Massive raids press North Vietnam near Hanoi
U S naval forces conducted large scale raids on North Vietnamese storage facilities 15 miles west of Hanoi. The operation targeted military heartland and flood control dikes in Nam ha province. Both sides reported aircraft losses as ships shelled routes and bridges in the Panhandle near the DMZ.
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Saigon
United States Navy
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States Command
Hed River
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Benhet
Nixon orders North Vietnam blockade and rail cuts
President Nixon announced a sea mined blockade of North Vietnamese ports and orders U S air strikes on rail lines from China. The action aims to halt supplies while U S withdrawals continue. official notes say ships may be warned and mines activated by May 1 Saigon time.
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Nixon
U.S
China
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Defense Department
Daniel Z. Henkin
Henry A. Kissinger
Anatoly Dobrynin
White House
United Nations Security Council
George Bush
Indochina
Haiphong
Soviet Union
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Associated Press
Blockade debate and mine types shaping Vietnam talks
Military experts describe depth varied mines to snag ships and the risks of sweeping them. President Nixon signals possible naval action near North Vietnam while pursuing Paris talks, citing Saigon and Washington steps to prevent seaborne supplies.
Angela Davis tied to Marin County kidnapping plot at San Quentin visit
In San Jose, testimony linked Angela Davis and Jonathan Jackson to a planned Marxist hostages for George Jackson’s release. A former inmate saw Davis and Jackson arrive in a yellow van at San Quentin a day before the Aug 7, 1970, killings. Prosecutors argued Davis awaited at SFO to meet kidnappers post capture. Davis denies involvement.
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San Quentin
George Jackson
Angela
San Jose
Angela Davis
Jonathan Jackson
Marin County
Young Jackson
George
Miss Davis
Jonathan
Marin
Louis May
Mays
Jack Schotte
American Airlines
Albert Harris Jr
Jackson
James Finnegan
Davis
UCLA
Harris
Los Angeles
Gunmen drop through ceiling rob Lakewood bowling alley
Two masked bandits dropped into the Cal Bowl cashier area from a false ceiling and escaped with about $15,000 after forcing bookkeeper Mildred Harris to hide under a desk. Deputies traced entry through a custodian closet and acoustical tile work. Federal AP report notes additional Nixon era protest coverage.
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Lakewood
Mildred Harris
Cal Bowl
Carson St
Sheriff's Deputies
Pay hikes for East dockers cut by Pay Board ruling
The Pay Board reduced proposed raises for 50,000 East and Gulf Coast longshoremen, narrowing straight-time pay increases and allowing fringe benefits. The 12 percent overall rise replaces the union’s 16 percent, while fringe gains are kept. ILA President Teddy Gleason offered no public accord to a port-wide shutdown.
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Washington
East
Gulf Coast
West Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
North Atlantic
New Orleans
West Gulf
Teamster
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Harry Bridges
West Coast Dockers
ILA
Bridges Union
U.S
Thomas W
Teddy’ Gleason
West Coast Dock Workers
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
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Daniel Ilenkin
Defense
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Paris
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Ing
East Dockers
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