Students Demonstrate Across Nation Against War and Racism
Students at dozens of universities joined international protests against racism and the Vietnam War. From New York's Loyalty Day parade to antiwar rallies in San Francisco and Chicago, actions spread to colleges nationwide and abroad, including Prague and Paris.
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Vietnam
New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Martin Luther King Jr
Louisiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Paris
Arch of Triumph
Eiffel Tower
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
State University of New York
Albany
San Francisco
Princeton
Rutgers
Drew
Georgia State College
New York City
New York University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pace
Hunter
Brooklyn
Queens
Columbia University
Long Island
McKendree College
Lebanon
Ill
Paul G. Manual
OSU Feeder Protest Ends After Concessions From Officials
Negro students backed by antiwar demonstrators ended a four hour takeover of Ohio State University’s administration building after officials signed a concession. The school will investigate bus ejection complaints involving four Negro girls and a neck-grabbing allegation. A black student affairs office will be created by May 15 along with a published list of programs for black students.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Bermuda Turmoil as Negro Riots Prompt State of Emergency
In Hamilton Bermuda a state of emergency was declared after a second night of burning and looting by predominantly Negro gangs. Police say 15 were arrested and five injured, including John Patton deputy leader of the UBP. Troops and riot police reinforced the capital as curfew kept order.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Executive Council
Bermuda Regiment
United Bermuda Party
UBP
Progressive Labor Party
PLP
John Patton
United States and Soviet Union Seek Support for Nuclear Ban Treaty
The United States and the Soviet Union urge General Assembly support for a treaty banning spread of nuclear weapons. Officials argue endorsement will aid peaceful use of nuclear energy and improve climate for resolving other conflicts.
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N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Geneva
India
Brazil
Italy
Japan
West Germany
Romania
China
France
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Goldberg
Kuznetsov
Change To Affect 48 States Tonight
Most clocks will be set ahead to Daylight Saving Time this Sunday except Hawaii and Arizona which exempt themselves by law. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 governs DST, with Indiana and Michigan showing split time zones in the Upper Peninsula causing half the region to switch to CDT and EDT respectively.
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Hawaii
Arizona
Congress
U.S. Department of Transportation
Indiana
Michigan
Chicago
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Wisconsin
Tornado Toll: 14 Dead Across Ohio and Kentucky
The Dayton region reports 14 dead and 338 injured after tornadoes in Ohio and Kentucky. Red Cross aid continues as 1,074 homes were demolished or damaged, with 246 destroyed in Kentucky and 130 in Ohio. Anna L. Armstrong, 35, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, is the 14th fatality, with Wheelersburg and Portsmouth among the affected areas.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Red Cross
Anna L. Armstrong
Wheelersburg
Portsmouth
Buckeye
Thomas S. Corcoran
Alexandria
Corcoran
Blue Grass State
Humphrey Enters Democratic Presidential Contest
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey announces a bid for the Democratic nomination at 1 p.m. EST supported by business labor and the South. The rumor of President Johnson’s possible resignation stirred political commentary as Kennedy and McCarthy campaign in Wyoming and Indiana. Nixon urged deficit cuts as Rockefeller and Miller tour the Midwest and South.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Sens
Eugene J. MacCarthy
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Washington
White House
Henry Fairlie
The
Sunday Express
Fairlie
Kennedy
George Christian
Fairlie Dispatch
Wyoming
D. Branigin
Richard M. Nixon
Aberdeen
S.C
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockfeller
Midwest
Rockefeller
Sen
Thruston Morton
William E. Miller
George Wallace
Alabama
Houston
Texas
IsraelEgypt clash near Suez Canal lasts 75 minutes
Israeli and Egyptian troops exchange fire across the Suez Canal for 75 minutes with two Israeli soldiers slightly wounded. Israel accuses Egypt of opening fire near El Firdan by Ismailia.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
el Firdan
Ismailia
Port Said
New Gold Rush Seen By British Commentator
London based Patrick Sergeant of the Daily Mail reports signs of a new gold rush as rumors of a US balance of payments deficit for Q1 1968 circulate among international bankers. He warns the deficit may exceed the $1.8 billion shortfall posted in late 1967.
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London
Patrick Sergeant
London Daily Mail
U.S
Korean Reds Wounders In Ambush
In the DMZ U N Command reports one South Korean soldier killed and two Americans wounded after an ambush by North Koreans during patrol. A 30 minute exchange followed with U N casualties rising to nine killed and eleven wounded in two weeks.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
U.N
U.N. Command
Air Force B52s bomb Viet Cong sanctuaries near Saigon
Reports say B52s struck Viet Cong sanctuaries on two sides of Saigon in a new push to disrupt troop concentrations near the capital. Intelligence warns of a potential Saigon attack similar to the lunar new year invasion. The biggest fight occurred near Con Thien with 72 North Vietnamese killed in three hours.
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Saigon
Con Thien
U.S
Camp Carroll
Khe Sanh
Quang Tri
A Shau
North Vietnam
Air
828Th
Vinh
Key Club Bicycle Ride Marathon Presses On Through Rain
The Logan Key Club marathon to raise funds for the Heart Fund continued at noon despite heavy rain and three flat tires since Friday. Riders had covered 219 miles by 9 10 a m and the goal of one dollar per mile appeared on track as shifts rode two hours around a block bordered by Main Spring Hunter and Market Streets.
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Logan Key Club
Heart Fund
Main Spring
Hunter and Market Sts
Bob Johnston
Chuck Kemper
Jon Slutchison
Chuck Fuller
Risch
Hutchison
Buddy Inboden
Joe Grif
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