Memorial Day Observed Nationwide Amid Stormy Weather
Memorial Day ceremonies across the United States honored dead from all wars despite heavy rain and cancellations. In Michigan crowds handed leaflets seeking accounting for missing servicemen while in Kansas City a wreath honored Cpl. Lance M. Stoddard. The 106 year old United War Veterans parade in New York shifted to a motorcade due to rain. Congress moved Decoration Day to the last Monday in May creating a three day weekend.
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Vietnam
Indochina
Michigan
North Vietnam
Kansas City
Cpl
Lance M. Stoddard
Liberty Memorial
Fife and Drum Corps
Missouri Civil Air Patrol
Union Cemetery
Donald Heiliger
Dame County Coliseum
Madison
Wis
New York City
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Hudson River
George Kaercher
Ft. Snelling
Minneapolis
Minn
Congress
Catholic activists Rev Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth wed
A former Benedictine monk reports that antiwar activists Rev Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister married over the weekend. The ceremony occurred Sunday in the New York City apartment of Berrigan’s brother Rev Daniel J. Berrigan.
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East Orange
N.J
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Paul Mayer
New York City
Berrigan
Daniel J. Berrigan
Cambodian insurgents raid river town killing civilians and burning homes
About 400 Cambodian insurgents attacked Prek Kham on the Tonle Sap River, killing nine civilians and three soldiers, wounding 26, and burning 50 houses. The highway to Phnom Penh has been cut. field reports cite Cham Muslims as the attackers. A second attack near Sala Lek Pram killed civilians and government troops. U.S. air strikes and a Mekong convoy faced shelling during the same night.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Here
Prek Kham
Tonle Sap
Battambang
Sala Lek Pram
Senators urged restraint on Cambodia bombing funding cut
Administration supporters urged the Senate to restrain itself in debates over blocking future U.S. bombing in Cambodia and Laos. The Appropriations Committee voted to bar use of new funds for further military activity, while the House previously approved a similar ban on Cambodian air operations. The split over authority and risk of U.S. reinvolvement framed the impasse alongside ceasefire negotiations. Ohio ranked fourth nationally in total motor vehicle registrations, per the Department of Transportation.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
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Vietnam
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Laos
House
Conference of
Democratic
United States
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ohio
California
Texas
New York
Heath denies further ministers in scandal amid reports
London AP reports Prime Minister Edward Heath's government says no additional ministers are involved in a sex scandal despite claims by two Sunday papers. Scotland Yard found two ministers resigned after consorting with call girls, while a third unnamed minister is alleged by Norma Levy to have visited her. The government insists there is no evidence connecting others.
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London
Edward Heath
Scotland Yard
The
People
Norma Levy
Levy
Nixon Estate Remodels Authorized by Secret Service
The White House cites more than 100000 in improvements at President Nixon’s San Clemente estate over four years, requested by the Secret Service for protection. Projects include an electric heating system, a 3360 storage shed, fences worth over 50000, and a 13000 bullet proof wind screen beside the pool. Building permits issued total about 70000. the rest appears unpermitted.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Secret Service
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