Quang Tri Falls as North Overruns Key Central Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces seize Quang Tri after five days of fighting, forcing South Vietnamese troops to retreat and abandoning the city. U.S. advisers evacuated. Hue and the central coast face intensified pressure as Hanoi declares no international border exists in a unified Vietnam.
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Quang Tris
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Impen
Enghsh
Bong Son
Kai An
Capiacity
News Highlights Around the World Industrial Buying Drives Gold Up
Sustained industrial demand pushed gold above 59 dollars an ounce a postwar high while bullion dealers fixed the free market price at 50.20, up from 49.60 at Friday's afternoon fixing. U.S. troop withdrawals exceed Nixon target by 2,700 as naval strength off Vietnam grows.
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Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Rogers Sees Difficult Time Ahead for U S Vietnam Talks
Secretary of State William P. Rogers warned the next three weeks will be very difficult as he anticipated a decision in two to three weeks on whether North Vietnam intends to negotiate an end to the war. He said about 18,000 Americans remain in danger in the besieged northern South Vietnam sector. President Nixon flew back to Washington from Texas after visiting the Connally ranch in San Antonio.
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Rogers
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Texas
Treasury
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No Protesters Show Up for Demonstration in Boston
A planned peace protest to seize an unidentified building was canceled due to lack of demonstrators. The April Coalition, comprising residents of Boston and Cambridge, called the antiwar action described as a mass militant event.
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Boston
April Coalition
Cambridge
Fire destroys Clement Toy Shop in Weare
Local and state investigators probe a weekend blaze that consumed the three story Clement Manufacturing Co building, known as the Clement Toy Shop, with equipment valued up to 200000 dollars inside.
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N.H
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Clement Toy Shop
Council and Schools Clash Over Supplemental Budget Request
The City Council and School Department prepare for a confrontation over a 312000 supplemental appropriation. The School Board seeks funds amid a looming 1971-72 deficit caused by teacher salary commitments and other costs. Councilman Levy urges funds be returned to general revenue and cautions against early salary commitments before budget approval. Taxpayers face a revaluation impact with a projected loss of state aid and a higher tax bill.
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John B. Petty Jr
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Provisional IRA blamed after Belfast plant blast kills one
A Carrickfergus polyester plant blast caused by suspected IRA action killed one man and injured about 100 others. Security forces warned of Protestant backlash as riots erupted in Newtownards Road district.
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Hoover Reveals FBI Memos on Sex and Secrecy
Jack Anderson testified that FBI head J. Edgar Hoover prepared memos detailing the sex lives and personal affairs of prominent Americans for Lyndon Johnson as bedtime reading. He accused Hoover of snooping and urged ending mass classification while noting President Nixon harsher controls on the press and Spiro Agnew's role.
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Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Nixa
Controls Lifted on Tiny Units Across Nation
Washington AP reports wage and price controls lifted for millions of small businesses and small government units with 60 or fewer employees. Health and construction remain under review. rent controls unchanged. The move cuts red tape while expanding scrutiny on other firms and boosting Pay Board and Price Commission staff.
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Pay Board
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Internal Revenue Service
Union University of New Hampshire to hold Vietnam war convocation
A campus convocation on the Vietnam war is planned at the University of New Hampshire with a day-long program of speakers and an anti war march. A university spokesman said about 20 classes would be canceled.
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Durham
N.H
University of New Hampshire
Stodest
Police End Escorts For Stores
City police vote to end escort service for merchants starting June 1 while maintaining escorts for city agencies. Commission cites 300 April calls and costs. Marshal Remick supports keeping them but says workload is too heavy. Escalating parking violations also drew criticism and action instruction to assign a new patrolman.
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Stanton G. Remick
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Tim
George Amergian
George Francois
Francois
Dennis K. Cilley
Cilley
Maryshal
Robert Raeside
Eliot
Gritin
Bomb Touched Local Police Station In Midnight Blast
City Marshal Stanton G. Remick described a device like a mortar used to damage the local police station on early Saturday. The weapon, a sink drainpipe filled with metal nuts and beaded chain, was taped to wood and placed on the front steps. it exploded around 2 a.m., smashing the bottom window and denting the door sign. The damage was minor and under investigation.
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Remick
McGovern and Humphrey Battle for Ohio Delegates
The two Democratic contenders Hubert H. Humphrey and George S. McGovern campaign in Ohio's major cities on the last day before Tuesday's primary. McGovern says an upset could spark the bid for the nomination as 153 delegates are at stake, with Humphrey touring the northern industrial belt including Toledo.
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George S. McGovern
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