Nixon Wings To Midway Summit Meet With Thieu
President Nixon flies to Midway Island for talks with South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu on war aims and peace. Sessions cover troop levels de Americanization and South Vietnamese military and political roles with a potential coalition including the NLF.
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Nixon
Midway Summit
Thieu
San Clemente
Calif
Pacific
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Midway Island
Honolulu
Vietnam
Saigon
Agnew Urges End to Cringing at OSU Commencement
Vice President Spiro Agnew told about 25 000 graduates and a damp crowd that an aging, cringing power structure breeds rebellion and warned about a lawless society if the generation fails to define its inheritance. He and Bob Hope received honorary degrees as 75 to 100 demonstrators outside the stadium watched.
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Perry Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Spiro T. Agnew
Ohio State University
Agnew
Richard Nixon
Bob Bob Hope
Horseshoe Stadium
Nixon
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Utah
Weber State College
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Grove City College
Pennsylvania
America
Brickmasons Ratify 2-Year Pact Ending Strike
Brickmasons Local 39 ratified a new two year contract raising pay to 8 dollars an hour by August 1 1970. The settlement ends a five week strike crippling construction in Scioto and Adams counties including the 25 million dollar state penitentiary near Luc asville. The deal provides retroactive 80 cents to May 1 plus 50 cents September 1 and 80 cents May 1 1970 plus final 50 cents August 1 1970.
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Brickmason
Scioto
Adams
Lucasville
Brickmasons
Richard Blake
Two Nominees Face Senate Hurdles Over Confirmations
Administration picks for Fish and Wildlife Commissioner and Chief Foreign Trade Adviser are stalled in the Senate. Charles Meacham, allied with Walter Hickel, awaits a minority report from Democrats after committee approval. Carl Gilbert, named by Nixon, is blocked by Sen. Long amid concerns on import restraints.
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Washington
U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife
Senate
Walter J. Hickel
Interior
Charles H. Meacham
Fish and Wildlife
Russell B. Long
D-La
Carl J. Gilbert
Boston
Nixon
Gilbert
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Long
U.S
Meacham
Interior Post
Commerce Committee
International Fisheries
Alaska
Hickel
Mike Gravel
Three Arrested for Disturbing Agnew Speech at OSU
In Columbus Ohio three people including a 16 year old juvenile disrupted Vice President Spiro Agnews address at Ohio State University by forming a V sign. They were removed from the Ohio Stadium and charged with disturbing a public meeting. The adults were Michael G Davis 23 Rochelle Paula Lauren 20, both listing Columbus addresses though from Cleveland, and Steven W Andersson 16 of Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Ohio State University
Ohio Stadium
Michael G. Davis
Rochelle Paula Lauren
Cleveland
Steven W. Andersson
Cincinnati
British General Sir Miles Dempsey Dies at 72
Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey, aged 72, died Friday, 25 years to the day after leading the 2nd British Army ashore at Normandy on D-Day. He later commanded British forces in Southeast Asia following the European campaign.
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London
Miles Dempsey
Normandy
Southeast Asia
Portsmouth Church Announcements and Death Notices
The Times Around Portsmouth lists church notices death notices and editorial content along with pages featuring horoscopes markets sports and media items. Community updates appear in the women’s news section and brief notes on local events and broadcasts are included.
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Portsmouth
Horoscope
Women's
Spelling Champ Returns Home From National Bee
Bob Ruggles, Times District Spelling Bee champion, leaves Washington after winning a gold medal and $50 at the National Spelling Bee awards dinner. He recalls the week’s thrills and a single misspelled word, plus sights from the FBI tour, and heads home to Jackson with his family.
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Everette E. Parker
Times
Washington
Bob Ruggles
Bob
Joseph Ruggles
Jackson Rt. 5
Hams Lenger
Court overturns deferment policy for antiwar protests
A federal appeals court ruled that draft boards may not follow a 1967 Hershey directive to revoke deferments for participants in illegal antiwar demonstrations. The unanimous decision found the policy chills lawful protest and rejected using 1A risk as grounds, even as it did not declare deferments for card burning invalid.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Nixon to form youth advisory boards for draft changes
President Nixon announces that Selective Service will establish youth advisory boards in all 50 states to improve the draft system. The move follows discussions with ten members of his youth draft advisory committee who urge reform to address inequities and outdated practices.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Selective Service
Casualties Mount In Gun Duels Across South Vietnam
Heavy fighting and artillery duels spread across South Vietnam as the Midway Island conference between Nixon and Thieu approached. Officials said about 1,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers were killed in 48 hours, with U.S. casualties over 60 dead and 200 wounded, and South Vietnamese losses listed at 107 dead and 379 wounded. General Abrams dismissed the surge as not a summer offensive.
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United States
Thieu
George Esper
Saigon
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
Thieu Plans Thorough Probe Ahead of Midway Meeting
Saigon leader Nguyen Van Thieu shifts from vague talks to a detailed approach before his discuss with President Nixon on Midway Island. He seeks clarity on U S de Americanization of the war and possible coalition options, signaling strain over Saigon Washington gaps.
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Saigon
Washington
Thieu
Nixon
Midway
United States
Seoul
Taipei
National Liberation Front
Koscot Agrees to Seek Approval for Distributor Sales
Kos cot Interplanetary Inc. agreed to stop selling distributor ships in North Carolina without prior approval from State Attorney General Robert Morgan. The consent judgment, signed in Raleigh, requires Koscot to outline the nature of each distributorship sale for review and to obtain no objection from the attorney general before future sales.
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Raleigh, N. C
Koscot Interplanetary Inc
North Carolina
Robert Morgan
Morgan
Koscot
Insurance schemes tied to Mafia figures under probe nationwide
A Maf ia loan shark and his son are linked to a nationwide set of deals using questionable insurance policies and bonds as collateral for loans. Investigations name John A. Masiello Sr and John Jr among others as banks, insurers, and state regulators untangle losses across Oklahoma Florida and Arizona. Some firms face state actions and audits while thousands risk unpaid life policies including a widow awaiting payout on a $75 000 Community National policy.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
John A. Masiello Sr
John Jr
Oklaho
Vito Genovese
Post Office Department
Masiellos
New York
Oklahoma
Floria
Florida
Arizona
John Masiello Jr
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
State Fire and Casualty Co
Miami
Fla
Community National Life Insurance Co
Tulsa
Oklo
Financial Security Life In
Community National
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National Council of Churches
New York City
Forman
UPI Telephoto
William P. Rogers
Thuusday
White House
Viet Cong
Rogers
NLF
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Henry Kissinger
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Osa
Richard Lee Tingler
FBI
UPI
Inside the Times
First Federal
Savings and Loan
Gallia St.—Rd
Wicks
Robert Taylor
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Taylor
O.K
Masiello
New York State Investigation Commission
SBA
Lelder Masiello
Mafia
Surance Co
Phoenix
Ariz
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