Mansfield sees gain for peace in Vietnam end
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and Republican whip Robert Griffin said Congress and antiwar demonstrators move toward ending U S involvement in South Vietnam. Mansfield praised Saturday’s march as peaceful and urged against lawless action while noting momentum for war funding cuts. Griffin credited Nixon with progress toward withdrawal and said pressure grows for immediate end.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
South Vietnam
Mansfield
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Griffin
Nixon
Father charges Army slaughter of scholarly GI
Lancaster father Elmer Varner describes the death of his son Doug Varner, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate, in action April 14 with the Americal Division. Doug left detailed funeral plans requesting a simple ceremony, no medals, and a peace-themed tombstone. The elder Varner questions why a nearly blind man was sent to combat and recalls prior WWII service. A separate LA report notes a 3.8 magnitude earthquake in the Los Angeles Basin with no damage reported.
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Vietnam
Elmer Varner
Varner
Doug
Wappa
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Newark
Ohio
Warner
Isaiah
Infantry
Stanford Law School
Fairfax and Cook Begin Pacific Row Aboard Britannia II
British adventurer John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook start their 7000 mile Pacific crossing from San Francisco aboard the Britannia II a 35 foot rowboat stocked for ten months. They aim to Australia after two failed attempts hindered by Strong winds and rough waters. A Contintental 747 jetliner meanwhile got stuck in mud after overshooting Stapleton Airport in Denver.
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Australia
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Sylvia Cook
San Francisco Bay
Brittannia IL
Fairfax
London
Atlantic
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Cear
Golden Gate Bridge
Denver
Stapleton International Airport
Rancher sells lake land to lawmakers to aid California farming
Plumas County rancher Carmichael says he sold 9.79 acres near Lake Davis to Assemblywoman Pauline Davis and Assemblyman Townsend in 1966 for 125 dollars per acre to aid agriculture. Davis planned subdivision, Townsend later bought four acres. Bee notes lake water protection ban and market price around 280 dollars per acre.
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UPI
Plumas County
California
Charles Roy Carmichael
Portola
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Pauline L. Davis
D-Portola
Assembly
L. E. Townsend
D-Torrance
Sacramento Bee
Townsend
Carmichael
the Bee
Davis
Missing man found entombed in closet cement slab
CINCINNATI UP I police found the decomposed body of John Dockery believed about 70 in a two foot thick cement slab covering a closet floor of his apartment. Detectives broke up the slab after an anonymous tip. Preliminary investigations indicate death by skull fracture.
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Cincinnati
John Dockery
Deteetive
Russell Jackson
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