Vietnam Reds Admit Battlefield Reverses Seized Papers
Seized papers reveal the Communist high command acknowledging grave battlefield reverses in Vietnam while claiming to hold the most advantageous position. They outline summer and fall campaigns, new tactics in Saigon, and a push to discredit the central government as U.S. public sentiment favors troop pullout.
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Saigon
Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
U.S
High
Liberation Army
Nixon calls for resurgence of American idealism at Air Force Academy
President Nixon urged Air Force Academy graduates to foster a resurgence of American idealism to counter a rise in isolationist sentiment. He said the nation faces an open season on the Armed Forces during the prepared commencement address in Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Nixon
Air Force Academy Today
Nixon blasts isolationists in Colorado Springs address
President Nixon warned young servicemen about stronger foreign adversaries and growing domestic critics who favor isolationism. He urged meeting both national defense needs and domestic demands, rejected unilateral disarmament, and urged revitalized alliances while outlining a nine point credo for armed forces.
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United States
Vietnam
Pentagon
One Cuban Jet Stowaway Dies in Madrid Flight
Two Cuban youths hid aboard a Spanish DC8 in Havana. One fell to his death after takeoff while the other, Armando Socarras Ramirez, survived seven and a half hours at 29,000 feet in extreme cold and was found unconscious and gravely ill after landing in Madrid.
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Madrid
Havana
Armando Socarras Ramirez
Socarras
Senators seek a man like Burger for Supreme Court vacancy
Two top ranking senators James Eastland and Everett Dirksen urged a nominee with a similar background to Warren E. Burger after the Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Burger. They want a law and order image and noted Burger's 13 year record as a federal appellate judge. The full Senate could confirm next Monday following committee action.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Nl
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dirksen
Eastland
Nixon
Abe Fortas
Law and Order
Fortas
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Heavy losses for both sides in Dak To fighting
South Vietnamese troops and American air and artillery strikes killed 945 North Vietnamese around Dak To in three weeks of fighting. The operation People s Rights also left more than 700 casualties among South Vietnamese and American forces, with 157 government troops and 13 Americans killed.
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Saigon
Dak To
Central Highlands
Ple
U.S
Vietnam
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
AEC to Issue Provisional License for Niagara Mohawk Plant
The Atomic Energy Commission plans an 18 month provisional operating license for the Nine Mile Point plant, with issuance around July 5 unless an intervention petition arrives. Safety and pre operating tests are complete, fuel has arrived 131 tons ready, commercial operation expected months after loading begins in July.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Nine Mile Point
AEC
Niagara Mohawk
P. Allister Burt
Niagara “Mohawk
Navy Ends Search for 73 Missing After Destroyer Collision
In Pearl Harbor the U S Navy calls off the hunt for 73 seamen missing from the destroyer Evans after it was cut in half by the Australian carrier Melbourne during SEATO maneuvers. Survivors total 199 with one dead and the stern being towed to the Philippines.
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Hunt
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
U.S
Evans
Melbourne
Manila
Philippines
Adm
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
Pueblo
Pentagon
Sage Brothers
Niobrara
Neb
C. Gary
C. Gregory
Appren
Kelly
Lawrence J. Reilly Jr
Costa Mesa
Calif
Bunner
Lawrence J. Reilly Sr
Marcus Rodriguez
Fresno
Cam Rahn Bay
Subic Bay
Kearsarge
Cmdr
A. S. McLemore
I Subic Bay
Singapore
Sidney
France Urged to Unite Behind Pompidou
Paris reports the Gaullist UD R executive committee urged full national unity behind Georges Pompidou after Alain Poher refused to quit the race. Pompidou led the first round by about 14 million votes. Poher trailed by nearly five million and sought Communist support for the June 15 runoff.
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France
Pompidou
Poher
Paris
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Gaullist Union of Democrats For the Republic
UDR
de Gaulle
Communist Party
Jacques Duclos
Reds Seek End to Stalin Terror Tactics at Moscow Conference
Russian intellectuals urge delegates at the Kremlin international Communist conference to halt a rebirth of Stalin era terror. They denounce arrests of Pyotr Grigoryenko and Ivan Yakhimovich and warn against a return to Stalinist methods amid signers including historian Pyotr Yakir. Delegates from 49 foreign countries have arrived in Moscow.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Stalin
International Communist Movement
Red Army
Pyotr Grigoryenko
Ivan
Grigoryenko
Ilya Gaai
Moscow” Radio
Rochester Ends Two Day Sanitation Strike
An unauthorized two day sanitation workers strike in Rochester New York ended today. By mid morning refuse collection resumed on all city streets.
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Rochester N.Y
Federal raid targets Black Panthers in Chicago
Federal agents raided the Black Panthers on the West Side of Chicago at 2350 W Madison St early today arresting eight people. About 35 agents seized weapons and ammunition and conducted a two story headquarters operation.
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Chicago
Black Panthers
FBI
West Side
W. Madison St
LIRR Strike Averted With Tentative Contract
A tentative contract was reached between the trainmen's union and the Long Island Rail Road early today, averting a threatened 4 a.m. strike against the nation’s largest commuter line.
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New York
Trainmen’s Union
Long
Island Rail Road
Dulles Widow Leaves Estate Over One Million
Janet Avery Dulles widow of John Foster Dulles filed her will for probate in Manhattan Surrogate Court. She died May 14 in Washington DC at age 77 leaving an estate said to exceed $1 million.
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NEW York
Janet Avery Dulles
Secretary of
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Manhattan
Washington, D.C
Nixon Thieu expected to announce first unilateral Vietnam pullback
The New York Times reports preparations for a unilateral U.S. force reduction in Vietnam by President Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Officials say the move is likely but not definite until the Midway meeting on Sunday. It reflects Washington discussions awaiting higher level approval.
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Congress
New York
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
York Times
U.S
the Times
Washington
Hedrick Smith
Archbishop Lucey Retires After Papal Appointment
Archbishop Robert F. Lucey of San Antonio announced his retirement following the appointment of his successor by Pope Paul VI. Lucey was known as a friend of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and a supporter of liberal causes.
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San Antonio, Tex
Robert F. Lucey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Paul VII
Ford Mot or Co Reports May Car Sales Rise
Ford Motor Co. posted higher May car sales while total industry volume slipped about 2 percent. Ford sold 216,135 cars in May versus 210,031 in May 1968. Domestic brands combined moved 795,277, down from 810,990 a year earlier, with General Motors at 411,094 and Chrysler 144,429 compared with prior year figures.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Tic Automakers
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Fire marshal closes two Gary schools after blasts
The state fire marshal ordered Wallace High School and Melton Elementary School closed in Gary amid a spate of fires and explosions Tuesday injuring nine people and leaving many homeless. The closures affecting about 2,500 pupils aimed to calm parental fears though no new danger was evident today.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
Wallace High School
Melton Elemental School
Family of Ten Injured in Head-On Crash on I-87
In Saratoga Springs a Glens Falls family of 10 was struck head on by a car traveling in the wrong direction on the Adirondack Northway. Two children and the second driver were hospitalized, eight family members treated for cuts and bruises. The other driver, Thomas F. Ryan, 70, Greenwich, was hospitalized in serious condition with chest injuries and fractures. he faces DWI and wrong-way charges.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Glens Falls
Adirondack Northway
South Glens Falls
Thomas F. Ryan
Washington
Greenwich
Thomas
Glens Falls Hospital
Gerald N. Barcomb
Explosions Injure Nine in Gary Glen Park Suburb
Investigators sifted debris in Gary Indiana as six explosions ripped through a 10 square block Glen Park area within about 15 minutes. Nine people were hurt and 6 homes demolished while 19 more suffered damage from concussion and fires. Damage was estimated at 340000 dollars by Fire Chief Alfonse Holliday.
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Gary, Ind
Glen Park
Gary
Alfonse Holliday
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