Nation commemorates war dead across banners and protests
Memorial Day ceremonies led by veterans groups blend with antiwar demonstrations in major cities as drivers fill highways. President Nixon attends wreath laying. conflicts arise over armbands and placards while memorials honor World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle in Honolulu and servicemen buried at Hollywood Memorial Park.
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National Safety Council
Nixon
California
Englewood
N.J
American Legion
Honolulu
Boy Scouts
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Punchbowl Crater
Ernie Pyle
Buck Buchwach
The
Honolulu Advertiser
Los Angeles
George Murphy
Viet Cong Attacks Target Dalat and Prey Veng Amid Moves
Viet Cong attacked 13 Dalat installations and occupied Dalat University and religious sites while fighting spread to Prey Veng in Cambodia. Reports say 32 enemy killed, 3 captured, 13 Vietnamese dead, 25 wounded. South Vietnamese marines reinforced Prey Veng after a two day siege. Military actions extended near the Vietnamese-Cambodian border with U.S. forces not active in Prey Veng due to Nixon limits.
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Viet Cong
National Military Academy
West Point
South Vietnam
Dalat University
Cambodia
Prey Veng
Do Cao Tri
Phnom Penh
Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
Phnom Phenh
Saigon
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Nixon
U.S
Gunther of Inside U S A dies at 68 in New York
John Gunther author of the Inside U S A series and other global travel works died at 68 after a brief illness in Manhattan. He lived with his wife at their residence and became famed for his travel and history books including Europe Asia and Latin America studies.
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New York
John Gunther
Gunther
Manhattan
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
U.S.A
Book-of-the-Moat Club
Marco Polo
Europe
Asia
Latin America
United States
Africa
Russia
Hitler
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Condemnation of Israeli Raids Across Middle East
The Tass agency denounces Israeli raids into Lebanon and warns against continuation of an adventurist policy. In fighting, Israel strikes a major Egyptian port near Safaga and targets along the Suez Canal with casualties claimed by both sides. Kadafi plans a Middle East tour to build Arab backing for a united stance against Israel.
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Lebanon
Israel
Middle East
Safaga
Red Sea
Suez
Cairo
Bitter Lakes
Tass
Moammar’ Kadafi
Libya
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jaafar Numairi
Khartoum
Iraq
Syria
Jordan
Sweltering Heat Persists Through Early Week in Ohio
Weather outlook shows hot humid conditions in southwestern Ohio with highs in the upper 80s. Lows will be in the 60s tonight and tomorrow. Scattered showers or thundershowers are possible tonight, tomorrow, and Monday as the heat and humidity continue into the early part of the week.
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Ohio
Ex-Argentine President Pedro Aramburu Kidnapped in Buenos Aires
Followers of former dictator Juan Peron claim they abducted ex-President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu from his home and will try him before a revolutionary tribunal for the 1956 firing squad executions of 27 Peronist leaders. Peron remains in exile in Spain.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Pedro Eugenion Aramburu
Revolutionary Tribunal
Juan Jose Valle
Aramburu
Jury Instructed Reversal of Huey Newton Conviction
California Court of Appeal reversed Huey P. Newton's voluntary manslaughter conviction in the 1968 Oakland police killing. Newton, serving 2 to 15 years at San Luis Obispo, remains in solitary confinement pending potential bail on appeal. Attorney Fay Stender said Newton may be out on bail soon as rehearing is considered.
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San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Huey P. Newton
Newton
Oakland
California
San Luis Obispo
Fay Stender
Insanity in Humans Declining amid Shifting Norms
The statement questions whether perceived declines in human insanity reflect changing social norms. It suggests behaviors once labeled crazy are now widespread and accepted, implying a reevaluation of psychological labels in modern society.
Common Currency Urged For Europe
French Finance Minister Valery Giscard d Estaing urged the Common Market nations to create a European currency to rival the U S dollar. He spoke at a closed floor meeting of finance ministers from France West Germany Italy the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg.
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Venice
Italy
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
U.S
Giscard
France
West Germany
The
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxemebourg
Bullet removed from soldier's heart in Vietnam
Pfc. Donald H. Light of Red Bud Illinois survived after Army surgeons at Saigon's 3rd Field Hospital removed a whole AK-47 bullet from his heart. The 20 year old Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division was wounded six miles inside Cambodia during a dusk patrol. Doctors said the operation was unprecedented in the Vietnam war and was completed in about an hour with Light reported in good condition and able to talk to family by phone.
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Saigon
Pfc
Donald H. Light
Redbud
Ill
Elias Hanna
Geneva
N.Y
U.S. Army
3Rd Field Hospital
Don Light
Light
Bravo Company
2Nd Battalion
8Th Cavalry
1St Air Cavalry Division
Cambodia
Gonder
Heliopter
Quan Loi
Maj
Jack Lee
Hanna
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