Red units close in on Quang Tri amid heavy shelling and refugees
North Vietnamese forces attack Quang Tri from all sides using anti personnel shells while civilians flee. US and allied ships report minimal damage. In Bong Son and An Loc sectors, siege and artillery continue with hundreds of Vietnamese and enemy casualties.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
U.S
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Hanoi
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
South Vietnam
UPI
Edward Basset
Qui Nhon
Ollie
Phu My
An Loc
Dau Tieng
Apollo 16 Trio Safe Splashdown Aboard USS Ticonderoga
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly returned to Earth in a bull's-eye splashdown in the Pacific about 209 miles southeast of Christmas Island. The command ship Ticonderoga reported they were fine as helicopters secured the capsule and prepared for medical checks and a postflight reception.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Earth
Pacific Ocean
John Young
Charles Duke
Thomas Mattingly
Iowa
Christmas Island
Duke
Living Costs Cited in Bureau Study
A Cedar Rapids family of four on a lower budget spends 7033 yearly, below the national lower budget average of 7214. Cedar Rapids middle and higher budgets exceed national averages at 11029 and 16033 respectively. The study notes rental housing, no AC, and service use as key differences. Anchorage tops costs and Austin tops all three categories. The report sits alongside NASA moon mission notes from a carrier voyage toward Hawaii.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Anchorage
Alaska
Austin
Texas
Woman Named Navy Admiral First In Service History
Alene Duerk of Defiance Ohio becomes the first woman to attain flag rank in the U S Navy serving as head of the Navy Nurse Corps. At 52 she was nominated for promotion along with 49 men and awaits Senate confirmation by President Nixon.
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Washington
Navy
Alene Duerk
Defiance
Ohio
Duerk
Navy Nurse Corps
Nixon
Senate
Armed ‘Forces
Air Force
Army
Ten Americans Killed and Seventy-Eight Wounded in Saigon Onslaught
North Vietnam’s offensive last week caused the heaviest South Vietnamese casualties in six months for the allied forces. U S forces reported ten Americans killed in action eight missing and seventy eight wounded alongside higher South Vietnamese losses and several non hostile deaths. Total American casualties for the war include forty five thousand seven hundred thirteen killed in action and three hundred two thousand nine hundred ninety three wounded.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
Nixon to Withdraw 20000 More GIs by July 1
President Nixon announced a two month plan to pull 20000 more U S troops from South Vietnam by July 1 while keeping bombing of North Vietnam until Hanoi halts its invasion. He said South Vietnamese forces would bear the battle with continued U S air and naval support and that negotiations in Paris should resume with progress expected.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
North
Hanoi
South
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Soviet Union
Thailand
Kissinger
Nixon Speech Triggers Nationwide Antiwar Protests
Hundreds of students at four universities protested President Nixon s televised bombing continuation. At the University of Pennsylvania about 400 to 500 protesters seized the main administration building demanding ROTC removal and corporate stock sales. Indiana University saw about 500 students march to the Monroe County Courthouse calling for an end to the war. Columbia University groups occupied five buildings while classes were reorganized. New York University students gathered at Washington Square then marched to Times Square. Kent State saw about 140 students arrested on trespassing charges after an all day demonstration.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Monroe County
Broadway
Columbia
New York University
Washington Square
Times Square
Kent State University
Army
Air Force
Muskie Ends Active Campaign but Keeps Nomination Hopes
Former frontrunner Senator Muskie announced he will withdraw from pursuing Primaries while keeping his name on ballots. He cited lack of funds and will not seek a vice presidential spot. He plans to stay active on issues and in the Senate as McGovern and Humphrey gain delegates.
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Washington
Len Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Tven
George McGovern
Massachusetts
Hubert Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
McGovern
Humphrey
George Wallace
Wisconsin
Senate
Nixon
United executive warns Cedar Rapids runway crisis may halt operations
United Air Lines senior vice president R L Mangold called Cedar Rapids runway conditions critical at a Roosevelt hotel news conference. He urged urgent funding for a $5 million airport improvement bond and said operations could be suspended or adjusted if conditions worsen.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
R. L. Mangold
Central Division
Roosevelt Hotel
United
Smoother Sailing for Marion Talks on 151
Iowa highway officials and Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorf consultants held a Marion city hall meeting on the Cedar Rapids Marion by pass. They stressed the critical traffic condition on Highway 151 through Marion and suggested the by pass could be built independently of other freeway sections if needed.
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Marion
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Marion City Hall
Howard, Needles, Tammen and
Bergendorf
Kansas City
Seventh Avenue
Highway Commission
Don Ward
The
Ward
Marion By-Pass
First Avenue
Thirtieth Street
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Richard B. Anderson
Gurke
Stewart Kellerman
Apollo
Hawaii
the Ticonderoga
Bureau
Cedar Rapids News
Penrhyn
Mission Control
Young
Charlie
Tony England
Tony
Admiral
Congress
United States
Bloomington, Ind
New York
Columbia University
New York City
Kent, Ohio
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