U S Battle Deaths Near 40000 Mark
U S battle deaths near the 40 000 mark as early estimates show weekly American fatalities around 256 to 309 from Jan 1 to May amid rising totals. South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese losses declined, with clashes near Saigon and in War Zone D and C involving the 1st Air Cavalry Division and air support.
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U.S
Cong
Murray
Saigon
1St Air Cavalry Division
AU S
Dont Neai River
Pompidou Seen Likely Winner as Poher Faces boycott
Paris AP dispatch reports Georges Pompidou appears certain to win the French presidency after the Communist Party refused to back interim President Alain Poher in the June 15 runoff. Poher trails with 24.13 percent to Pompidou's 44.46 in the first round. The Communist central committee urged a boycott, labeling both Pompidou and Poher as capitalist reactionaries, while noting Pompidou as the lesser evil on European nuclear deterrence.
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Harvey Hudson
Associated Press
PARIS
Georges Pompidou
Communist Party
Alain Poher
Poher
Charles de Gauille
Pope
Pompidou
Jacques Duclos
Thut
West Germany
Thclos
Sbsten- Iti
Bertrand Molle
Vicw
Pober
South Korea To Produce Mile Rifle
The Pentagon plans a rare co production of the M16 rifle with South Korea to speed its military modernization without delaying U.S. supplies for 49,300 troops in Korea. Discussions on co production began in April and were approved in principle in May after North Korea seized the Pueblo.
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Washington
Pentagon
South Korea
Defense Department
Wold
U.S
Awier North
Autopsy Reveals Coed Murders Near Garden State Parkway
Somers Point New Jersey two coeds found near the Garden State Parkway were murdered. Medical examiner Br Edwin Albano said both died of stab wounds from a small knife possibly a pen or paring knife. No evidence of sexual assault disclosed at this time.
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Somers Point
Cap
Garden State Parkway
Edwin Albano
New Jersey
Stock Market Prices Slip In Early Downturn
NEW YORK AP Prices slipped in active trading as the market extended its downward run. The Dow Jones average fell 2.07 to 994.10 in the first half hour as investors grew cautious over the money situation and awaited the Nixon Thieu meeting next Sunday. Declines outpaced advances by more than 300 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
Nixon
South Vietnam
Thien
New York Stock Exchange
Rockefeller Calls Trip Tremendous Success
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller labels his Latin American fact finding tour a tremendous success despite anti demonstration problems. He says the mission clarified public sentiment and maintains the tour is serving the president’s aim of learning what people think while noting violence and a scaled back Bolivia stop.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
L.S
Kennedy Airport
Nixon
Venezuelia
Rockefeller
Fie
Cuba
Peru
Douglas Paid Over $84,000 By Foundation
IRS records show the Parvin Foundation headed by Supreme Court Justice William G. Douglas paid $84,765 to him as its only paid officer over seven years. The 1968 tax returns reveal the foundation cut ties with Las Vegas casinos and began shifting investments into blue chip stocks after selling stock in the Parvin-Dehrmann Go firm, which owned three Las Vegas gambling venues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William G. Douglas
Las Vegas
Douglas
Parvin Foundation
Internal Revenue Service
Parlvin-Dehrmann
Mansfield Criticizes War Policy in Senate Talk
Senator Mansfield urged a moratorium on war policy criticism until after talks with South Vietnam's Thieu and Paris negotiations. He defended dissent while warning against blocking moves that support U S positions. He also voiced unease about pursuing pressure tactics that may sacrifice troops.
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Jack Bell
Thieu
Washington
Sen
Nixon
Mike
Mansfield
Kent
Nguyen van ‘Yhieuw
Senate
U.S
Tts Positios
Everett M. Dirksen
Thien
Audway Island
Edward M. Kennedy
Mansfiel
Senate Amer
Ican
Paris
Ansfield
Inter
Kennedy
Humphrey says hunger fight shows little progress
In Atlanta Humphrey criticizes the Nixon administration for failing to curb hunger, calling it a public health emergency. He asserts the January pledge to eradicate hunger has yielded little action, with underfunded programs and delays until the 1970s, despite national wealth and public support.
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Atlanta, Ga
Humphrey
Hubert H
de- Humphrey
Nixon
Morehouse College
Congress
National Nutrition Survey
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