Seven Americans Die In North Viet Nam Air Strike
North Vietnamese shells hit a U.S. Air Force C130 at Kontum airfield killing seven Americans aboard and injuring two others. An ammunition dump at Pleiku was destroyed, and the Da Nang Hue highway was cut. In the north, Fire Bases Rakkasan and Helen were reoccupied as fighting raged near Hue.
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Saigon
Kontum
Pleiku
da Nang
Hue
Bastogne
U.S. Command
Rakkasan
Helen
U.S
US Rejects Congs Demand For Talks On Viet Peace
The United States and South Vietnam rejected the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese demand for a Thursday peace talks session. They said battlefield actions and Paris statements show no serious interest in negotiations and warned against a plenary meeting that would be an empty ritual.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
University of Missouri Chancellor says hopeful signs amid doubt
Columbia Missouri AP reports Chancellor Herbert W Schooling addressed about 4000 graduates. He noted funding constraints and shifting public concerns but stressed the universitys reservoir of goodwill and its importance to the states economic and social well being despite polls questioning higher education usefulness.
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Columbia, Mo
Herbert W. Schooling
University of Missouri-Columbia
Schooling
Wallace romps to primary victories amid drive to deadlock convention
Michigan gave Wallace 51 percent as McGovern 27 and Humphrey 16. In Maryland Wallace won 40 with Humphrey 27 and McGovern 22. Wallace’s doctors report possible improvement from gun wounds as Connally resigns, Shultz to become Treasury chief, and West Germany to ratify nonaggression pacts ahead of Nixon-Moscow talks.
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George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Wallace
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
Silver Spring
George Wallace
Alabama
Laurel
South
Missouri Senate names tax study committee members
Senate president pro tem J F Patterson named 10 interim committees including a panel to study Missouri property tax as a school finance base. The panel would probe the entire tax system amid lawsuits claiming property tax unequal funding. Members include Sens. Jack Gant Omer Avery Norman Merrell Maurice Schechter and Don Owens.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Missouri
California Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
J. F. Patterson
D-Camthersville
House
James E. Godfrey
St. Louis
Jack Gant
Independence
Omer H. Avery
D-Troy
Norman L. Merrell
D-Monticello
Maurice Schechter
D-Crewe Coeur
Don Owens
R-Gerald
Nixon At Camp David Retreat in Maryland
Nixon has retired to Camp David in Thurmont Maryland ahead of a weekend summit with Soviet leaders. No return date to Washington was announced.
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Nixon
Camp Thurmont
Camp David
Washington
Connally Agnew Guesses Continue On 1972 Ticket
President Nixon praises Treasury Secretary Connally as the architect of the new economic policy and a tower of strength while Connally denies political ambitions. Agnew says he may not want the No 2 role for four more years and hints Nixon may choose someone else for running mate. Nixon notes Connally’s potential to help Texas and the ticket as talks continue on the 1972 lineup.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
Spiro T. Agnew
Connally
Texas
Agnew
University of Maine
GOP
Texan
White House
Nellie
Brandt Wins Close Vote On Treaties
Bonn Germany AP Chancellor Willy Brandt secured lower house approval for treaties with the Soviet Union and Poland by 248 to 0, but one vote short of the 249 needed to overcome upper house objections. Opponents warn hardliners may delay final ratification if the Bundesrat sustains objections.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Willy Brandt
Soviet Union
Poland
Nixon
Moscow
Brandt
Warsaw
Europe
Christian Democrats
Bundesrat
New Head Of Presbyterians Seeks Action Leader Promotes Social Change
Denver AP reports C Willard Heckel, a constitutional lawyer and Rutgers law professor, elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church. He vows to push Christian influence into social issues, defended a grant for Angela Davis, and denounced the Vietnam War as immoral and illegal. He is 59, bachelor, and will succeed Lois Stair as head of the 3.1 million member denomination.
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Denver
United Presbyterian Church
C. Willard Heckel
Angela Davis
Vietnam
Heckel
Rutgers University Law School
Lois Stair
Waukesha
Wis
Wom
Church post winner backs fair trial amid grant debate
Heckel won on the first ballot amid floor questions about a church grant to defend Miss Davis, an avowed Communist on trial for a California courthouse shootout that killed four. He prioritized due process and inquiry, while Carroll and Brown criticized the grant and Jones defended it. the grant has stirred tensions after a coalition of black Presbyterians returned it last year.
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Heckel
Miss Davis
California
James R. Carroll
Amarillo
Tex
Frank L. Brown
Casper
Wyo
James E. Jones
Los Angeles
Symington seeks meeting on new St. Louis airport site
Sen. Stuart Symington urges Transportation Secretary Valpe to meet with the Missouri St. Louis Airport Authority to pursue a Missouri location for a new St. Louis airport. He bypasses FAA chief John Shaffer who favored Waterloo Illinois, after asking for federal interest in the Missouri option.
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Symington
St. Louis
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Transportation
John Valpe
Missouri- St. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
A. J. Cervantes
Finois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Volipe
John Shaffer
Federal Aviation Administrator
Shaffer
Waterloo, Ill
Kite
Two Initiated In Omicron Nu Chapter at Missouri
Bonnie Shiverdeckers of Vandalia and Ann Windsor of Route 3 Montgomery City joined 62 students initiated into a new Omicron Nu chapter at the University of Missouri. Miss Windsor, a junior, will serve as president.
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Bonnie Shiverdeckers
Vandalia
Ann Windsor
Route 3
Montgomery City
Omicron Nu
University’ ‘of Missouri
Miss Windsor
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