Hoover dies. FBI founder and director for 48 years
J Edgar Hoover, named FBI director in 1924, died at age 77 of natural causes at his Washington home. Acting Atty Gen Richard Kleindienst announced the death, noting Hoover’s lifelong devotion to the bureau and his shaping of a powerful federal agency. Hoover joined the FBI as acting director in 1921 and led it through eras of expansion, political scrutiny, and intense anti communism.
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Reds Renew Drive Along Viet Coast
U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders meet at the Independence Palace as the North Vietnamese push along the central coast and threaten Hue. Bunker and Abrams confer with President Thieu while air power and Marine and Army units respond with strikes and evacuations.
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Street Without Joy Epitome Of Retreat
On Highway 1 in Vietnam retreat from Quang Tri City and province is described. Columns of exhausted soldiers and tanks flee past burning cities toward the south while American advisers and units limp away amid heavy fire and conflicting casualty reports.
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Charges Fly In Cleveland Vote Tangles
Democratic candidates Humphrey and McGovern faced voting problems in Cleveland as at least 100 polling places failed to open on time. Officials filed complaints to state and federal authorities. Lines grew with machine shortages and long delays while voters used large paper ballots for delegate selections.
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Nixon and Brezhnev Agree on Submarine Missile Limits
Nixon and Brezhnev held secret talks signaling a major advance toward a SALT accord broader in scope to include submarine-launched missiles along with ABMs and land-based missiles. An agreement is hoped by Nixon’s May Soviet visit, with continued talks on ICBMs and ongoing arms limits.
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Wounded left behind as Quang Tri evacuated
Lt Cmdr Graham Fallon, among the last Americans evacuated from Quang Tri City, says hundreds of South Vietnamese wounded were left behind due to no way to move them out. He describes surrounding fighting, rocket fire, and massive U S air support protecting the evacuees.
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Weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions persist into tomorrow with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Lows stay in the 60s, with tomorrow’s highs in the low 70s.
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