Nixon weighs arms aid as Cambodia calls for help
The White House calls the Cambodia conflict a foreign invasion and says Nixon needs more time to decide on U S arms for Cambodia. Ziegler notes 40 000 Communist forces constitute an invasion and cites ongoing appeals for aid. Nixon weighs options amid Vietnam troop withdrawals and congressional opposition.
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White House
Cambodia
Nixon
United States
Ziegler
U.S
Costa Rican Police Battle Thousands Over Alcoa Deal
President Jose T. Trejos accuses Communist elements of steering a Friday night riot as thousands protested the Alcoa mining contract. Police used tear gas to quell clashes around the congress, with 40 arrests and 33 injured reported, amid windows smashed and outlets attacked.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Jose T. Trejos
U.S
Trejos
Alcoa
Aluminum Company of America
Congressional
Nicaragua
Jose Figueres
Figueres
Europe
China launches first manmade satellite in 1970
Tokyo AP reports Communist China announced the launch of a 381 pound satellite that orbits every 114 minutes and transmits the music The East Is Red at 20009 megacycles. Orbit ranges 273 to 1480 miles with a 68.5 degree inclination. The blastoff date cited as April 24, 1970.
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Tokyo
China
New China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Vietnamese Houseboats Towed Down Bassac River
Cambodian navy began towing scores of Vietnamese houseboats down the Bassac River with inhabitants aboard. Troops acted at dawn without warning, aided by Chinese gunboats, moving boats toward the Mekong. The spread of violence in Cambodia follows the Sihanouk ouster and clashes near Angrassom and Takeo.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Bassac River
Bassac
Mekong River
Norodom Sihanouk
White House Turns Down Yippie Leader At Finch Tea
Abbie Hoffman, bodyguard for Grace Slick, is refused entry to a Finch College Alumnae tea at the White House. Tricia Nixon notes Hoffman is not a Finch alumna. Slick declines to attend. Secret Service screens guests as rain-soaked ladies mingle while Hoffman vows further action.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
Washinton
Abbie Hoffman
White House
Hoffman
Finch College
Grace Slick
Finch
Tricia Nixon
Miss Slick
Miss Nixon
Tricia
Nixon
Camp David
David Busby
New Nation
Secret Service
Mutineers Fire On Port au Prince In Haiti Crisis
Haiti faced a security lockdown after mutineers seized three coast guard vessels and shelled Port au Prince. President Francois Duvalier closed airports and restricted communications while citizens were ordered off the streets.
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Miami
Haiti
Coast Guard
Port Au Prince
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Arthur Bonhomme
United States
Washington
Duva
Pentagon accused of flooding Congress with missile scares
Senate critic William Proxmire condemned Pentagon briefings as scare tactics to shield budget growth. He cited SS-9 missile details and new radar as timed propaganda, insisting the United States holds vast destructive capability with thousands of nuclear warheads and delivery systems.
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Pentagon
Congress
Milwaukee
Wis
Senate
Proxmire
United States
Moscow
Chiang Ching-kuo narrowly escapes New York assassination attempt
Police report a 32 year old Cornell researcher Peter Huang attempted to shoot Chiang Ching-kuo at the Plaza Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Huang faced charges of attempted murder and resisting arrest while another man, architect Tzu Tsai Cheng, was held on similar counts. The World United Formosans for Independence disavowed violence. Chiang continued to a luncheon with security nearby and later planned a flight to Denver for a visit to the Air Force Academy.
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Chicago
Miss Slick
Finch
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New York
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Manhattan
Taiwan
Plaza Hotel
Chiang
Peter Huang
Cornell University
Ithaca
William Averill
Huang
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World United
Formosans For Independence
Formosa
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Nism
Peking
Soviet Union
Communist Youth Corps
China
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Colo
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47 States Switch To Daylight Time
Forty seven states move from standard to daylight saving time with clocks set ahead at 2 a.m. Some states exempt themselves from the change under the Uniform Time Act. Michigan Arizona and Hawaii do not observe the change. Indiana counties spread across time zones, and the Navajo Reservation plans daylight saving while the Hopi Reservation stays on standard time.
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Foreign Policy Institute
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