Harvard Students Vote to Extend Strike Amid Campus Sit-Ins
Harvard University students voted to strike for three more days and continue sit-ins at major campuses to press demands including abolition of the ROTC program. At Harvard Stadium the assembly urged the administration to respond on police use to oust sit-ins, with about 5 000 in attendance.
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Four Aquanauts Surface From Underwater Habitat Tektite I
Four aquanauts who spent 60 days underwater in the Tektite I habitat surfaced early today in St. Joan VL. Conrad Mahnken John Van der Walker Richard Waller and Edward Clifton were brought to the surface in a transfer capsule and placed in a decompression chamber for 19 hours. They mapped the ocean floor and conducted geological studies while tagging spiny busters to track them.
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Protesters Aim to Appeal Disorderly Conduct Verdict
Chicago defendants convicted of disorderly conduct after a protest march at the Democratic National Convention plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed. Magistrate Arthur J. Downe imposed fines from 200 to 400 dollars plus costs but stayed penalties during post trial motions with a hearing set for May 4. Patricia Saltonstall defended First Amendment rights after the session.
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Canada Seeks Diplomatic Ties With Red China
Canadian Foreign Secretary Mitchell Sharp told the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan that Canada aims to establish diplomatic relations with China, noting a long potential negotiation process in Stockholm. He stressed China’s pivotal role in world peace and Asian issues and urged patience in talks.
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Congress Opinion Split Over Nixon Legislation
Congress reacts to President Nixon's broad policy outline with praise from Republicans for a new direction and cautious scrutiny from Democrats awaiting details. Highlights include calls for Social Security boosts, tax reform, crime measures, and federal revenue sharing, with leaders urging practical, executable proposals.
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Heavy losses as two North Vietnamese battalions attack U S firebase near Cambodia
At Diamond 1 base about 30 miles from Saigon, U S troops repelled a full-scale assault by an estimated 500 North Vietnamese attackers. The battle left 198 North Vietnamese dead and 13 Americans killed with multiple wounded. Firepower from helicopters planes and artillery fended off the assault, which followed prior smaller attacks on Diamond and Diamond II. An air observer later reported 40 to 50 enemy bodies found near the Cambodian border.
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Two Friars Took Lives In Maryland Drownings
Annapolis AP report says Baltimore City medical examiner ruled the two Roman Catholic friars found in the Severn River near Annapolis died by their own actions. Friar Constant Skolout 49 and Edward Coyne 26 disappeared from St. Conrad's Friary. bodies recovered days later. A Baltimore priest, Rev. Thomas Kozlovsky 60, also drowned after falling through ice.
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Safeguard Defended By Agnew at GOP Conference
Vice President Spiro Agnew defends Safeguard antimissile system denying a military industrial complex claim. He told about 1,500 at the 17th Republican Conference that industry and defense themes are loyal to peace and freedom. He lightened the room with one liners before addressing Kennedy jokes.
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Guns Flare Along Suez in Ninth Straight Day of Fighting
An artillery battle raged along most of the Suez Canal with Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanging fire for a ninth consecutive day. An Israeli spokesman said Egypt opened fire at 12 30 p m on troops on the east bank and that Israel answered to silence the sources of shelling. Cross border fighting also occurred across the Jordan River cease fire line with both sides blaming the other. A patrol near Ashe dot Ya Aqov on the Sea of Galilee came under bazooka mortar and small arms fire. one Israeli soldier was slightly injured.
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