Brigades of Veterans Plan Raids on Small POW Camps
The Remember the Pueblo committee leader says a 118 member force including 13 mercenaries from Britain France and Belgium will raid small POW camps if Nixon does not secure the release of some U S prisoners within 30 days. The plan envisions a four to six week mobilization and targets Laos based camps not major POW sites.
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Saigon
Pueblo
Nixon
U.S
Paul Lindstrom
Britain
France
Belgum
Congo
Algeria
Malaya
Lindstrom
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Laos
China
Bangkok
Prospect Heights
Ill
LBJ Returns to Texas Hospital After Heart Attack
Former President Lyndon B Johnson arrived at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio after suffering a major heart attack in Charlottesville Virginia. He walked with assistance and wore a portable ECG device as Mrs Johnson followed, aiming to return to Texas for further care.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Army
Brooke General Hospital
Charlottesville
Virginia
Johnson
Vso
Charles Robb
John Willis Hurst
Syracuse Area Couple Admits Welfare Fraud
James R. Neville and Barbara Neville of Brewerton pleaded guilty in Onondaga County Court to second degree larceny for illegally receiving 1500 in welfare aid. They had been charged with fraudulently obtaining 16000. Neville lied about unemployment. Barbara claimed they were ill. Sentencing set for May 15 before Judge Thomas Aloi.
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Syracuse
N.Y
James R. Neville
Barbara
Brewerton
Onondaga County
Neville
County Local Services Department
Thomas Aloi
Ruth Ribicoff Dies at 64 Wife of Sen Ribicoff
Washington reports the death of Ruth Siegel Ribicoff aged 64 wife of Senator Abraham Ribicoff D Conn after a long illness. She is survived by family and was active in public affairs in Washington.
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Washington
Ruth Siegel Ribicoff
Atrahah A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Tiny aerial target in North Vietnam oil pipeline
Washington reports a four inch diameter oil pipeline running the length of North Vietnam is a likely bombing target. Despite its above ground construction and modular 19 foot sections, engineers can disconnect and replace segments to keep fuel flowing. US bombing focus may hit the Panhandle above the DMZ.
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Washington
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Skyjacker Cini Sentenced to Life in Prison
Paul Joseph Cini, 28, condemned as the first skyjacker to threaten a parachute, sentenced to life for hijacking an Air Canada jet with 118 passengers from the US border to Great Falls Montana and back. After receiving $50,000 at Great Falls, he briefly lowered his shotgun to reveal a package he claimed contained a puncture and was overpowered by the crew.
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Cagary
Alberta
Paul Joseph Cini
Cini
Air Canada
Great Falls
Mont
Canada
Gallagher calls indictment a political attack
Newark New Jersey Congressman Cornelius J Gallagher denounces federal charges of perjury and conspiracy as a political indictment part of a campaign to destroy him politically physically mentally and financially The 51 year old seven term Democrat from Bayonne also faces charges of federal income tax evasion
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Cornelius J. Gallagher
Bayonne
Kissinger Delays Japan Trip Amid Indochina Crisis
The White House announced that presidential adviser Henry Kissinger postponed a planned trip to Japan due to the ongoing Indochina crisis. Kissinger chairs the Washington Special Action Group, a crisis committee meeting almost daily since North Vietnamese forces breached the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam two weeks ago.
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Washington
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Japan
Indochina
Ronald L. Zegler
Dr. Kissinger
South Vietnam
FDR Jr Seeks Muskie Delegates at Democratic National Convention
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. will be on a slate of delegates committed to Senator Edmund S. Muskie at the Democratic National Convention in Miami this July.
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Commissioner Benedict Dies in Fire at Home
Peter C. Benedict, one of three National Mediation Board commissioners, died early today in a fire that destroyed his mother's home in Fair Haven. His sister Jean Brady and her daughter June inhaled smoke but were in good condition. Benedict, in his mid 40s, had served as minority counsel for the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee and lived in Alexandria, Virginia since 1965. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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Fair Haven
Peter C. Benedict
Natonal Mediation Board
Benedict
U.S. Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
Vermont
U.S
Winston Prouty
Rutita Hospital
Jean Brady
June
Thutland County
Robert I. Tepper
Alexandria
Senate Committee
National Mediation Board
Nixon
Son of Doris Day Son Injured In Weekend Motorcycle Crash
Terry Melcher the 30 year old film producer and Doris Day's son was injured in a weekend motorcycle crash near Hemet California. He suffered two broken legs and extensive bruises from a head on collision on a windy uphill road and remains in guarded condition in the ICU at a local hospital. Melcher owns a nearby ranch sixty miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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Hemet
Calif
Terry Melcher
Doris Day
Melcher
Los Angeles
Soldiers balk at forward defense post near Phu Bai
About 100 American soldiers from a last two combat infantry brigades in Vietnam hesitated to man a forward defense position near Phu Bai. They relented after being warned absence would endanger other U S units. Fifty-five? no 45 actually carried out the order ensuring the patrol area near Phu Bai. The 196th Brigade from Da Nang was moved to protect installations threatened by the North Vietnamese offensive.
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Phu Bai
Vietnam
U.S
Charlie Company
1St Infantry
da Nang
196Th Brigade
Jdieutenant
An Loc Defenders Fight North Vietnamese Siege
In Vietnam near Da Nang shells hit the area near the U S air base as air forces raid targets in North and South Vietnam and Laos. In Saigon, An Loc's 20 000 government troops and 10 000 defenders, backed by U S air power, press to repel the siege as relief efforts stiffen but resupply helicopter landings fail amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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An Loc
DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Hof
Saigon
Lief
Bastogne
Quang Tri
Dmz
Dong Ha
Cambodia
Friction erupts between black and white students on Cobleskill campus
On the Cobleskill campus of the State University agricultural and technical college friction between black and white students erupted early today. About 30 involved in an incident damaged the Special Services Building with windows broken and furniture overturned. No arrests or injuries were reported.
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Cobleskill
Cobleskile
N. Y
State University Agriculture and Technical College
State University
Special Services
Dix Hall
Walton A. Brown
Wiliam Washington
Brown
Albany
Osteopath Treats President Nixon for Muscle Relaxation
President Nixon's personal physician said he receives a muscle relaxant osteopathic treatment about twice monthly. Dr Walter R Tkach said there is no backache or skeletal problem and the President dislikes massage, so osteopathic manipulation is used, named osteopath Kenneth Riland of New York.
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Washington
Nixon
Walter R. Tkach
Tkach
Kenneth Riland
New York
Ithaca Theater Cancels Run Of Mark Of The Devil
Ithaca Mayor Edward Conley threatened license loss for the Strand Theater unless it canceled the film Mark of the Devil. The theater switched to Satyricon and noted a possible drive in engagement later.
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Ithaca Theater
Ithaca
N.Y
Edward Conley
Strand Theater
Movie
Conley
Joseph Matera
Countrywide Theaters
The
Strand
the Strand
Queen Juliana Begins Five Day State Visit to Britain
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard arrived in Britain for a five day state visit. Queen Elizabeth II met the Dutch couple at Windsor Home Park and their ceremonial carriage rode to Windsor Castle.
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London
Juliana of
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Britain
Elizabeth I
Windsor Home Park
Windsor Castle
Mohawk Airlines Merges Into Allegheny Dooming Mohawk
Mohawk Airlines ceased as a separate entity at 12:01 a.m. and became the silent partner of Allegheny Airlines in a merger that creates the nation's sixth largest domestic carrier. Mohawk signs and employees switch to Allegheny branding at Mohawk airports, with schedule coordination and repainting to finish by summer.
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Utica
N.Y
Mohawk Airlines
Allegheny Airlines
Mohawk
Carrie
New England
Minnesota
Allegheny
Canadians Plan Maximum Security for Nixon Visit
Ottawa prepares tight security for President Nixon with RCMP led protection modeled after Kosygin and Tito visits. Demonstrations are expected by leftist groups but limited public exposure is planned with guarded routes and limited access to official events at the National Arts Centre and Parliament.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Kosygin
Tito
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alexei Kosygin
U.S
Canada
Parliament Hill
National Arts Centre
House of Commons
Four Kidneys Found In Cleveland Girl
Theresa Johnson, a three year old girl in Cleveland, has a rare kidney condition with four kidneys discovered during treatment for a kidney infection at Grace Hospital. Dr George B Vassilakis notes the odds against the anomaly are about twenty thousand to one.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Theresa Johnson
George B. Vassilakis
Theresa
Grace Hospital
Court order endangers New York Catholic school aid
Roman Catholic educators and legislators fear a court ruling may strike down the remaining state aid program for nonpublic schools in New York. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals halted all payments awaiting a legality decision, with about 14 million already disbursed and another 14 million slated for distribution.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
New York City
U.S. Circuit Court of Acts
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