Pacific Fleet Drawn Thin To Shield Korea Watch
The 7th Fleet fields a 23 ship Task Force 71 off North Korea to protect reconnaissance missions, cutting U S bombing in Vietnam and Laos by about a third. Enterprise Ticonderoga Ranger Hornet join the effort as carriers shift to Sea of Japan and Gulf of Tonkin duties.
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Washington
Vietnam
7Th Fleet
U.S
North Korea
Pentagon
Sea of Japan
U S
South Vietnam
Laos
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Seventh
Pacific
Pacific Command
West
Enterprise
Ticonderoga
Ranger
Navy
Hornet
Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
Turkish
Istanbul
Horacio Rivero
NATO
Europe
Protests Spread To More Colleges Across Nation
Protests extend to over a dozen campuses including Yale Harvard Princeton and Cornell with sit ins strikes and clashes. Yale votes to bar ROTC from campus while Harvard SDS movement endures a five hour sit in. Cornell imposes firearm ban after unrest and Kent State sees rioting charges and jail terms as protests enter third week.
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Associated Press
Yale University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
New Haven
SDS
Harvard
ROTC
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Princeton University
Marine Corps
Clio
Cornell
James A. Perkins
Perkins
Robert D. Miller
Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
Portage County Common Pleas Court
Ravenna
Albert Caris
Kent State
Supreme Court curbs police power to fingerprint suspects
In a 6 2 ruling the Supreme Court said a judge must authorize fingerprinting seizures. The decision overturned a Mississippi case where a 14 year old’s prints were used at trial and noted the Fourth Amendment limits police actions. Justice Black dissented urging tighter protections and safety for the public. The Court held the Fourth Amendment applies to investigations.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
William J. Brennan Jr
Plane Crash Kills 44 in East Pakistan
An Indian airliner crashed Monday night over East Pakistan, killing all 44 people aboard, aviation ministry official said today.
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Calcutta
East Pakistan
Aviation Ministry
Kiwanis Club Honors LHS Scholars at Banquet
The Logan Kiwanis Club hosts a 6 pm scholarship banquet at Logan High School auditorium honoring top 9 12 grade students. The 76 member Logan High scholarship team and teachers attend as guests, with three District Science Day winners from Athens as special guests. Dr James Rogers OU education professor and former Miller High School superintendent speaks. program co chairs are Charles Moore and Max Davidson.
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Logan Kiwanis Club
Logan High School
Athens
Chuck Fox
Patti Johnston
Jeff Gosnell
James Rogers
Ohio University
Miller High School
Perry County
Charles Moore
LHS
Max Davidson
Sears
Nixon Tax Reform Proposals Include Long Range Changes
Administration spokesmen said Nixon's tax reform aims to quickly fix flaws and pursue slower basic structural changes. Treasury officials project roughly equal $4 billion gains and losses, with a net receipts increase after two years. Major items include repealing the 7 percent investment tax credit, limiting tax preferences for high earners, and curbing abuses while some cuts and revenue sharing would begin later.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Charles E. Walker
House
Ways and Means Committee
Israeli planes knock out Egypt radar network over Jordan
Israeli warplanes attacked Jordan and claimed to have destroyed most of Egypt's early warning radar sites in south Jordan. A senior general staff member warned options remain open for further action as Egyptian artillery bombardments along the Suez Canal continue. Egypt reported patrols crossing the canal to strike Israeli positions on the east bank.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Egypt
Amman
Israel
Suez Canal
East Bank
Red Crescent
Ebne Sina Sails Shatt al Arab Under Navy Escort
The Iranian freighter Ebne Sina accompanied by navy escorts and fighter cover sailed the Shatt al Arab estuary challenging Iraq’s claim to the waterway. Iraqi troop concentrations along the estuary were reported, but no incidents occurred as the 1300 ton ship began its six hour 80 mile journey from the Persian Gulf to the river confluence.
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Tehran
Shatt al Arab
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Tigris
Euphrates
Circleville Sailor Missing After Drowning Incident
A search in Bayou Chene, New Orleans for the body of Daniel Louis Orr, 49, a Circleville native and cook on a utility vessel, who drowned Sunday after reportedly falling from the ship's rear. Orr had lived near Madison County, Ohio, until about 18 months ago.
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New Orleans
Bayou Chene
Central Ohio
Daniel Louis Orr
Circleville
Jefferson
Columbus
Madison County
U.S. Plans A Dual Path to Viet Nam Exit
Secretary Rogers outlined a two track plan to reduce U.S. combat role in Vietnam even if Paris talks falter. The goal is to bring home thousands of troops this year while preparing South Vietnamese forces to shoulder more of the burden. He urged both sides in Paris to negotiate seriously for a settlement and to agree on mutual force withdrawals.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Associated Press
New York
Rogers
Jury Deliberates Sirhan Sirhan Death Penalty Fate
After 24 1/2 hours of deliberation the jury in Sirhan Sirhan's trial reached no verdict in the penalty phase. Prosecutors urged life with no chance of parole while defense argued for sparing his life, as Judge Walker instructed the panel to weigh life or death.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
Herbert V. Walker
Grant B. Cooper
Game Postponed by Wet Grounds
The Logan Nelsonville baseball game scheduled for this afternoon was postponed to Wednesday due to wet grounds.
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Logan - Nelsonville
Shaw Proposes 41.5 Million Pay Hikes for Ohio Workers
Senator Robert R. Shaw backed by administration support moves to introduce in the Ohio Senate a 41.5 million dollar package raising pay for 87 percent of the states 47 000 workers and funding a new health plan. The plan would boost lowest paid workers from 3328 to 4160 annually over two years and include existing step increases. It aims to sap a workers protest day planned for April 30. Other action includes a watered down ethics bill, extending juvenile aid to sheriff departments, and a five minute daily meditation requirement for classrooms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert R. Shaw
Shaw
House
State Government Committee
Charles Ek. Fry
Springfield
Fry
Senate
Ross County Treasurer Russell Friend Dies in Columbus
Ross County treasurer Russell Friend, age 69, died Monday at University Hospital in Columbus after a stay since March 17. Paul Dunfee was named acting treasurer.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Russell Friend
Ross County
University Hospital
Columbus
Paul Dunfee
April Chill Sweeps Northern U S With Rain Snow
An April cold front spread across the northern half of the United States bringing rain and some snow. Temperatures dropped to the 40s from the Pacific Northwest to New England and into the Central Plains. Wet snow fell in northern Michigan while rain stretched from the Great Lakes to the Middle Atlantic. Pacific Northwest and Pacific weather cooled as a new front moved in, while the Southeast and Southwest enjoyed mild lows in the 70s.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
New England
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Houston
Maine
Michigan
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
Mainland
Rockies
Midwest
Market Mixed as Tax Reforms Pressue Stocks
New York stocks traded lower at noon as investors digest Nixon tax reforms. The Dow Jones average fell 4.83 points to 912.68 while declines surpassed advances by about 375 issues.
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New York
Nixon
North Viet Namese Attempt to Cross River Foiled by Marines
U S Marines repelled an estimated 150 North Vietnamese attempting to cross the Vu Gia River near Da Nang. Artillery and a Spooky gunship killed about 50 enemy fighters. one Marine was wounded. Separate combat west of Saigon left 21 North Vietnamese dead with no American casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Nha Trang
South Vietnam
Vu Gia
Sampans
25Th Infantry
Mekong Delta
25Th Division
Phan Rang
Tra Cun
Siagon
Armericans
Czech Party Chief Husak In Moscow
Czechoslovakia's new Communist party chief Gustav Husak visited Moscow amid hopes of Soviet concessions. He was greeted at the airport by Leonid Brezhnev Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Podgorny and top officials signaling Kremlin approval of his rise over Alexander Dubcek.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Gustav Husak
Moscow
Hlusak
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Kremlin
Husak
Alexander Dubcek
Yippies Choose Cincinnati for National HQ
Yip pie leader Jerry Rubin announced Cincinnati will host the Youth International Party national headquarters. He also said Students for a Democratic Society and the Black Panthers plan to establish chapters in Cincinnati, expressing satisfaction with the city as a base.
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Cincinnati
Youth International Party
Yippies
Jerry Rubin
Rubin
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