Peace Talks Inches Toward Vietnam Withdrawal Breakthrough
A South Vietnamese official said negotiators expect the Communists to back off their demand for total U.S. troop withdrawal. Reports from Saigon and Washington note possible partial pullback as a sign of willingness to end the war. Communist Paris sources said they might accept a fifty thousand troop withdrawal.
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UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Washington
America
Tension Grows on Campuses
Dissident black and Puerto Rican students at City College of New York blocked South Campus entrances defying New York Board of Higher Education orders. Harvard ROTC building fire caused minor damage as campus ferment continues. CCNY North Campus reopened with sparse attendance. South Campus held by students until police involvement.
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City College of New York
New York Board of Higher Education Today
Harvard University Reserve Officers ‘Training Corps
ROTC
CCNY
The
South
Harvard
Shannon Hall
Nixon Defers Vietnam Pullout Amid Congressional Pressure
President Nixon rejects immediate troop withdrawals as congressional leaders push for a quicker start. White House briefers cite progress at Paris talks, planned new moves, and South Vietnam’s improving strength as factors allowing a gradual U.S. drawdown with no set deadline.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Tion
White House
Burglary Victim Reimbursed From Police Slush Fund Thief Charged
The reader asks if Tom Dinnery was reimbursed the $13 paid to a loan company to recover his impounded tools. The answer confirms reimbursement from the police department fund linked to prosecutions. The alleged thief was captured and charged after a tip from Roy Ridinger, and is free on bond awaiting trial.
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Tom Dinnery
A. W
Police Department
Roy Ridinger
Murder Charged in Bandit Killing of 75-Year-Old Man
Samuel Webb, 24, of 1430 Aransas, was charged with murder with malice in the death of Eugene Johnson, 75, who was shot as he tried to subdue a masked bandit holding a teenage couple at gunpoint. Johnson died Sunday after being wounded Friday night and pistol whipped the assailant. Webb reported being shot in an altercation with a woman and is in poor condition at Bexar County Hospital.
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Gutierrez
Samuel Webb
Aransas
Eugene Johnson
N. Olive
Johnson
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Webb
Bexar County Hospital
Index of sections and page references
A listing of newspaper sections and their page numbers for the edition, including Amusements on page 16, Classified on pages 2 and 28-37, Comics on pages 8-9, Death Notices on page 28, Editorial on page 24, Features on page 25, Financial on page 22, Fun and Games on page 17, Horoscope on page 1 and comic, Society on pages 11-13, Sports on pages 19-21, Texas Trails on page 22, and TV Logs on page 15.
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Society
Texas Trails
Poverty War Role in Doubt
San Antonio will delay committing local troops to the war on poverty. Walter Richter of the Office of Economic Opportunity said a 90 day notice is needed before CEO changes. The local EODC is undergoing reorganization and will continue through the current month into the new program year starting June 1.
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San Antonio
Economic Opportunities Development Corp
Bexar County
Walter H. Richter
Southwest Region
Office of Economic Opportunity
Richter
Austin
South Texas
Hil ‘Ton
EODC
Cloudy mild outlook with showers, possible thunderstorms
Forecast calls for considerable clouds and mild temperatures with showers and scattered thunder showers likely through Tuesday. East to southeast winds 8 to 18 mph, gusty near storms. Highs near 80, overnight lows upper 60s. 50 percent precip today, 30 percent Tuesday. Five day temps near 62 to 85 in Bexar and surrounding counties. Cooler by late week with moderate to heavy precipitation Wednesday through Friday.
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Bexar
East Side Holdup At Jiff-E-Mart In Los Angeles
Police seek two Black men who robbed the Jiff-E-Mart at 2742 E Commerce early Monday. One short and one tall with bushy hair brandished a long barreled pistol taking about $2,000 from a safe after Collins surrendered $2,060 including $60 from the register. Customer Van Kelly Jr. lost $20. Police doubt any link to the Thief of Baghdad.
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Martha
Baghdad
Joblessness Rate Rises to 3.5 Percent in April
The Labor Department reports the unemployment rate edged up to 3.5 percent in April. Most increases were among women and teenagers while the number unemployed stood at 2.5 million, down 200,000 from March but still below expectations after seasonal adjustments.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau
Twin 66-year-old sisters leap to death in Manhattan
Two elderly sisters, Edna Slater and Lillian Gross both 66, leaped hand in hand from a six story Manhattan apartment roof to a dirt courtyard. Police theorize despondency over family illness and the death of Slater’s husband months earlier led to the tragedy.
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New York
Noted British Essayist Dies
Sir Osbert Sitwell, noted British poet essayist and novelist, died of a heart attack Sunday at his home in Florence. he was 76. Friends reported the death from London.
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London
Osbert Sitwell
Florence
Italy
Fortas Under Fire Says Sum Refunded
Justice Abe Fortas says he received a $20,000 wolfson family foundation fee while on the Supreme Court and later returned the money without rendering services. He drafted a statement at the Supreme Court in response to a Life magazine report amid renewed scrutiny after Wolfson's indictment and Fortas' failed confirmation.
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Supreme Court
Life Magazine
Fortas
Wolfson Family Foundation
St Mary's University keeps ROTC compulsory for freshmen
The executive council approved maintaining a one year compulsory ROTC for freshmen after faculty and academic councils backed the move. President Blume framed it as upgrading the program while stressing the decision can be reviewed in the future. Student leaders called it a compromise amid threats of demonstrations.
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St. Mary's University
Louis J. Blume
Blume
St. Mary’s
Lester F. Schockner
Newsmen
Ed Boenisch
Student Senate
Tom Peterson
Executive Council
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