Kerry tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee why he protests Vietnam War
Former Lt John Kerry, 27, from Waltham Mass led a rag-tag army of nearly 1,000 veterans to Washington to condemn Indochina war. He shows medals including a Silver Star and Purple Heart with three clusters as he speaks about anger over the war and American indifference.
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UPI
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Vietnar
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Indochina
Vietnam veterans near president in silent White House march
Nine hundred battle dressed veterans with medals and ribbons demonstrated for U.S. withdrawal from Indochina. They walked or rode in wheelchairs past the Capitol Mall in a candlelit, silent display and carried the flag upside down as a distress signal. Nixon reportedly signaled for a quiet reception, while earlier demonstrators had camped on the Capitol Mall despite a Supreme Court ban.
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UPI
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U.S
Indochina
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Vietnam
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Supreme Court
Capitol
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
William Proxmire
Dwis
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Edmund M. Muskie
Dmaine
Muskie
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
L. Patrick Gray
MH MR check arrives for county MHMR funds
The county accepted a state Department of Public Welfare grant totaling 84 374 for the Mental Health Mental Retardation program covering Oct 1 1970 to March 31 1971 and noted it was nine months overdue. County officials approved 7 000 for the Mental Health Clinic for services during its base unit period and planned further audit review of the clinic’s 10 613 request.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Robert E. Foht
Foht
Kerry testimony frames Vietnam War as barbaric mistake
Vietnam Veterans Against the War member Kerry, Yale graduate and Navy veteran, testified before senators that the United States created a monster in Vietnam and urged disengagement. He questioned leaders and described wounded friends, psychological scars, and costly drug habits among returning veterans, urging the system to acknowledge the war as a grave error and withdraw.
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Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
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New York
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More mortgage funds available locally
Local savings and loan associations report a surplus of mortgage money not seen in a decade. A Dollar Savings Association spokesman notes lower government yields and recession-driven savings push more funds into home loans as rates fall from 8 to 7 percent in the last year. Loan commitments for the first two months of 1971 totaled $195 million versus $78 million a year earlier.
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Dollar Savings Association
Louis P. Bell
State Savings and Loan League
Senate backs uniform desegregation policy in split vote
The Senate approved a Stennis amendment urging uniform enforcement of school desegregation laws across regions. The measure, a policy statement with no binding force, reflects ongoing battles over how to end dual school systems in the South and neighborhood segregation in the North. Separately, Ervin’s bid to convert a desegregation aid bill into general revenue sharing failed 60 to 22, though he vowed to keep pushing amendments into next week.
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Senate
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Congress
South
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Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
Ervin
Supreme Court
Great Lakes levels rise 11 inches from last year
Detroit based UPI reports the Lake Survey found Great Lakes levels today are 11 inches higher than a year ago, signaling a noticeable water level increase across the region.
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UPI
Great Lakes
The
Lake Survey
City approves 65 thousand dollar improvement program
City Council OKs a 65000 dollar capital improvement plan funded by the 1971 budget. Items include replacements for three police cars a fire car a meter service car and radios plus street program golf course equipment demolition and storm sewers. Bids on Gaston Park lights were reviewed and resignations from two city authorities accepted.
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Public Works Department
Krigger Co
Pittsburgh
Larry D. Worth
New Castle Area
Mansfield students killed in crash near embankment
Four Mansfield State College students, all 19, died and two were injured when their car plowed into a tree and tumbled to the bottom of a 35-foot embankment. Victims were Karen Greely Ridley Park Andre Fehr Friedensburg James Katara and Michaél Sieminski Tarentum. Driver James Boiano and passenger Marlene Grogan were hospitalized.
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Mansfield
UPI
Mansfield State College
Karen Greely
Ridley Park
Andre Fehr
Friedensburg
James Katara
Michaél Sieminski
Tarentum
James Boiano
Taresiéaim
Marlene Grogan
Bradford
Coronado Woman Named DAR President General
Mrs Donald Spicer of Coronado California was elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution for a three year term on Thursday United Press International reports.
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Washington
UPI
Donald Spicer
Coronado
Calif
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Dole Defends Hoover Aging FBI Chief at Fundraiser
Republican National Chairman Robert Dole challenged critics who say FBI Director J Edgar Hoover is too old to step down. He noted Hoover is 76 and urged open comment if others believe he should retire while addressing a call from Hale Boggs for a presidential investigation into alleged FBI harassment and intimidation.
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UPJ
Robert Dole
R. Kan
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Dole
Springfield
Hoover
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Hale Boggs
Boggs
Manson Sealed On Death Row Near Sirhan At San Quentin
Cult leader Charles Manson, 36, said hippies are universally disliked on death row and is kept in a gloomy cell two doors from Sirhan B. Sirhan. He awaits transfer to Los Angeles for his two pending murder trials and a state Supreme Court review before any execution date.
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Calif
UPI
Charles Manson
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Manson
Los Angeles
Tate-LaBianca
California
San Quentin
Apple Green
State Supreme Court
Witnesses Refuse to Aid Kissinger Kidnapping Probe
Three more witnesses declined to answer questions before a federal grand jury probing an alleged plot to kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger. Paul Couming, John Swinglish, and Dr. Richard Drinon refused to cooperate. Couming had immunity but pleaded the fifth. Swinglish wore a "Kidnap Kissinger" button and said his beliefs trump freedom to travel.
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UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Paul Couming
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John Swinglish
Catholic Peace Fellowship
Washington
Richard Drinon
Bucknell University
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Swinglish
U.S
R. Dixon Herman
Kissinger
Renewal Threatens Pennsylvania Urban Renewal Programs
Harrisburg officials warn dwindling federal funds and uncertain commitments endanger ongoing Pennsylvania urban renewal and redevelopment plans. Community Affairs Secretary William H. Wilcox urges decisive HUD commitments to sustain programs already funded, noting Congress may delay for months or years on special revenue sharing proposals.
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UPI
William H. Wilcox
Pennsylvania
U.S. Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
Wilcox
HUD
Congress
Court hearing set on AFSCME suit over patronage firings
In Harrisburg UPI report, Commonwealth Court schedules May 10 hearing on AFSCME preliminary injunction to halt patronage firings in the Pennsylvania Transportation Department. Gov Milton Shapp and Acting Transportation Secretary Jacob Kassab named as defendants. The suit seeks reinstatement with back pay and benefits for all fired since Shapp took office. Philadelphia area workers John E Buchanico Michael Oriento and Joseph Naylor join the complaint.
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UPI
Commonwealth Court
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
State Transportation Department
Equity
Milton J. Shapp
Transportation
Jacob G. Kassab
Shapp
Philadelphia Area
John E. Buchanico
Michael Oriento
Joseph Naylor
Secret FBI probe cited in campus memo print
The Ohio University Post reports a memo stolen from the Media FBI office details a secret 1970 background check on Virginia Mae Thomas of Drexel Hill, former OU Young Socialist Alliance president. The memo dated November 20 1970 appears among 1000 stolen FBI files.
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Athens
Ohio
UPI
FBI
Media
Ohio University
Virginia Mae Thomas
Drexel Hill
OU Young Socialist Alliance
Ohio University Post
The
Citizens Commission
Bomb rocks Amtorg offices in Manhattan. second device defused
A makeshift bomb exploded after hours in Amtorgs downtown Manhattan offices causing a steel door to yield with no injuries reported. Police and fire crews evacuated the area after tips from anonymous callers and a second bomb found on the 18th floor was defused seconds before detonation. Amtorg serves as the official Soviet Trade Mission and handles Soviet US trade.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Amtorg
United States
Duvalier Franois Sworn In As Haiti President
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti’s long ruling dictator, dies at 64 and is to be buried in a state funeral. His son Jean-Claude, sworn in as president, vows to continue his father’s programs amid a calm but unsettled capital. Observers doubt the new regime’s lasting mystique or loyalty.
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Haiti
UPI
Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier
Caribbean
Jean-Claude
Papa Doc
Duvalier
National Palace
Luckner Cambronne
Interior
Defense
Police
Claude Raymond
Cambronne
Duquesne High School in trouble sparks protests
At Duquesne High School a dispute over racial integration led to picket lines and a student walkout as about 200 black students demanded changes. Jeffrey Harris, 17, was struck by a car during the protest and treated at McKeesport Hospital.
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UPS
Direct Action Coalition
Duquesne High School
Jeffrey Harris
Coraopolis
Harris
McKeesport Hospital
Charles C. Harris
Young Harris
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