Israel Egypt artillery duel rages along Suez Canal
Israel and Egypt fought an artillery duel along the 103 mile Suez Canal with both sides claiming blows. Cairo said three Israeli helicopters were downed and listed casualties but Tel Aviv gave no casualty details. U.N. observers brokered a temporary halt after initial fighting and a second clash followed after darkness. Cairo radio reported fires at Port Suez oil installations and Ismailia. King Hussein pledged Jerusalem is ours and vowed no concession.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Cairo
U.N
Suez
Ismailia
el Qantara
Port Tautiq
Port Said
Cairo Radio
el Kab
Port Taufiq
Suez City
Ahmed Ismail Aly
Abdel Moneim Riad
Canal
Gaza
Firdan
Port Suez
Port Taufig
el Shait
New York
U Thant
Easton
Bucher led courage under pressure in submarine crisis
Pueblo section recalls the court summation on Cmdr. Bucher’s actions after the seizure of the USS Pueblo. It defends his leadership in bringing 81 sailors home, notes intense debate over wartime choices, and criticizes claims that more lives would have justified the actions taken.
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Harvey
Navy
Cmdr
Bucher
United States
Cmdr. Bucher
Buckerell
Brighten up spring with Marian Martin sewing pattern
Advertises Pattern 9198 from Marian Martin with sizes 10 to 28 and 34 inch fabric needs. Mentions 65 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mailing, pattern department address, and a spring-summer catalog. Promotes instant sewing book with over 500 pictures for $1.
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Marian Martin
Register
Pattern Dept
Coast Guard ends search after mid Atlantic trawler collision
Copeland reports good weather and 4-foot seas at the crash site off the U S coast. Temperatures in the 20s limited survival time. Coast Guard will not pursue action. two foreign vessels involved outside the three mile limit. Bureau estimate places 22 to 26 crew aboard the 125 foot trawler. Lt. Garron Grow observed a one mile by three quarter mile oil slick and debris, noting no life jackets seen. Several trawlers and factory ships searched the area without recovering Crew amid the oil slick.
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Copeland
Coast Guard
U.S
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Glouchester
Mass
Bureau
Garron Grow
Elizabeth City
N.C
Senate Ratifies Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
The Senate ratified the treaty after blocking added conditions amid debate over deployment and talks with the Soviet Union. Britain has ratified. the USSR France and Red China did not participate. The agreement aims to keep nuclear weapons from other nations while allowing peaceful energy use.
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Soviet Union
Senate
U.S
Great Britain
France
Red China
Atach
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fulbright
Apollo 9 crew rescued from ocean after splashdown
Apollo 9 astronauts Scott Schweickart and McDivitt left the helicopter deck aboard the carrier after a rough retrieval by a rescue team. They were hauled aboard and later thanked Guadalcanal cooks who had prepared a four tier 350 pound cake. The trio planned to stay aboard the carrier until Friday then travel by helicopter to Eleuthera Island before refueling in Cape Kennedy and heading to Ellington Air Force Base near Houston. Apollo 8 previously orbited Earth 151 times in ten days.
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Scott
Schweickart
McDivitt
Gud
Alcanal
Guadalcanal
Eleuthera Island
Bahamas
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Earth
Return from space marked by cake and splashdown cheers
Pickup spoke of returning to Earth with shaky footing while Rusty Schweickart praised the crowd. Sailors baked a 350 pound welcome home cake as mission members joked about rationing cake on the voyage home. A global TV audience watched the splashdown with orange and white parachutes near target.
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Earth
Rusty Schweickart
McDivitt
Founder's Day tensions flare at Charlottesville rally
Rosen forecasts desegregation as a near certainty while promising Founder's Day activities in Charlottesville. Speakers clash with Godwin as demonstrators disperse among politicians and students from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond.
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Godwin
Rosen
Charlottesville
General Assembly
Student
Virginia Commonwealth University
the University
Richmond
Two Charged in Mutilated Body Case in Chesapeake
Police arrested Cora Ernestine McKown 20 and Henry Lee Clere 25 of Portsmouth on murder charges after the mutilated body of Thomas A. McKown 27 was found sewn in a blanket and later identified. Both suspects are in Chesapeake City jail with $50,000 bond ahead of the March 18 preliminary hearing. The victim's car, registered to him, was recovered from the Elizabeth River after divers and Coast Guard boats located it upside down offshore near Crawford Street.
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Chesapeake
Cora Ernestine McKown
Henry Lee Clere
Portsmouth
Chesapeake City
Chesapeake Commonwealth
Peter MM. Axson Jr
Robert E. Joyner
Thomas A. McKown
West
Norfolk
McKown
Elizabeth River
Citizens Trust
Crawford Street
Tidewater Construction Co
Navy
Coast Guard
Student Boycott of A and T Dining Room Launched
Greensboro AP reports a student boycott of North Carolina A and T State University dining rooms began after failed wage talks with Slater Food Service. One hall closed, the other staffed by supervisors, while students urge classmates to eat elsewhere. The strike, linked to a $1.20 per hour wage, mirrors a UNC Chapel Hill action.
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Greensboro AP
North Carolina A&t State University
ARA Stater Food Service
John Bouncer
Slater
Hubert Flanders
Althrough
ARA Slater Catering Service
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
North Carolina A&t
Sentinel Antimissile Dilemma Aims at Senate votes
Laird backs moving toward an antimissile system while concerns grow over its effectiveness against a heavy Russian attack and the risk of elevating Cold War tensions. Nixon plans a congressional briefing as a Senate divide over deployment persists.
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Sentinel
Nixon
Congress
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Antimissil
Defense
Hart
Senate
Michigan
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
China
Red China
United States
White House urged to coordinate federal antipoverty programs
Washington AP report says GAO’s secret study faults the administration of Office of Economic Opportunity and calls for White House coordination across agencies. It recommends stripping OEO of coordinating power while keeping program innovation, with possible creation of an anti poverty council under the White House.
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White House
Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Tenta
Nixon
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Oeos
OHO
OEFO
OBO
White ‘House
Johnson
Durham Campus Protest and Curfew in Durham
Demonstrators on campus property lined the wall between east campus and downtown Durham to taunt police after curfew violations. About 85 people were arrested the first night, most released on $50 bail with March 27 trial. Firebombs damaged a Cornwallis Road housing project office and a Haiti section house. Guardsmen arrived from nearby towns to patrol, with road blocks set on major arteries. In Chapel Hill, UNC students left Manning Hall after a state patrol ultimatum and additional troopers arrived. Governor Scott ordered Manning Hall closed and health safety concerns cited. hundreds gathered at South Building for speeches criticizing police action.
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Durham
East Campus
University
Duke University
James Buchanan
Duke
Woman’s College
Trinity College
Haiti
Cornwallis Road
Chapel Hill
N.C
Manning Hall
State Highway Patrol
University of North Carolina
Charles Speed
Raleigh
Jumply
Law School
J. Carlyle Sitterson
Bob Scott
Scott
Small Town Reacts Strongly to Funeral Flower Debate
Millis residents show mixed feelings as a funeral flower policy sparks heated talk. Father Fay defends the change while local business leaders, led by florist John S. Santos, warn it could devastate funeral trade. Albert L. Martin backs the clergymen as prudent, criticizing hollow displays at funerals.
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Father Fay
St. Thomas’ Roman Catholic Church
John P. Leonard
John S. Santos
Santos
Albert L. Martin
Martin
Vietnam Talks End Without Progress Amid War Critique
North Vietnam’s Ambassador Thuy and Le Duan ally Kiem criticized U.S. adaptation in Vietnam and rejected bombing halt breaches. They blamed Washington for any consequences of new aggressive actions as the four delegates reported no real negotiations. U.S. Ambassador Lodge said talks yielded no solid progress but informed the public of positions.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Kiem
Kuan Thuy
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
United States
Thuy
Nixon
Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam War Casualty Report Highlights Rising US Wounds
The report notes ongoing US and South Vietnamese casualties amid a broader offensive. Booby traps cause about 60 percent of Delta region injuries, while B52s target suspected Viet Cong bases near Saigon. Weekly tallies show 1,694 American wounded and 259 killed. Viet Cong losses reach 4,083 with 1,058 wounded.
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Saigon
25Th Division
U.S
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