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Senators Press for Peace Amid Vietnam War Escalation
Sixteen U S senators urged negotiated peace in Vietnam while North Vietnamese forces pounded Marine positions near the DMZ. The warning came as U S airstrikes targeted sites south of the DMZ and Marines pursued forces near Con Thien. Names include Fulbright Kennedy Cooper Hatfield Morse Mass Bartlett Metcalf Hartke Nelson Burdick Clark Young Pell McGovern Church. In Cairo, UAR moved troops to the border with Israel and UN observers were told to leave. Paris saw a 24 hour general strike crippling industry and transport. Madrid university students clashed with police and attacked Franco portraits in the worst violence in two years.
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U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Dmz
Johnson
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Foreign Relations Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
D.ny
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Frank E. Mass
Utah
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
Lee Metcalf
Montana
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
George McGovern
South Dakota
Frank Church
Idaho