Nixon Shifts from Blockade as Port Mines Target Haiphong
An AP analysis explains Nixon pressures on North Vietnam using port mining rather than a formal blockade. The plan blocks Haiphong and other ports with magnetic and acoustic mines, giving ships a grace period before potential interdiction and signaling broader US aims to cut Soviet and Chinese military support to Hanoi.
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Hoffman AP
Washington
Nixon
Pentagon
Daniel
Henkin
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Hong Kong
U.S
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McNamara
Defense
Hon Gai
Cam Pha
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Quang Khe
Cuba
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Russia
China
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Nixon orders mines as Hanoi war tolls rise
President Nixon sets a sea quarantine to choke North Vietnam’s war supplies, warning the Soviet Union to quit arming Hanoi within three days or face destruction of Soviet ships. The move triggers fears of a superpower clash, while U S forces mine Haiphong and other ports and bomb railways, as Congress debates the war.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Pay Board Order May Bring Strike
A national dock strike looms as the Pay Board cuts 15 cents an hour from raises for 50,000 East and Gulf Coast longshoremen. The board approved 55 cents in straight pay plus fringe benefits, down from 15 to 12 percent overall, with leaders cautioned but hinting at compliance.
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Washington
Gulf Coast
Thomas W
Teddy" Gleason
Afi-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
West Coast
Harry Bridges
Independent International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Bridges
Gleason
East
George H. Boldt
East-Gulf
Boldt
Banquet Honors MMA 22 Latin Cadets at Missouri Military Academy
Missouri Military Academy will honor its 22 cadets from Latin nations at a banquet. Col. Charles Stribling III and Lt. Col. Eugene Lamm will address the group, with Jorge Garza of Monterrey and Guillermo Ferrer of Maracaibo speaking for their peers. Cadet Major Fernan Tremari leads the corps, and Caracas native Mario Rodriguez-Heres commands the Fusileers. Delta Phi will admit Jorge Garza as the first foreign student member for academic excellence. Eight Latin cadets have earned 13 varsity letters this year.
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Missouri Military Academy
Charles Stribling III
Eugene Lamm
David Arnold
Lamm
Mexico
Stribling
MMA
Jorge Garza
Monterrey
Guillermo Ferrer
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Latin America
South America
Fernan Tremari
Mexico City
Fusileers
Mario Rodriguez-Heres
Caracas
Delta Phi
Ferrer
John Elola
Matamoros
United States
Summer Jobs Sought For Students In Mexico
Mexico Missouri employment officials launch a major campaign to place at least 200 high school and college students in summer jobs. Office manager Gene Richardson notes 4.2 percent area jobless, accents easy student registration, poster drives, employer outreach, and opportunities at refractories plants, real estate and clerical roles. The effort aims to keep youth productive and prepare tomorrow’s leaders.
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Mexico
Missouri State Employment Service
Gene Richardson
Richardson
Hopes Dwindle for 58 Miners in Sun Shine Silver Mine
A two man rescue team reached the 4800 foot level of the Sun Shine Silver Mine but returned to the surface without locating the trapped miners. Interior Department spokesman Lou Helm said another crew would be sent later to reach the main shaft about 4000 feet away as hopes dwindled for the 58 miners believed trapped since a recent fire. Thirty five miners died at other levels during the blaze, the mine's richest silver source. The rescue descended in a metal capsule through a four foot air shaft, taking nearly 12 hours and exhausting crews working in relays amid heat and humidity.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine
Lou Helm
Interior Department
Perilous Escalation Declares Spock
Kansas City AP Dr Benjamin Spock urges protest after Nixon mines North Vietnamese harbors calling it insane and perilous escalation. As People's Party candidate he notes Viet Cong fight for freedom and warns Soviet reaction as U S enters more dangerous war phase.
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Kansas City
Benjamin Spock
Nixon
Spock
People’s Party
Saigon
Soviet Union
Mexico Ledger Publication and subscription rates notice
The Mexico Ledger lists publishing details and subscription prices for Mexico, Missouri, including daily operation, office hours, and postage terms. Rates cover local, Audrain and adjacent counties, other Missouri counties, out of state, and military mail, with monthly and yearly options.
Tom Sawyer For A Night In Mark Twain House Bed
Hannibal Missouri AP George Seybolt president of William Underwood Co. slept in Tom Sawyer's bed in the Mark Twain home after approval by museum officials. He stayed the night as Underwood opened a plant in Hannibal. A burglar alarm sounded when he touched the floor Monday morning marking the bed's first use since 1912. Seybolt owns a Mark Twain works collection and became Twain’s admirer during World War II.
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Hannibal, Mo
George Seybolt
William Underwood Co
Tom Sawyer
Seybolt
Tom
Mark Twain
Underwood Company
Hannibal
Draft Call For June To Numbers 1-35
Washington AP reports the Selective Service orders about 9,000 men with lottery numbers 1 through 35 to report in June to the Army. Most inductees are 1-A and 1-4-0 born in 1952. some older men lost deferments or had initial postponements expire. Orders go out by May 31. this is the first call under a new system grouping all with the same numbers to report in the same period nationwide.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Headquarters
Hodgson Elected President Of Mexico Cerebral Palsy Board
Walter Hodgson of 821 N Western St was chosen president of the Mexico Cerebral Palsy Board at a Monday meeting held at the CP School. New vice president Don Decker and re elected secretary Marlin Fisher along with re elected treasurer Ken Wyatt also joined the board. Tim Hagan stepped down after two years as president. The meeting, attended by nine members, also heard that Central Missouri CP association president Raymond Lees will lead a June 11 gathering in Fulton. Upcoming events include the students spring trip to Jefferson City on May 19, the May 26 closing day basket dinner, and summer speech therapy sessions May 30 to July 20 at the school for seven pupils.
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Walter Hodgson
N. Western St
Mexico
Central Missouri
Fulton
State Capitol
Jefferson City
Randy Dewar
Happy Ending: Gandersnatch Was Just Prank
OTTAWA Kansas AP Gregory the gander known for loving the Salsbury car was reportedly kidnapped by Kansas University students seeking decorations for a spring formal. Frat members later returned the bird and apologized, and Mrs Salsbury celebrated by buying a new wading pool.
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Ottawa
Kan
Oone
Wis
Sone College
Canalnyg
AT. Salsbury
Gander
Salsbury
Mrs. Salsbury
Gregory
Garfield PTA Band Concert Tonight at School
Garfield PTA meeting at the school features a sixth grade band concert directed by Robert Murta. Co presidents Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hobbs will conduct the 7 p.m. session as parents attend the event.
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Garfield Pta
Robert Murta
Dean Hobbs
Italy Faces More Coalition Government
ROMIN AP reports from today’s Italian parliamentary election showing ongoing shaky coalitions led by the Christian Democrats and other moderates. The Vatican-backed Unelatian Democrats held their own but failed to win a majority, limiting chances of a center-right coalition with Liberals and Republicans and signaling possible renewal of a center-left alliance with Socialists and Social Democrats that collapsed last January.
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ROMIN
Taly
Christian Democrats
Socialists
Social Democrats
Italy
Symington Raps War Escalation
In St Louis Democrats Stuart Symington and Thomas Eagleton condemned Nixon's move to block entrances to North Vietnam. Eagleton blasted Nixon's speech as exposing the failure of Vietnam policy while Symington warned the decision would escalate the war beyond prior limits.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
North Vietnam
Stuart Symington
Thomas Eagleton
Nixon
Vietnam
Eagleton
Symington
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