Reagan Orders National Guard Alert Over Isla Vista Unrest
Ronald Reagan placed the National Guard on alert as Isla Vista disturbances near the University of California campus escalate. Santa Barbara County declared a state of disaster and urged guard deployment after a night with 375 arrests, part of a week of unrest totaling about 630 arrests, amid protests over indictments of 17 students linked to a bank fire and riots.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ronald Reagan
National Guard
Isla Vista
University of California
Reagan
Bank of America
Hussein in Command Jordan King Moves To Quell Warfare
Jordan King Hussein takes personal command of the army dismissing two top generals to end fighting with Palestinian guerrillas. He warns there will be no changes and vows a firm response as clashes continue in Amman. International and U S interest rises as hostage fears and ceasefire efforts unfold.
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Hussein
Sherif Nasser Ben Jamil
Zeid Ben Shaker
Jordan
Associated Press
Dennis Neeid
Intercontinental Hotel
Thursiday
Red Cross
Nixon
Washington
White House
Ronald L. Zeigler
Middle East
City council seeks emergency funds for Lubbock tornado recovery
The Lubbock city council authorized applications for federal funds to aid recovery after the May 11 tornado. They approved a 141000 grant for counseling about 700 displaced families and opened HUD and Community Renewal Program grant processes to plan long range needs and neighborhood development. Building lines along 3rd and 4th Streets were established to prohibit construction within the right of way. Additional actions included rights of way acquisitions on 4th Street and Sid Street to straighten offsets. See CITY ASKS Page 4.
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Lubbock
Cancil
50Th Street
Memphis Avenue
Office of Eimergency Preparedness
HUD
Ior
Department of Housing and Urban Development
iThis Gramt
4Th Street
Avenue M
Avenue P
Sid Street
Prayer Reflection From A Reader
A reader offers a short prayer asking for mercy and guidance. The message seeks divine breath to transform life from rigid clay into living souls in faith.
Virginia Marine Base heist ends with arrests after chase
Four men robbed a Quantico Marine Base bank branch and fled in a military truck with two MPs and hostages. Police and federal agents halted them at an Interstate 95 roadblock near Springfield. three suspects James Shird Leon Bullock and George Bailey were arraigned in Alexandria. One suspect David Banks was treated for a gunshot wound at Fairfax Hospital. The heist amount was not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Quantico
Quantico Marine Base
FBI
Springfield
U.S
Alexandria
James Shird
Leon Bullock
George Bailey
Fairfax Hospital
David Banks
Virginia National Bank
Setback for Nixon as antiwar forces push Cambodia curbs
Senate vote 52 to 47 defeats Byrd backed amendment and paves the way for Cooper Church plan to curb U S actions in Cambodia. Chiefs see possible House rejection but Senate House conference could threaten the military sales bill tied to the measure. Nixon faces a political setback as the fight moves to next steps.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
U. S
Mee Tastee
Nixon
Byrd
Vietnam
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Frank Church
Didaho
Cooper-Church
House
Young doctors stage mock transplant at New York University
In New York City at University Hospital youngsters aged 5 to 12 perform mock heart and kidney transplants in the pediatrical ward to ease fears of hospitalization. Keith Ray Regis eight and Chris McCarthy eleven don surgical gear to carry out a complete simulated double heart transplant in a half hour, as Miss Jean Johnson notes the program educates long term patients and observers.
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New York
New York University’s University Hospital
Raymond Regis
Chris McCarthy
Ray
Chris
University Hospital
Jean Johnson
Ann Benner
Hopital Recreation
Market slips as Dow drops in light trading
The Dow Jones industrial average falls 9.33 points to 68,442 amid profit taking after a six day rally. Analysts cite no major news and caution ahead of President Nixon's economic speech, with volumes thin on the Big Board and Amex. Major decliners include American Telephone, Burroughs, Natomas, American Air Filter, and University Computing.
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New York
Nixon
American Telephone
Burroughs
Natomas
American Air Filter
University Computing
Kennedy To Seek New Senate Term
Kennedy announces bid for re election to the Senate pledging to serve a full six year term. He says he will not run in 1972 and declines a 1976 presidential plan for personal reasons.
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Kennedy
Senate
Boston
UPTI
Edward M. ‘Kennedy
Reds Slay Civilians in Viet Cong Raid Near Da Nang
An estimated 114 South Vietnamese civilians were killed and 70 wounded when Viet Cong troops overran Ba Ren village, 17 miles southeast of Da Nang. A U S commander reported Ba Ren about 90 percent destroyed after a mortar barrage and street killings.
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Associated Press
Saigon
da Nan
U.S
Ba Ren
da Nang
Montly
Tthe
Mekong Delta
Dalat
Ma- Lee
Citizens Urge Action for Memorial Center Bond Election
The Citizens Advisory Commission on Disaster Rehabilitation urged Lubbock officials to act by July 1 to call a bond election for the first phase of a memorial civic center and to seek simultaneous county funding. The panel pressed immediate land acquisition talks and emphasized using center costs as the city’s matching share for federal aid, with participation by both city and county governments.
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Citizens Advisory Commission On Disaster Rehabilitation
Memorial Civic Center
Lubbock
Memorial Center
CAC
4Th
10Th Streets
Forsuch
Tornadoes claim four lives across Oklahoma and dust storms
Severe storms lashed Central and Eastern Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle as a cluster of tornadoes, high winds, and dust swept the South Plains. Four people died, at least a dozen injured, and 11 towns reported damage including destroyed barns and roofs. Darin Wicker 4 died in Mangum from barn fire caused by lightning. Larry Dee Vardy 17 was killed in an overturned tractor near his Manchester home.
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Sooner
Lidbbock
South Plains
Darin Wicker
Dennis Wicker
Mangum
Las
Larry Dee Vardy
Manchester
Hig T
Shie Home
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