Brezhnev Confirmed Leader as Podgorny Becomes No 2 in USSR
Moscow dispatch reports Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev retained his general secretary post and was named top leader. Nikolai Podgorny rose to No 2 in the Politburo, pushing Premier Kosygin to third. Grishin Kunayev Shcherbitsky and Kulakov added to the Politburo as top leadership shows continuity.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Fyodor D. Kulakov
Grishin
Kunayev
Shcherbitsky
Podgorny, Kosygin
Mikhail A. Suslov
Andrei P. Kirilenko
Arvid Y. Pershe
Nirill T. Mazurov
Dmitry S. Polyansky
Pyotr Y. Shelest
Gennady I. Voronov Shelepin
Shelling and Sapper Attacks Press Allied Bases in Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces pressed attacks on central highlands bases and air bases near Da Nang and Lai Khe. Six Americans wounded in a 25 mile northwest Saigon clash. civilians injured as rockets damaged homes. Fire Base 6 recovery included a missing artillery lieutenant returning to base.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
Mekong Delta
U.S. 20Th Engineer Brigade
da Nang
Holloway
Dak
Sth
Lai Khe
Vi Thang
da Nang Air Base
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
U S Command apologizes to CBS over Safer memo
In Saigon, U S Command apologized to CBS after a memorandum to information officers said Morley Safer was visiting Vietnam with an ulterior motive. Col. Robert W. Leonard said corrective action was taken but no disciplinary steps against individuals. Safer, a former Vietnam correspondent and 60 Minutes host, was on a 10 day assignment to cover Vietnamization.
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Safer
Vietnam
Cbs-Tv
60 Minutes
U.S. Information Adviser
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Dissident Groups Form United Front to Protest Vietnam War
Dozens of civil rights and antipoverty groups join antiwar activists in a first time alliance forming the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice. They plan a May 5 moratorium demanding Vietnam withdrawal, guaranteed income, and release of political prisoners.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
United States
Southeast Asia
David Dellinger
Chi
The
People’s Coalition
SCLC
National Welfare Rights Organization
National Students Association
Jews For Urban Justice
Committee of Returned Volunteers
War Resisters League
Green on Golf Course Brings Colorful Expressions
A playful look at how a golf green inspires vivid phrases as players describe sights sounds and emotions on the course. The item glosses over humorous language linked to the sport.
Ohio mental health report urges split of department
A Citizens Task Force on Mental Health and Retardation urges forming two separate departments from the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction. The report criticizes budget priorities and says patient care is the lowest agenda item while citing plans to reduce hospital beds and expand funding, with unlicensed physicians and a narrow drug abuse bureau highlighted.
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Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Citizens Task Force
Michigan
Mental Hygiene Division
Bureau of Drug Abuse
Division of Mental Hygiene
Cooler weather forecast for tomorrow with sunny Saturday
Slightly cooler weather is predicted for tomorrow. The weatherman promises a nice Saturday with temperatures in the 60s under sunny skies after a low in the mid 40s tonight.
Woman Ties to Tree To Stop Chicago River Lot Clearing
In Chicago a 51 year old Mary Slingerland tethered herself to a tree with a garden hose to halt work on a 38 by 300 foot strip between her yard and the Chicago River. Workers felled about 20 trees. the landowner contemplates sale or development. Neighboring conservationists defend the trees and prepare to guard the site.
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Chicago
Mary Slingerland
Miss Slingerland
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