Milwaukee protesters receive 2 year prison terms
Eleven members of the Milwaukee 14 were sentenced to concurrent two year prison terms for theft and arson with four years' probation for burglary in the Sept 24 draft records seizure. The 12th defendant, Rev Jon Higginbotham, had sentencing postponed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jon Higginbotham
St. Cloud
Minn
Michael D. Cullen
Jerold T. Gardner
Gardner
U.S
Frife
Oldsters Urged to Stop Cringing by Agnew at OSU
Vice President Spiro Agnew told about 25 000 graduates at Ohio State University to abandon cringing before a rebellious power structure. He said youth protests echo history and urged elders to accept changes while noting a handful of demonstrators outside the stadium carried Viet Cong flags and peace signs.
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Columbus, Ohio
Spiro T. Agnew
Ohio State University
Agnew
Nixon
Bob Hope
Horseshoe Stadium
Two elderly women mistook Eisenhower display for Newark train
In Philadelphia two elderly women boarded a vintage coach at Penn Central thinking it was the Newark express. They searched for a seat amid mahogany panels and faded lamps, realizing too late there was no locomotive. The cars, bought for $20,000, are bound for Abilene then Green Bay for the National Railroad Museum.
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Philadelphia
Dwight Eisenhower
Newark
N.J
Penn Central
British Railways
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
National Railroad Museum
Green Bay
Wis
Nixon Wings Toward Meeting With Thieu
President Nixon heads west toward Midway Island for talks with South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu on war policy and peace aims. Discussions cover troop levels, South Vietnamese combat duties, elections, and possible de Americanization.
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Nixon
Thieu
Douglas B. Cornell
San Clemente
Calif
Pacific
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
el Toro Marine Air Station
Los Angeles
Midway Island
Honolulu
Vietnam
Saigon
William P. Rogers
Midway
White House
Nixon-Thieu
12 Foot Channel Threatens Mississippi River Habitat
At La Crosse State University a panel from the Army Engineers, Fish and Wildlife, Izaak Walton League and Missouri Conservation discussed a proposed 12 foot deep channel along the upper Mississippi. Officials warned of marsh loss, turbidity, reduced hunting areas, and habitat decline for waterfowl and fur bears across 26 pools from Minneapolis to St Louis.
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la Crosse Tribune
Mississippi River
la Crosse State University
U.S. Corps of Army Engineers
U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Izaak Walton League of America
Missouri Conservation Department
Mississippi River Research Consortium
Mack Dixon
Rock Island
Rock Island, Il
Corps of Engineers
Donald Gray
Winona
Minn
Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Kenneth Smith
East Moline
Ill
Isaak Walton League
William Dieffenbach
Dixon
Corps
Minneapolis
Casualties Mount In Heavy Fighting Across S Vietnam
A second day of heavy fighting and artillery duels erupts across South Vietnam as about 1,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong are reported killed in 48 hours. U.S. casualties exceed 60 dead and 200 wounded, with further South Vietnamese losses and civilian deaths. The surge appears tied to the Midway conference between Nixon and Thieu.
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South Vietnam
U.S. Vietnam
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Nixon
Midway
Hawaii
United States
Thieu
Lee Nixon
Saigon
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
da Nang
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
No Sign Yet Of Air Crash Survivors
Anchorage reports searching the icy Bering Sea for a SAC recon plane missing since Thursday with 19 aboard. Japanese claims of a liferaft were not confirmed, and a crab float fooled inspectors. Coast Guard Balsam and other vessels joined the hunt amid 26 knot winds and 8 foot seas as crews traced the plane from Shemya to Eielson Air Force Base.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Bering Sea
Strategic Air Command
Japanese
Maritime Safety Agency
North Pacific Rescue Coordination Center
Juneau
Shuyo Maru
Coast Guard
Balsam
SAC
Shemya
Aleutian Island
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
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Waupun
Charles Larson
Larson
Anthony J. Mullaney
Boston
Mullaney
James H
Rest
New York
K. Basil O’leary
Paul R. Rothstein
Brooklyn
N.Y
Felix Welch
By Perry Smith
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Melvin
Japan
Guam
New ‘Guinea
Tokyo
Australia
North Pacific Ocean
Equator
Renee
Solomon
Gilbert
Islands
Samoa
Great Northern
Marysville
Wash
Everett
Seattle
Kenneth G, Brown
Gray
S. Vietnam
George Esper
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