B52s Rain Heaviest Raids Near Cambodian Border
US B52 bombers conducted the war's heaviest raids along a 30 mile stretch northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border dropping over 2 000 tons of bombs on Viet Cong and North Vietnamese bases in War Zone C. Ground fighting produced eight U S Marines killed and 19 wounded five miles south of the DMZ. Two more U S helicopters were shot down, nine Americans killed and three wounded. Total U S helicopter losses in the war reached 2 551 with eight South Vietnamese soldiers killed.
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Living Cost Jump Highest In 18 Years
White House sources say March cost of living rose eight tenths of one percent the sharpest since 1951. Food clothing and gasoline led the gain while wholesale prices climbed five tenths of one percent. Economists note mortgage rates and used car prices skew the monthly picture.
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White House
Nixon
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wronged Man Was Really a Suspect in Four Robberies
In South Bend Indiana Franklin T Wike a 20 year old church choir singer was repeatedly identified as the robber at the same gas station over five months. After four arrests he was cleared when Gordon W Ward of Niles Michigan confessed to all four holdups and Wike was released. He later married Dian Copenhaver and moved to Elkhart with a new job.
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Franklin T. Wike
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California
Gordon W. Ward
Niles
Mich
Dian Copenhaver
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Frank
Dian
Ward
Middletown Frost Warning Foretold
The forecast calls for frost tonight in Middletown and vicinity with clear skies and cool conditions. Lows will be in the 30s, followed by sunny skies and warmer temperatures Friday with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Saturday looks fair and mild with no rain in sight.
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Middletown
American Industry Next SDS Target?
Radical SDS guidance circulated to influence US industry. It advises students to hide their identity, join workers’ hangouts, and work within large firms to bond with employees. The manual counsels subtle deception and careful behavior while infiltrating workplaces.
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Washington
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Jnhead
Jurors Cite Sirhan Mind Impairment Not Affecting Verdict
Jurors say Sirhan Bishara Sirhan had impaired mind but not to a degree altering the death verdict for Kennedy's assassin. The jury found the crime cold blooded and planned, voting eight to four then ten to two before unanimity. May 14 set for formal sentencing with automatic review possible.
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Sirhan
George Stitzel
Robert F. Ken
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Albert N. Federico
Stitzel
Los Angeles Times
California
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Walker
Grant Cooper
Cornell faculty overturns charges as protests persist nationwide
At Cornell University the faculty reversed its earlier decision and dropped disorder charges against three Black students while 1,100 faculty supported Afro American Society demands. Protests continue at City College of New York, American University, and universities in Washington and Princeton with clashes and a large teach in at Barton Hall.
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Washington, D.C
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Cornell
Barton Hall
City College
Buell G. Gallagher
South
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Gallagher
Students For A Democratic Society
American University
Chuckie Grandpa’s Frame and Dollar Reverses Worth
A family heirloom story notes Chuckie Grandpa saved his first earned dollar in a frame bought for 10 cents. The tale contrasts values as the frame now worth ten times the dollar, while the old dollar would fetch a tenth of the frame’s value.
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