Holiday of Triumph and Loss Sweeps Memorial Day
Memorial Day featured triumphs and tragedies from Indianapolis winner Bobby Unser to a Nashville hero saving a youth's life. Five children perished in a Memphis fire while many faced rising auto fatalities and a large beach crowd amid an energy crisis. Controversy also colored the day with Klan and SCLC rallies.
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Bobby Unser
Nashville, Tenn
Gary Chumley
Memphis
Tenn
National Safety Council
Virginia Beach
Ford marks Memorial Day with pledge to stand for freedom
President Ford paid tribute at Arlington at a wreath laying for war dead. He said the price of freedom is standing against lawbreakers and pledged to pursue MIAs in Indochina while preparing for a European trip and discussing oil tax policy.
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Kansas Highway 99
Westmoreland
Arlington National Cemetery
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Indochina
Washington
South Vietnam
Cambodia
United States
America
Economic Policy Board
Oval Office
Camp David
Henry A. Kissinger
Susan
Steve
Dee Dee Jarvis
Alexandria
Moslem opposition quits Lebanon premier after three days
Brig. Gen. Noureddin Rifai resigns as Lebanon's first military premier in 32 years amid street fighting and a night of gunfire and grenade explosions. Police report left wing Moslem militia blame Rifai’s ouster, while cease-fire efforts and patrols attempt to halt clashes.
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Lebanon
Noureddin Rifai
Rifai
Suleiman Franjieh
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Middle East
Egyptian People’s Assembly
US S
Ford
Israel
Assembly
Aleppo
Syria
Iraq
Burns foresees a good and healthy second half recovery
Washington AP reports Federal Reserve ChairArthur Burns predicts an upward turn in the economy in the second half with a 4 to 5 percent rise in real GNP. House Ways and Means Chair Al Ullman cautions a slower upturn, while Burns notes inflation unwinding amid debate on deficits and stimulus plans.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
NBC
Meet the Press
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Middletown Area Forecast Stays Hot and Humid
Weather continues hot and humid in Middletown with highs in the upper 80s and overnight lows around 60. Cooler temps expected Tuesday through Thursday with little chance of rain before Friday.
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Middletown
Western reporters expelled from South Vietnam by Saigon
In Vientiane Laos AP correspondent Matt Franjola and French journalist Jean Larteguy were expelled from South Vietnam. They arrived on a North Vietnamese plane with about 40 other newsmen and 40 French teachers evacuated from Saigon. Franjola was told no reason but cited a Saigon official implying possible damage to the Vietnamese revolution.
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Vientiane
Laos
Matt Franjola
The
Associated Press
Jean Larteguy
South Vietnam
Franjola
Larteguy
Saigon
Nguyen Nhu Doi
Information Department
Military Management Committee
Tension mounts in Laos as embassy staff burn documents
U S Embassy personnel accelerated burning papers while Marine guards moved pistols and riot supplies upstairs. Anti American sentiment grows in Vientiane as evacuees depart by charter, commercial flights, and Embassy lifts. AID workers are paid, students occupy the compound, and payroll risks spark potential violence. Leaders of Pathet Lao seek aid without strings, while AP reports a crackdown in Saigon region after the regime takeover.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
USAID
Pathet Lao
United States
Indochina
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Saigon
Saints proclaimed by Pope Paul VI in Vatican ceremony
Pope Paul VI canonized John Baptist of the Conception, a 16th century Trinitarian reformer, and Vicenta Maria Lopezy Vicuna, founder of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. The rites followed Church procedures, with reported cures cited as miracles. Vatican observers note the cautious process behind beatification and canonization.
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Paul VI
John Baptist
Conception
Trinitarian Order
Vicenza Maria Lopezy Vicuna
Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate
Vatican
Vicenta Maria
Paul
St. Peter’s Basilica
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Fla
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Ill
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Ann Landers
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Arthur Burns
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Esteel
Christian A. Chapman
US Agency For International Development
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