Nixon Announces National Minority Business Enterprise Plan
President Nixon announces a minority business initiative creating the Office of Minority Business Enterprise to coordinate federal and private efforts. An advisory council, an information center, and a network of 116 programs aim to boost Black, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Indian business participation at all levels.
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Nixon
National Minority Business Enterprise Plan
Washington
Comerce
A. Stans
Stans
Apollo 9 astronauts test lunar module transfer in space
Schweickart and McDivitt flew the lunar module to demonstrate transferring between the lunar module and the command module. Schweickart, ill but able to transfer, became the first American to move between spacecraft in orbit. Engineers reported minor debris from the lunar module’s outer skin but deemed it non hazardous.
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Schweickart
McDivitt
Scnweickart
Charles Berry
Space Agency
Hetty
MacDivitt
Air Force
David A. Scott
Scott
Moon
Vote 18 movement in Virginia campus hearing stirs debate
Legislators face questions on lowering voting age as students and professors argue the need for youth participation. Speakers including Dr. Gordon Mass and Sammy Redd recount calls for 18-year-olds to vote, while concerns about campus unrest and the relevance of 21 remain.
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Hunter B. Andrews
Hampton
House P&e Committee
Andrews
George Grayson
College of William & Mary
B.C
Yesteryear
Robert E. Shepherd
Young Democratic Clubs of
Virginia
Sammy Redd
Virginia State College
Vietnam
Redd
Gordon Mass
Longwood College
Berlin roads jammed as Communists curb West Berlin access
Berlin faced intensified road blockades last weekend with three hour morning and four hour afternoon stoppages. East Germany backed by the Soviet Union pressed to disrupt travel into West Berlin for weeks, closing the main autobahn at Helmstedt and delaying border processing as convoys sought passage during election days.
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West Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
Helmstedt
Berlin
Sirhan on trial recounts Kennedy shooting and notes
The transcript describes Sirhan Sirhan’s testimony on June 5 1968 the Kennedy assassination case. He recounts wandering from a parade to the Ambassador Hotel and his belief about a Jewish organization sign his anti Zionist stance and his claimed lone responsibility while denying party membership.
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Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Ambassador
Destiny
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Grant Cooper
Communist Party
Cooper
RFE
New York
United States
NC State cafeteria strike escalates over pay and jobs
Chancellor Caldwell said grievances would be heard but unlawful conduct will not be tolerated as about 6,000 to 7,000 students and staff gathered. The walkout began Feb 23 with 16 workers at Pine Room, growing to 140 on strike over wages, working conditions, and payroll records. Two steps already taken include retroactive pay raises and instructions regarding permanent status after 90 days.
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Food Service
Pine
Lenoir Hall
Sitterson
Svan
Caldwell
Bob Scott
J. C. Eagles Jr
Ilhiam
Raleigh
John T. Caldwell
North Carolina State University
Hijacker steals 1700 from passenger on Cuba flight
A bearded ex convict hijacked a Nation al Airlines Boeing 727 over Norfolk Virginia during a New York to Miami flight and robbed Raul Bowman of 1700 dollars. Havana later returned the money and kept the hijacker Jimmy Carver who claimed to be from California. The incident ended with 19 passengers and six crew aboard returning to Miami.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Susan Gluck
Jimmy Carver
California
Norfolk
New York
Edmund Buchser
Milistia
Ree
Has Yana
Carver
Walter Jenkins
Brooklyn
N.Y
James Tucker
Belize
British Honduras
Vietnam
U.S
Tucker
Robert Pierpost
Don Tucker
North Branford, Conn
Flight hijack ends with surrender aboard Havana bound jet
Daley Ware criticizes campaign remarks while reporters quiz officials about Sears Roebuck plans for a new national headquarters on the West Side. In the unrest surrounding the Democratic National Convention, the mayor claims television coverage deceived the public. The hijacking narrative follows the crew and passengers as the hijacker demands money, then relents after a series of confrontations aboard the Bahamas bound flight.
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Daley
Sears, Roebuck and Co
West Side
Humphrey
Chicago
Michigan
Balbo
Peace at Paris talks and Vietnam war casualty updates
President calls for peaceful negotiation at the Paris conference table as U S forces in Saigon prepare to release first week casualty figures of the new offensive that began February 23 The Pentagon expects higher fatalities while the enemy shells South Vietnamese towns and bases Hanoi protests U S bombardment amid a declared bomb halt and reports of naval fire on villages north of the DMZ in Quang Binh province
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Paris
U.S
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hanoi Radio
Foreign Ministry
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