Mexico City clash at Santo Tomas Vocational School ends violent siege
Army troops and police battled roof top snipers for five hours as armored cars seized the Santo Tomas Vocational School on the National Polytechnical Institute campus. Four killed including a policeman, 50 wounded students and riot police, widespread destruction, and mass arrests followed as federal forces reinforced rioting areas amid the two month student rebellion.
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Mexico City
National Polytechnical Institute
Santo Tomas Vocational School
Red Cross
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
San Jacinto
Tlatelolco
Nixon condemns protest at Milwaukee cathedral mass
In Milwaukee Nixon called the St John Cathedral disruption a grossly indecent act and inexcusable. He accused protesters of violating private moments of worship as he campaigned in Wisconsin alongside Gov. Knowles and focused on Humphrey and grape issues.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Wisconsin
Michael D. Cullen
Cullen
St. John
Caesar
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
GOP
Secret Service
Knowles
Record Number Picked As Nobel Candidates
Oslo AP reports a record 48 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize this year amid high world tensions. The five man Nobel Committee will meet soon and is expected to announce late next month. The prize has not been awarded since 1965 when UNICEF received it.
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Oslo
Norway
Nobel
United Nations In Children’s Fund
Unicef
GOP Advises Candidates to Favor Own Wins Over Wallace
Republican congressional candidates are urged to back the national ticket only if it does not jeopardize their own election. House minority leader Gerald Ford says candidates must use their own judgment on supporting Nixon Nixon with Agnew if local sentiment allows.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Rep
Gerald Ford
Michigan
House
Wallace
Ford
Nixon
North Carolina
Nixon-Agnew
Airliner tested that lifts off in 700 feet at La Guardia
A French built jet-prop airliner modified by McDonnell-Douglas is undergoing a 15 minute test at La Guardia New York. Four large propellers blow air rearward over the wing allowing take offs and landings in restricted space. The craft could use smaller airports reducing congestion at major hubs.
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New York
la Guardia Field
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
United States Objects To Thants Call For Bombing Halt
At the United Nations General Assembly session the United States condemns U Thants push for a vote on halting U.S. bombing in North Vietnam. The U.S. says Thants resolution cannot pass the two thirds needed and weighs proposals to bring the issue to the agenda.
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U.N. General Assembly
United States
U Thant
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Thant
U.S
North Vietnam
George W. Ball
Paris
General Assembly
Washington
State Department
Guatemalan Named Head of U N Assembly by Milton Besser
Arenales, a 46 year old Guatemalan attorney and longtime U N figure, becomes president of the 23rd session of the General Assembly. He has served as Guatemala’s permanent representative, foreign minister, and NGO adviser, showing strong work ethic and People skills.
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Zdenek Cernik
Ball
Security Council
Moscow
Emilio Arenales Catalan
Swaziland
World Organization
Red China
Arenales
U.N. General Assembly
United Nations
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Nude Coeds Dance In UW Peter Pan
At the University of Wisconsin a student drama group staged Peter Pan with six coeds dancing nude before about 150 people in the union Play Circle. Stuart Gordon produced and directed the show using nudity to convey innocence before the cast later wore costumes as witches.
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Madison
Universisity of Wisconsin
Student Union
Stuart Gordon
Chicago
Gordon
Union Okays Return To Jobs At Phone Co
About 330 members of Local 7214, Communications Workers of America, vote 3 to 1 to return to work at Northwestern Bell Telephone in Duluth Minnesota. The walkout stemmed from a dispute over transfers and work rules.
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Duluth, Minn
Communications Workers of America
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Move to Kill Fortas Nomination Studied in Senate
Opposition to Abe Fortas may seek a recommitment to the Senate Judiciary Committee to block his nomination as chief justice. Key senators shifted positions with at least 29 opposing votes seen, while others signaled possible withdrawal or delay as debate on a tax bill hangs over proceedings.
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Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
John Sparkman
Dala
Senate
Mansfield
Chicago Tribune
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Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ove
Hatfield
Johnson
GOP
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Kortas
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Washington
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