Saigon Faces Invasion as Viet Cong Hit City Hard
UPI reports Saigon amid heavy street fighting with at least 1,000 Viet Cong invading in three incursions this year. Allied forces clash house to house in Cholon and surrounding districts. U.S. Marines freed near Hue. Soviet 100 mm guns knocked out as jets bombard targets. Civilians flee as battles rage across Saigon and outskirts with dozens of Viet Cong killed.
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UPI
Cholon
U.S
Hue
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
Roger Norum
Red
Paris
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Red Cross
Lng
Binh Loi
Navy deploys two deep submersibles for Scorpion search
Norfolk AP Navy units fly two deep submersibles Link-Perry and Deep-Diver and the Ads Mark 4 diving system to the Azores to scan shallow waters near the last Scorpion position reported May 21 They can reach over 1000 feet The Scorpion with 99 crew is officially missing The rescue area includes sea mounds and the sea shelf near Cape Henry and the Azores as patrol planes and warships sweep the area.
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Scorpion
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AAUP Drops Investigation of Prof Leonard Dismissal
The AAUP national office has dropped its inquiry into the dismissal of Wisconsin State University Oshkosh political science professor L. Larry Leonard. Faculty Senate President David Conover announced that the Oshkosh Faculty Senate hearing found no evident academic freedom violation in failing to reappoint Leonard for 1968-69. The Oshkosh AAUP chapter supported Leonard, but the national body agreed with the local committee’s conclusion.
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Wisconsin State University- Oshkosh
David Conover
L. Larry Leonard
Oshkosh Aaup
Leonard
Oshkosh
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Television Debate Kennedy McCarthy Square Off Tonight
Kennedy and McCarthy clash in a national TV duel as California primary nears. McCarthy complains the format blocks rebuttals while Kennedy accuses him of distortions over the Vietnam War. Humphrey skips the ABC special as Nixon courts Southern leaders and Reagan's poll standing narrows in California.
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Robert F Kennedy
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Hubert H Humphrey
ABC
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New York
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Richard M. Nixon
Atlanta
Mervin Field
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Edmund G Brown
Brown
North Vietnam May Seek Broad Peacemaking Shift in Paris Talks
In Paris, North Vietnam appears poised to shift tactics toward broader peace issues, possibly moving away from an immediate halt to bombing in the North. Nhan Dan pressed the war end condition while new envoy Le Duc Tho travels to Paris amid questions about fresh instructions to Xuan Thuy.
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U.S
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
United States
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
le Duc Tho
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Central Committee
Tho
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Hanoi
Gation
Cyrus R. Vance
Harriman
Washington
Johnson
Thuy
William J. Dorden
Nationwide Western Union Strike Averted
Washington reports a nationwide Western Union strike was narrowly prevented as a contract was reached 30 minutes before midnight. CTU president E L Hageman called the settlement very good, with 24 700 telegraphers poised to ratify. The three year raise totals 18.5 percent including a 5 percent rise in 1968 and 1969 and a 6 percent rise in 1970.
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UPI
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Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
E. L. Hageman
Company
Unon
James A Holden
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Defense Department
Strike Ends at Clark Oil Dealers Win Margin Cut
In Chicago AP reports a three day strike by about 86 Clark Oil service station managers ends with a 4 percent cut in dealer gasoline costs and permission to buy supplies from firms of their choice. About 200 Clark stations operate in the Chicago area.
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Chicago
Clark Oil and Refining Corp
Clark
France eases tension as de Gaulle era resumes after strikes
Amid easing tension France returns to normal after a two week strike wave aimed at toppling de Gaulle. Pompidou forms new government while Guena says the aim was to install a totalitarian regime. wage accords linger as workers return to jobs and transport resumes gradually.
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Yves Guena
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