Viet Cong terror alerts and Saigon clashes rise
In Pleiku an observation crewman died when an aircraft was hit Tuesday night. Saigon reports show multiple violent incidents with explosions killing civilians and wounding others. Police tightened security as threats of weekend attacks surfaced after Thieu Nixon talks. Casualties remained high: 261 American, 1,810 wounded. 325 South Vietnamese troops killed, 1,021 wounded.
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Central Highlands
Saigon
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
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U.S
Viet Cong
People’s Revolutionary Committee
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Violence in American history high in 1960s study
A commission report summaries Graham and Gurr findings on U.S. violence since 1963. It notes Americans’ historical amnesia and the 1960s as a violent era amid black white confrontations, antiwar protests, and university unrest. It compares casualty and participation rates with 17 Western democracies and 114 large nations. It cites unresolved grievances and mixed ethnic dynamics as enduring causes.
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United States
Poportis
Hugh Davis Graham
Johns Hopkins University
Ted Robert Gurr
Princeton
Jerusalem
Graham
Gurr
Belgium
France
Italy
U.S
Indictments Link Police to Gambling Racketeering Probe
A grand jury charged nine others in a case involving policemen accused of taking payoffs from organized gamblers. A ninth man described as a Columbus numbers operator was charged with making payoffs to officers. Indictments allege conspiracy to use interstate facilities to aid racketeering and to defraud the United States. Arraignments set for June 13.
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Grand Jury
M.E. Sensenbrenner
Robert Baus
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Fred Simon
U.S. Dist. Atty
Roger Makley
U.S. District Court
United States
King Appointed To State Post
Chris H. King of Birmingham was reappointed by Gov. Albert Brewer to the State Board of Public Accountancy. His new term runs until May 9, 1973.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chris H. King
Birmingham
Albert Brewer
State Board of Public Accountancy
King
Omaha Beach Battle Refusal to Quit Led to Breakthrough
Ryan recalls hours after dawn landing at Omaha Beach the moment U S soldiers decided to push forward despite heavy fire. Eisenhower prepared a brief note on the failure while planning suggested by time could have extended war by 18 months or altered contact with the Russians. A sergeant’s kick and a desperate push changed the momentum as morning fatigue gave way to determined advance.
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Omaha
Ryan
England
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Unn
Evans Meltdown Disaster on Board Destroyer Frank E Evans
The Australian carrier Melbourne sliced the U S destroyer Evans in two. 74 American sailors were lost and the bow sank. Survivors say most crew were asleep. A joint U S Australian inquiry is pending with limited public comment from the Navy. The Evans survivors and officers await official reports. The forward section remains entombed with 73 sailors. The remaining crew were aboard Kearsarge en route to Subic Bay Philippines.
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Melbourne
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Evans
U.S. Navy
Australian Navy Department
Navy Department
A.S. McLemore
Naval
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Kearsarge
Subic Bay
Philippines
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Area Service Men In News: Spec Four Johnny G Peek Receives CIB
Specialist Four Johnny G Peek of Hartselle Alabama earned the Combat Infantryman Badge during ceremonies near Pleiku Vietnam. A rifleman with Company B 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Division 12th Infantry Peek enlisted in March 1968, trained at Fort Benning and Fort Gordon, and arrived in Vietnam last September.
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Pleiku
Vietnam
Spec. Peek
John S. Peek Jr
12Th Infantry
Army
Ft. Benning
Ft. Gordon
Spec
Latin American unity urged beyond Alliance for Progress
Latin American foreign ministers propose new bases for inter American economic and social cooperation in a memorandum to be delivered to President Nixon, aiming to go beyond the Alliance for Progress. The move signals a shift toward broader regional collaboration.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Nyt
Nixon
Nixon attacks isolationists at Air Force Academy speech
In a forceful address at the Air Force Academy Nixon defended defense and foreign policy and pledged not to turn his back on the world. In Washington Democrats began personal criticism as Fulbright and Gere warned that Old Nixon may be resurfacing and harming his Capitol Hill goodwill.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
Nyt
Air Force Academy
Nixon
America
Washington
Capitol Hill
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Albert Gere
Waiting List Tops 100,000 for Public Housing
New York officials report a backlog of more than 100,000 low income families awaiting public housing. The lengthy waiting list highlights demand for affordable homes and the strain on city shelters and housing programs.
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York City
New York
Nyt
Nixon attacks on missile defense draw bipartisan isolationist label
Washington AP reports that many Democrats and at least one Republican object to President Nixon labeling opponents of his missile defense program and high military spending as the new isolationists.
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Nixon
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