Antiwar protesters plan picket at draft offices
Washington reports antiwar demonstrators target Selec tive Service headquarters as a week of May Day protests to shut down government agencies unfolds. Counter protests in support of Vietnam policy expand in Congress with 109 to 290 youths staging guerrilla theater in Capitol corridors and in offices. Police confrontations ensue with multiple arrests for refusals to leave, defacement, blocking entries, and obstructing streets as demonstrators demand end to war, troop withdrawal, a guaranteed family income, and release of political prisoners.
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Washington
Capitol
Congressional
Senate
Vietnam
Protesters Halt Senate Session in Vietnam War Demonstration
In a day of interruptions the Senate debated a 1.5 billion desegregation bill as protesters disrupted proceedings from the galleries. Guards escorted several demonstrators from the chamber while officials urged order. The bill then passed and the Senate recessed.
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U.S. Senate
Senate
United States
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Vietnam
John Tower
R-Tex
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Byrd
Florida Cloud Seeding Douses South Drought
NOAA scientists report three inches of rain from cloud seeding over drought-hit South Florida, with Gold Coast cities Miami and Fort Lauderdale receiving most of the precipitation. Two aircraft were grounded after a four hour flight, while Coral Gables measured 2.14 inches and South Miami reported flooded streets and hail. From October 1970 to Monday, South Florida totals reached 5.05 inches versus the normal 19.76 inches.
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Woader
South
Florida
Gold Coast
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
James McFadden
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Coral Gables
McFadden
William Woodley
DCG
Sharp earthquakes rock Nevada around Lake Tahoe
A series of short tremors shook the high Sierra around Lake Tahoe late Monday night. The largest quake, felt in Reno, was estimated at magnitude 4.25 by the University of Nevada. No damage was reported.
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Reno
Nev
Lake Tahoe
University of Nevada
Estes Paroled After Six-Year Prison Term
Billie Sol Estes, once a top Texas promoter, was granted conditional parole six years into a five-year federal sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy. He will live in Abilene with his wife and four children and work on his brother’s farming operation under parole restrictions.
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Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Fam
U.S
George J. Reed
Estes
Abilene
Tex
John
Reed
Leavenworth, Kax
Lynndon B. Johnson
Joan F. Kennedy
Supreme Court
Pecos
U.S. Jaycees
Morton Praises D C Marchers and Youth Attitudes
Interior Secretary Rogers B Morton praised Washington youths who marched over the weekend against the war. He spoke to Young Republicans at a rally and endorsed his former aide William Mills for Maryland 1st District. Morton backed Nixon’s executive branch reorganization plan and urged stronger congressional action.
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Campbridge Cap
Rogers C. B. Morton
Washington D.C
Morton
Washington
Young Republicans Club
William Mills
Mills
Elroy Boyer
Upper Shore
Maryland
University of Southern California
Merton
John Paul Jones declares resolve in Serapis battle
Historical note cites John Paul Jones saying I have not yet begun to fight during the 1779 engagement with Serapis, highlighting his defiant stance as American forces pressed the victory.
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John Paul Jones
Ex-GIs Testify Kotouc Cut Prisoner's Finger
Two former Army enlisted men testified at Capt. Eugene Kotouc court martial that an American cut off part of a Viet Cong prisoner’s finger during interrogation near My Lai in 1968. Only one witness identified Kotouc as the officer. others said a knife was used by an unnamed American. The trial opened with six prosecution witnesses from C Company.
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Dherson
Army
Eugene M. Kotouc
Kotouc
Mo Lai
Humboldt
Neb
My Lai
Governmet
Madison Wright
Nebraska
Ropert Crosby
Lincoln
Crosby
Maj
William Eckhardt
Starkville
Miss
Frederick Widmer
New Kensington
Widmer
Medina Eld
Ais Hand
Ernest Medina
Montrose
Colo
Medina
C Company
Ft. McPherson
James Flynn
Rochester
Minn
Flynn
Capt
Robert Demetz
Pass Christian
Demetz
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