Red Tanks Make Deep Push Into South Vietnam
Saigon AP confirms a North Vietnamese armored column of at least 10 Soviet PT-76 tanks and several vehicles pushed toward Ben Het camp in the central highlands. American bombers destroyed at least two tanks and three vehicles while the rest retreated toward Cambodia or Laos. The camp housed 12 Green Beret advisers and about 400 South Vietnamese. Casualties include two Americans and a South Vietnamese.
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Shaw Lawyer Calls Perjury Charge Ridiculous
New Orleans AP report says Clay Shaw's lawyer denounces the perjury charge as ridiculous and vows to fight it all the way. District Attorney Jim Garrison filed two counts of perjury related to Shaw in the Kennedy assassination inquiry.
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Sirhan Admits He Killed RFK Under Oath In Trial
In Los Angeles on Monday Sirhan Bishara Sirhan testified he shot Senator Robert Kennedy on June 5 1968 and acknowledged shooting Paul Schrade and four others. He confirmed handwriting referencing RFK and Kennedy’s assassination and explained port wine as a racehorse name.
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Snowbound in Tokyo Halts Transport Nationwide
A massive driving snowstorm stranded hundreds of thousands in Tokyo on Tuesday, crippling city transportation and causing widespread travel disruption across the capital. Local authorities issued advisories as trains, buses, and flights faced delays and cancellations.
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Nixon Reports on Foreign Policy
President Nixon will address the nation in a nationally broadcast news conference focused on foreign policy tied to his European trip. The White House said the hour long event at 8 p.m. Iowa time would avoid domestic questions and likely touch on Vietnam and Berlin tensions.
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SDS spokesman aims eight students to Cuba sugar cane work
A spokesman for Students for a Democratic Society says the group hopes to recruit eight students to travel to Cuba this summer to pick sugar cane, framing it as a political and educational exchange venture.
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Senators Hear Prisons Called Monster Producing Factories
Former Arkansas penitentiary superintendent Thomas Morton testified before a Senate subcommittee on prison brutality and reform. He described torture methods, inmate power abuses, and segregated facilities as representative of a nationwide system. He cited graves at Cummins prison farm and urged comprehensive reform across the South.
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The Divergence Between Poor and Rich Worries
A wry quotation contrasts a poor man’s concern for his next meal with a rich man’s worry about his last. Copyright field noted.
Symington critiques anti ballistic missile cost at 400 billion
Senator Symington says a thick Soviet ABM could cost over 400 billion, exceeding the national debt. He cites Brookings as basis and warns of ballooning military costs, noting debt limits and shifts from the Sentinel plan. He supports research but opposes deployment, arguing it may not deter and could fuel arms racing.
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Bowen criticizes university education and governance in progress talk
University of Iowa president Howard Bowen told the 24th National Conference on Higher Education that students lack responsibility for their learning. He urged less lecturing and more writing, discussion, and out of classroom experiences, and warned that faculty vanity and coercive tactics threaten the free educational system.
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National Conference On Higher Education
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Pueblo Capture Not Preventable Says Moorer
Admiral Thomas Moorer testified before a House panel that the Pueblo seizure by North Korea could not have been prevented by military action. He cited time, distance, and darkness, noting ships were dispatched but rescue was not feasible before the vessel entered Wonsan harbor. He called the seizure a piracy violation and described the crew’s treatment as brutal and inhumane.
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Eisenhower Doctors Suspend Intravenous Feedings
Washington AP reports doctors said former President Eisenhower continued to make favorable progress and on Tuesday they stopped all intravenous feedings and medications. He has no fever and heart action remains unchanged but remains very weak and will require considerable time to regain strength.
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Eisenhower
Saigon University Official Slain by Terrorist Attack
The vice president of Saigon University’s medical college was shot and killed Tuesday on the outskirts of Saigon. The gunman escaped on a motorbike, authorities said.
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Apollo 9 pilots test rocket burns for control and safety
Apollo 9 astronauts James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart fired rocket engines twice to test manual handling and structural stability of the nose tethered to the lunar module. Mission Control called the second burn stable and the crew found the controls easy to manage.
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David Scott
Russel Schweickart
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Stuart Roosa
Roosa
Iowa
Berlin Route Shut by Reds Two Hours Each End
Communist forces closed the main Berlin West highway for two hours each end on Tuesday after U S flights carried Chancellor Kiesinger to West Berlin. East German soldiers halted all traffic at Drewitz and Marienborn and jet fighters were seen near air corridors.
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