Nixon Visits Iran for Overnight Talks with Shah
President Nixon arrived in Tehran for an overnight visit with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to discuss regional and world affairs amid high security. Talks were to cover the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, with Iran seeking reassurance of U.S. support and minimal Soviet interference.
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Nixon
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Mehrabad
Farah
Kiev
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Persian Gulf
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Soviet Union
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India
Iraq
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Alexander Lyushko
Ukraine
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Vladimir Scherbitnsky
Ukrainian Communist Party
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kite Flier Robert Kennedy Dies At Exposition
Thousands watched as Robert Kennedy of Escondido California plummeted from about 500 feet during Transpo r2 the international transportation exposition He was a member of the Australian Birdman Team and was pulled into the air by a speeding car witnesses described a gust of wind and a fatal loss of control leading to his death.
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Transpor2
Kennedy
Jack Wallace
Leesburg
California Death Penalty Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court declined California's bid to review a state Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional under California Law. The decision affects 102 inmates on California's death row, including Sirhan Sirhan and Charles Manson. California lawmaker efforts to reinstate the penalty continued, with Gov. Reagan backing a constitutional amendment and an initiative to restore capital punishment.
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Supreme Court
California
High Court
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Charles Manson
Eveller
Younger
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Ronald Reagan
California Senate
Robert P. Anderson
San Diego
Congress OKs Own Money But None Else
Washington AP describes looming fiscal year start July 1 with Congress fully funded but most other agencies unfunded. House and Senate dispute over a $514.7 million appropriation for Congress delays. stopgap funds likely for executive and judicial branches. Monthly funding set to continue government operations amid 14 pending bills totaling about $175 billion, including a $77 billion defense bill.
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House
Senate
Capitol
Raid At Waterford Party Leads To Drug Tests
Chemists at the State Police Crime lab in Lawrence Park will test a large batch of suspected drugs and paraphernalia seized during a raid on a Waterford party over the holiday weekend. Arrests for some of the 150 attendees await test results. Eighteen troopers from Corry, Meadville, Lawrence Park, Warren and Girard took part in the Sunday night raid at 9 30 on the property of Ralph L Fucci 20 of Waterford.
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Girard
Ralph L. Fucci
U S Bombers Hit Haiphong Rail Yard and North Vietnam
American fighter bombers struck a major North Vietnamese railroad yard near Haiphong, causing large explosions and destroying 16 bridges. A Marine A6 jet was shot down but the crew survived, rescued at sea. Ground fighting and shelling continued near An Loc and Kontum, with casualties reported on both sides.
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U.S. Command
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Vong Bi
China
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
An Loc
Highway 13
Mekong
Pa Lawmakers Back Right To Rule Welfare
Pennsylvania lawmakers push a welfare control bill to restrict rules departments may implement. The measure prompts claims of constitutional issues and a clash with executive authority as Gov. Shapp weighs a veto. The bill advances amid bipartisan support and debate over bureaucratic powers.
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House
Kenneth B. Lee
Senate
Shapp
Motive Sought After Raleigh Shopping Center Shooting
In Raleigh a gunman opened fire at North Hills Shopping Center during a campaign stop by Sen B Everett Jordan, killing three and wounding eight before killing himself. The shooter Harvey McLeod, 22, was a Raleigh janitor with a police record. Hayden, Jordan's aide, was seriously wounded. Jordan was unharmed.
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N.C
Sen B. Everett Jordan
Robert Goodwin
Bruce Bland
CH Haswell
Jordan
North Hills
Wes Hayden
Hayden
U.S
Nick Galifianakis
Durham
George C. Wallace
Maryland
Harvey McLeod
McLeod
Jackie Wharton
James G. Henry
Woodstock
Melvin O. Harrison
New Bern
Harrison
Ivey
Broughton High School
Weekend Memorial Day crashes cause $2775 in damage
Three crashes over Memorial Day weekend damaged six cars totaling $2 775 and left one person with a minor injury. Phillip Amoroso 50 of 970 Mead Avenue reported a lacerated lip after hitting a parked car owned by Dale Hammerlee at 6 30 p m Saturday.
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Mead Avenue
Dale Hammerlee
West Smith Street
Amoroso
North Center Street
Hammerlee
Corry Memorial Hospital
Wayne Street
Lyle S. Hotchkiss
Wayne
John McLaughlin
Corry
William H. Wittmer
Hartville
Ohio
Leon E. McCarter
Mentor
Witmer
McCarter
Wittmer
Marilyn
Mabel
Escorted by a Non-Commissioned Officer of Company C
Escorted by a non commissioned officer of Company C, a service detail moved through a staging area and past checkpoints as part of a routine security drill. The unit remained under standard military protocol while maintaining discipline and order during the exercise.
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Penn
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises Nationwide
Associated Press reports 532 deaths from Memorial Day weekend traffic nationwide with 17 in Pennsylvania. The National Safety Council predicted 530 to 630 fatalities, while 1971 saw 593 and 1969 saw 597 for similar three day holidays. Pennsylvania parades ran under sunny skies amid drownings and highway deaths including an interfaith antiwar service near a Philadelphia bomb crater.
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