Fire Base 6 siege ends as North Vietnamese pull back
Maj. Gen. Ngo Dzu announces the siege of Fire Base 6 is over with enemy forces withdrawing westward near the Laos Cambodia border. Reports cite 2,903 NVA killed in the region since March 31, while Saigon lists 195 Vietnamese dead and 32 missing.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Fire Base 6
Ngo Dzu
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Dzu
le van Phuc
U.S
Associated Press
Neal Ulevich
Huynh Cong Ut
Triborder
le Trung Hien
Revisions Slated In Food Stamp Program
Washington AP report on Nixon administration plans to tighten food stamp rules by fall with a national income eligibility standard. The measure would expand eligibility to about $360 monthly for a four-person family while banning nonworking members and nonrelated communes. Authorities expect states to implement by late September though precise cost and impact projections are not given.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Agriculture Department
Asst
Agriculture
Richard E. Lyng
South Carolina
United States
Lyng
Alaska
New Jersey
New York
Viet Nam and U S launch new A Shau Valley operation
Bulletin reports a joint South Vietnamese and U S assault on enemy supply bases and infiltration routes in the A Shau Valley near the Laotian frontier with no significant contact. A spring storm in New Mexico brings heavy rain hail and two tornadoes. In Chicago two men Maurice Tyler and Allen Reed are charged with murder in the Brink's armored guards shooting.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shau
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Chicago
Brink’s
Maurice Tyler
Allen Reed
Tricia Nixon to Wed in Rose Garden at White House
Tricia Nixon plans a June 12 ceremony in the White House rose garden with about 400 guests including family and Harvard law student Edward Cox. If rain arrives the East Room hosts the ceremony, with music by Bill Harrington’s 10 piece orchestra and reception in the Blue Room and state dining room.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon
White House
Rose Garden
Harvard
Edward Finch Cox
Executive Mansion
Connie Stuart
Tricia
Harrington
Nixon
Julie
David Eisenhower
David
Barbara Ann Eisenhower
Fernando Echeverria-Uribe
Stuart
Edward Gardiner Latch
House of Representatives
U S Table Tennis Team Tours Shanghai Exhibit Tour
The 15 member U S touring table tennis team visited Shanghai's vast industrial exhibit and praised progress. Executives from Chrysler and Du Pont found both strength and gaps in China's industries while players observed textiles machinery and mining gear. They head to Canton then Hong Kong, Tokyo, and return to the United States after exhibition matches in Peking.
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Shanghai
U. S
Graham Steenhoven
U.S
Table Tennis Association
Bufford Harrison
Wilmington
Del
du Pont
China
Canton
Hong Kong
Tokyo
United States
Peking
Chian Wen Gymnasium
Tim Boggan
Merrick,y
Dick Miles
New York City
Howard
Braithwaite
Japan
World War I fliers reunite in Washington at Mayflower Hotel
About 175 veterans and 80 wives gathered in the nation’s capital for a World War I fliers reunion at the Mayflower Hotel. Attendees came from 28 states plus the Virgin Islands and D C, led by Ira Milton Jones. They discussed common war experiences and plans for a permanent veterans organization while noting changes from World War I to World War II.
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Washington
Mayflower Hotel
U.S
Army Signal Corps
U.S. Army
Ira Milton Jones
Milwaukee
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Jones
Air Force
Lafayette Escadrille
States
Virgin Islands
District of Columbia
Frank Lambert
Sea Cliff
Long Island
N.Y
Spessard Holland
Florida
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Patton blitzes Oscars as seven wins set pace
The Patton film swept the 43rd Academy Awards winning seven Oscars including best picture. George C. Scott refused the honor saying it degradation to compete while Glenda Jackson John Mills Helen Hayes Frank Sinatra and Ingmar Bergman also won major prizes.
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Hollywood
Patton
Helen Hayes
Airport
Franklin J. Schaffner
Los Angeles Music Center
Goldie Hawn
George C. Scott
Scott
Gen
George S. Patton
New York
Frank McCarthy
Academy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Daniel Taradash
Taradash
Francis Lai
Bing Lardner Jr
Miss Jackson
English Midlands
Britain
Cypress
Juliet Mills
Miss Hayes
Madelon Claudet
Wellington
D.C
John Mills
Ryan
London
White House rules out immediate tax cuts
Washington AP reports the White House will not call for tax relief in the near term after a first quarter GNP rise of 28.5 billion. George P. Shultz said policy should remain unchanged though a full year review remains possible. inflation sits at 5.2 percent.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
George P. Shultz
Shultz
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Leigh Wade
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National Association of Food Chains
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