War funds straw vote proposed by three Democrats
Congress plans a national straw vote on cutting tax money for the Vietnam War as President Nixon likely asks for more than 1 billion dollars. Civil protest swells with 400 gathered at the Capitol and 100 Kent State students testify to Congress while lawmakers face mounting opposition.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Capitol
U.S
Kent State University
Rio
Fom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Doug Darnell
House
Federal District Court
Don Edwards
Dcalif
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
California
Sen. Cranston
John V. Stunney
San Francisco
Larry Seidman
C-Berkeley
Nixon blockade and Vietnam war escalate worldwide
U S and Soviet officials spar over the blockade of North Vietnam while U S forces widen naval and air strikes along the coast. Nixon meets Patolichev at the White House as Washington plans a Moscow summit May 22. In Vietnam, An Loc holds under siege and fighting around Lai Khe intensifies. Comal River floods near New Braunfels.
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Nikolai Patelichev
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
White House
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Patolichev
Nixon
Patelichev
Ronald Ziegler
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Gulf of Tonkin
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North Vietnam
Don Son
Haiphong
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Western Pacific
Thanh Hoa
Midway
China
South Vietnam
An Loc
An Lov
Nuggen van Thieu
Lai Khe
Saigon
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
War Protests Quieted On Queen Amid Arrests
Protests across California attracted police action as demonstrators clashed with officers at Long Beach and Seal Beach, with several arrests including David Misso 20 Lynwood and Thomas Scott 22 Westminster. Police described the incidents as unlawful assembly after marchers blocked traffic and confronted officers for about three hours.
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C. T. Weber
Long Beach
Seal Beach
Pacific Coast
Seal Beach Naval Weapons Depot
Seal Beach Boulevard
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Lynwood
Thomas Scott
Venus Drive
Westminster
Boyame
Lee Case
Long Beach State University
Long Beach Harbor
University of California At Irvine
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