Third force band sets May 3 deadline at Wounded Knee
UPI reports a splinter group of Oglala Sioux and allied tribes blocking the highway to Wounded Knee declares May 3 as the surrender deadline for the village. They threaten infiltration and harassment if militants inside remain armed as CRS negotiators seek access. The government preserves a hands off stance despite the blockade and demands for $100 daily compensation for 68 displaced families.
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UPI
Wounded Knee
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U.S. Cavalry
Justice Department
Community Relations Service
CRS
Third Force
Flyspeck
U.S
FBI
Stanley Pottinger
Ervin expresses complete confidence in Watergate probe
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. and Vice Chair Howard Baker Jr. defended the Watergate committee's probe amid rumors about staff. They cited Lipset’s resignation following a 1966 eavesdropping conviction and discussed possible sworn testimony from Nixon aides with executive privilege limits.
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UPI
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
Ervin
Baker
Harold Lipset
San Francisco
Samuel Dash
Philadelphia
Cash
White House
Lipset
Nixon
Morganton
N.C
President Nixon Hosts White House Garden Tour
President and Mrs. Nixon opened the White House grounds to the public for weekend tours amid perfect spring weather. The First Lady led groups across the south lawns while the President hosted in the rose garden, praising Washington's beauty and citing tulips that bloom briefly each year. Duane Bolton, a top poster contest winner, accompanied Mrs. Nixon as a featured student guest.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House Gardens
Oval Office
South Grounds
District of Columbia
Washington Public Schools
Duane Bolton
George) Washington
Thomas
Jefferson
Nixon energy plan signals tariffs on oil imports
Washington reports President Nixon may issue an energy message to Congress this week and likely back a tariff based system to raise oil imports. Treasury Secretary Shultz avoided policy details as officials floated higher import fees for refined products, possibly continued quotas, and a shift to U S refinery growth. There is talk of offshore leasing, especially Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, while Santa Barbara drilling remains suspended with no policy change.
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Nixon
Congress
Administration
Bahamas
Treasury
George Shultz
Shultz
United States
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Alaska
Interior Department
Santa Barbara
Calif
Rogers C. B. Morton
Santa Barbara Channel
Yazoo backwaters threaten Mississippi fishing spot
In Eagle Lake area north of Vicksburg floodwaters from the Yazoo River forced a store owner to consider moving out as backwaters rose. Civil Defense officials and Army engineers battled to shore up a damaged dam. The Yazoo overflow impacted homes and cottages, while the Mississippi River near Vicksburg showed slight receding but renewed flood risk remained for nearby counties.
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Vicksburg
Miss
UPI
Kermit Aldridge
Eagle Lake
Here
Yazoo
Aldridge
U.S. Army Engineers
Civil Defense
Muddy Bayou
Col
K. E. McLaughlin
Area Civil Defense
Mississippi
McLaughlin
Virus found linked to contagious hepatitis in humans
New York AP scientists isolate the virus causing infectious hepatitis, CR326, from marmosets and tie it to human disease. Research led by Hilleman Provost and Ittensohn of Merck and Villarejos Arguedas of LSU Costa Rica centers on vaccine potential and antibody responses, with four experiments showing antibodies reduce the virus.
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New York
Maurice R. Hilleman
Philip J. Provost
Oswald L. Ittensohn
Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research
West Point
Victor M. Villarejos
Jorge A. Arguedas
Louisiana State University International Training Center
San Jose
Costa Rica
The
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
CIA source predicts Pentagon won't win
A high level CIA source predicts the Pentagon's DIA will not take over strategic intelligence duties that should stay with CIA. The unnamed official, closely connected to top CIA thinking, disputes Maj. Gen. Graham's Army Magazine views. Pentagon spokesman Friedheim says the article reflects Defense views.
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UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
Pentagon
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA
CIA
Daniel O. Graham
Army Magazine
Graham
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense
National Security Act
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