Nixon Calls Talks A Step Toward Peace Era
President Nixon, in a live radio and TV address from the Kremlin, declares strides with Soviet leaders toward a new era of peace and security. He urges restraint on arms to North Vietnam and urges peaceful cooperation, citing Brezhnev pacts on arms control and space. The speech sits amid a grim Memorial Day traffic toll with 333 dead nationally.
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Nixon
Grand Kremlin
North Vietnam
Indochina
Middle East
America
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid J. Brezhnev
Tanya
National Safety Council
Ohio
Memorial tribute to Dad on Memorial Day 1972
James Honley of Shreveport Louisiana salutes his father with a grave marker flag and tearful salute reflecting a personal memorial scene from Memorial Day 1972. The young boy's act frames a poignant father son remembrance captured in a brief obituary style vignette.
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James Honley
Shreveport
Exiled Duke Edward VII to be buried at Frogmore Mausoleum
The 77-year-old former king Edward VII, who died in exile near Paris, will be flown to Britain to lie in state at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle and be buried at Frogmore Mausoleum in Windsor Park. Buckingham Palace announced the plans.
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Duke of Windsor
England
Edward VII
Britain
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
London
Frogmore Mausoleum
Windsor Park
Bomb kills six in Belfast Short Strand blast
In Belfast, a 100 pound bomb exploded while being loaded by IRA members in the Roman Catholic Short Strand area. Police say six people were killed and 18 injured, with at least three dead and among the victims IRA members on wanted lists. The blast damaged homes and hurled debris over 300 yards. The toll in nearly three decades of Ulster violence rises to 347.
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UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Short Strand
Ulster
Immigrant Soldier Opposes War Yet Serves in Vietnam
Ernest da Costa from Queens, a Portuguese immigrant now serving as a machine gunner in Vietnam, opposes the war yet fights bravely in War Zone D. He sued President Nixon, arguing against conscription, with his case reaching the appeals court and awaiting Supreme Court action as he fulfills duty as a last American combat “grunt.”
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Ernest da Costa
Nixon
Queens
N.Y
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Supreme Court
da Costa
Citi
Battle rages at Kontum as jets pound targets
AP reports heavy fighting around Kontum in the central highlands with U S air strikes deep into North Vietnam. US jets bombed Son Tay barracks near Hanoi while commando actions were noted from November 1970. South Vietnamese troops suffered a major ambush defeat near An Loc as Northern forces tightened grip on Phuoc Tuy and Highway 13.
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Saigon
Kontum
U. S. Command
North Vietnam
Son Tay
Hanoi
U_S
An Loc
An Loy
Highway 13
Phuoc Tuy
Associated Press
David J Paine
Ontario forest fires mount as crews fight 156 blazes
In Ontario, more than 1,500 men and 70 aircraft battled 136 forest fires across remote north eastern and northwestern sections. Water bombers dropped chemicals in hot dry weather, while a CN rail bridge 35 miles northwest of Thunder Bay burned, forcing rail traffic to reroute.
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UPI
Ontario
Department of Natural Resources
Thunder Bay
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