Rockefeller Guatemalan Trip Draws Local Criticism
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller visiting Guatemala as part of Nixon’s Latin American mission faced sharp local criticism for a three and a half hour stay. La Hora called the visit useless while Prensa Libre accused U S policy of impacting regional costs and blamed North American management for shipping strike repercussions.
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Guatemala
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
la Hora
Clemente Marroquin Rojas
New York
Rockefeller
Mexico City
United States
Prensa Libre
U.S
Teenage Girlfriend Seeks Dating Advice On Repeated Breakups
A teen girl writes to an advice columnist saying she cannot keep a boyfriend and has gone steady three times in ten days. The piece reflects typical teen relationship worries and the columnist’s guidance for handling repeated breakups.
Nixon Calls Congress To End Draft With Lottery System
President Nixon urged Congress to authorize a random lottery for the draft. He proposed youngest first calls, one year of vulnerability for 19 year olds, deferments for undergraduates, and full academic-year induction for graduate students. The NSC and Selective Service are to review deferments and report back.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
National Security Council
Selective Service
Gas Barge Explodes Hurts Four Five Missing at La Grange
A gas barge exploded and tore free from moorings near La Grange Missouri injuring four men and leaving four or five unaccounted for. The barge, carrying about 40000 gallons of high octane gasoline, lodged against a railroad bridge threatening the Quincy Illinois waterfront and a Mississippi River lock. Coast Guard foam pumps from St Louis aided firefighters unable to reach the blaze from shore.
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Lagrange
la Grange
Quincy
Ill
Triangle Refineries Inc
U.S. Coast Guard
St. Louis
Missouri
Licavoli Defends Rhodes Amid Magazine Attack
Thomas Yonnie Licavoli, serving a life term for Toledo gangland killings, says Life magazine’s report against Gov. Rhodes is a smear and asserts he remains free of underworld ties. He denies a $250,000 release fund and claims doctors' records verify his March heart attack and hospital stay.
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Licavoli
Ohio
Toledo
Columbus
Reds Launch Biggest Rocket Attack on DMZ Since Nov 1
North Vietnamese forces mounted their heaviest coordinated rocket and mortar assault from the DMZ since the bombing halt began on November 1. U S factions reported 11 positions in the southern DMZ fired over 45 rounds into allied lines, with no allied casualties. US forces and Marine units engaged, while St Paul cruisers and artillery claimed direct hits on ammunition stores. Elsewhere near the A Shau Valley and Da Nang region, casualties included twenty American paratroopers killed or wounded, and a Marine force ambush that killed 19 Marines with 12 wounded as fighting closed quarters. US reports say over 1,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops killed in the past 36 hours, with significant materiel seizures in the A Shau Valley.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S
Dmz
Mile Zone
St. Paul
Tonkin Gus
Hanoi
A Shau
South Vietnam
da Nang
Not Charged in Shooting Death at Wittenberg University
Clark County prosecutor James A. Berry will not press charges against Chester Phillips a university security guard who shot and killed John C. Lobach 21 of Bethlehem Pennsylvania outside a girls dorm. Coroner George P. Anderson ruled the death a homicide.
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Springfield
Ohio
Clark County
James A. Berry
Wittenberg University
John C. Lobach
Bethlehem
Chester Phillips
George P. Anderson
Lobach
Phillips
George Lytle
Apollo 10 Astronauts Face Final Exams Before Moon Flight
Air Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford and Navy Cmdrs. John W. Young and Eugene Cernan undergo major physicals as launch nears for the eight day ring around the moon mission. The crew aims for a 12 49 p m EDT Sunday liftoff and a three day, quarter million mile cruise to lunar orbit.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Son
Stafford
Young
Cernan
Middletown Forecast Calls For Warmer Wednesday Showers
The Middletown area expects fair skies and milder tonight with lows around the 50s. Variable clouds and a chance of showers accompany a Wednesday high in the 60s after yesterday's 64 and this morning's 40 degree low.
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Middletown
ROTC Seen Vital to Army's Shift Toward Volunteers
AP reports Pentagon leaders view ROTC as essential to ending the draft and building a volunteer military. Defense officials consider adapting course details while preserving military training embedded with civilian studies. Secretary Laird urges campus cooperation to sustain ROTC as schools weigh its fit with educational philosophy.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Roger T. Kelley
ROTC
Kelley
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