Major U S Forces Launch Dual Sweeps In Vietnam
The U S Command reports two large operations in South Vietnam with about 10 000 troops. 3 000 Marines sweep northwest near Khe Sanh and 7 000 Marines in the Da Nang region while 2 000 paratroopers scour A Shau Valley. Casualties mount as operations tighten on North Vietnamese supply routes and rocket stockpiles.
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da Nang
Laos
Khe Sanh
Maine Crag
A Shau
Oklahoma Hills
1St Marine Division
Ormond R. Simpson
Corpus Christi
Tex
$100 Million Cut Hits Job Corps in Congress
Administration plans to cut 100 million from the Job Corps, closing 60 percent of conservation centers and 40 percent of urban centers. Budget changes follow transfer to the Labor Department and pushback from lawmakers with centers in their districts. 109 centers operate nationwide amid political opposition and intra-agency disagreement.
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Congress
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Labor Department
White House
Middletown Area Forecast Sees Showers Tonight Then Clearing
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for showers or thundershowers tonight with lows in the 50s. Showers end ing and turning cooler on Saturday with highs in the 50s and low 60s. Sunday outlook is sunny with little change in temperature.
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Middletown
Memphis March Honors Dr. Martin Luther King
Thousands march in Memphis to honor King on the first anniversary of his assassination. Observances spread nationwide as the SCLC signals a new Poor People Campaign phase led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy. Coretta King plans private tributes at her husband’s grave in Atlanta.
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Vietnam
King
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Lice
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Ralph D. Abernathy
SCLC
Coretta
Atlanta
Chicago
Israel and Egypt clash across the Suez Canal
Israeli and Egyptian artillery dueled along the Suez cease fire line for the first time in 11 days. Israeli sources reported Egyptian small arms and later artillery fire at Port Taufiq and Port Suez, with Israeli forces returning fire as the punch remained ongoing at midday.
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Suez Canal
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Port Taufiq
Port Suez
New York
Middle East
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Jersualem
Egypt
Cairo
Deversei
el Shatt
Who Is To Carry Tools Walkout At Riverfront Stadium
About 100 carpenters walked off the Cincinnati riverfront stadium project after a dispute over tool transport. A carpenter was ordered off the site when he refused to use an electric saw carried by a laborer from a shed. The city engineer’s office noted laborers typically move tools but did not rule.
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Cincinnati
Riverfront Stadium
Guarded Chicago faces tense weekend after King death riots
About 6000 National Guardsmen patrolled West and Near North Side Chicago after violent clashes, looting, and shootings. Officials ordered a Good Friday school closure and a Saturday peace march drawing thousands. Twenty six injured and 250 arrested. echoes of last year’s riots in West Madison Street.
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North Side
Martin Luther King Jr
West Madison Street
King
Old Town District
West Side
Chicago Officials Cite Curfew as King Week Protests Continue
Mayor Daley asked for National Guard troops as a precaution after looting earlier. A curfew for those under 21 was set from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Governor Ogilvie warned troublemakers to cool it and said the King memory should not be dishonored. He said the peace march could heighten tension but may proceed.
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Richard J. Daley
National Guard
Richard B. Ogilvie
Springfield
Martin Luther King
Ogilvie
Riot-Torn Near North Side After Looting Spree In Chicago
Journal description from Chicago reports a night of unrest as police sweep the Near North Side with gas masks and riot gear. Looting hit a currency exchange, bakery, and an optometrist shop, while residents lament the damage and fear for safety.
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Chicago
Earl Bowman
Near North Side
Bowman
Window vandalism after King death observance
In a three story vacant building and nearby stores, 150 windows were smashed and covered with homemade protest signs reading Closed Friday in observance of the death of Martin Luther King. Police chased curfew violators as a bugler sounded in courtyards and tear gas filled the area.
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Martin Luther King
Bowman
Pigeon Birth Control Pill Tested in Florida
University of Florida scientists feed corn kernels coated with chemosterilant to pigeons at sites in Gainesville Jacksonville St Augustine and Ocala to curb city populations. The drug affects only females reducing egg production and hatchability for three to six months.
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Fla
University of Florida
Jacksonville
St Augustine
Ocala
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