Police, Troops Use Gas To Disperse Protesters
Antiwar demonstrators clashed with police in a six hour march through Washington as tear gas and billy clubs were used to break up crowds. More than 6,000 arrests, 100 injuries, and continued traffic disruption marked the day as National Guardsmen Marines and Army paratroopers joined local police to keep the city open and protests under control.
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Lee Byrd Washington
Virginia
Potomac River
John N. Mitchell
Walter Washington
Civil Service Commission
Robert Hampton
Army, Transportation and Interior Departments
Chip Marshall
Seattle
Georgetown
Washington Monument
Lincoln and Jefferson
George Washington University
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Watergate
Atty
John Mitchell
McCoy Burns Uniform Burned on Capitol Steps
MADISON Wisconsin AP One of three Camp McCoy bombing suspects burned his uniform during a May Day antiwar protest on the Capitol steps after saying the trio were framed for their activities with the American Servicemans Union.
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McCoy
Capitol Steps
Madison
Wis
Camp McCoy
Maynard Kreps
Torrence
Calif
American Serviceman’s Union
Monona Bay
Milwaukee
Nixon proposes Sweden as POW internment site
President Nixon urged Hanoi to accept Sweden as a neutral POW internment option for Vietnam war prisoners. Sweden offered vessels and territory for internment and transfer, amid U.S. withdrawal talks. Weather outlook fair tonight with mid 30s, varying clouds, mid 70s Tuesday.
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Calif
Nixon
Sweden
Stockholm
United States
Hanpoi
Melvin R. Laird
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Vietnam
Ziegler
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nine Die When Freight Smashes Into Covington Car
In Covington Georgia ten youths aged 12 to 16 piled into Danny Henderson's new car for a Sunday ride. A Georgia Railroad freight train hit the vehicle at a crossing, killing nine aboard and injuring one who was hospitalized in Atlanta. The driver Henderson, 16, and eight others from nearby blocks died. The crash occurred as the car attempted to pass another vehicle waiting at the crossing. All victims were local teens.
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Covington, Ga
Danny Henderson
Jimmy Norwood
Almethin
Peggy Ann Fuller
Susie Ann
Sharon Belcher
Atlanta
Georgia
Newton County
Henry Odum
Odum
Henderson
Sam Cowan
Vickie Gilstrap
Dira Williams
Harold Tuggle
Sheilia Height
State Patrol
Covington
Supreme Court OKs death penalty procedures ruling 6 to 3
The Supreme Court upheld jury discretion in life or death decisions and ruled the penalty phase need not be separated from the trial. The decision, by Justice John M. Harlan, preserves existing capital punishment practices and may enable earlier executions for 644 men and seven women on death row.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
John M. Harlan
Harlan
North
Cincinnati
Texas
Georgia
Ledo
Ohio
McGautha
Crampton
Justice Harlan
Warren E. Burger
Hugo L. Black
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
William J. Brennan Jr
William O. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
No Dark And Stormy Night Stops La Crosse Queen
The La Crosse Queen journeyed from Prairie du Chien to La Crosse amid a dark stormy night and foggy channel conditions. Crew and volunteers improvised a hand powered searchlight to navigate buoys and wrecks, then resumed the two day trip with smooth sailing after dawn.
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la Crosse Queen
Riverside Park
Dubuque
Iowa
Prairie du Chien
Big Indian
Clayton
McGregor
Roy A
Franz
Marquette-Prairie du Chien
Ferryville
Genoa
la Crosse
Brownsville
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Jerry Wilson
Pentagon
Kennedy Stadium
War Memorial Center
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Dennis C. McGautha
Los Angeles
James E. Crampton
la Crosse Tribune
Roy C
Gail Hanesworth
William
Bill) Hopkins
Arrowhead
Lynxville
Genoa Locks
George Weathers
Lynxville Locks
Queen
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