Washington Braces For Marchers On Vietnam Protest
Washington braces as the Vietnam Moratorium and New Mobilization plan a 40 hour march against death. About 45,000 marchers will travel from Arlington Cemetery to the Capitol with placards bearing names of soldiers killed or villages destroyed.
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Republic
Nixon
Vietnam
United States
Justice Department
Lington Cemetery
Memorial Bridge
Lincoln Memorial
White House
Executive Mansion
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Grounds
Reds Launch Massive Attack on DMZ
North Vietnamese troops mounted their largest ground assault along the DMZ in over a year. The battle near Con Thien left 26 Americans dead and 70 wounded, with two helicopters shot down. Allied actions elsewhere in the Da Nang region and Mekong Delta added to the day’s casualties.
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Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Soldier Named Killer of 109 Viet Civilians
Army officials completed an inquiry into charges of multiple murder by Lt. William L. Calley Jr. at Quang Ngai in March 1968 but a court martial decision remains pending. Calley’s attorney said 109 killings were mentioned, with Calley denying the charges despite six specifications.
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Calley
11Th Infantry Brigade
Quang Ngai
Army
Latimer
Orwin Talbott
Post
Washington
Pentagon
Salt Lake City
Gang Kills Policeman in Chicago Shootout
In Chicago on the South Side a policeman was killed and seven others wounded in an early shotgun attack. The officer killed was Frank Rappaport. Spurgeon Winter died from gunshot wounds. another suspected attacker was treated at a hospital as two more suspects remained at large. Police link the violence to the Disciples Street gang after a deputy sheriff was held at gunpoint in an alley before calling for help.
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Chicago
Frank Rappaport
Spurgeon Winter
Disciples Street
Apollo 12 Launch Rescheduled After Tank Fix
Apollo 12 remains set for 11 22 a m EST Friday at Cape Kennedy after technicians replaced a leaking hydrogen tank. Crew commanders Conrad Gordon and Bean continue preflight work as Officials shift launch to late Friday to avoid landing at the alternate site.
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Fla
Paul C. Donnelly
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Navy
Nixon
Syire T. Agnew
Gordon
Bean
Conrad
Four Suspects Held In New York Bombings
FBI agents and New York City police arrested three men and a woman after two men allegedly tried to place time bombs aboard Army trucks at a midtown National Guard Armory. The arrests followed a blast at the Criminal Courts building and earlier attacks on RCA Building, GM Building, and Chase Manhattan Bank Building.
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New York
FBI
New York City
Midtown
National Guard
Criminal Courts
RCA
Rockefeller Center
General Motors
Fifth Avenue
Chase Manhattan Bank
Financial District
Frederick M. Lassen
Criminal Court
Middletown Area Sees Snow Forecast With Cold Weekend
The Middletown forecast calls for snow late tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. Lows will be in the low 30s tonight, highs in the 30s on Friday, and flurries are expected Saturday. Yesterday’s high was 52 and this morning’s low 36.
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Middletown
Wells Fargo armored car heist at Aqueduct Race Track
Police describe the daylight robbery of 1.37 million at Aqueduct receipts as a highly professional job. Three gunmen fled after a housewife spotted nonuniform men loading bags into a car and called police.
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New York
Wells Fargo
U.S
Noted Armored Car Heist By Professional Thieves
Thieves posing as pros robbed an armored truck in Brooklyn and Manhattan, taking about 1.4 million dollars in mixed bills. They handcuffed three Wells Fargo guards inside the truck and fled in a stolen 1968 Chevrolet, leaving eight coin bags behind. Roadblocks failed to stop the attackers.
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Queens
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Wall St
Lower Manhattan
Raftery
Kateridge
Kerrigan
Bronx
Brooklyn
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IRCA
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