Canceled TV Shows Win Emmy Awards
Canceled network series win Emmys at the 21st Television Academy awards. Get Smart and The Ghost and Mrs Muir lead wins along with Judd for the Defense and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Barbara Bain earns best dramatic actress for Mission Impossible amid contract disputes.
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Mrs. Muir
Judd
Lord Snowden
Miss Bain
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Paramount
New York
Carnegie Hall
George Lefferts
Academy
Regents approve tuition hike for Minnesota residents
The University of Minnesota regents on Saturday approved a $105 annual tuition increase for resident students and raised nonresident fees from $280 per quarter to $380.
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University of Minnesota Regents
University
Board of Regents
Laird says Nixon pullout moves US toward peace
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird stated that Nixon’s decision to pull 25 000 troops from Vietnam brings the United States closer to peace. He noted a plan to shift U S forces’ role in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and said the first units to leave will be decided Thursday for a July withdrawal. Some troops may be held in reserve in Okinawa and Hawaii rather than returning home.
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Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
United States
Midway
Laird
Southeast Asia
U.S
South Vietnam
Joint Service
Okinawa
Hawaii
Nixon Orders 25 000 GIs To Leave Vietnam
President Nixon orders the immediate redeployment of about 25 000 U S troops from Vietnam beginning within 30 days, with completion by August as South Vietnam forces gain capability. Thieu approves, calling it good news for Americans, while critics doubt a real policy shift.
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Vietnam
Banks Raise Prime Rate to Historic 8 Percent
Major banks raised the prime rate to 8 percent from 7 percent effective immediately. Bankers Trust Co led the move, followed by Chase Manhattan and First National City of New York along with others in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Boston. The Dow Jones fell about seven points as the shift spread.
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Bankers Trust Co
Chicago
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Boston
Chase Manhattan
First National City
New York Stock Exchange
North Vietnam Calls Troop Pullout a Crude Farce
North Vietnam called the plan by President Nixon and Thieu to withdraw 25 000 U S troops from South Vietnam by August a crude farce. A Hanoi spokesman at the Paris peace talks accused the U S of obstinacy and neocolonialism while observers noted the move did not soften the peace talks.
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Fire at log cabin kills eight in Oneida County
A fire at a Virgin Lake cottage in Three Lakes Wisconsin killed eight people from the Milwaukee area including Rev Edward Bogusz Paul Grede his wife Ann and three children plus two Czachowski children and another child missing. Nine relatives had arrived at the cottage owned by Alois Diedrich. The blaze was found at 5 15 am. Authorities sought a ninth victim as a motorist alerted nearby residents.
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Oneida County
Edward A. Bogusz
St Roman’s Church
Paul F. Grede
St. Francis
Ann
Paul
Ellen
Elizabeth
Tims
Virgin Lake
Robert Czachowski
Vietnam
Czachowskis
Alois Diedrich
Grede
Strikes Begin At Four Milwaukee Breweries
Milwaukee four major breweries start walkouts after contract talks break down. About 4500 union production workers vote 3049 to 507 against the latest offer. Wages would rise 57 cents per hour over two years. basic rate is 3.89 an hour.
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Wis
Schlitz, Pabst
Blatz, Miller
Milwaukee Beer
Two Week Strike at Anheuser Busch Plants Prolonged
A two week strike at Anheuser Busch idled about 10 000 workers across seven cities. The Teamsters demand a one year contract while Anheuser Busch seeks a three year pact. The stoppage began May 27 in Jacksonville and spread to Tampa Newark Columbus Los Angeles and St Louis.
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Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Teamsters Union
Anheuser-Busch
Jacksonville
Fla
Teamsters
Houston
Tex
Tampa
Newark
N.J
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
Final Rites Scheduled For Marine From La Crosse
Marine Pfc. John W. Kirchner, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin D. Kirchner of 520 S 6th St La Crosse, killed in Vietnam May 27, to be honored in services at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral with a Fosbum Funeral Home visitation and a Rosary. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery with a Marine Corps color guard and pall bearers. He died of multiple fragment wounds near An Hoa, Quang Nam Province while on a search and clear mission.
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Marine Pfe
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Vietnam
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Woodlawn
Marine Corps
Corps
Kirchner
Marlin D. Kirchner
S. 6Th St
An Hoa
Quang ‘Nam
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