Third US Fishing Boat Seized By Peruvians Released For Ransom
Lima reports that the Western King owned by Peter Pan Caribe Inc of Seattle was seized by Peruvian torpedo boats 25 miles off Lima and towed to Talera for alleged illegal fishing. Captain Tjutanic paid 500 for registry 4500 for a license and about 10000 in fines to secure release. The incident adds to tensions over Peru's 200 mile offshore claims and comes as talks on fishing rights and expropriation of oil assets progress in Washington. The United States suspended military aid valued around 11 million annually as negotiations continued.
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Lima
Peru
U.S
Peter Pan Caribe, Inc
Seattle
Wash
Talera
Nick Tiutanic
Washington
International Petroleum Co
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
United States
Sei
Nixon Honors Vietnam War Heroes On Armed Forces Day
President Nixon presided over Armed Forces Day ceremonies at the White House South Lawn to award the Medal of Honor to Army Chief Warrant Officer Frederick E. Ferguson and Army Spec. 4 Thomas J. Kinsman for bravery in Vietnam. He later planned a Naval demonstration from the carrier Saratoga off Virginia and a Camp David stay before return to Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
White House
Army
Frederick E. Ferguson
Thomas J. Kinsman
Saratoga
Norfolk
Camp David
Rogers
Tan Son Nhut
Venus twin probes reach Venus and radio data
Moscow reports Venus 6 reached the planet 24 hours after Venus 5, with both crafts parachuting data back to Earth. Tass hailed the mission as an outstanding success though no direct radio contact or soft landings were confirmed, continuing earlier Venus 4 objectives without a major breakthrough.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Venus
Tass
Earth
City trash pickup delayed and rescheduled due to rain
The city-wide clean up planned for today was cancelled because of rain. Trash already at the curb will be collected Monday by city trucks. Ottawa’s Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up pickup day is moved to next Saturday.
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Ottawa
Ottawa University drives kickoff for community support
The annual OU drive starts in Ottawa Monday with a $35,000 goal. Campaign chairman is Robert S. Hill and advance gifts chairman is William Wallace. The steering committee set the goal at a meeting. Last year the local campaign raised $30,750. The second phase starts May 22 with ninety workers organizing for the general drive, which aims to wrap by June 13.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
Robert S. Hill
William Wallace
Ransom Bennett
Robert Clogston
Howard Doyen
Thomas Gleason
Robert Grabham
Clarence Hegberg
George E. Lister
Edward Haley
Lester Moore
George Marstall
Robert B. Wellington
Thieu seeks Nixon meeting to set common policy
President Thieu said a meeting with President Nixon is necessary to set a common policy amid the military and political situation. He met with Secretary Rogers and suggested Washington as a possible venue, stressing the urgency of coordinating positions beyond Nixon’s eight point peace plan.
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Thieu
Nixon
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
William P. Rogers
Washington
Rogers
Weather Summary for Friday Temperature Extremes and Rain
Friday highs near 79 with a low around 53 while a year ago daily high was 73 and four years ago low 49. The record high for this date is 90 set in 1911 and the record low 36 in 1923. A 24 hour precipitation total of .03 inch reported. Barometer 29. OB.
Troops Brace For Heightened Viet Cong Attacks
Saigon reports heightened threat as Ho Chi Minh’s birthday nears with Viet Cong actions around Long Binh Bien Hoa and base camps. Over 1,000 American troops pull back from the Cambodian border while 10,000 airmen at Tan Son Nhut face base restrictions. The 101st Airborne pressed a weeklong effort to seize Dong Ap Bia as U.S. losses reach 39 dead and 227 wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Long Binh-Bien Hoa
Tan Son Nhut
Bien Hoa
5Th
U.S. Army
U.S
Dorg Ap Bia
A Shau
101St Airborne Division
101St
Lister Installed Kansas Bankers Association President
George E. Lister, president of Peoples National Bank, was elected and installed as president of the Kansas Bankers Association at its Topeka convention closing session. He succeeds J. A. Mermis Jr. of Great Bend as more than 1,800 bankers attended. Dan J. Dreiling of Seneca was elected vice president with next year’s meeting set for Wichita. Lister has led Peoples National Bank since 1953 and holds multiple bank and regional flood control roles.
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George E. Lister
Peoples National Bank
Kansas Bankers Association
Lister
Topeka
Association
J. A. Mermis Jr
Great Bend
Dan J. Dreiling
Seneca
Wichita
RFD Agricultural Credit Corporation
Mississippi Valley Association
Apollo 10 Photos Transmitted In Color
Apollo 10 will send color pictures from space with a new Westinghouse TV camera. The device, adapted for Apollo 10 in under three months, reduces jerky motions to normal action and transmits at 626 scan lines like home TV sets.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Westinghouse
Stanley Lebar
Apollo
Lebar
Space Center
Houston
Larkin Niemyer
Vietnam demands U.S. troop withdrawal in peace plan critique
North Vietnam accused President Nixon's Vietnam peace plan of preserving a neo colonial South Vietnam and pressed for unconditional U.S. troop withdrawal. A Hanoi commentary said Nixon remains firm on basic rights and ignored Vietnamese national rights, demanding all foreign forces leave without conditions.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
United States
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