Antiwar protests in Washington turn militant direct action
In Washington antiwar activists switch from peaceful marches to direct action including brief invasions of Capitol Hill offices. Demonstrators linked to Rennie Davis and the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice planned two weeks of militant activity aimed at disrupting government functions while promising nonviolent tactics like traffic blockades.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Chicago Seven
Rennie Davis
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Senate Chamber
Davis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Fulbright Committee
PCJC
Lompoc teachers seek pay boosts and new staff
School officials estimate teacher pay and fringe benefits plus instructional proposals from the Lompoc Education Association could exceed 4 million dollars. The plan includes reductions in class size, extended staffing, and several new positions across elementary and secondary schools, with a projected total potential cost of over 4.7 million for facilities plus an extra 1.4 million to reach a 22 to 1 ratio, not included in current totals.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
Don Lisle
Tide change saves Oxnard homes from major wave threat
In Oxnard California volunteers fought sand loss as a 6.5 foot tide threatened six beachfront homes. The late surge vanished and sand returned to shore halting further damage, though two homes already collapsed into the sea and a mobile home park faced destruction. Local officials called the turnabout dramatic and said danger had passed for now.
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Oxnard Shores
Sonny and Cher Bono
Marvin Young
Swich
William Fox
Five Die As Air Force Plane Crashes Near Cheyenne Airport
A U S Air Force C47 with 15 cadets aboard exploded on landing at Cheyenne Municipal Airport. All five aboard were killed including Lt. Col. Frank L. Trochak, Maj. Fabian Douzvardis, Maj. James C. Veach, and S Sgt. Paul Huston. Eyewitness said the plane hit ground and burst into flames. The fifth victim’s name remained withheld pending family notification.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
UPI
Air Force Academy
Ed Nation
Alion
Frank L. Trochak
McAllen
Tex
Trochak
Warren
Fabian Douzvardis
Chicago
321St Strategic Missile Squadron
James C. Veach
Pensacola
Fla
First Geodetic Survey Squadron
Paul Huston
Vallejo
Calif
Warren Afb
Viet Cong Rocket Attacks Hit U.S. Bases in Vietnam
Viet Cong carried out a rocket attack on Camp Eagle the U.S. 101st Airborne base near Saigon amid a month long lull. Sapper assaults near Saigon and Cambodia produced casualties and highlighted renewed fighting across South Vietnam and Phnom Penh.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Camp Eagle
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Phu Bai
Soviet Soyuz 10 returns early amid muted reports
Western observers say the Soviet brief Soyuz 10 mission may have ended early due to rookie cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov weightlessness adaptation problems. The flight docked once with Salute then returned after two days as officials hailed a "complete success."
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Moscow
UPI
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
Rukavishnikov
Soviet Union
Newcast
Boris Eygorov
Tass
Nixon optimistic about U S economic future
President Nixon told the UPI that optimism is essential for America's economic health. Speaking to the U S Chamber of Commerce he rejected dark forecasts, cited Vietnam War tensions, and pledged to end U S involvement in Indochina while preserving core principles.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
America
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ashington
United States
Indochina
Businessmen’s Convention
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Norman Rowland
Burbank
Mrs. Rowland
la Purisima Mission
Claude Huffman
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Red
U.S. Command
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