Zany air race pits London to New York ground chase
About 400 contestants enter a ground and air scramble from the Post Office Tower to the Empire State Building with helicopters boats and a taxi lift. Prizes total 144000 across 21 categories including supersonic jets. Anne Alcock an 18 year old leads the first takeoff as the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown’s transatlantic flight is recalled. The Royal Navy fields Phantom jets speed 1400 mph and are favored by bookmakers.
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U S Troops Withdrawal Task Revived Amid Paris Talks
In Saigon, U S planning for troop withdrawals returns after a meeting with South Vietnamese President Thieu. Maj. Gen. Richard F. Schaefer and Ambassador Ellsworth S. Bunker joined discussions on Paris talks, demilitarized zones, and prisoner issues as conditions for any troop cutbacks tighten. The Viet Cong spring offensive has slowed, with fewer attacks on allied bases noted.
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Abernathy Plans Sunday March For Hospital Workers
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, released on bond, says he will lead a Sunday march for strikers at Charleston hospitals. He hopes President Nixon will intervene in the six week dispute with 600 arrests and curfew still in effect amid vandalism and tourism declines. Abernathy will not join protests when Nixon visits Columbia to honor James Byrnes.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Columbia
South Carolina
James Byrnes
Antioch College Funds Safe After HEW Drops Cutoff
Washington AP Panetta announced HEW dropped the 1.5 million dollar federal funding cutoff over Antioch College Ohio and its Afro-American Institute plan. The March 1969 warning had required integration plans within 120 days to avoid loss. Only issue found was housing notice to entering Black freshmen linked to the program.
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Antioch College
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Leon E. Panetta
HEW
Nixon
Antioch
Panetta
Black Studies Institute
President Zakir Husain Dies in India at 72
President Zakir Husain, first Muslim to hold the post, died at 72 in New Delhi after a heart attack. Vice President V V Giri, 74, will succeed him in the largely ceremonial role. Husain served as vice president from 1962 to 1967 and was governor of Bihar before his presidency.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Bihar
Governors Seek Control Of Antipoverty Programs In States
Republican governors at the spring conference demanded control of antipoverty programs and prior consultation on policy withWashington for urban programs. They urged abolishing regional OEO offices and channeling programs through state executive agencies. They also opposed regulations allowing welfare recipients to self determine eligibility, citing rising rolls in several states.
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Nixon
GOP
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
California
Wawona Tunnel Tree Falls in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove
The 234 foot Wawona Tunnel Tree, a 2000 year old sequoia, toppled from its roots in Mariposa Grove near Yosemite Valley. Ranger Lynn Thompson recalled the loss as like “having one of your children die” as snow hid the early winter collapse. The tree’s stump left a large hole in the ground. It had stood as a landmark since the grove was ceded to the federal government in 1906.
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Calif
Wawona Tunnel
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Yosemite Valley
California
Pleasant spring weather forecast for Miami Valley weekend
The Miami Valley will enjoy fair skies with mild temperatures this weekend. Tonight, temperatures may dip to around 50 while highs near 75 are expected tomorrow. Monday's outlook remains fair with seasonable temperatures.
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Miami Valley
Nixon backs longshot at Kentucky Derby
President Nixon, insisting he favors his native California, selected a 20-1 longshot Fleet Allied as his top Derby pick. He admitted he does not follow horse racing closely and attended Churchill Downs as the first sitting president to do so. Majestic Prince remains the favorite, with a note on historical attendance by Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879.
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Nixon
Fleet Allied
California
Majestic Prince
Kentucky
Chutchill Downs
Rutherford B. Hayes
Lexing
Derby Day Forecast For 95th Kentucky Derby
Ideal weather was forecast for the 95th Kentucky Derby in Louisville with President Nixon among the expected crowd of about 100000. Mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s were predicted by the Weather Bureau.
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Nixon
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Two Church Groups Seek End to Tax Exemption
The National Council of Churches and the United States Catholic Conference urge Congress to remove the tax exemption on income from unrelated business activities. They seek preserve exemption for church functions and a five year divestiture grace period.
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Congress
National Council of Churches
United States Catholic Conference
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mill
Loyola University
WWL
New Orleans
Norbertine Fathers
Wbay-Tv
Green Bay
Wis
Bruno Kroker
Council
Catholic Conference
The
Fatherwise zinger echoes through time
A father quips to his son, asserting he knows more about youth than the boy knows about aging, capturing a lighthearted moment of family wisdom and generational perspective.
Thieu Pushes for Private Talks with NLF
President Thieu voiced willingness to meet the NLF in Paris urging practical moves. He said discussions should address both sides needs and differences while noting uncertainty about Tran Buu Kiem’s readiness to talks with South Vietnam.
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