Nixon Tours Leningrad After Signing Arms Pact
President Nixon walked through Leningrad's mass graves and signed the first step accord to curb the arms race. He and Soviet leader Podgorny placed a wreath at The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier and wrote in Tanya's diary at the cemetery.
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Leningrad
Nixon
Kremlin
Nikolai Podgorny
Piskaryev Memorial
Tanya
Pavlosk
Podgorny
Anatoly Dobrynin
United States
Vasily Kuznetsov
U.S
William P. Rodgers
Dobrynin
Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
Iran
Poland
Nixon Brezhnev Sign Nuclear Arms Pact in Kremlin
Nixon and Brezhnev signed major accords to limit defensive missiles and cap offensive missiles for five years. The pact sets two ABM sites and launchers caps, parity in overall nuclear power, and limits on ICBMs and submarine missiles pending Senate approval. Negotiations note Vietnam and the Middle East remain unresolved. Nixon then toured Leningrad before returning home.
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Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Hiroshima
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Senate
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Vietnam
Middle East
America
U.S
Grand Forks
N.C
Washington, D.C
United States
Soviets
Kis predicts treaty sails through with overwhelming margin
Presidential adviser Henry Kis predicted a strong approval for the treaty. Senator John Stennis, chair of the Armed Services Committee, voiced hope to support it but delayed commitment until his panel reviews the measure.
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Henry Kissinger
John Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Air Strikes Hit Bridge and Tank Assaults in Vietnam
U S jets and helicopters destroyed North Vietnamese tanks on the central front and hit the Lang Giai bridge northeast of Hanoi with laser guided bombs. Ground forces and air power also fought near Kontum, My Chanh, and An Loc as casualties rose and the battle for Saigon’s outskirts continued.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
China
Lang Giai
Kontum City
Central Highlands
My Chanh
Hui
Quang Tri Province
Air Force
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Nixon
An Loc
Highway 13
1St Air Cavalry Division
Nixon clinches 1972 Republican nomination lead
President Nixon has at least 686 delegates, surpassing the 674 needed to win the Republican nomination. McCloskey briefly led opponents after New Hampshire but dropped out. Ashbrook remains a marginal challenger as delegates continue to be chosen through July.
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Washington
Nixon
Miami Beach
Associated Press
White House
New Hampshire
Paul N. McCloskey
McCloskey
John Ashbrook
California
New Mexico
George S. McGovern
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Humphrey McGovern Set for California Debate on Birthday
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, 61, plans a quiet birthday with a Los Angeles party as he and Sen. George McGovern prepare for a Face the Nation debate. The candidates clash over peacetime jobs for California and race toward the June 6 primary, with two more debates scheduled before Miami Beach.
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Los Angeles
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
Humphrey
McGovern
California
CBS
East
Palo Alto
Calif
Nixon
Von Braun Leaves NASA for Fairchild Industries
Wernher von Braun, longtime leader of the U S rocket program, announced he will retire from NASA after 27 years and join Fairchild Industries in Germantown Md as corporate vice president for engineering and development. He helped develop the Redstone Saturn and Jupiter systems and led the Marshall Space Flight Center sequence that powered America's early space program.
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Dr. Wernher von Braun
Germany
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
von Braun
Redstone
America
Moon
U.S
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Aministration
Fairchild Industries
Germantown
Fairchi
Earth
Adolph Hitler
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Soviet Union
Dwight
D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Vanguard
Mixed Reactions To U S Soviet Arms Pact
Washington conservatives deride the agreement banning new weapons but allowing refinements while liberals and moderates applaud. Senator Henry M. Jackson says the pact leaves the U S with a four to one missile disadvantage, and Representative John M Ashbrook calls it a decade of danger. Humphrey and Muskie praise the pact amid campaign trails.
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United States
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Moscow
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Humphrey
San Francisco
California
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Muskie
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