Offensives in Saigon Area Falter Amid Heavy Fighting
U S and allied forces report halting a Communist unit northwest of Saigon with tanks planes and artillery in a sign the winter spring campaign may be waning. Two GIs were killed and 11 wounded in a separate battle near the capital as the drive appears to slow.
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Thant
White House picketing curbed amid court challenges
Chief Justice Earl Warren ordered continued restrictions on White House picketing until the U S Court of Appeals rules. The Interior Department limits demonstrators to 100 on the sidewalk and 500 in Lafayette Park while park land permits are required.
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Wallace Blonde to plead innocent in Chicago prostitution case
Ja Neen Welch of Indianapolis, who allied with former governor George C. Wallace, plans to plead innocent in a Chicago court next week on a prostitution charge. Her attorney argues the arrest is political and cites her claims of prior affection for Wallace. The report also notes a 24 hour strike by doctors in Bi har India over a mob lynching of Dr. S A Murtaza after a hospital injecta tion rumor.
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Chicago
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Mandel
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India
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Wright Named Head of Vatican Congregation for the Clergy
Cardinal John J. Wright of Pittsburgh was elevated by Pope Paul VI to head the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. At 59 he becomes the first American to lead a Vatican congregation, replacing Jean Cardinal Villot who was named secretary of state. The congregation oversees clerical conduct in line with Vatican regulations.
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Paris sets June 1 for presidential election date
In Paris interim President Alain Poher's cabinet fixed June 1 as the election date. If no candidate wins a majority a runoff will be held two weeks later. The report notes the first meeting under Poher’s chairmanship.
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Alain Poher
Chrysler Valiant price cuts ripple through auto industry
Chrysler cuts the Plymouth Valiant price by 167 to 193 dollars in a surprise move aimed at keeping it competitive. Ford GM and Ameri can Motors deny immediate price slashes, but the move is expected to influence market pricing across the auto sector.
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Namath Cleared in Court After Speeding Fine
Jets star Joe Namath was fined $50 for speeding with $5 court costs and had drunken driving charges dismissed after a traffic court verdict. Namath claimed he was not drunk at the time of arrest on Miami’s 79th Street causeway and said the test showed only a small amount of alcohol.
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New York Jets
Arthur Winston
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79Th Street Causeway
Sirhan Sirhan Defense Plans New Trial Hearing
Sirhan B Sirhan's defense counsel Grant B Cooper expects a half day for new trial arguments. The May 21 hearing will also pronounce sentence for the 25 year old Arab immigrant convicted of Kennedy's slaying.
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Princess Anne launches largest British built tanker Esso Northumbria
The 253000 ton Esso Northumbria slid down the Newcastle shipyard ways after Princess Anne, the queen’s daughter, broke a champagne bottle on the bow. Shipyard workers cheered as the vessel began its voyage, marking a record build for Britain.
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Esso Northumbria
Britain
Plumbers Strike Over Wage raise in San Jose Area
San Jose area and Santa Clara San Benito county plumbers walked out after rejecting an employer offer that raised the hourly rate to 10.15 by May 1 1971. Jim Hartigan business agent for about 1200 plumbers says the union seeks 10.72 an hour in wages and fringes in the final year of a three year contract.
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Santa Clara
San _ Benito county
Jim Hartigan
Lee Su kin case and campus gun measure collide in report
The prosecution seeks the death penalty for Lee Sukin former North Korea official accused of a spy mission and arrested in Saigon while fleeing toward Cambodia on forged documents. Governor Rockefeller signs a gun ban for New York college campuses. S K Majumdar lifts 202 pounds but weighs 14 ounces over during weights event.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
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India
Suspected bomber of plane dies after decades
Robert Vernon Spears, once linked to a 1959 National Airlines Transport crash in the Gulf of Mexico, died at Baylor Medical Center. Cause of death not released. Spear’s identity was debated when William Taylor of Tampa replaced him as a passenger. Spears later served time for car theft and abortion-related charges. He had a Dallas wife and child.
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Gulf of Mexico
Baylor
Spears
Phoenix
Taylor
California
Dallas
Student sets self ablaze over life’s meaning in tragic note
Lieu Chien-sheng a 20 year old college student burned himself to death on Thursday after leaving a note that life and the world are beautiful but meaningless to him His father who was hospitalized died of a heart attack upon hearing the news There is no further context or location provided.
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Lieu Chien-sheng
Brando Defamation Suit Against Actor Dismissed
A $26 million defamation suit filed by the Oakland Police Officers Association and three officers against Marlon Brando was dismissed in Santa Monica. The case cited statements Brando made on the Joey Bishop Show about the Oakland police following the Bobby Hutton shooting last year.
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Marlon Brando
Oakland
Oakland Police Officers Association
Bobby Hutton
Joey Bishop
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