Two Dead as Police Fire on Jackson State Dorm Crowd
A volley of police gunfire at Jackson State College in Mississippi killed James Earl Green and Phillip L. Gibbs and wounded eleven others, mainly students. National Guard and state police armored units arrived as protests tied to Kent State news spread nationwide.
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Jackson State College
Jackson
Miss
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State University
National Guard
Hinds County
B. R. Billock
James Earl Green
Phillip L. Gibbs
Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
Highway Patrol
James A. Rhodes
Kent State
University of Maryland
College Park
U.S. Highway 1
Ohio State University
David Agee
Majority Alliance
Ohio State
University of Cincinnati
Miami University
Ashland College
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Student Information Center
Yale University
New Haven
Nixon greeted by campaign crowd in Florida bayfront visit
About 1,200 people at Homestead Base welcomed President Nixon and Pat on a Florida working holiday. Guards and dependents mingled with the couple as supporters waved flags and sang while placards praised his Cambodia policy and aims for world peace with justice.
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Nixon
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Pat
Biscayne Bay
Cambodia
Thiat
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Key Biscayne
Israelis Bay 3 More MIGs Over Suez Canal
Israeli pilots shot down three Soviet-made Egyptian MIGs in dogfights over the Suez Canal. Two MIG17s were destroyed in morning battles and a MIG21 after noon. All Israeli planes returned safely as attacks and counterstrikes followed along the canal.
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Economy Shows Sluggish Trend Amid Mixed Data
Government statistics outline a slowing economy with higher prices and lower production. Commerce reports January to March prices up 5 percent annual rate, production down 3 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 684.79. Personal income rose by 17.8 billion in April due to Social Security and federal pay hikes.
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Washington
Nixon
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Burns
Commerce Department
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy warm and humid with showers or a thundershower tonight. Lows upper 50s to lower 60s. Saturday cloudy cooler with a chance of showers. Highs in the low 70s. Outlook Sunday partly cloudy and mild. Yesterday’s high 84, morning low 60.
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Middletown
Formed War Policy Emphasizes Cambodia Sanctuary Hit
In Washington AP dispatch, Nixon aides argue the Cambodia operation arose from new conditions after Prince Sihanouk's March overthrow and Lon Nol's rise. Melvin Laird notes the shift reduced risk to allied troops and made now the time to strike sanctuaries with U S and South Vietnamese forces.
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Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnamese
Norodom Sihanouk
Lon Nol
United States
Laird
B52s Strike Laos Supply Trails In Heavy Raids
U S B52s hit North Vietnamese supply trails and depots across eastern Laos backed up by heavy Navy air power from three 7th Fleet carriers. Allied commanders shifted forces from Cambodia toward unexplored zones as a 25th Infantry Division task force moved toward Mimot on Highway 7 with 1 500 troops. Thousands of South Vietnamese infantry were withdrawn from a western Cambodia front near the Mekong Delta.
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Laos
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Laos Panhandle
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Gulf of Tonkin
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Mimot
Mekong Delta
Ohio Twisters Kill Six and Damage Wide Area
Funnel clouds moved through Ohio's midsection early today, killing six and injuring several as tornadoes touched down in Logan County and spread for over 100 miles into Holmes County. Homes and barns suffered heavy damage across Richland, Morrow, and other counties. Uprooted trees and overturned mobile homes were reported with scattered injuries including five near Mansfield and a man from Indianapolis injured near Interstate 71.
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Weather Bureau
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Mount Gilead
Belleville
Mansfield
Ohio Highway Patrol
Here
Howard Conley
Judie Crace
Terry Lou Conley
Tammy Lynn Conley
Steven Conley
Joseph W. Langley
Indianapolis
Ind
Richland
Morrow
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Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
Hero’s Welcome
Hubert M. Bartel Jr
USMC
Glenview Naval Air Station
Glenview
Ill
Dad
Joseph
Jane
Mike
Mark
Kerrie
Mount Gilead, Ohio
Loudonville
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