May Day Observances See Limited Soviet Display
Soviet Union suppresses military show for May Day. East Germany keeps quiet while Czechoslovakia boosts police. Western cities brace for protests as strikes threaten, including Britain where up to a million may walk out. Portugal tightens security after U S Consulate blast. Spain and Greece report minor clashes but no major unrest.
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Fred W. Coleman
Associated Press
London
Europe
Soviet Union
Lenin
Moscow
Red Square
East Germany
Soviet
Prague
Athens
Victim Stabbed 38 Times Guilty Plea to Murder
Michael Louis Blair an 18 year old of Belglew Ave pleaded guilty today to second degree murder in the stabbing death of Harold Wilbur Bloom 26 of Robinwood Drive. Blair admitted stabbing Bloom 38 times after Bloom allegedly made homosexual advances and was jailed awaiting sentencing. A pre sentencing investigation was ordered and Blair previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Michael Louis Blair
Belglew Ave
Harold Wilbur Bloom
Robinwood Drive
Jash
Bloom
Ploon
Circuit Court
D. K. McLaughlin
Blair
Clifton
T. Perkins State Hospital
David K. Poolet
McLaughlin
Joseph Padula
Gilbert Hovermale
Washington County
Ricity
Paradise Church Road
Poole
Blagma
Boom
Elsie
Gien
Padula
Chichester Clark Wins Northern Ireland Prime Minister Post
Maj James Chichester Clark a 46 year old former soldier with limited political experience won their Unionist caucus by one vote to become prime minister of Northern Ireland. He pledged universal suffrage before municipal elections, likely delaying 1971 polls. Catholic leaders warned of electoral boundary redraws to curb gerrymandering amid sectarian tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
James Chichester
Clark
Aof
Union¢ Sst
Chichester- Clark
Terence O'Neill
Chichester-Clark
Oneill
Shian Faulkner
O'Neill
Neill
Union Solicits Guardsmen in Maryland National Guard
Maryland National Guard full time enlisted members at four missile sites and air arm technicians are being polled to join a union. Major General George M. Gelston said on Wednesday the National Association of Government Employes and the AFL-CIO are seeking recognition. AFGE's George F. Biles reported 85 percent of missile site guardsmen have joined, with many air technicians also joining. About 400 missile guardsmen and 50 air technicians are involved.
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Baltimore
Maryland National Guard
George M. Gelston
National Association of Government
American Federation of Government Employes Afl-Cio
George EF. Biles
Elkton
AFGE
General Gelston
Air National Guard
Afl-Cio
Techulelang
Agnew Urges GOP Governors To Back ABM System
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Republican governors to back Nixon’s Safeguard missile defense plan as a minimal feasible step to safeguard the nation. A AP survey showed 12 of 21 governors supported deployment with key figures like Meagan Love Evans Rockefeller backing. others avoided public endorsement or questioned the move. Agnew also warned that violent campus protests could trigger Congress to limit student funding and set terms for educational aims.
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Agnew
Nixon
Jack Bell
Lexington
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
Hrough
Safeguard
Ampen
Hat
Senate
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Norbert T. Titman
Nebraska
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Deans C. Davis
Vermont
Richard Bogilvie
Ilinois
Edgar A. Whitcomb
Indiana
Denny F. Bartlett
Oklahoma
Agne T
Congress
Backhanded Senator Levels Blast At Navy
Sen. William Proxmire accuses the Navy of being grudging and backhanded in promoting a civilian fuel inspector who exposed vast corruption in Thailand's fuel program. He cites a flawed action by Navy Secretary Chaffee and says the GAO uncovered the truth after McGee's disclosures.
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Carl P. Levbscore
Associated Press
Welter Washington
Thailand
Navy
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
John McGee
Proxmire
John H. Chaffee
McGee
Aicb
Prison inmate pleads guilty to stabbing guard in Maryland Prison
Inside Reading Prisonay pleads guilty to stabbing a guard at Maryland Correctional Institute City. Page 3 reports on out-of-town students visiting Adebe do la Hagerss town.
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Prisonay
Maryland Correctional Institute
City Page
Adebe Do la Hagerss Town
Reverend Abernathy Faces Court For Contempt
Rev Ralph David Abernathy president of the SCLC and followers were ordered to court for contempt over picketing at the South Carolina Medical College Hospital and Charleston County Hospital despite a court ban on more than 10 pickets. About 25 people have been arrested. National Guards were called to maintain order as vandalism and false alarms continued. A five member citizens committee was appointed to seek negotiations to end the six week old strike by 40 striking maids orderlies nurses aides and food service workers seeking higher pay and union recognition.
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Con McKee
Associated Press
Charleston, S.C
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conferlene
South Carolina Medical College
Charleston County
Abernathy
National Guardsen
James Orange
SCLA
Coluimbly
Nixon
James &. Byrnes
Nixon J
Washington
Kentucky
Citizens Committee
J. Palmer Gaillard
Lee
Orc of
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Greece
Russia
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Leonid Brezhnev
East
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Department of Parole and Probation
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Ronald Meagan
California
John A. Love
Colorado
Daniel J. Evans
Miami Beach
Fla
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Governors Association
Rockefeller
Earth M. Miller
Alaska
Walter R. Peterson Jr
New Hampshire
Claude R. Mdvk Jr
Florida
Frank Farrar
South Dakota
Tom McCall
Oregon
William Milliken
Michigan
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Minnesota
Robert D. Ray
Towa
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Idaho
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Massachusetts
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