Franklin seeks reelection as Clark County district attorney
Clark County district attorney Franklin announces he will run again and may back colleague Ed Fike in the primary. Fike calls Franklin a strong campaigner and says crime is a top state issue. Franklin declines governor bid and reflects on party loyalty and personal reasons for staying in county.
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Ed Fike
Franklin
Clark County
George
Sennor
Fike
Margie Dyer
Sparks
George Franklin
Nevada
Nevad
Reno
Campus Protests Turn Violent Across Several Universities
Thousands protested as campuses faced firebombings and occupations. Governors ordered capitol evacuations after bomb threats while police used tear gas against demonstrators. At Illinois Urbana a 1 500 student group clashed with state police. Cincinnati and Kentucky cited fires and arrests amid ROTC protests and Kent State echoes.
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Texas Capitol
Preston Smith
Capitol
Motion To Free LeRoy A Marsh Hangs In Limbo
Judge William Compton took under submission a motion to free LeRoy Marsh on the murder arson charge in the Alphonse Bass case. Marsh’s defense offered no argument and no decision was announced. Bass died in a March 30 1969 fire at Thoma Hanley’s sister’s home, later ruled arson with Bass as a key witness in the Alsup murder probe.
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Dist
William Compton
LeRoy Marsh
Alphonse Bass
Marsh
Bass
Thoma Hanley
Hanley
Ralph Alsup
Bandit Leads Deputy To Wile Description Of Bandit Leads Deputy
Sheriff Bill Miller and Sheriff Harlan Long nabbed a bank robber after Miller spotted a red car and a blonde hitchhiker. Mrs Ruby Miller, 28, wife of Miller, and a man were detained. $1,757 stolen was recovered. FBI to file federal charges. The man was released and Miller returned to duty.
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Wile
Long
Muller
FBI
Miller
Sheriff Long
Laird and Rogers deny being left out of Cambodia decision
In Washington, Defense Secretary Laird and Secretary of State Rogers rejected claims they were sidelined in Nixon's Cambodia invasion. Both insisted they were fully involved and supported the actions, though questions linger about whether they were overruled before troops were ordered.
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Laird, Scott
Deny Nixon
Washington
UPI
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Cambodia
Congress
Rogers
Department
House
Wallace Hangs On As Democrats, Republicans Rally
Wallace remains a political force in Alabama after pushing Governor Brewer into a run off. In Ohio Taft defeats Rhodes for the Senate nomination while Metzenbaum upsets Glenn in the Democratic primary. Brewer leads in Alabama late in results. Feighan loses renomination in Ohio. Indiana incumbents are renominated. Connecticut delegates back Dodd in most towns.
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Wallace
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Ohio
Rep
Robert A. Taft Jr
Rhodes
Senate
Howard W. Metzenbaum
Cleveland
Glenn
Sen
Stephen Moung
Taft
Metzenbaum
Third psychiatrist named to examine murder suspect
Lester Pete Moore, charged with the January stabbing of Gerald Hamilton Carpenter at 414 Casino Center Blvd, was identified by the victim as the assailant before dying. Moore was arrested soon after at a downtown casino and awaits court on May 27 for an exam result by Dr. Jerome Schwartz.
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Lester Pete. Moore
Moore
Gerald Hamilton Carpenter
Casino Center Blvd
Jerome Schwartz
There Was No Sniper Says Ohio Congressman
Senator Stephen M Young of Ohio told the Senate and later in an interview that the first shot at Kent State University was fired accidentally by a National Guardsman hit by a tear gas canister. He urged a congressional investigation and faulted Guardsmen for trigger happiness and live ammunition use.
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University of Kentucky Coed
Air Force
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Stony Brook
Long Island
New York State University
National
University of Maryland
College Park
Kent
Ohio
Atttack
Washington
UPI
Stephen M. Young
Kent State University
Young
Senate
Washington Evening Star
White House
National Guard
Kent State
Ohio National Guardsmen
T. del Corso
Ohio Guard
Two Highway Patrolmen Shot By 11-Year-Old Boy
In Fresno California a young boy on a motorcycle opened fire on CHP officers Erwin Wade and Mike Root wounding Wade badly and lightly injuring Root. Root fired back but missed as the boy fled then fell. The 11 year old was captured and taken to juvenile hall following a family dispute and runaway flight with a pistol from his brother and a small amount of gasoline purchased earlier.
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California
Erwin Wade
Mike Root
Root
Wade
Fresno County Sheriff's Office
Navy Patrol Boats Enter Cambodia in Massive Vietnam Offensive
An armada of U S Navy river patrol boats crossed into Cambodia as fresh Allied troops mounted the war's largest offensive. In South Vietnam a fierce North Vietnamese attack killed 28 Americans and wounded 31 as U S 25th Infantry Division forces swept into the Dog's Head sector. Fire Base Henderson near the DMZ endured heavy losses, while overall Allied advances and weapon seizures marked a major phase of the Cambodian campaign.
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Saigon
Snuol
Cambodia
UPS
Leon Daniel
Robert Kaylor
U. S Navy
Kaylor
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Dog's Head
U.S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone Border
Dmz
Henderson
Quang Tri Province
U.S. Airborne
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Phuoc Vinh
House Balks At Approving Nixon Policies
Lawmakers debated wartime authorization and troop deployment in Laos Cambodia and Thailand as a key amendment to restrict funding failed 248 to 132 in a non recorded vote. Supporters and opponents clashed over how far to back Nixon foreign policy amid Vietnam era tensions.
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House
Nixon
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Congress
Robert Leggett
Leggett
Pietnam Hawks
Paul Finchey
Rljl
U.S
South Vietnam
Findley
Doves
Gulf of Tonkin
Funeral Pending For Lake Mead Victim Henry Ranson Jr
Funeral services are pending at Palm Mortuary for 18 year old Henry Ranson Jr of 206 Jackson St. who drowned Tuesday while swimming in Lake Mead. Survived by parents and six siblings. Divers from the National Park Service found his body in 25 feet of water near Las Vegas Wash after the 4:30 p.m. incident.
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Palm Mortuary
Henry Ranson, Jr
Jackson St
Lake Mead
Valley High School
Ranson
Las Vegas Wash
National Park Service
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State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Southeast Asia
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Fishhook
Clarence D. Long
Ds Md
McCloskey
Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
United Press International
James A. Rhodes
John H., Glenn
Indiana
Connecticut
Brewer
Charles E. Woods
Roger Cloud
John J. Gilligan
Michael Feighan
Thomas H. Dodd
Carpenter
Fresno
Calif
Kham Spean River
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