Moonmen land in New York amid ticker tape parade
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins arrive at Kennedy Airport and tour Wall Street amid a citywide celebration that includes Pace College banners and 3 hour 15 minute welcome events. Crowds expected to reach millions in multiple cities with receptions in City Hall and at the United Nations.
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America
Wall Street
Armstrong
Houston
John “Bud” Plamer
Collins
Chicago
Broadway
Michigan Avenue
State Street
United Nations
Grant Park
Los Angeles
Century Plaza Hotel
Nixon
Hun
East River
Manhattan
Kennedy Airport
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Giant oil tank to be sunk at sea
Two ocean going tugs haul the Khazzan Dubai I into the Arabian Gulf to take part in a controlled sinking. The vessel is described as the world’s largest storage tank with a capacity of 500000.
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Dubai
Marches and meetings banned as violence erupts in Northern Ireland
In Londonderry Protestant authorities ban all marches after a 15 000 Protestant parade stirs Catholic stones and gasoline bombs. More than 300 injured as police clash with rioters. British troops stand by while Prime Minister Chichester-Clark weighs further action.
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Order of
Hibernians
Dungiven
Ian Paisley
Newry
Robert Porter
Derry
James Chichester-Clark
Belfast
Britain
Chichester-Clark
Wives threaten beef boycott in Cocoa Beach protest
In Cocoa Beach Florida housewives led by Jan Stophlett vow a beef boycott over rising meat costs. They describe a “super sacrifice” as monthly food bills climbed from 135 in 1964 to about 275 in 1969. Local leaders and a Cocoa woman Mrs Grover Morgan organize a Central Brevard boycott to mobilize support.
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Cocoa Beach
Fla
Moonport
Jan Stophlett
Housewives’ Brigade
Grover Morgan
Brevard
Viet Cong Attacks Lead To Heavy Losses In Vietnam
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces suffered heavy casualties in three months of intense fighting, with more than 1,500 enemy and over 200 allied soldiers dead. Concurrently, Nixon announced a withdrawal of 25,000 U.S. troops, as 3,600 more servicemen leave this week. The drawdown will reduce American forces to 7,800 remaining by month end.
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Cers
U.S
Nixon
Sermon Gossip and War Casualties Reported
A church bulletin listed the sermon Gossip followed by the hymn I Love to Tell the Story. U S headquarters reported 24 enemy rocket and mortar attacks Tuesday night on allied bases and towns, nine causing damage or casualties including three Americans killed and 25 wounded. The U S Command reported no new ground attacks on American troops, while South Vietnamese spokesmen noted three small infantry assaults in the Mekong Delta and central highlands.
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U.S
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Central Highlands
Soviet Invasion Sparks Clash Along Sinkiang Frontier
Fighting erupts near Semipalatinsk across from Sinkiang as Soviet troops clash with Chinese forces. China reports casualties and claims hundreds of invaders, while Tass says Chinese were repelled with two officers detained. Peking protests to Moscow over the intrusion at the border region near Tiehlekui in Yumin County.
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Sinkiang
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Kazakhstan
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Yumin County
Soviet Union
China
Haynsworth Favored to Fill Fortas Supreme Court Seat
Senate sources report President Nixon may nominate Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. to replace Abe Fortas on the Supreme Court. Haynsworth, 36, chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit, has been discussed alongside other candidates such as Louis Burke Lewis Powell Henry Friendly and Charles Breitel.
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Louis E. Wolfson
South Carolina
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American Bar Association
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Henry J. Friendly Jr
New York
Charles D. Breitel
New York State Court of Appeals
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Harvard Law School
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon Wad
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