Laird Signals Wide Offensive Across Cambodian Sanctuaries
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird outlined a broadened U S strategy targeting enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia and hinted at possible action into Laos. He warned North Vietnam may be bombed again if Hanoi crosses the demilitarized zone, while stressing this is not an expansion of the war.
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Washington
Nixon
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
U.S
Laos
Laird
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Defense
White House
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Saigon
United States
Paris
John W. Vogt Jr
Vogt
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Forces Hit Fishhook Area in Cambodia as VC Expected Counterattack
U S forces swept the Fishhook in Cambodia overrunning base camps and seizing rice while reporting enemy HQ areas reached. Intelligence sources forecast a fierce North Vietnamese and Viet Cong counterattack within a week as 8 000 U S and 2 000 South Vietnamese troops pressed in on Nixon orders with 5 U S and 4 South Vietnamese dead, 25 and 16 wounded respectively.
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Saigon
U.S
Fishhook
Cambodia
Nixon
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Highway 7
Mimot
Faculties Join Nixon Critics Rally Over Cambodia Move
Faculty at Stanford and other campuses condemned Nixon's Cambodia action while some groups supported it. A Stanford faculty resolution said the decision broadens a cruel war and erodes trust in government. Demonstrations and clashes with police occurred at several universities amid anti ROTC protests and arrests.
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Stanford University
Nixon
Stanford
U.S
Virginia Military Institute Alumni Association
Indochina
University of California
Charles Hitch
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Vietnam
Cambodia
Princeton University
Robert Goheen
Michael Thompson
Young Americans For Freedom
Southeast Asia
Columbia
University of Maryland
Hobart College
Geneva
N.Y
Kent State University
Michigan State University
University of Washington
VE Day 25 Years On End And Beginning
A retrospective notes 25 years since Germany began surrendering, marking VE Day as more than a war end shaping Europe and the world, with page references to related features. It also hints at a remembrance piece on spring lawnetes and their decline, on page 44.
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Europe
Sis
Middle East
U.S
Israel
United States
Egypt
Mediterranean
World out of control as superpowers drift toward conflict
The piece argues peace looks gloomier as US and USSR face fixed positions and rising global turmoil. It notes tensions in Indochina and the Middle East worsen, with the US pursuing Vietnamization while Moscow arms Egypt and Syria. Western leaders fear broader war.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Middle East
Indochina
U.S
Washington
Rhodes Guard Callups Spark Ohio Senate Debate
In Cleveland the City Club debate between Rhodes and Taft centered on National Guard callups during the trucker strike and campus disturbances. Rhodes defended activation as necessary for public safety while Taft criticized the timing and university handling. Rhodes defended Nixon's Cambodia moves and opposed war escalation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
National Guard
Rhodes
U.S
Robert Taft
Taft
George P. Shultz
Teamsters
Miami University
Akron
Cambodia
Laos
Nixon
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Spring Weather Returns With Warmer Temperatures
Forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and warmer conditions today with highs in the 60s. Monday expects highs in the 70s as spring warmth continues.
Colleges Say Sorry No Room For Admit Applications
Washington AP reports tens of thousands of qualified students will be rejected as freshmen by major state colleges and universities in the 1970 fall cycle. Surveys from NASULGC and AASCU show 87,230 anticipated rejections among 101 large schools with 579,370 applications by March 15, up from 541,757 last year.
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Washington
National Association of State Universities and
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
American Association
Federal City College
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State
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