Car Skid Kills Girl at Missouri School for the Blind
Linda Tomlinson a 13 year old pupil at the Missouri School for the Blind in St Louis died in a car truck crash while returning home for the weekend. Three other people were injured in the incident.
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Linda Tomlinson
Missouri School For the Blind
St. Louis
Waynesville
Linda
Youlanda Tomlinson
S. Olive St
Highway Patrol
Lucinda A. Gilbert
Joplin
Troy Lee Gilbert
Helen Chapman
Terri Chapman
Terri
Arnold Funeral Home
Jeff Marsh
Mexico United Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Funeral
Linda Darline Tomlinson
John and
Youlanda Cook Tomlinson
Chicago
Sandra
Julie
Youlanda
Julia Worley
West Frankfort
The
United Methodist Church
Dead Pile Up In Bus Truck Fiery Crash
Fourteen dead and 15 injured in a crash near Bean Station Tennessee when a Greyhound bus collided with a tractor trailer. The truck burned, two children among the dead, and most injured were from Norfolk Virginia. The wreck occurred about 5 a.m. near Morristown. National Transportation Safety Board sent experts to investigate.
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Knoxville
Kingsport
Jesse Coffee
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Alabama
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Candidates Set Speaking Tour in Audrain County
Democratic primary candidates will hold a ten stop speaking tour in Audrain County this summer. The Audrain Democratic Club sponsored meeting set the schedule and arrangements. Eleven candidates will be heard with three contested races for sheriff assessor and representative. Unopposed Democrats in county court and prosecuting attorney races will also participate. The tour runs July 7 to Aug 1 with an Aug 5 event, on Tuesdays and Fridays, excluding July 4.
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Audrain County
Audrain Democratic Club
County Court
Eastern District
Western District
Iriday
Lewis Brooks Jr
Box 251
Mexico
Shutdowns Hit Schools Hospitals In Canada
Protests over the jailing of three labor leaders continue in Quebec for a fourth day, shutting down construction sites mines factories schools and hospitals. Mayors and unions call for amnesty and release while journalists and papers halt publishing amid walkouts.
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Quebec
Sorel
Montreal
Donald Galliene
Sept-Iles
Canadian Broadcasting Co
CBS
Quebec City
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Louis Laberge
Quebec Federation of Labor
Marcel Pepin
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Yvon Charbonneau
Quebec Teachers Corp
Agreement Ends Threat Of Rail Strike
Washington reports that railroads and the Sheet Metal Workers union reached a new contract retroactive to Jan 1 1971 averting a May 31 strike. The deal follows a 42 percent raise over 42 months and awaits ratification by 6300 union members and Pay Board approval. Only friction now is Penn Central vs UTU over crew sizes.
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Washington
Sheet Metal Workers Union
William H. Dempsey
National Railway Labor Conference
Dempsey
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association
Penn Central Railroad
United Transportation Union
Sheet Metal Workers
Presidential Emergency Board 181
Nixon
Nix
Agnew Discusses Vietnam Policy With Japan Leader
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in Tokyo to hear Japan's view on U.S. moves to cut off supplies to North Vietnam. Ambassador Ushiba said the eight minute talk stressed neutrality and impartiality while Agnew begins a four day state visit.
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Tokyo
Spiro T. Agnew
Eisaku Sato
U.S
North Vietnam
Washington
Nobi Nobuhiko Ushiba
Sato
Agnew
Nixon
Okinawa
Japan
Ashiba
South Vietnamese Marines recapture Hai Lang in Quang Tri
South Vietnamese marines launched a counteroffensive in Quang Tri Province landing by air to retake Hai Lang district town south of Quang Tri city. U.S. Marines assisted with air support and artillery as Hanoi forces faced pressure near Hue with ongoing fighting at An Loc.
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Saigon
Quang Tri Province
U.S
My Chanh
Hai Lang
Quang Tri
Hue
An Loc
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Nixon
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Okinawa
Quang Tri City
Arnett
Soviet Merchants Head For Hai Phong Port
BBC reports Moscow radio says eight Soviet merchant vessels sail toward the mined North Vietnamese port of Hai Phong. The ships carry fertilizers agricultural machinery and clothing and are crossing the Indian and Atlantic oceans ahead of schedule. Japanese defense agency notes two Soviet warships moving south into the East China Sea north of Vietnam, first such transit since last December.
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London
British Broadcasting Corp
Moscow Radio
Haiphong
BBC
North Vietnam
Japanese Defense Agency
East China Sea
Vietnam
Strait of Tsushima
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Antiwar Rallies Draw Reaction Across Cities
Protesters against U S mining of North Vietnamese harbors held demonstrations in 20 cities as Nixon supporters appeared. Across 17 states Friday antiwar protests continued with clashes in San Francisco Columbus Ithaca and Fort Walton Beach where 12 000 marched for the president many arrests followed. Massachusetts lawmakers split over peace proposals and Young Americans for Freedom backed strong military action. Police used clubs tear gas and shotguns in several cities as security agencies investigated cable cuts in Salt Lake City and campus blocks at Cornell and MIT.
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Associated Press
U.S
Nixon
San Francisco
Columbus
Ohio
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Massachusetts House
North Vietnam
Senate
Vietnam
Young Americans For Freedom
Union Square
St. Francis Hotel
Govs
Ronald Reagan
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ohio State University
Madison
Wis
Uni
U.N
Princeton University
Institute of Defense Analysis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Demonstrators In West Berlin Parade With Allied Forces
Western powers staged their 27th annual West Berlin parade as 5000 troops with armor marched through the city to showcase military strength amid counter demonstrations by Vietnam war protesters. Police reported 3000 to 5000 demonstrators, clashing briefly, while 25 000 spectators packed the parade route and surrounding streets.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Minh
West Berlin
East Germany
America House
West Germany
England
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An Lac
Richard Pyle
Highway 13
21St Infantry Divison
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