Initial Phases Of Port Minings Accomplished In Vietnam War
Saigon reports the United States began mining Haiphong and other North Vietnamese ports as part of a broadened blockade. The operation included heavy air and naval bombardment of rail and highway targets in the North, with one MIG jet shot down and more losses reported. A cruiser-destroyer flotilla commander, Rear Adm. Rembrandt C. Robinson, died in a helicopter crash, with staff missing.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Tonkin Gulf
Adm
Rembrandt C. Robinson
Providence
Robinson
Navy
Hon Gai
Judges Selected for Miss Point Mallard Pageant
Bob Horton announces five judges for the Miss Point Mallard pageant to select the winner from 24 North Alabama contestants. The panel includes Burton L. Jones Huntsville Sally Locke Birmingham Dr Frank McArthur Florence Diane Pearson Birmingham and Richard Vance Swindle Birmingham. The event occurs at 7 p.m. at the Point Mallard Aquatic Center with pageant coverage continued on Page A-5.
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Bob Horton
North Alabama
Burton L. Jones
Huntsville
Jones
Samford University
Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Community Council
Madison County
Sally Locke
Birmingham
Frank McArthur
Florence
Florence State University
McArthur
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Alabama Bandmasters Association
Alabama Music Educators Association
Diane Pearson
First National Bank of Birmingham
Pearson
Bank
Australia
Copenhagen
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Richard Vance Swindle
Swindle
Samford
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Reserve
Horton
Nashvillians Tour Decatur in Lighthearted Visit
Nashville leaders visited Decatur on a goodwill tour filling City Hall with laughter and a playful vote against making Mayor Gunthorp a boosters club member. Booster president Jim Regan spoke after Decatur Chamber of Commerce showcased A New Kind of City before touring Point Mallard.
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Nashville
Decatur
Music City
City Hall
Charles Gunthorp
Boosters Club
Boosters
Jim Regan
WSM
Bill Dukes
Israeli army kills three hijackers at airport siege
Israeli troops killed three hijackers and captured another while freeing 97 hostages aboard a Belgian airliner at Tel Aviv's international airport after a 21 hour ordeal. Separately a two man rescue team began reaching miners trapped after a Sunshine mine fire in Idaho with 58 believed missing. Chinese ships attacked by U S forces near North Vietnam were reported by Peking.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine
Tokyo
U. S
Peking
First American newspaper cartoon debuts in Franklin era
On this date in 1754 Benjamin Franklin published the first newspaper cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Weather notes forecast mid to upper 70s today and low 50s tonight with highs in the low 80s expected Wednesday. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Landers
America
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Tennessee Valley
Soviets Criticize Nixon Move Over Vietnam Actions
Tass denounces Nixon for naked aggressive acts and violation of international law amid plans to block North Vietnamese ports. Nixon also orders mining and actions on internal waters, drawing Soviet ire while denying targetting the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Tass
Nixon
North Vietnam
Washington
Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Soviet Union
Tassm
Nixon Risks Collapse Of Red Summit Talks
President Nixon tied mining North Vietnamese harbors to a sea quarantine and warned Moscow to quit aiding Hanoi within three days or face destruction of Soviet ships. Kissinger cautioned the move could imperil the Moscow summit set for May 22, noting initial Soviet reaction was unclear and risks remain.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
Canal Maritime
Nixon
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
United States
Impeach President Says Lady Lawmaker
Rep Bella A D NY says Nixon mining Haiphong harbors is a high crime justifying impeachment. She will be joined by others in introducing the resolution as antiwar groups plan weeklong protests culminating in nationwide rallies. Senator Hartke condemns the action as reckless international law.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Bella A
N.Y
North
Vietnam
Senate
Hugh Scott
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Russia
China
Jerry Gordon
National Peace Action Coaliion
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Indochina
Robert Dole
Kansas
O'Brien
Dole
George McGovern
Nebraska
Bank Street Merchant Dies at 54
Joe D. Curry, 54, of 2319 Quince Drive SE and nephew of Sen. John Sparkman, died Monday night of an apparent heart attack at the home of Alvin Mendel on Nelson Street SE. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Southside Baptist Church with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Gunthorp Funeral Home in charge.
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Joe D. Curry
Quince Dr. SE
John Sparkman
Alvin Mendel
Nelson St. SE
Southside Baptist Church
Joe Ray
Joe Hoover
Roselawn
Gunthorp
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Marsha Hillibrand
Portland
Ore
Meier and Frank Department Store
Son Tay
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Miles
Vinh
Lang Son
H Lon Goi
No Phao
Gulf of Tonkin
South China Sea
Quang Khe
Hue
Quang
Cam Pha
Dong Hoi
Nashville Booster Club
Lucy Tarkington
Decatur 4
Point Mallard
John Hudson
Nashvillian
Nashvillians
Magnavox
Second Avenue
Alabama
Athens
Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Dial
Bank Street
Joe Curry
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