Artillery
Clinton
Mississippi
Iowa
Lung Transplant Patient Dies After Prolonged Illness
Joe A. Bunch, 37, of San Angelo Texas, died at Methodist Hospital in Houston after 10 days with a transplanted left lung. He received the donor lung from a 16 year old Lubbock student on April 9. A hospital spokesman cited pneumonia with a lung abscess as the probable cause, noting unclear origin of the abscess.
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Joe A. Bunch
San Angelo
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Bunch
Lubbock
End Survivor Search as New Flights Resume Over Sea of Japan
US intelligence flights with air and sea protection resumed Saturday over the Sea of Japan as the hunt for survivors ended for the EC-121 shot down by North Korea. The search was called off after 31 men aboard the unarmed plane were presumed lost.
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UPS
Sea of Japan
North Korea
New Jersey
Pacific
Pentagon
Department
White House
Navy
Defense Department
Nixon
South Korea
North Korea Repeats Claim On Shootdown
North Korea reiterates that the U S reconnaissance plane was shot down after violating Red air space and accuses the United States of “reverse black and white” at the Panmunjom armistice talks in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
North Korea
U.S
Sea of Japan
Lee Choon-sun
Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Nixon vows sharp retaliation for future intelligence attacks
Presidents vows to strike without warning against any future assault on U S intelligence ships or planes, prompted by the Sea of Japan incident that killed 31 Americans. Senators say continued flights are needed to monitor North Korea and Chinese air activity, with debate over costs and risks.
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Tucker
Japan
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Congress
Sea of Japan
North Korea
Peking
South Korea
Everett Dirksen
Gale McGee
D-Wye
Senators and aides spent 266000 in counterpart travel
Senators and aides used 266000 in counterpart funds for foreign travel last year with Edward Long topping the list at 4772 across 18 nations plus Hong Kong. Helen Dunlop accompanied him as secretary. 42 senators and over 100 aides shared the funds, largely via committee staff, under a law allowing such expenditures.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Edward Long
D-Mo
Hong Kong
Long
Helen Dunlop
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
England
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Austria
Turkey
Greece
Germany
Senate Finance Committee
Bermuda
Birch Bayh
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Stephen Young
Ohio
Jack
Hold Suspect in Bellvue Slaying
Davenport AP William Patrick Sweeney 22 was arrested in Dubuque and arraigned in Maquoketa on a first degree murder charge for the beating death of Bellvue Police Chief Earl Berendes. He is held without bond in Scott County Jail. A fugitive warrant for another man was issued to satisfy FBI entry. Berendes was found beaten in a garage with a shovel nearby.
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Davenport
William Patrick Sweeney
Dubuque
Bellvue
Earl Berendes
Sweeney
Maquoketa
Scott County
Jackson County
Robert Lyons
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Lyons’ Office
FBI
Berendes
Israeli Arab gunners clash along Suez canal in long duel
TEL AVIV reports that Israeli and Arab gunners fired at eight locations along the Suez canal in a running duel that lasted more than 11 hours on Saturday.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
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