Monticello Audit Finds Discrepancies in City Clerk Books
Monticello officials report audit findings show a $252.65 shortfall in utilities collections from 1971 to 1972. Auditor notes quick discovery due to strong bookkeeping. other gaps include unrecorded payments in 1971 and 1972. The piece includes wartime dispatches from Saigon and Kontum, detailing air attacks and a downed C 130 transport.
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Monticello
Air Force Transport
Norlin
Kontum
Lloyd Smith
Pleiki
Kontam
da Nang
Hue
Bastogne
Battle for Hue Near, Says U S Official
U S defense officials say four North Vietnamese divisions may be near Hue ready to attack any day. They call it possibly the decisive battle of the campaign with a South Vietnamese victory potentially breaking the three prong invasion. A Communist win would be a severe blow in the South and the fighting could be long and very bloody.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Hue
North Vietnam
Humphrey Campaign Funds Strained Ahead of California Primary
An AP report notes Senator Hubert Humphrey faces growing financial trouble as the Democratic race nears California on June 6. He concentrates resources there to slow George McGovern, amid weak showings in Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. Wallace remains off the California ballot.
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Lewbsport
Detroit
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Minnesota
George McGovern
Humphrey
McGovern
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Michigan
Maryland
Baltimore
Nith
Wallace
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohin
Florida
Wisconsin
New York
Shirley Chisholm
Oregon
Civ
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Mii Iosaka
Walter I. Mears
Wester
Aubert I Humphrey
Fee
Ald
West German ratifies treaties easing East tensions
The West German Bundestag narrowly ratified the German Soviet treaties with 240 votes for, 10 against, and 233 abstentions. Negotiated by Brandt in 1970, the pacts renounce force and acknowledge historic German losses to the Soviet Union and Poland. Ratification signals steps toward easing Cold War tensions, as Berlin’s wall reopens for Pentecost visits, amid Brandt's Ostpolitik.
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Brandt
Moscow
Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
Europe
Berlin Wall
New Land Needed To Extend Airport Life
Cedar Rapids voters face a 3 million bond issue to acquire about 1,450 acres adjoining the airport. The plan aims to overlay runways and taxi strips to meet FAA safety and environmental guidelines, including a new 3,400-foot north-south runway and a sanitary sewer interceptor. The second of three articles outlines land purchases totaling 2.65 million, with a broader 50 year life goal.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Don Hines
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Chicago
O'Hare
Los Angeles International
Minneapolis
Chris Young
Airport Consultants
Land
Palisades Park
Norway
Wallace Wins Primary While Hospitalized in Md
Wallace, recovering from a gunshot wound, learns of Michigan and Maryland primary wins. Doctors report he is alert, reading, and improving though leg paralysis persists. Surgery will determine spinal injury. officials dispute reports of permanent paralysis.
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Alabama
Hon
Wallace wins Michigan by two to one in Democratic primary
President Nixon easily defeated opposition in Maryland and Michigan mimicked a Wallace surge as supporters rallied after the shooting. Wallace captured 60 percent in Michigan and 40 percent in Maryland, with McGovern at 27 and 14 in Michigan and Humphrey at 37 and 22 in Maryland.
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McGovern
Michigan
Humphrey
Maryland
South Dakota
Wallace
Nixon
Capitol protest sings as police arrest Capitol dome scene
In Washington a mixed group sings America the Beautiful inside the Capitol rotunda for about 150 people. Police move in to arrest the singers as protesters from Clergy and Laymen Concerned stage a sit in after seven years of war protests. The scene is described as peaceful with reporters noting unusual calm.
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Washington
UPI
America the Beautiful
Capitol Dome
Capitol
Protesters Arrested At Capitol Rotunda Demonstration
A march of protesters in business attire gathered at the Capitol rotunda and faced arrest as police escorted participants to the city jail. Dr Benjamin Spock and Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin were present among the demonstrators as officials described unlawful entry and began arrests.
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Rotunda
Stern
Benjamin Ispock
Powell
William Sloane Coffin
Yale University
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