B52s Smash Quang Tri In Major Vietnam Bomb Swings
U S B52 bombers pounded both sides of Quang Tri City in massive strikes across four South Vietnamese regions, destroying bunkers and antiaircraft guns and killing hundreds of North Vietnamese troops. Paratroopers and Marines pressed toward Quang Tri Citadel as carrier planes joined the battle. other fronts near Hue saw renewed shelling and clashes.
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Quang Tri City
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
U.S. 7Th Fleet
America
Hue
Imperial
First Challenge To Nixon Plan
A federal judge ruled that the Cost of Living Council overstepped in limiting wage exemptions to workers earning under 1.90 an hour, ordering a relaxation of wage controls that could aid about 14 million workers. The decision cited a 3.35 figure as a basis for adequate income for a four member urban family, though no new exemption level was set. The AFL CIO and others pursued the suit under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, with the council expected to appeal.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
William B. Jones
Cost of Living Council
COLC
Aflcio
Jones
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Afl-Cio
CCLC
Council
Democratic Party selects first woman national chair and first Black vice chair
Jean Miles Westwood, a 48 year old Utah grandmother, is named national chair, replacing Lawrence O'Brien after unanimous ratification by the Democratic National Committee in Miami Beach. Basil Paterson of Harlem becomes vice chair, the first Black to hold that top party post. Pierre Salinger named for a separate vice chair role after Paterson's nomination.
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Washington
Jean Miles Westwood
West Jordan
Utah
Paterson
McGovern
Pierre Salinger
White House
Basil Paterson
New York
Salinger
Westwood
Sen. McGovern
Sylvan Lake Lodge
Custer
S.D
Deaths Mount as Irish Conflict Escalates in Belfast
In Belfast and Londonderry gun battles leave soldiers and guerrillas dead as the Irish Republican Army resumes attacks across Northern Ireland. Eleven killed in 24 hours, with 438 deaths in three years. Catholics flee to border, others seek refuge in Belfast strongholds amid renewed violence. Police stop a gelignite bomb car in Antrim and Omagh is sealed to foil bombers.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Lenadoon Avenue
Ligoniel
Royal Marine
Antrim
Omagh
McGovern Tries President's Field
Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern tests the White House landing strip at Andrews Air Force Base and signals optimism about the uphill race ahead. Running mate Thomas Eagleton greets supporters in Kansas City as McGovern reshuffles party leadership with Jean Westwood elected chair and Basil Paterson chosen for vice chair.
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Washington
George 8. McGovern
Andrews Air Force Base
Four Passengers Stabbed At Tacoma Depot
A 23 year old Tacoma man stabbed four bus passengers and a driver at a Greyhound terminal in Tacoma. Linda Gail Chapman 22 of Portland was among the first attacked, and the suspected assailant was shot and seriously wounded by a Seattle Tacoma commuter bus driver who intervened. The victims were listed in satisfactory condition.
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Tacoma
Wash
Linda Gail
Chapman
Portland
John Vejvold
Greyhound
Vejvold
Seattle-Tacoma
Two Drownings Reported at Pomona Lake Dragoon Arm
Osage County deputies identified two Topeka residents as Martin S. Gheer aged about 62 and Violet Jacobson aged about 54 after their ten-foot wooden boat capsized in the Dragoon arm of Lake Pomona Friday night. It marked the lake’s second and third drownings in the past month.
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Dragoon
Lake Pomona
Osage County
Martin S. Gheer
Violet Jacobson
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National Audio-Visual Association
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