Nixon voices support for police tactics in city protests
President Nixon lauded Washington police tactics used during a 10 minute session deeming them a model for future incidents. He announced a four front national offensive against drug abuse and said easing trade curbs on China would be announced June 10 with a UN seat policy in six weeks. He discussed potential talks with the Soviet Union on mutual troop reductions in Europe and said defensive arms treaties might be possible while antiballistic missiles could require a treaty. He defended desegregated public housing plans and urged calm amid May 3 demonstrations that disrupted traffic. He argued constitutional rights were preserved as protesters were released without conviction in the absence of evidence.
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Washington
News Conares
China
United Nations
Peking
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Atlantic Co
Senate
Nixon
Civil Rights Commission
Press Union Stalemate Halts Pittsburgh Papers
Pittsburgh AP report says another round of talks between Pittsburgh Press Co and its striking printers union yielded no progress. The city marked its 19th day without both major dailies. federal mediator Arthur Wellman called meetings hopeful. Union No 7 continues blackout on the Press and Post-Gazette under contract extension after last December expiry.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Press Co
Arthur Wellman
Post-Gazette
The
Press Co
Mean
Niebuhr Dies Acknowledged Protestant Theologian
Rev Reinhold Niebuhr famed Protestant theologian and social action advocate dies at 78 after a long illness at his summer home. Born 1892 in Missouri he shaped Christian realism influencing church leaders and political figures. Survived by wife Ursula Keppl-Crompton a son Christopher Robert and a daughter Mrs eo Sifton.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Reinhold Niebuhr
United States
Niebuhr
World Council of Churches
Americans For Democratic Action
Socialist Party
Ieaban Party
New
Karl Marx
Ursula Keppel-Crompton
Christopher Robert
Albany
N.Y
Eo Sifton
Brooklyn
Highest Ranking Suspect in My Lai Case Identified
McCloskey moves to Combat Developments Command Ft Belvoir Va as charges against Donaldson span November 1968 to January 1969 in Quang Ngai Province near My Lai. Donaldson, a colonel, led the 11th Infantry Brigade which included Lt. Catley’s platoon during the massacre. Calley has a life sentence for My Lai killings. Details limited, investigation began after a helicopter pilot’s statements. Lt. Gen. Hutchin has not decided on dismissal or a grand jury proceeding. Donaldson’s background includes West Point, WWII service in France, and later posts in Germany, Korea, Washington, and staff work with the JCS.
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My Lai
Calley
Donaldson
11Th Brigade
Claire Hutchin
1St Army
Ft. Meade
Army
Hutchin
Roger Ranck
Ft. Oglethorpe
West Point
Normandy
42Nd Infantry
France
Germany
Korea
Washington
Armed Forces Staff College
Yale War College
George Washington University
Driver Killed Five Critical After Crash
A head on collision two miles south of Mercer on U.S. 19 left Frederick W. Schriefer of Garden City New York dead. His wife Anita and daughters Margaret and Dorothy were hospitalized along with Donal J. Pickens 16 and his father Albert of Pittsburgh. Five others remained in critical condition.
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Mercer, Pa
New York
Here
U.S
Frederick W. Schriefer
Garden City
N.Y
Anita
Margaret
Dorothy
Grove City
Donal J. Pickens
Albert
Pittsburgh
Schriefer
U S Air Strikes In Cambodia Amid Combat Reports
U S air forces pressed operations in Cambodia with about 250 helicopter inship missions and 45 fighter bomber sorties in eastern Cambodia near South Vietnam. B 52s were used, while North Vietnamese units moved along Highway 7 toward Kompong Cham and near Phnom Penh. In South Vietnam locals, the 101st Airborne faced ambushes near the DMZ between Hue and Da Nang. two Americans were killed, 10 wounded, and three armored carriers were knocked out as several helicopters were shot down. seven more died in a crash north of Saigon as monsoon rains loom. Phnom Penh reports say heavy fighting east of the capital with Cambodian troops backed by U S Special Forces fighting large Vietnamese assaults on Kom Chamlang and Prey Bang. Cambodian authorities claimed about 100 enemy deaths, revising an earlier figure.
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Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Kompong Cham
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Demilitarized ‘Zone
101St Airborne Division
Hue
da Nang
Saigon
Associated Press
Robin Mannock
Am Rong
Kom- Chamlang
Prey Bang
Nixon unveils four point national offensive on drugs
President Nixon frames drug addiction as a national crisis and outlines a four point plan to cut overseas sources prosecute pushers treat addicts and mount a large information program. He links Vietnam heroin availability to prices and vows an information campaign while stressing no legalization of marijuana.
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Washington
Nixon
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Revenue Sharing Vote Revealed in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the Senate defeated the municipality state revenue sharing bill by 28 to 18. Voting yes were Arlene, Dwyer, Fleming, Frame, Hawkins, Hill, Hobbs, McCreesh, McGlinchey, Mello, W Murphy, Murray, Nolan, Noszka, Rovner, Smith, Stapleton, Wade. Not voting were Confair, Mahady, and Lesler.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Arlene
Dwyer
R. D. Fleming
Frame
Hawkins
Hill
Hobbs
McCreesh
McGlinchey
Mello
W. Murphy
Murray
Nolan
Noszka
Rovner
Smith
Stapleton
Wade
Confair
Mahady
Lesler
Denenberg to testify in Blue Cross anti trust case
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Herbert S. Denenberg traveled to Pittsburgh to testify in a Travelers Insurance Co. suit alleging that hospitals arranged lower-rate contracts with Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania. He warned that a ruling against Blue Cross would hurt Pennsylvanians and weaken the insurance department’s regulatory duties.
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Harrisburg
Herbert S. Denenberg
Pittsburgh
Blue Cross of
Western Pennsylvania
Travelers Insurance Co
U.S. District Court
Blue Cross
Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Insurance Department of the
Commonwealth
Continuation of Arraignment for Corona in Yuba City
In Yuba City California Juan Vallejo Corona returns for a continuation of his arraignment on charges tied to the killings of 10 of 23 migrant workers found buried in charred or grave sites. The district attorney says further murder charges will follow as evidence allows. The session occurs behind closed doors per defense request with no grand jury planned.
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Yuba City
Calif
Juan Vallejo Corona
Dist. Atty. G
Dave Teja
Corona
Sutter County
Roy van den Heuvel
Justice Court
J.J. Hawkins
van den Huevel
DPW Allocates Child Care Funds to 63 Counties
Secretary of Public Welfare Helene Wohlgemuth announced a six month child welfare allocation totaling 6,850,950 for 63 counties from Jan 1 to June 30 1971. Indiana County receives 39,592.20. Armstrong 35,796.51. Jefferson 25,728.54.
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Helene Wohlgemuth
Indiana County
Armstrong County
Jefferson County
Wohlgemth
Bureau of Family and Child Welfare
Dept. of Public Welfare
DPW
Six Baldwin teens held for murder in Rhoads death
Pittsburgh AP reports six teenagers from nearby Baldwin were held for the grand jury on murder charges in the May 22 shooting death of 17-year-old David Rhoads outside a Brentwood dairy store. A county homicide detective said one suspect had fought with the other earlier and that they claimed they targeted Jeff Cross.
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Pittsburgh
Baldwin
David Rhoads
Brentwood
Rhoads
Miner Killed By Locomotive At Maple Creek Mine
Dan Gaudiano, 57, of West Lessenring, a veteran coal miner, was killed when a small locomotive struck him at U S Steel Corp Maple Creek mine near Munongahela PaAuthorities said he apparently did not see or hear the loco before the collision on Tuesday.
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Munongahela
U.S. Steel Corp
Maple Creek
Washington County
Dan Gaudiano
West Lessenring
Pleaders Sentenced By Clark In Indiana County Court
Judge Edwin M. Clark sentences Indiana County defendants for burglary larceny and related offenses. Alan D. Mitchell of Ebensburg RD 2 faces 10 to 90 days in jail plus costs and a $200 fine after pleading to multiple theft counts. Other defendants, including Bryner, Stambaugh, Molinik, Smail, Polinsky, Mission, Cunliffe, and Stewart, receive fines, costs or suspended sentences with probation where noted.
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Edwin M. Clark
Indiana
Alan D. Mitchell
Ebensburg RD 2
Ben Kline
Gompers Ave
Sixth St
Mitchell
Kline
Charles Lytle
Arcadia
Montgomery Two
June
Montgomery
Steve Polinsky
Homer City
RD 2
Black Lick
William C. Mission Jr
North Eighth St
Chester James Cunliffe
Clymer RD 1
Clymer
Carl Vernon Stewart
Dixonville
Green Two
Bryner
Mission
Indiana County Grand Jury
Telegraph Service Halted in Pittsburgh Strike
Public telegraph communications stopped in Pittsburgh as part of a nationwide walkout against Western Union. Rose Burdelsky, head of Local 6 United Telegraph Workers, says about 180 workers across telegraphers clerks bookkeepers linemen and service staff are affected, while station-to-station teletype remains active. About 20 100 telegraph workers and Communications Workers of America members left their jobs at 12 01 am Tuesday over wages and job security.
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Pittsburgh
Western Union
Rose Burdelsky
United Telegraph Workers
Telegraph
Communications Workers of America
Battle Over Manpower Revenue Sharing In Congress
House Democratic leaders rally for a floor clash with President Nixon over his revenue-sharing plan. A Southern coalition pressured the bill’s fate, with Rep. Mills and Rep. Colmer steering the regional bloc to back a Democratic alternative that would fund jobs in schools hospitals parks and other public services totaling about 5 billion over five years. The Republican Southern deal linked to defeating an EEOC bill to curb discrimination, influencing the showpiece vote as lawmakers returned from a holiday weekend.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Carl Albert
Albert
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Colmer
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Yale Divinity School
Evangelical Synod of North America
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