Nixon assures POWs in Southeast Asia dispute remain priority
Wives of missing or captured servicemen met President Nixon, who said North Vietnamese harbors would stay mined until prisoners are released. He promised ongoing pressure via Kissinger and noted broader POW MIA efforts beyond North Vietnam. The group highlighted Moscow summit talks and linked speech conditions to releases.
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Hanoi
Stockdale
National League of Families of American
Joseph P. Dunn
Henry Kissinger
Allies retake Fire Base Bastogne near Hue after heavy fighting
South Vietnamese infantry regained Fire Base Bastogne 12 miles west of Hue after 36 hours of fierce combat and B52 strikes. The base fell to North Vietnam on April 28. a counterattack by 2,000 South Vietnamese troops, supported by U.S. air power, pushed back advancing forces as Hanoi’s campaign continued near Kontum, An Loc, and other fronts.
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An Loc
U. S
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Paul Doumer
Red River
China
Cambodia
Takeo Province
Princeton protesters arrested in renewed antiwar action
The Associated Press reports 26 protesters were arrested today at Princeton University during a renewed demonstration at the Institute for Defense Analyses against U S war moves in Vietnam. The campus arrests total 190 since protests began last week.
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N. M
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Lawrence
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Honolulu
Weekend Warmup With Sunny Skies And Mild Nights
The forecast calls for tonight fair with a low in the low 50s. Tuesday brings sunny skies and a high near 80. Wednesday through Friday stay fair and warm with nightly lows in the 60s and daytime highs mainly in the 80s.
Refugees evacuated from Kontum as U S planes lift Montagnard families
U S aircraft began air lifting Montagnard families from threatened Kontum City in the central highlands. Helicopters and transports moved women children and the elderly 25 miles south to Pleiku while fighter bombers struck North Vietnamese positions. About 2 500 Montagnard men were being armed and assigned to militia units defending the city.
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Kontum
Amish Win Supreme Court Exemption From Schooling Past Eighth Grade
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state laws requiring formal education beyond eighth grade infringe Amish religious freedom. The Wisconsin case began in 1968 in New Glarus where Wallace Miller Jonas Yoder and Adin Yutzy refused public high school, fined five dollars, and became a national religious freedom matter.
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Supreme Court
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Jonas Yoder
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National Committee For
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Supreme Court rejects Hanrahan appeal in Panthers case
The Supreme Court unanimously declined the appeal by Edward V. Hanrahan and 10 police officers in the 1969 raid slayings of Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. They sought to review a state ruling to question grand jurors. the court said no and did not comment.
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Area highway crashes claim two more lives
Illinois State Trooper Frank Robert Dunbar 37 of Benton died after a 6 p.m. crash on Route 37 north of Benton. His squad car collided with a northbound car driven by Gary W. Hoey 19 of Benton who lost control and flipped. Hoey and passenger Roger D. Sanders 24 of Benton were hospitalized in good condition.
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Rt. 1
Benton
Franklin Hospital
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Dunbar
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Hoey
Franklin County
Kirby Webb
Roger D. Sanders
Albert Liszewiski
Rt. 3
Nashville
Rt. 127
Pinckneyville
Raymond Koslecki
Liszewiski
Washington County
Burch Warns CATV on Rules Fal ls and Promises
FCC Chairman Dean Burch urged cable operators to avoid promising in the franchise bidding process and warned that free channel bonanzas and high fees could become bargaining chips. He said the rulebook is flexible and not set in stone, with changes possible as the industry shapes cable’s future. Mayor Daley celebrated a 70th birthday at City Hall with 400 attendees.
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Federal Communications Commission
Dean Burch
National Cable Television Association
Burch
Commission
First in patrol car crash Benton trooper is 7th killed in line of duty
Trooper Frank Dunbar of Benton becomes Southern Illinois first state policeman killed in a patrol car crash. He is the seventh Illinois state police death in the line of duty in District 13 records, with earlier deaths including Lory Price in 1927 and four motorcycle fatalities ending in 1944.
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District 12
Effingham
du Quoin
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Benton
Frank Dunbar
Southern Illinois
District 13
Springfield
Lory Price
Price
Charley Birger
Marion
Statistical Department
Grady Sutton
Cecil Brokmeyer
Ralph R. Newman
Charles J. Dean
State Police Public Information Office
Medichek program to aid Illinois children health
Governor Ogilvie announced a comprehensive preventive health plan named Medichek for 200 000 Illinois children birth to five eligible for Medicaid benefits. The program begins July 1 with a $7 million start and will fund complete exams immunizations tests and screenings provided by doctors clinics and other providers.
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Chicago
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Ogilvie
General Assembly
Dock pay agreement reached on wage scales
The West Coast longshore union and dock employers announced a pay scales agreement ordered by the federal Pay Board. The settlement ends the threat of a renewed East Coast strike and raises straight time pay by 42 cents to 4 dollars 70 cents per hour.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Longshore Union
Federal Pay Board
Elizabeth II arrives in Paris for five day visit
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip land in Paris to begin a five day official visit aimed at strengthening Franco British ties amid Britain’s move toward joining the European Community. President Pompidou welcomes the royal couple at Orly airport and Elysee Palace.
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Georges Pompidou
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Elizabeth
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