Air Force Chief of Staff Relieves Southeast Asia Commander
Gen John Daniel Lavelle, commander of the seventh Air Force in Vietnam, is relieved and retires after a bitter clash with Gen John D Ryan over flight rules aimed at reducing losses. Vogt Jr. replaces Lavelle as Lavelle faces health issues and a 70 percent disability.
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Orr Kelly
Washington Star
Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Air Force
John D. Ryan
John Daniel Lavelle
Seventh Air Force
Vietnam
John William Vogt Jr
Europe
Lavelle
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. warplanes strike Hanoi area amid renewed bombing
U S warplanes returned to the Hanoi area for the first time in three weeks and hit storage depots, barracks, and training facilities aiding the North Vietnamese invasion. Navy fighters shot down several MIGs as carriers bombed targets west of Hanoi and additional raids hit North Vietnam.
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U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Radio Hanoi
Nam Danh City
Nam Denh
Tonkin Gulf
Nixon
National Security Council
Dmz
Demilitarized Zone
North
Radio
North Vietnam
Washington
Central Highlands
Highway 14
Pleiku
Kontum
Hue
Highway 1
Haiphong
Ha Tinh
Nam Ha
Quang Binh
Mekong
Warren
NSC
Spiro T. Agnew
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
George Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Henry Kissinger
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Helms
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
U.S. Command
Saigon
White House
New Rescue Capsule Demonstrated for Sunshine Mine
AEC developed open rescue capsule used to reach trapped miners at the Sunshine Silver Mine in Kellogg Idaho. Stan Jarrett assistant director of the Health and Safety division of the Bureau of Mines surveys the capsule shown with a mine built version in the foreground. The device features top and bottom escape doors for rapid egress.
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Stan Jarrett
Metal Mines
Health and Safety Division
Bureau of Mines
AEC
Sunshine Silver
Kellogg
Idaho
Nixon Holds NSC Meeting as Vietnam Strategy Emerges
President Nixon and top advisers met for three hours to chart a new Vietnam plan amid renewed Hanoi air raids. The NSC session included Agnew Rogers Laird Kissinger Moorer Helms Connally, with plans possibly guiding a Moscow summit and options from blockading Haiphong to renewed bombing.
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United States
Hanoi
Nixon
Vietnam
National Security Council
Moscow
Warren
Saigon
U.S
William P. Rogers
Haiphong
China Sea
Hue
Henry A. Kissinger
State and Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos on verge of falling say Senate report
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff report says Laos is near collapse as North Vietnam strengthens in Cambodia and Laos. Taos and Cambodia are described as deeply insecure, with Cambodia’s territory halved and morale sagging under Lon Nol.
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George Sherman
Washington Star
Washington
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taos
James G. Lowenstein
Richard H. Moose
Thailand
Senate
State Department
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Lowenstein
Moose
USS
White House team arrives in Moscow for Nixon summit
A 40 member White House advance party reached Moscow to finalize summit arrangements with the Soviet leadership. Led by Ronald Walker the team includes communications security and protocol experts and will stay in the USSR until Nixon departs May 30 for Iran.
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White House
Nixon
Ronald Walker
U.S
Soviet Union
iTran
Rescue crews struggle as Sunshine Mine fire flares again
In Kellogg Idaho 58 miners trapped at Sunshine Mine face renewed underground fire. 35 men have died. Mine manager Marvin Chase says heat and smoke force temporary rescue halt at 3700 foot level while Bureau of Mines delays lower capsule due to a too large compressor. Families of the missing keep vigil on the sixth day hoping for survivors and a working hoist and capsule.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine
Marvin Chase
Chase
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Air Force Planes Collide Over Avon Park Gunnery Range
Two U S Air Force F4 Phantom fighter bombers collided and crashed south of Orlando this morning. Air Force spokesmen reported the fate of the pilots was unknown. The crash occurred over the Avon Park gunnery range between Orlando and Lake Okeechobee.
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U.S. Air Force
Orlando
Air Force
Avon Park
Lake Okeechobee
Coal company suit against UMWA officials dismissed in Marion court
Zeigler Coal Co sued Gene Mitchell and Joe Shan non alleging $50,000 actual and $500,000 punitive damages from a February wildcat strike at Zeigler No. 4 mine near Johnston City. Judge Stewart Cluster rejected the plea to dismiss an injunction action and the case proceeds. Mitchell said nam ing officials is unusual and linked the rotating shift policy dispute to worker bids for day shifts.
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United Mine Workers of America
Stewart Cluster
Marion
Zeigler Coal Co
Gene Mitchell
Benton
District 7
UMWA
Joe Shannon
Herrin
International Board
Zeigler
Cluster
The
Mitchell
Zeigler No. 4
Rates revised crime insurance meets limited use in city areas
The New York Times reports the federal nine month old crime insurance program has sold just 5 059 policies totaling about 600 000. Officials hoped 25 000 by June. Critics cite broker resistance and high rates, with most sales in New York and Massachusetts.
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New York Times
New York
George K. Bernstein
Uncle Sam
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Massachusetts
Federal Insurance Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Democrats re elect Wilson as 24th District chair
John Wilson of Gallatin County was re elected chairman of the 24th Congressional District Democratic County Chairmen's organization in Benton. Also re elected were Ray Chancey Jackson County first vice chairman and William L Harris Williamson County second vice chairman. Robert Whitney Saline County was elected secretary and Paul Williams Marion County was elected treasurer. About 5000 jobs will be available for Vietnam veterans starting Tuesday at a job fair sponsored by the Illinois Bureau of Employment Security.
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John Wilson
Gallatin County
Benton Sunday
Ray Chancey
Jackson County
William L. Harris
Williamson County
Robert Whitney
Saline County
Paul Williams
Marion County
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security
Dismal Tonight With Showers Ending Then Cooler
Tonight mostly cloudy and cooler with showers ending. temperatures 47 to 52. Tuesday expect continued cloudiness and cool highs 60 to 66. Wednesday through Friday show variable clouds with occasional periods of rain and small daily temperature changes. Weather details map page 17.
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Ryan
Andrews Air Force Base
Peking
New China
Tokyo
Vinh Linh
7Th Fleet
Gerald L. Warren
Avon Park, Fla
Coal Company
UMW
Wilson
Chicago
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