North Korea Boosts Defense Budget Amid U S Spy Flights
North Korea says defense outlay will rise 1 percent amid U S spy flights off its coast. The official Korea News Agency cites a 1969 budget of about 361 million dollars, or 30 percent of total spending, and vows an iron-wall defense while denouncing U S actions as provocation. US officials warn of infiltration efforts and guerilla plans from Pyongyang as Seoul and Tokyo monitor the situation.
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Enemy pullback widens as U S bombs Vietnam border
Saigon reports more North Vietnamese and Viet Cong withdrawing to bases near Laotian and Cambodian sanctuaries amid the heaviest U S air raids of the war. Analysts say withdrawals follow losses in the spring offensive, with fears of a new offensive. US B 52s pound border areas. casualties rise on both sides as fighting continues.
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De Gaulle Warns Exit Would Be Disaster in Referendum
Paris AP report states President De Gaulle, facing polls suggesting a potential ouster in Sunday's referendum, warned that his departure would trigger disastrous upheavals for France. In a brief TV address he urged voters to recognize the national destiny and warned his resignation if the no vote prevailed. France-Soir poll showed opposition at 51 to 49 percent, with undecided voters unclear.
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North Pole Surfaced U S Sub After Arctic Operation
The nuclear submarine Whale surfaced at the North Pole on April 6 during over a month of Arctic Ocean operations. Cmdr. Ithaca led the crew in surfacing as part of a demonstration of new Navy capabilities alongside the Skate. The event followed protests on campus and resignations in the university government department. Gas tax hikes take effect June 1 in California to fund flood damage repairs.
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Negroes and Police Duel In Chicago
In Chicago bands of Negro students clashed with police as crowded cordons formed under a railroad viaduct near a white neighborhood. A 17-year-old was shot in the back, police and bystanders injured, and a white homeowner fired a gun after bricks broke his window. The melee started at Tilden High School on the South Side when Black students surged onto the sidewalk amid taunts and fistfights.
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Schach Sees Route Parallel First Avenue For Cedar Rapids Area
Carl Schach planning director says Cedar Rapids interstate plan may require a freeway on a parallel First Avenue route. He cites overloading Cedar Valley Road if Highway 150 is upgraded and notes alternates using Second and Third Avenues to feed the central business district.
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McCarthy and Muskie propose yearly Democratic conventions
Senator Edward Muskie urged a mid term Democratic national issues convention in summer 1970 to adopt a party platform. Eugene McCarthy proposed annual conventions to give the party a steadier focus on policy direction rather than carnivallike gatherings.
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Edward Muskie
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Kennedy
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Derailment Sparks Large Indiana Fire and Evacuations
A three mile long Penn Central derailment near East Germantown Indiana triggered fires chemical releases and evacuations of 250 residents. Many cars burned 39 or 61 derailed with ethylene butadiene vinyl etc. A plantable smoke plume closed US 40 as investigators evaluated pollution risk. Separate political hearings continued with Muskie McCarthy and Kennedy urging reform and broad party participation.
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Wayne County
Chain Crash On Interstate 64 Kills One In Fog
A fog bound chain collision on Interstate 64 near Charleston WV involves about 40 vehicles. One man died and 11 others were injured as cars collided across both lanes. Emergency crews diverted traffic while fuel leaks and wreckage blocked the highway.
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Tuition Aid Bill Faces Unconstitutional Ruling
Iowa Atty Gen Richard Turner has said a state grant program for Town students at private colleges likely violates the separation of church and state. Sen Charles Laverty criticized the timing of the ruling and warns it may hinder a future appropriation. Governor Ray’s tuition grants plan, advocating $2 billion in annual funding, is challenged by the opinion and hinges on legislative action yet to occur.
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