Viet Cong shell Saigon. highland clash and Dak To loss
Viet Cong rockets hit Saigon for the first time in two and a half weeks as paratroopers and militias clashed with enemy forces 11 miles northwest of the capital. An American adviser was killed at Dak To air field as rockets and shelling persisted. In Saigon rockets shattered homes in Rocket Alley, killing a child and a man and wounding 15. Air power pounded Dak To and Zone C targets as fighting spread across central highlands.
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Central Highlands
82Nd Airborne Division
U.S
C58
Dak To
Secon
Campus bill on gun possession headed for House panel vote
Final approval dim as Campus gun possession bill faces Education Committee expenses and debate. Rep James I Spainhower says he will back the measure if current campus rules are inadequate while Gov Hearnes and House Speaker Godfrey discuss the proposals with sponsors from Rep Richard Marshall to Rep Edward Ottinger. The panel endorsed an interim committee on civil disorder as lawmakers head into the final month with revenue disputes and school aid debates unresolved.
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James I. Spainhower
Spainhower
Godfrey
Hearnes
Richard Marshall
St. Louis County
Les Langsford
Springfield
Edward Ottinger
St. Louis
House
Senate
Warren E. Hearnes
Supreme Court rules against private clubs denying Negroes
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that privately owned recreation areas that exclude Black people are subject to the 1964 civil rights law when they function as public accommodations. Lake Nixon Club near Little Rock was deemed a public facility, not a private club, despite charges of secrecy and a seasonal 25 cent membership. Justice Brennan wrote for the majority. Justice Black dissented.
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Supreme Court
Willian J. Brennan Jr
Hugo J. Black
Little Rock, Ark
Lake Nixon Club
Little Rock
St. Louis
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Doris Daniel
Rosalyn Kyles
Tis
Black
Lake Nixon
Congress
Euell Paul Jr
Antipoverty Extension Sought by Nixon Administration
Washington AP The Nixon administration proposed a two year extension for the antipoverty program with $2 billion in first year outlays. Donald Rumsfeld told the House committee the two year plan improves management, allows longer range planning and orderly funding. He noted the CEO faces shutdown July 1 unless Congress acts.
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Nixon
Federal Antipoverty Agency
Donald Rumsfeld
Office of Economic Opportunity
House Education and Labor Committee
Rumsfeld
Congress
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
Runveld
Symington Attacks Pentagon Over ABM Safeguard Criticism
Senator Symington charges the Defense Department public statements conflict with closed committee evidence on the ABM Safeguard system. He hints at a chart supporting more research than deployment, shown to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senator Percy backs a Nixon compromise and calls for a moratorium to ease arms talks.
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Senate
Len Stuart Symington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Missouri
Senate Armed Services Committee
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Nixon
North Dakota
Montana
Rockefeller Venezuela trip postponed amid protests
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller postponed his Latin America fact finding visit to Venezuela after the Caracas government asked for a delay following student demonstrations. The postponement follows earlier disruptions in Peru Ecuador and Bolivia, with violence in Quito and Friday. Rockefeller said the stoppage reflects a militant minority trying to strain US relations with Latin American nations. He pressed that the trip remains important to spotlight democratic forces in the hemisphere as he and a team survey for policy guidance.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
Nelson A. Rockefeler
United States
Caracas
Rockefeller
Nixon
Peru
Ixon
Latin America
Western Hemisphere
Hearings Opened for L A Students at Lincoln U
Disciplinary hearings began at Lincoln University this morning for more than 20 students suspended over a student demonstration. Five seniors faced graduation issues while the Student Personnel Services Committee of three students, six faculty, and six administrators oversees the process.
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Lincoln University
Cedar Creek Bridge Opens on U.S. 6 in Callaway County
A new 260 foot continu ous plate girder Cedar Creek Bridge near Cedar City completes another section of U.S. 6 road work. The project included culverts and cement pavement, advancing Cedar City area infrastructure in a year of rapid progress.
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U.S. 6
Toder
Cedar Creek Bridge
Callaway County
Cedar City
Pompidou Poher reach runoff in French presidential race
In Paris Georges Pompidou and Alain Poher advance to a runoff after the first round with Pompidou leading at 43.95 percent, Poher second with 23.44, and Communist Duclos roughly 21.53. Overseas totals pending, runoff set for June 13 as voters weigh Communist influence and postwar leadership.
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Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Rothschild
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Senate
Poher
Jacques Duclas
Communist Party
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