Mines Sink Rampant War on North Vietnam Rivers
Inland waters in North Vietnam and seven ports were mined as part of a broader effort to cut transportation routes into the North. Defense officials said river mining targeted areas with active supply movement while other transport links, highways, rail lines, and switching yards were also attacked. In South Vietnam, Bastogne base near Hue was reoccupied after a helicopter assault, An Loc faced heavy shelling, and a US C-2 Sky Master was downed with the pilot surviving.
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Nixon says mines stay until POWs freed in Southeast Asia
Three wives of missing or captured U S sailors met President Nixon and said he stated North Vietnamese harbors would stay mined until prisoners are released. They quoted assurances of ongoing effort and leverage to secure the return of their husbands, with Nixon and Kissinger pledging continuous action.
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Boston
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Russian Press Breaks Silence On Nixon Visit
Moscow reports indicate Pravda carried Western dispatches on Nixon’s visit as Soviet media begin to acknowledge preparations after the U S mining of North Vietnamese ports. Diplomats say quoted foreign reports offer no guarantee Moscow will host the summit.
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Sixth Aircraft Carrier Sails Into War Zone
The U S navy announced a major buildup off Vietnam with the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga joining six carriers in the Tonkin Gulf. No new Haiphong attacks were reported as Russians unload cargo. three more destroyers and a guided missile frigate also arrived.
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Transfer Turns Okinawa Back to Japan in Historic Ceremony
The United States ends 27 years of occupation as Okinawa and the Ryukyus revert to Japanese rule. Vice President Agnew reads Nixon’s proclamation at the Budokan Tokyo ceremony attended by Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Sato. Japan’s protestors and opposition parties boycott the event while rains flood the celebrations.
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Pacific Dock Threat Ends
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports a pact between the West Coast longshore union and dock employers on Pay Board pay scales ending the dock strike threat. Straight time pay rises 42 cents to 44.70 an hour retroactive to Dec 3 1971, marking a rollback from earlier increases after a March order.
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West Coast
Federal Pay Board
Belfast Combatants Parted In Violent Protestant Catholic Clash
British paratroopers pushed through crossfire to set a truce line in Belfast as nine people died in a violent weekend. Fires, snipers, and shelling lit Ballymurphy and Springmartin while troops ringed the city to halt reinforcements.
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Ballymurphy
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Two Blairstown Brothers Killed in Benton County Crash
Greg Vogel 17 and his brother John 16 of rural Blairstown died after their car collided with another on a Benton County road south of Van Horne on Monday. Greg died at the scene. John died en route to a Cedar Rapids hospital. They were sons of Mr and Mrs Charles Vogel. Services will be at Peffers Halvorson Home in Blairstown.
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Benton County
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Vogel
Peffers - Halverson
Amish Win Supreme Court Exemption From Higher Education
The Amish win unanimous Supreme Court exemption from laws forcing education beyond the eighth grade in a Wisconsin case. Chief Justice Burger notes the state interest in education but protects free exercise of religion. Iowa said decision not to affect its Amish schools and other actions include desegregation bus funding and gun control cases.
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Supreme Court
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Warren E. Burger
Iowa
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Norfolk
Burger
Wouid
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
West German Opposition Backs Brandt Peace Pacts
Bonn AP report says leaders of West Germany's opposition dropped final objections to Chancellor Willy Brandt's peace and security pacts and expect ratification by a broad majority in parliament.
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Willy Brandt
Palo Busing Appealed to Joint County
A Cedar Rapids Community School Board busing ruling to move fourth through sixth graders to Jackson Elementary drew opposition from Palo residents. Jerry Hansen Joan A. Guth and Robert R. Milota filed a notice of appeal with Joint County on May 8. A public hearing will be scheduled after the Cedar Rapids board provides a certified transcript of proceedings.
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