U.S. Infantry Base in Cambodia Hit by Massive Assault
American Frontier City base of the 199th Infantry Division repelled a Viet Cong led assault from Cambodia. North Vietnamese fighters fired rockets and mortars, with beehive shells and heavy artillery, leaving numerous enemy casualties while U.S. defenders suffered minor wounds.
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U.S
China Issues 24Hour Ultimatum Over Nathu La Pass Clash
Reliable sources say Communist China pressed India to withdraw troops from Nathu La on the Sikkim Tibetan border within 24 hours. Indian commander warned of retaliation as Chinese forces threatened in the Chumbi Valley. No incident occurred when deadline passed. both sides on high alert.
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Peking
Nathu la Pass
Talks Continue Amid Black Demands At Colgate Faculty Club
Black students remain in Colgate University’s faculty club as President Franklin W. Wallin says negotiations will continue. Campus protests spread across the nation with sit ins and demonstrations. About 40 members of the Association of Black Collegians seized a Colgate building seeking a black cultural center. The college, 150 years old, has three Black students among 1,950. Police not called unless necessary. City College of New York warns engineering students during talks with minority groups while closing Monday.
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Freeport High School
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Clocks Set For Daylight Time Across 47 States
Forty seven states will move clocks one hour ahead at 2 a.m. Sunday as Daylight Saving Time begins. Michigan voters rejected daylight time in the referendum, while Hawaii and Arizona exempted themselves. Indiana shifts much of the state to eastern time, leaving 12 counties on central time and forcing residents to adjust twice.
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Near Miss Reports Rise After Pilot Immunity Policy
Washington AP reports a FAA study finds granting immunity to pilots reporting near misses increased reports about fivefold. About 2,500 near misses were logged last year nationwide, versus roughly 500 in prior years, with most investigations revealing no real hazard. A UK study in 1961-62 found 2,577 anonymous reports without immunity. The latest study covers 1968 and extends immunity beyond 12 months.
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Federal Aviation Administration
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United States
Warships Leave Sea of Japan After Spy Flight Loss
About 20 of 29 U S warships assigned to protect spy flights off North Korea sailed from the Sea of Japan. Four carriers led groups passed Tsushima Island before heading south. The move follows the April 15 EC121 shootdown and Nixon's pledge to continue armed patrols.
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North Korea
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Sea of Japan
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Tsushima
Nixon
Abernathy Arrested In S C For Picket Violation
Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy and 101 followers were arrested on picket lines for violating an injunction limiting demonstrations to 10 at the South Carolina Medical College Hospital and the Charleston County Hospital. Police guarded sites with National Guard presence as more than 40 strikers, mostly women hospital workers, sought union recognition and higher pay, while hospital officials cited budget limits.
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Ralph David “Abernathy
South Carolina Medical College Hospital
Charleston County
Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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CIO
Robert E. McNair
Dirksen calls for early showdown on Safeguard ABM
Senate GOP leader Dirksen urges immediate confrontation over the Safeguard ABM system and opposes a yearlong delay. Defense Secretary Laird pushes deployment, warning the Soviet Union could seize military superiority by the mid-1970s. Mansfield favors postponing deployment to pursue arms talks while continuing ABM research.
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Senate
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Defense
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Morkda
Dirksen
Nixon
Sens
John Sherman Cooper
Panama City
Fla
Laird
Soviet Union
United States
Mansfield
Cigarette Hearing Witnesses Debate Smoking Link
Washington AP The House Commerce Committee plans four more days of cigarette hearings with doctors testifying in favor of cigarettes. Tobacco interests seek to extend June 30 labeling act preemption while FCC and FTC push stronger warnings and ad bans. critic K Alexander Brownlee from Ouray Colorado questions sampling linking smoking to lung cancer.
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House Commerce Committee
K. Alexande Brownlee
Ouray
Colo
High School Disorders Break Out Nationwide Violence in Chicago
A black youth was shot in the back during a clash at Tilden High School as disorder erupted in several cities. Police say the attack occurred after black students met to discuss school voice, with white students joining fights. incidents spread to corridors and cafeterias, injuring officers and prompting multiple school closures and arrests nationwide.
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Tilden High School
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
City
Rockford
Ill
Rockford West High School
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