Nixon Seeks Nomination as Nevada GOP Tour Opens
Former Vice President Richard Nixon pressed his Nevada campaign for the GOP nomination meeting Lt. Gov. Robert Finch and lunching with Gov. Paul Laxalt. He cited belief he will be nominated and win in November while avoiding commitments from governors. Reagan remained neutral about supporting Nixon.
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Richard M. Nixon
California
Nevada
Nixon
Robert Finch
Paul Laxalt
Carson City
Finch
Ronald Reagan
Nixon-Finch
Reagan
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
A Test Decision on Friday Amid Protests in Nevada
The plan to conduct a large underground nuclear test in Nevada proceeds despite mounting opposition. Hughes spokesman and Maheu push for a 90 day moratorium for safety studies on earthquake and radiation risks while AEC prepares a safety meeting with officials and industry representatives.
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Robert Maheu
Nevada
Howard Hughes Organization
Hughes Organization
S. Highland Ave
Hughes
Glenn Seaborg
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Twilight Phenomenon Lights Up Pacific Missile Test
The Twilight Phenomenon dazzled observers as a Strategic Air Command and Air Force Logistics Command test missile traced a golden tail across the sky. The launch aimed to assess missile components against temperature variations during a 5000 mile Pacific test, often visible from Salt Lake City or Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Third FI11A Down In Vietnam War
The first FIA loss occurred on March 17 and the Air Force said the plane probably crashed in remote Thai jungles. The two man crew were rescued uninjured. Six F111As arrived at Takhli on March 17, joining four grounded aircraft for study before replacements resumed missions. The plane, deemed fast and deadly, faced potential intelligence windfalls if captured.
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TFX
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Takhli Air Base
Bangkok
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
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Takhli
Jets Hit North Vietnam Targets as F111A Grounded
U.S. warplanes pounded troop concentrations rail yards roads bridges and weapon positions in North Vietnam while the F111A fleet remained on the ground after a third aircraft went missing in combat. Near Khe Sanh and Lang Vei allied forces clashed with North Vietnamese troops, with air strikes reported and casualties on both sides.
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UPI
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North Vietnam
Panhandle
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1St Air Cavalry Division
Lang Vei
Dangers Of Drugs Seminar Draws Thousands At County Hall
Thousands packed the county hall as officers and doctors cautioned on drug dangers in a Las Vegas turnout rivaling New York and Chicago events. Experts noted limited knowledge on drug effects bodywide and urged families to guard access to medicines and poisons.
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Chicago
Las Vegas
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Maior
Clark County
George Franklin
Theodore Crow
FDA
Washington
Helen Nowlis
University of Rochester
Mike Markulis
Los Angeles Police Department
Judge's Ruling Holds Key To Major Telephone Strike
Washington reported that the Communications Workers of America would not move to end the cross country strike until a Federal Judge in Mobile, Alabama rules on a state anti picketing order at Southern Bell. About 200,000 CWA members walked off nationwide, with talks paused over a wage reopener and three year contract.
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Southern Bell Telephone
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T Bell Systems
Western Electric Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bierne
Southern Bell
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Tornadoes Strike Ohio and Kentucky Causing Deaths and Damage
A severe tornado outbreak in Ripley Ohio and surrounding areas left 14 dead and many injured. An 83-year-old woman died when a trailer home flipped and an 23-year-old man perished in Goshen. Falmouth sustained damage to a housing project and an elementary school. Dozens of injuries, many children from flying glass, and 200 homeless at Dover. Winds over 110 mph toppled planes and damaged tobacco farms across Kentucky.
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Ohio
Goshen
Falmouth
Kennedy Proposes Tripled Social Security To Combat Costs
At a Kokomo rally during an eight city Indiana tour Senator Robert F. Kennedy urged quadrupling Social Security with automatic cost of living adjustments. He cited 6 to 7 million seniors on inadequate incomes and proposed $100 weekly for individuals and $150 for couples. He was joined by J Edward Day and his mother Rose Kennedy.
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Hoosier State
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Rose Kennedy
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
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Earthquake Strikes Near Kodiak Island Alaska
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6 struck near Kodiak Island Alaska as reported by the National Earthquake Information Center. The tremor occurred about 175 miles south of Anchorage at 3.28 p.m. local time.
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Earthquake Information Center
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Ray says he will collect King slaying bounty
Dalton prison buddy of James Earl Ray reports Ray smiled at a reported million dollar bounty on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and vowed to collect. FBI traced Ray by alias Galt after a hotel sighting and notes from hotel staff and cab drivers as agents questioned witnesses.
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UPI
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Missouri State Prison
FBI
King
Memphis
Atlanta
Eric Starvo Galt
Briarcliff
Galt
Dalton
Raymond Curtis
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kans
Jefferson City
Whites Mass Move Proposed to Aid Negroes and Poor
Civil rights leader Whitney Young urged a mass white mobilization, including a Washington march, to pressure Congress for a domestic Marshall plan to aid Negroes and the poor. He named Henry Ford II and David Rockefeller as potential match leaders and urged leadership by free enterprise and the press with whites in the lead and blacks in back.
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API
Whitney Young
Washington
Congress
National Urban League
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Henry Ford II
David Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ford
Free Enterprise
Young
Bob Hope Receives Peabody Award for Service
Comedian Bob Hope was honored with a Peabody Award for distinguished achievement by television and radio. The special award recognized services here and abroad including Hope's four Vietnam troop tours. Eric Sevareid and Ed Sullivan also received Peabody honors at a luncheon chaired by Eugene R Black.
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UPI
Bob Hope
Hope
Vietnam
Eric Sevareid
Ed Sullivan
Eugene R. Black
Sevareid
CBS
Dubcek Warns Moscow Over Novotny Contact
Czech Communist Party leader Dubcek told Soviet Ambassador Chervonenko he may delay sending ambassador-designate Kouchy to Moscow if Russia keeps meeting with the deposed Antonin Novotny. He voiced surprise and indignation at Chervonenko's talks with Novotny as tensions rise between Prague and Moscow.
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UPI
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Vladimir Kouchy
Russia
Antonin Novotny
Dubcek
Ivan V. Chervonenko
Chervonenko
Novotny
US and Britain pledge more Mideast aid
In London UPI reports the United States and Britain vow continued aid to Mideast allies to deter Communist aggression. Katzenbach says Washington will not join military actions in the Persian Gulf while CENTO ministers meet and Iran seeks reassurance amid British pullout plans east of Suez in 1971.
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Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Dean Rusk
Washington
Vietnam
Katzenbach
Ardeshir Zahedi
Suez
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