Protests Sweep Nation Over Cambodia War Decision
Students at multiple campuses clash with police as ROTC offices are firebombed and effigies of Nixon are burned. Demonstrations occur at Maryland, Union College, Hobart, Oregon State, Stanford, Kent State, Caltech and more amid calls for impeachment and antiwar actions nationwide.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Cambodia
ROTC
University of Maryland
College Park
National Guard
Air Force Rotc
The
University
Union College
Schenecta
N.Y
General Motors Co
Hobart College
Geneva
Oregon State University
Stanford University
Los Altos
Calif
Col
Stanley Ramey
Stanford
North Carolina decides judges and party nominees in light turnout
Voters select State Court of Appeals candidates Fred Hedrick and Harry C. Martin in a closed Democratic primary as no Republicans or American party candidates contest. Congressional primaries pit Rep Alton Lennon against Charles Rose III in the 7th District while 1st and 4th District races shape party nominations.
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North Carolina
State Court of Appeals
Congress
General Assembly
Fred Hedrick
Statesville
Superior Court
Harry C. Martin
Asheville
Court of Appeals
Alton Lennon
Wilmington
Lennon
Charles Rose III
Fayetteville
Young Democrats
Jack Hawke
Ben T. Perry
Chapel Hill
Walter Jones
L. C. Nixon
New Bern
Frederick R. Weber
Lumber Bridge
Lumberton
L. C. Flowers
Johnson backs Nixon as protests urged to unify
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson urged unity behind President Nixon at a Chicago dinner saying the nation cannot withdraw from the world and Cambodia and Laos are within 30 hours of the United States. He warned against dissension and said Nixon has his support and the support of freedom lovers. He emphasized peace as a first agenda item while maintaining global responsibilities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
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Cambodia
Laos
United States
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Johnson
U.S
America
Congress
J. W. Fulbright
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate
Fulbright
Berlin
Tokyo
Moscow
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
Saigon
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Milton Young
R-N.d
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Boston
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Nixon Agrees To Talk It Over With Congressional Committees
President Nixon will meet Tuesday with four congressional committees to discuss the use of U S ground troops in Cambodia. The Foreign Relations Committee and leaders from Senate and House foreign relations and military affairs panels endorsed the talks amid broad criticism of the decision to deploy troops.
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Cornell University
Congressional
Gregg Herrington
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Cambodia
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Senate
House
U. S
Cam
House Foreign Affairs Committee
First U S Battle Deaths Reported In Cambodia
Two American soldiers were killed in ground fighting in Cambodia amid the U S South Vietnamese invasion. A third American died in a fighter bomber crash, with a second aircraft downed. the ground fatalities were part of an operation advancing toward COSVN headquarters in the Fishhook area about 30 miles inside Cambodia.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
USS
Cambodia
U.S
U.S. 1Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Nixon
The
South Vietnam
COSVN
Fishhook
Cambodian
Apollo 13 Explosion Likely From Oxygen Tank Short Circuit
NASA Deputy Administrator George Low said investigators narrowed the probable cause of the Apollo 13 explosion to a short circuit in oxygen tank No. 2. He noted no one yet could be sure, but the board outlined a sequence: short in the tank, combustion, pressure rise, rupture, and a panel blowout.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
George Low
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Low
Army Captain Charged in MacDonald Family Slaying
Capt Jeffrey R MacDonald a Green Beret captain and Ft Bragg preventive medicine doctor is charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of his wife Colette 26 and two daughters Kimberly 6 and Kristen Jean 2 The Army will refer the case to an investigating officer to decide on a court martial with final authority resting with MacDonald's commanders.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Patchogue
N. Y
Ft. Bragg Army Camp
MacDonald
Army
Colette MacDonald
Kimberly
Kristen Jean
Seven Indicted Over F111 Part Conspiracy Probe
Seven individuals face federal charges for conspiring to pass defective F111 parts. The 20 count indictment from Little Rock names three General Dynamics employees and four subcontractor officials alleging parts were relabeled and resold after defects. Two crew deaths in Nevada and multiple crashes are noted as context. Neuman L. Johnson surrendered in Fort Worth. other GD employees James L. Townley and Joseph R. Spear are named.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
Little Rock
Ark
General Dynamics Material Review Board
Grand
General Dynamics
Neuman L. Johnson
Fort Worth
James L. Townley
Joseph R. Spear
Sunday Reading Examines Home Drinking Habits
A Duke University professor highlights how parenting shapes offspring drinking patterns in the home. The Sunday Enterprise covers seven High Point Chamber representatives in Washington for the U S Chamber meeting and promises reports on local primary elections, Nixon policy on school desegregation, and the Cambodia troop decision background.
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Sunday Enterprise
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Piedmont
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Cambodia
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