Nixon Thieu meet at Midway to map Vietnam war endgame
Nixon and South Vietnamese President Thieu meet on Midway Island to decide steps that could alter the Vietnam War. Talks cover troop levels de Americanization and elections as Saigon signals Nixon may push for change while Rogers accompanies them.
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Midway Island
Midway
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Honolulu
Navy
Vietnam
Saigon
William P. Rogers
Film Great Robert Taylor Near Death in California
Robert Taylor, 57, a famed romantic film star from the 1940s and 50s, lies near death in California from terminal cancer. A St. John’s Hospital spokesman said his condition was rapidly deteriorating and death could come within days. He previously had part of a lung removed and his wife Ursula Thiess says he remains hospitalized in Los Angeles.
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UPI
Robert Taylor
St. John’s Hospital
Friday Taylor
Taylor
Ursula Thiess
St. John’s
Miss Thiess
Miss _ Thiess
Michael Thiess
Los Angeles
Weather Map and Local Forecast for Terre Haute
The U S Weather Bureau reports a 68 degree noon reading with river stage 3.6 ft and no precipitation yesterday. Forecast calls for variable clouds, warm humid conditions, possible showers and thundershowers through Sunday with wind at times. Highs near 82. lows 60s to 67. precipitation chances 40 percent tonight and 50 percent Sunday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana-Illinois
Nixon heads west for Midway Island meeting with Thieu
President Nixon flies to the western U S for a Sunday meeting on Midway Island with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Viet Nam battles continue with heavy fighting as U S and South Vietnamese leaders prepare for talks.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Commencements Mark Honey Creek and Schulte High Schools
Honey Creek and Schulte High Schools held commencement ceremonies Friday night with diplomas presented by school officials. At Schulte, Archbishop Paul C. Schulte conferred diplomas as Rosann Scott delivered the valedictory and Rev Lawrence Richards gave the address. Honey Creek saluted with valedictorian David Everhart and salutatorian Rosemarie Wassel as Donna Mauk spoke for the class.
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Schulte High School
Catholic
St. Mary-of-the-Wood College
Rosann Scott
Lawrence Richards
St. Mary’s
Jeff Bell
Honey Creek High School
William G. Ray
Tirey Memorial Union
Indiana State University
Ray
Rosemarie Wassel
Glennia Sparks
David Everhart
Paula Hannum
Greg Funk
Donna Mauk
Honey Creekchulte High Schools
West Vigo High School
Vigo County School Corporation
Indiana State University Tirey Memorial Union
George Hays
School Board
Paul D. Hass
Peter A. Farmer
Thomas E. Moore
Schulte
Joseph V. Beechem
Paul C. Schulte
D.D
Indianapolis
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Meg de Mougin
Robert Brothers
Night Of Violence Flares In Indianapolis Neighborhoods
More than 70 people were arrested during a second night of racial disturbances in Indianapolis. Sniper fire and brick throwing injured two policemen and a detective aided by motorcycle patrols. Police sealed a 12 block area as crowds feuded near the Black Panther and Lockefield Gardens areas.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Capitol
Allen Watkins
Watkins
Lockefield Gardens
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Michael Sheehan
Black Panther
Sheehan
Grasshopper Glacier marks cliffs with frozen insects
At Grasshopper Glacier in Cooke City Montana, black lines of frozen grasshoppers trace the glacier�s 80 foot high cliffs, creating a striking natural feature observed by visitors and researchers.
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Cooke City
Mont
Large Segment Disapproves Space Spending in Poll
Sindlinger & Company surveyed over 1,400 U.S. adults after Apollo 10. The poll finds 39 percent disapprove of lunar exploration citing wasteful spending while 51.3 percent approve and 9.7 percent have no opinion. Interviews were May 20 to June 2 with widespread media exposure.
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New York
UPS
Sindlinger & Company
U.S
Sindlinger
Mass at Kennedy Gravesite Draws 5000 mourners in Arlington
Thousands gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to mark one year since Robert F Kennedy's assassination. Sen Edward Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy led the line with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis nearby as candlelight ceremonies honored the fallen senator.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington
Robert Francis Kennedy
New York
Edward M. Kennedy
Ethel
Kennedy
Agnew
Jackie
Spiro T. Agnew
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
John F. Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Mrs. Onassis
Robert Kennedy
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
Hoosier Boys State Opens on ISU Campus
Hoosier Boys State begins on the Indiana State University campus with 927 boys arriving for the 32nd annual session set for June 7 to 14. The Indiana Department of the American Legion and ISU Conference Bureau coordinated planning and housing for counselors and delegates.
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Irise
Indiana State University
HBS
Indiana Department of the American Legion
Gillum Hall
B. W. Breedlove
Vivian Simmons
Forrest Carmichael
Breedlove
Bob Thompson
ISU
Hoosier Boys
State
Barney
American Legion
Indianapolis
Indiana State
Thompson
Conference Bureau
Heavy Fighting Intensifies Across South Vietnam
A second day of heavy fighting and artillery duels raises casualties as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces press through the Midway Island conference period. US and allied losses run into dozens of dead and hundreds wounded, with government casualties mounting.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Tan Son Nhut
U. S
Ellsworth
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Santa Monica, Calif
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Moscow
Nicolae Ceasnescu
Communist Party
Red China
Macon
Hartford
Conn
Honey Creek
Rosemary Funkhouser
Winnifred Siner
United Press International
RFK
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